ALS research at UMass Medical School

Researchers at UMass Medical School are making groundbreaking basic and clinical advances on the inherited and genetic basis of neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS.) Here are some recent developments.

  • Robert H. Brown Jr. elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

    Robert H. Brown Jr. elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

    Robert H. Brown Jr., DPhil, MD, is one of 252 people elected to the academy this year. 

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  • Fen-Biao Gao named fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Fen-Biao Gao named fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Fen-Biao Gao, PhD, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  

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  • In 15th year, UMass ALS Cellucci Fund Boston Marathon Team runs toward $1 million milestone

    In 15th year, UMass ALS Cellucci Fund Boston Marathon Team runs toward $1 million milestone

    Paul Seaver’s first Boston Marathon is a deeply personal tribute to his father, honoring a promise to help find a cure for ALS.  

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  • Top story: UMass Chan celebrates naming of Paul J. DiMare Center

    Top story: UMass Chan celebrates naming of Paul J. DiMare Center

    Top story: The special event included a tour and an unveiling of the donor acknowledgement plaque in the building’s main lobby.

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  • UMass Chan celebrates naming of Paul J. DiMare Center

    UMass Chan celebrates naming of Paul J. DiMare Center

    The special event included a tour and an unveiling of the donor acknowledgement plaque in the building’s main lobby.

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  • New education and research building at UMass Chan named the Paul J. DiMare Center

    New education and research building at UMass Chan named the Paul J. DiMare Center

    The new nine-story, 350,000-square-foot new education and research building on the UMass Chan campus has an official name: the Paul J. DiMare Center.

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  • Prestigious Kirschstein Award helps fund MD/PhD student's ALS research

    Prestigious Kirschstein Award helps fund MD/PhD student's ALS research

    MD/PhD student Abigail Hiller has received an award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study the role genes linked to Alzheimer’s disease play in ALS.

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  • Nils Henninger study explores link between traumatic brain injury and onset of ALS/FTD

    Nils Henninger study explores link between traumatic brain injury and onset of ALS/FTD

    New study led by Nils Henninger, MD, PhD'18, suggests interplay between genetic factors and traumatic brain injury in behavioral and neurological deficits related to ALS and FTD in mice.

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  • Science for Living: Neurology chair and VA neurology chief, A.M. Barrett, highlights veterans’ link to ALS

    Science for Living: Neurology chair and VA neurology chief, A.M. Barrett, highlights veterans’ link to ALS

    Military veterans face a higher risk of ALS than the civilian population, according to years of studies. UMass Chan researchers are pursuing therapies to address the biological basis for this fatal neurodegenerative disease and work with clinical partners to provide expert rehabilitation for veterans.

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  • NeuShen Therapeutics funds ALS research at UMass Chan Medical School

    NeuShen Therapeutics funds ALS research at UMass Chan Medical School

    UMass Chan Medical School has signed a three-year sponsored research agreement with NeuShen Therapeutics Inc. to investigate a gene therapy treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Jun Xie, PhD, and Guangping Gao, PhD, are leading the project for UMass Chan.

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