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UMass Chan BRIDGE Fund supports seven faculty projects with commercialization potential

UMass Chan BRIDGE Fund supports seven faculty projects with commercialization potential

BRIDGE Innovation and Business Development at UMass Chan Medical School has awarded $2.2 million to seven faculty-led biomedical research projects.

UMass Chan MD/PhD student’s published COVID-19 rapid testing research guides FDA

UMass Chan MD/PhD student’s published COVID-19 rapid testing research guides FDA

Carly Herbert, a MD/PhD student at UMass Chan Medical School, is a student investigator and the first or second author named on six publications on rapid COVID-19 tests.

UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center targets COVID-19 spread in the community

UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center targets COVID-19 spread in the community

The UMass Worcester Prevention Research Center is working with partners to promote vaccination, track infections and tackle social determinants of health affecting vulnerable groups.

Remillard Family Community Fund announces recipients of grants to improve local health

Remillard Family Community Fund announces recipients of grants to improve local health

Ten grants will fund collaborations led by UMass Chan Medical School faculty, students and community partners that have the potential to improve the health of Central Massachusetts residents, particularly those who are economically or educationally disadvantaged or underrepresented.

Collaborative effort led by Marian Walhout spotlights worms as model for personalized medicine

Collaborative effort led by Marian Walhout spotlights worms as model for personalized medicine

UMass Chan researcher Marian Walhout, PhD, along with collaborators at Northwestern and Cornell, have developed an animal model system to interrogate individual differences in metabolism.

Aspiring doctors expand horizons with Summer Enrichment Program at UMass Chan

Aspiring doctors expand horizons with Summer Enrichment Program at UMass Chan

Thirty-nine students completed the 2022 Summer Enrichment/BaccMD Program, an intensive immersion program aimed to help college undergraduates from underserved and underrepresented backgrounds who want to become physicians improve their qualifications and competitive standing for admission.

UMass Chan researchers study link between oral microbiome and long COVID

UMass Chan researchers study link between oral microbiome and long COVID

John P. Haran, MD, PhD, is studying neurological long-COVID symptoms in working-age, generally healthy people who were vaccinated prior to infection.

Making smoking cessation a game increases abstinence among smokers not yet ready to quit

Making smoking cessation a game increases abstinence among smokers not yet ready to quit

A study co-authored by UMass Chan Medical School researchers showed that a technology-assisted abstinence game may help smokers kick the habit. Rajani Sadasivam was principal investigator on the study.

Inaugural Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chairs celebrated at special investiture ceremony

Inaugural Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chairs celebrated at special investiture ceremony

UMass Chan Medical School celebrated in a special investiture ceremony on June 22 the $5 million gift of UMass Lowell alumni Donna and Robert Manning, which established Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chairs in neurosciences, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, nursing, and biomedical sciences.

UMass Chan postdoc receives two fellowship awards to support brain research

UMass Chan postdoc receives two fellowship awards to support brain research

Violeta Durán Laforet, PhD, has received two awards to study how cells in the brain affect aging. The information she learns could lead to Alzheimer’s disease treatments.

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