PODCAST: Bridging the gap in opioid use disorder treatment
In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast, Margret Chang, MD, discusses the opioid use disorder crisis and how providing treatment in a primary care setting can reduce the stigma attached to getting help.
Story of boy with ultra-rare UBA5 disorder being studied at UMass Chan goes to the moon
The story of Raiden Pham, an Oregon toddler with an ultra-rare genetic disease was included on the Lunaprise Museum, a digital time capsule that went to the moon with the Odysseus spacecraft in February. Tommy and Linda Pham founded Raiden Science Foundation in 2021 to raise money to support research on a treatment at UMass Chan’s Translational Institute for Molecular Therapeutics.
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Community convening aims to guide solutions to inequities in caregiving
The second community convening of the Equity in Caregiving Project, which will be 10 a.m. – noon March 28 in the UMass Chan Faculty Conference Room S1-342, will host a panel of family and clinical caregivers to discuss caregivers’ experiences and what might reduce inequities.