The 13th annual Women’s Faculty Awards presented by the Women’s Faculty Committee on May 20 honored seven women for contributions in community service, education, science, patient care and mentoring.

Scientists at the UMass Medical School have identified a novel gene that calibrates circadian rhythms in the experimental model organism Drosophila, and that may have potential implications for neurodegenerative disorders in humans including spinocerebellar ataxia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson’s disease.

UMass Medical School’s commitment to increasing the number of primary care physicians in Massachusetts is highlighted in a May 19 Worcester Telegram and Gazette story.

For Graduate School of Nursing Class Speaker Nicole Peace, the privilege of nursing is getting to know one’s patients, listening closely and carefully to the stories of their lives.

A group of juniors and seniors from Worcester Technical High School got an insider’s look at the recently opened Albert Sherman Center. The purpose of the field trip, which included HVAC, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting/design and environmental students, was to showcase the latest technology in the construction field, with an emphasis on LEED construction.

A new feasibility study conducted by Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, MD, PhD, indicates that delivering mindfulness training by phone may be an effective way to treat anxiety in patients who recently had cardiac defibrillators implanted.

An internationally recognized expert in viruses, Robert W. Finberg, MD, the Richard M. Haidack Professor of Medicine and chair and professor of medicine, spoke to the Boston Globe about a new study that details an innovative method of using the genetic code of a flu virus to design its vaccine.

Heidi Tissenbaum, PhD, and John F. Keaney Jr., MD, spoke at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Hudson Hoagland Society.