Shan Lu MD, PhD, co-authored a pair of studies related to the Phase I clinical trial of a polyvalent DNA/prime-protein boost vaccine to prevent HIV, marking the latest step in a decades long quest to harness the power of DNA vaccines to address a major global health need.  

Andrés Colubri, MFA, PhD, and his lab have partnered with a team at Massachusetts General Hospital on a mobile app that enables infectious disease research and can keep international travelers healthy.

Recently published analyses from the Women’s Health Initiative found that hormone therapy reduces bothersome symptoms of menopause among women under 60 or in early menopause, but it does not prevent cardiovascular disease or other chronic diseases. Nursing professor Sybil Crawford discusses what research suggests about staying healthy throughout a woman’s middle and later years.  

UMass Chan Medical School and Worcester’s health care organizations are embarking on a collaborative electronic health data-sharing initiative to understand health inequities, trends, risk factors and outcomes surrounding opioid use disorders.  

Postdoctoral fellow Samara Vilca, PhD, has been awarded the second phase of the National Institutes of Health Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience Award.  

A recently published study by UMass Chan Medical School researchers found that young adults 18-30 years old rated informational Instagram posts about e-cigarettes higher in message and source credibility when the posts came from a health expert compared with a friend or social media influencer.