Browse stories by category: Student Spotlight

• Medical student shines spotlight on LGBTQI+ cancer survivors

  July 17, 2023
• Inspired by parents, PhD candidate first in family to pursue higher ed

  June 12, 2023
• Grandmother’s close call inspires DNP student to become a nurse

  May 08, 2023
• Abandoned at birth, medical student fights for reproductive justice

  May 01, 2023
• PhD candidate aims to make gene therapy techniques safer

  April 10, 2023
• Pediatric intensive care nurse is passionate patient advocate

  March 27, 2023
• MD/MBA student raises awareness of type 1 diabetes through personal experience

  March 13, 2023
• Musically minded PhD candidate targets movement disorders through fruit flies

  February 27, 2023
• War refugee, women’s health advocate chronicles life as a UMass Chan nursing student on YouTube

  February 13, 2023
• MD/PhD student approaches Alzheimer’s disease through gut microbiome research

  January 23, 2023