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Mary Munson, PhD, received the 2025 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

Mary Callery O’Brien, MD, received the 2024 Chancellor’s Medal for Distinguished Teaching and will deliver the Last Lecture.

Pranoti Mandrekar, PhD, professor of medicine, wrote an article for The Conversation explaining the link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk.

Primary care education at UMass Chan is one of the best programs in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools 2025.

UMass Chan supports translational research from faculty with internal funding mechanism.

A large longitudinal study found that regular cognitive assessments improves the ability to predict whether someone will develop Alzheimer’s in their lifetime.

A roundtable panel, led by Rep. McGovern and Dean Flotte, discussed the immediate impacts of potential cuts to NIH funding.

Researchers leading a study on managing COPD at home with mobile monitoring, treatment and telepulmonary therapy report early results on integrating program into clinical system and intervention impacts on disease management.  

UMass Chan researchers reported that Home Test to Treat was a successful model and offered insights about outreach and coordinating care.  

The Mel Cutler Population Health Pilot Research Award was launched in 2024 by the Population and Quantitative Health Sciences Advance Science Workgroup.