Meet our Students
The Student Spotlight series features students in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing and T.H. Chan School of Medicine. Our spotlights dive into the student experience on campus. You’ll meet students working on research in our state-of-the-art labs and discover what they like best about the curriculum. Learn why they chose UMass Chan Medical School and Worcester for their graduate education. Students in all three schools share their off-campus experiences in the Worcester community, from working with patients through the Worcester Free Clinics to hiking with friends at Mount Wachusett on weekends. Read more below.
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Louisianian music teacher-turned PhD student researches how mindfulness impacts opioid users
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Half a sandwich, one whole M.E.A.L.: Medical student creates nutrition program for high school students
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From the choir to the clinic, DNP student focused on leadership
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PhD candidate engineers new RNA sequences to enable mRNA-based therapeutics
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Trilingual medical student and future emergency medicine doctor advocates for refugees
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Worcester-born DNP student spearheads project emphasizing community in curriculum
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Aspiring dermatologist creates career exposure program for students in Worcester
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Inspired by his father, a Boston Municipal Court judge, MD/PhD student studies addiction
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UMass Chan students travel to Rwanda to provide obstetric care
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UMass Chan DNP student focuses on health care for the homeless
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Medical student shines spotlight on LGBTQI+ cancer survivors
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Inspired by parents, PhD candidate first in family to pursue higher ed
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Grandmother’s close call inspires DNP student to become a nurse
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Abandoned at birth, medical student fights for reproductive justice
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PhD candidate aims to make gene therapy techniques safer
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Pediatric intensive care nurse is passionate patient advocate
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MD/MBA student raises awareness of type 1 diabetes through personal experience
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Musically minded PhD candidate targets movement disorders through fruit flies
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War refugee, women’s health advocate chronicles life as a UMass Chan nursing student on YouTube
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MD/PhD student approaches Alzheimer’s disease through gut microbiome research
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PhD student aims to develop novel immunotherapies to conquer ALS
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The Nutcracker Nurse: Ballerina steps into nursing role through UMass Chan’s Graduate Entry Pathway program
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PhD candidate seeks to develop first clinically approved antifungal vaccine
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Medical student provides a voice for patients and families with special needs
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Palliative care nurse, instructor, mother of three returns to UMass Chan to advance leadership skills
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Second-year medical student helps epilepsy patients in Bolivia via the Global Health Pathway program
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MD/PhD student aims to prevent disease through community-based nutrition policy
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PhD student aims to become faculty exemplar for underserved nursing students
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UMass Chan medical student serves as advocate, role model for LGBTQIA+ patients
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PhD candidate finds dogs are perfect companion to understanding human health
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Family tragedy solidifies diabetes researcher’s decision to earn nursing degree
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UMass Chan MD/PhD student’s published COVID-19 rapid testing research guides FDA
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Biomedical sciences student studying fertility in Mello lab
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Nursing student and former accountant takes her critical thinking skills to "higher level" in care of patients
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Former science teacher pursues medicine through Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health track
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UMass Chan biomedical sciences student studies a gene that causes ALS
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Inspired by his own care team, nursing student aims to work in mental health
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Medical student mentors resettled youth, aims to practice community-focused health care
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Biomedical sciences student works toward a future in genetic engineering
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UMass Chan medical student inspired by ophthalmology research
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First-year nursing student aims to amplify diversity on road to becoming nurse practitioner
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PhD student studies cancer tumor cells; follows path of high school science teacher
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MD student examines social determinants of health screening tools in emergency departments
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Nursing PhD student works to ensure English-language learners thrive as nurses
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PhD candidate studies red blood cells; strives to increase diversity in STEM
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BaccMD graduate wants to serve marginalized populations, expand access to health care
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Aspiring nurse scientist driven to help teens overcome adversity
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MD/PhD student seeks to improve health by understanding host-pathogen interactions
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Worcester Pipeline participant finds home at UMass Medical School
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DNP student answers call to nursing; plays important role in Vaccine Corps rollout
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Immunology and microbiology PhD candidate aims to use her voice in science policy career
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With a focus on human rights, medical student aims to give voice to unseen, unheard
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Graduate School of Nursing student reflects on starting nursing school during pandemic
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PhD candidate studies mental illness progression and alcoholism
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Medical student values prevention as a ‘powerful tool’ in primary care
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Mother of two and former educator leads quality improvement project while pursuing Doctor of Nursing Practice degree
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Scientific discovery propelled Cesar Bautista Sotelo on journey from Texas to Massachusetts
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Inspired by grandfather, Elke Schipani pursuing neurology
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Heather Lovelace working as aesthetics nurse practitioner; serves in new teaching associate position
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Webb Camille sees research as key to improving health of patients
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Second-year med student Angela Essa studying diet and hypertension in pregnant women
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‘My heart is in community health’ says Graduate School of Nursing student Helen Tsiagras
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MD/PhD student Laël Ngangmeni dedicated to women’s health equity and justice
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Inspired by care cousin received for rare genetic disorder, Ryan Barrette wants to give back
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Like mother, like daughter: GSN student Emily Davenport grew up with extra caring touch
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PhD candidate Mohona Gupta seeks answers in retinal degenerative disease
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Mina Botros connects patients to care through Worcester Free Clinics
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GSN student Irina Rojas inspired to pursue medical career after surviving Hurricane Katrina
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Anne Carlisle researches cancer cell metabolism at GSBS
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GSN student Madeline Lane sees nursing as ‘perfect marriage’ of science and education
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Medical student Sean Teebagy committed to community
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From Kolkata to Worcester, GSBS student Kasturi Biswas drawn to science of the brain
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