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UMass Chan Medical School strives to catalyze our world-class basic research into scientific discoveries with high impact clinical applications and overcome the barriers in translating knowledge into clinical practice.

Established in 1970, UMass Chan has rapidly grown into a highly productive, highly collaborative research enterprise with outstanding scientific resources and facilities. UMass Chan receives more than $300 million per year in research funding. Our research community includes a Nobel laureate, a Lasker award recipient, seven National Academy members and four Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators. Our research achievements have impacted the lives of children and adults in the U.S. and across the globe.

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  • UMass leaders share research system success during Medical School visit from ARPA-H director

    UMass leaders share research system success during Medical School visit from ARPA-H director

    UMass Chan and the entire UMass ecosystem are poised for further breakthrough advances in biomedical research, university leaders and congressional delegation members tell ARPA-H director at Medical School visit.  

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  • Science for Living: What to know about the new cardiovascular risk calculator

    Science for Living: What to know about the new cardiovascular risk calculator

    Last year, the AHA released a new cardiovascular risk calculator called PREVENT, which updates the American College of Cardiology’s Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease calculator. UMass Chan Medical School cardiologists explain what the new risk calculator means and what exciting new research is taking place to help patients better control their risk.  

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  • Podcast: Victor Ambros on team effort behind Nobel Prize winning discovery of microRNA

    Podcast: Victor Ambros on team effort behind Nobel Prize winning discovery of microRNA

    The Conversation Weekly podcast interviewed UMass Chan Nobel Laureate Victor R. Ambros, PhD, to learn more about his role in the discovery of microRNA and what comes next. Dr. Ambros shares the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with collaborator Gary B. Ruvkun, PhD, of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.  

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  • UMass Chan ‘takes pride in calling you one of our own,’ Chancellor tells Nobel-recipient Victor Ambros

    UMass Chan ‘takes pride in calling you one of our own,’ Chancellor tells Nobel-recipient Victor Ambros

    Victor Ambros, PhD, shared his gratitude to his wife and collaborator, Rosalind “Candy” Lee, as well as to the Medical School and scientific community, at a celebration of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine he co-received with Gary Ruvkun, PhD, professor at Harvard Medical School, for their discovery of microRNA.  

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  • Video: Nobel Laureate Victor Ambros celebrates with UMass Chan community

    Video: Nobel Laureate Victor Ambros celebrates with UMass Chan community

    The UMass Chan Medical School community embraced its newest Nobel Laureate on Monday, Oct. 7, after Victor Ambros, PhD, was named the co-recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his co-discovery of microRNA. See how the day unfolded in this video.

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  • Victor Ambros’ Nobel Prize win sparks worldwide media attention

    Victor Ambros’ Nobel Prize win sparks worldwide media attention

    Victor R. Ambros, PhD, has garnered international media attention after he was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in the discovery of microRNA.  

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