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November 18, 2019
Telegram reports on WooHealth Hackathon at UMass Medical School
The Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported on the first WooHealth Hackathon, a two-day event hosted by UMass Medical School bringing together students and faculty from nine area colleges and universities to brainstorm innovative solutions for a public health challenge.
Full story »November 18, 2019As suicide rate soars, Washington Post highlights UMMS research on benefits of ER screenings
Edwin Boudreaux, PhD, has been working to implement screening for suicide in emergency rooms for more than a decade and has published numerous studies that show many patients can be reached, according to a Nov. 8 article in the Washington Post about his research.
Full story »November 18, 2019LISTEN: How digital devices play a role in screening patients for disease
In a new Voices of UMassMed podcast, David McManus, MD, discusses his research, which explores how digital devices can improve patient care and enhance understanding of disease.
Full story »November 12, 2019Edward Boyden to deliver 20th Fred Fay lecture on Nov. 20
Edward Boyden, PhD, will deliver the 20th Fredric S. Fay Memorial Lecture, Tools for Analyzing and Controlling Complex Biological Systems, on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The lecture is the centerpiece of Imaging Week at UMass Medical School.
Full story »November 07, 2019UMass Medical School to host innovative competition to improve health care access in Worcester
The WooHealth Hackathon took place at UMass Medical School on Friday, Nov. 15, and Saturday, Nov. 16, bringing together students from nine Worcester colleges and universities for the city’s first-of-its-kind collaboration to improve public health.
Full story »November 06, 2019John Haran works to understand how microbiome impacts development of Alzheimer’s disease
John P. Haran, MD, PhD, has been awarded a 2019 Alzheimer’s Association grant to support research into how the intestinal microbiome differs in Alzheimer’s patients and whether imbalances are associated with memory decline.
Full story »November 05, 2019Vaccine candidate for gonorrhea developed at UMass Medical School shows preclinical effectiveness
A report in the journal mBio, published by the American Society for Microbiology, describes a prototype vaccine candidate developed at UMass Medical School for the bacterium that causes gonorrhea.
Full story »November 04, 2019LISTEN: PURCH track at UMMS-Baystate focuses on rural, urban community health
Learn how the PURCH track at UMMS-Baystate provides medical students with an opportunity to learn and practice medicine in urban and rural health care settings in a new Voices of UMassMed podcast.
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October 30, 2019
UMass Medical School faculty teach course on medical education in China
UMass Medical School faculty recently traveled to China to present a course on medical education at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing.
Full story »October 25, 2019WBUR reports on early results for gene therapy trial for two young children with Tay-Sachs disease
Two young children with Tay-Sachs disease were treated safely at UMass Memorial Medical Center with a gene therapy developed at UMass Medical School and, in one case, the child’s condition has stabilized, according to an interview published by WBUR with Terence R. Flotte, MD.
Full story »October 25, 2019UMass Medical School study finds snow sport injuries differ by age
A new study from UMass Medical School finds that younger children participating in snow sports are more likely to suffer severe head and facial injuries, while older kids and teens sustain more internal abdominal traumas.
Full story »October 23, 2019First evidence of clinical stabilization in Tay-Sachs presented at European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy Congress
Preliminary data from an expanded access study of an investigational gene therapy in two patients with infantile Tay-Sachs disease indicates the potential to modify the rate of disease progression, according to a recent report presented in Barcelona by Terence R. Flotte, MD.
Full story »October 22, 2019Gregory Pazour elected fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology
Gregory J. Pazour, PhD, is one of 16 scientists named a 2019 fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology. An expert in cilia function and assembly, he was the first to draw an unexpected link between cilia dysfunction and polycystic kidney disease.
Full story »October 21, 2019LISTEN: Podcast explores lasting impact anatomical donors have on medical students
The new Voices of UMassMed podcast episode focuses on the Anatomical Gift Program at UMass Medical School and offers insight into why anatomical dissection is invaluable to medical education.
Full story »October 18, 2019SOM Admissions Office receives Chancellor’s Award for Advancing UMMS Mission
The School of Medicine Admissions Office at UMass Medical School was honored with the Chancellor’s Award for Advancing the UMMS Mission at the 41st Annual Employee Service Awards Dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Chancellor Michael F. Collins recognized Brenda Fusaro, Jennifer Lee Shea, Karen Lawton and Paul Charles.
Full story »October 16, 2019Jerry Gurwitz to lead research evaluating Alzheimer’s disease treatments
UMass Medical School received a $365,000 grant to collaborate with the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review to examine the clinical and economic value of future therapies to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Jerry Gurwitz, MD, will lead the research for UMMS.
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October 11, 2019
Jeffrey Gordon delivers Pincus Memorial Lecture linking microbiota to childhood malnutrition
Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD, was awarded the Gregory Pincus Medal and delivered the Pincus Memorial Lecture at UMass Medical School on Oct. 29 with National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, PhD, in attendance.
Full story »October 11, 2019New York Times: UMMS discovery shows ‘Evolution in action’
A new study by researchers at UMass Medical School and the University of Queensland in Australia examining a retrovirus in koalas reveals new insights into the genetic evolution of vertebrates, according to media reports in the New York Times and STAT.
Full story »October 10, 2019New study reveals an innate genome immune response to retroviruses in koalas
Studies on wild koalas reveal an innate form of genome immunity which may suppress retroviruses that infect the germline cells that form sperm and eggs, according to research by William E. Theurkauf, PhD, and Zhiping Weng, PhD, at UMass Medical School and colleagues at the University of Queensland in Australia.
Full story »October 09, 2019Suzanne Cashman named a finalist for The Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award
Suzanne Cashman, ScD, has been named a finalist for the prestigious Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award by Campus Compact and Brown University’s Swearer Center for Public Service, recognizing her as one of the top five community-engaged faculty in the country.
Full story »October 09, 2019Amir Mitchell to study cellular decoding of extracellular information with new NIH grant
Amir Mitchell, PhD, has received the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to support research into cellular decoding of signaling dynamics.
Full story »October 08, 2019GSN student Kathleen Schultz honored by Arnold Gold Foundation for essay on patient encounter
Graduate School of Nursing student Kathleen Schultz, MS, has been honored by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation for Humanism with the first prize for nursing students in its 2019 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest.
Full story »October 07, 2019LISTEN: New Voices of UMassMed podcast focuses on women’s health
In the new Voices of UMassMed podcast episode, Luu Ireland, MD, provides information about women’s health topics and issues, including birth control, pregnancies and abortion.
Full story »October 02, 2019Paul Greer selected for NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Paul L. Greer, PhD, has received a 2019 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, an honor reserved for exceptionally creative early career investigators who propose innovative, high-impact projects within the NIH mission.
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October 02, 2019
Jennifer Tjia weighs in on new study showing benefits of telephone support for dementia caregivers
UMass Medical School geriatrics expert Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE, interspersed personal reflection with scholarly analysis in an editorial on a study which found that telephone support for caretakers of family members with dementia can improve quality of life for both patients and caregivers.
Full story »October 01, 2019WBJ, Telegram, media report on impact of new clinic to be built for veterans at UMass Medical School
A new, community-based outpatient clinic for veterans to be built on the campus of UMass Medical School will mean improved access to health care for local veterans, according to media reports.
Full story »September 30, 2019New VA outpatient clinic to be built on UMass Medical School campus in Worcester
VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System and UMass Medical School will build a new, community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) for veterans, projected to open in 2021, on the campus of UMass Medical School in Worcester.
Full story »September 25, 2019Kevin Enabulele follows older brother’s path to UMass Medical School
When Kevin Enabulele arrived at UMass Medical School this year with classmates in the School of Medicine Class of 2023, he knew he had one advantage as he began his studies: older brother Skelly Enabulele, now in his third year at UMMS.
Full story »September 25, 2019Michael Lodato named 2019 Next Generation Leader by Allen Institute
Michael Lodato, PhD, was named a 2019 Next Generation Leader by the Allen Institute. The program formally recognizes the importance of fresh and innovative contributions from scientists at early stages of their careers.
Full story »September 25, 2019Autism Speaks awards predoctoral fellowship to Philip Feinberg
Philip A. Feinberg, an MD/PhD candidate studying in the lab of Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, has been named a predoctoral fellow by Autism Speaks.
Full story »September 24, 2019Hyundai Hope on Wheels award supports Jason Shohet’s research in childhood cancer
UMass Medical School clinician-scientist Jason Shohet, MD, PhD, accepted a $300,000 grant on Monday, Sept. 23, from the Hyundai Motor America Hope on Wheels campaign to continue his work toward developing more effective and less toxic therapies for childhood cancers with a special focus on neuroblastoma.
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Community delivers as UMass Cancer Walk hits $750,000 goal
Thousands of people flocked to the UMass Cancer Walk and Run on Sunday, Sept. 22, helping organizers meet their $750,000 fundraising goal.
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