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UMass Chan Medical School: pioneering education, research and health care delivery in Worcester, Mass. See how we are advancing medicine together. https://direc.to/mZJw #AdvancingTogether
Fifty-six people were inducted into the Delta chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society on Wednesday. View the list of inductees and read their stories of leadership, mentorship and perseverance: direc.to/nAzL
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November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Fifty-six people were inducted into the Delta chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society on Wednesday. View the list of inductees and read their stories of leadership, mentorship and perseverance: direc.to/nAzL
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The fourth annual Department of Public Safety Food Drive for Veterans Inc. and Why Me & Sherry’s House is going on now through 3 p.m. Friday. Officers from UMass Chan, Worcester and Shrewsbury are ready to take your donations in the cruisers parked in front of the Paul J. DiMare Center.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The fourth annual Department of Public Safety Food Drive for Veterans Inc. and Why Me & Sherry’s House is going on now through 3 p.m. Friday. Officers from UMass Chan, Worcester and Shrewsbury are ready to take your donations in the cruisers parked in front of the Paul J. DiMare Center.
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Our Biomedical Sciences PhD program develops leaders in all sectors of biomedicine. Sign up for the admission workshop on Nov. 18 to get questions answered ahead of the deadline for the Basic Biomedical Sciences Umbrella Pathway, Dec. 1: direc.to/nA7S
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#PhD #BiomedicalSciences #PhDSky
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our Biomedical Sciences PhD program develops leaders in all sectors of biomedicine. Sign up for the admission workshop on Nov. 18 to get questions answered ahead of the deadline for the Basic Biomedical Sciences Umbrella Pathway, Dec. 1: direc.to/nA7S
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#PhD #BiomedicalSciences #PhDSky
Two UMass Chan medical students are repairing donated bicycles and mentoring local youth involved with Worcester Earn-A-Bike as part of a medical school curriculum geared toward making an impact on the local community: direc.to/nAcG
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#WhyUMassChan #MedEd #community #Worcester @uofmass.bsky.social
UMass Chan medical students build equity, health and community at Worcester Earn-A-Bike
Second-year medical students Hoang Vo and Diego Marroquin spend several hours a month volunteering at Worcester Earn-a-Bike.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Two UMass Chan medical students are repairing donated bicycles and mentoring local youth involved with Worcester Earn-A-Bike as part of a medical school curriculum geared toward making an impact on the local community: direc.to/nAcG
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#WhyUMassChan #MedEd #community #Worcester @uofmass.bsky.social
A four-year, $2 million CDC award will support a UMass Chan study looking at the effectiveness of a digital lifestyle change intervention for patients using GLP-1 therapies to manage obesity, diabetes or cardiovascular disease: direc.to/nBJK
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#GLP1 #LifestyleHealth @prcumasschan.bsky.social
UMass Chan launches new center with study of digital intervention for patients using GLP-1 medications
Enrollment in the study will start in early 2026, with a focus on patients recently initiating GLP-1 therapies in the Worcester area.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A four-year, $2 million CDC award will support a UMass Chan study looking at the effectiveness of a digital lifestyle change intervention for patients using GLP-1 therapies to manage obesity, diabetes or cardiovascular disease: direc.to/nBJK
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#GLP1 #LifestyleHealth @prcumasschan.bsky.social
From heart surgery as an infant to a wrestler and roofer to a Doctor of Nursing Practice student in the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing: Read about Saylee “Timmy” Phongsamphanh, RN: direc.to/nCAd
This is National Nurse Practitioner Week.
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This is National Nurse Practitioner Week.
#NPWeek #StudentSpotlight @uofmass.bsky.social
Early heart condition led to calling for UMass Chan DNP student
DNP student Saylee “Timmy” Phongsamphanh, RN, was inspired to specialize in pediatric cardiology to take care of patients like himself.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
From heart surgery as an infant to a wrestler and roofer to a Doctor of Nursing Practice student in the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing: Read about Saylee “Timmy” Phongsamphanh, RN: direc.to/nCAd
This is National Nurse Practitioner Week.
#NPWeek #StudentSpotlight @uofmass.bsky.social
This is National Nurse Practitioner Week.
#NPWeek #StudentSpotlight @uofmass.bsky.social
The Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing Office of Student Affairs & Admissions is ready to answer your questions about advanced nursing programs at UMass Chan. Sign up for the virtual info session on Nov. 13 to learn about our BSN to DNP, PhD and master’s programs: direc.to/nCNG #nursing #nurse
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing Office of Student Affairs & Admissions is ready to answer your questions about advanced nursing programs at UMass Chan. Sign up for the virtual info session on Nov. 13 to learn about our BSN to DNP, PhD and master’s programs: direc.to/nCNG #nursing #nurse
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We now have Marcus Ruscetti from @umasschan.bsky.social after the lunch break speaking at #SENESCEL25 in Barcelona
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We now have Marcus Ruscetti from @umasschan.bsky.social after the lunch break speaking at #SENESCEL25 in Barcelona
MD/PhD student Bethany Berry is back as student trustee after last serving in 2022–23. Read about why she’s motivated to advocate for funding and eager to join the selection process for UMass Chan’s next chancellor: direc.to/nCgQ
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#UMass #StudentTrustee @uofmass.bsky.social
MD/PhD student Bethany Berry reprises role as student trustee
MD/PhD student Bethany Berry is reprising her 2022-33 role as UMass Chan Medical School’s student representative on the UMass Board of Trustees.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
MD/PhD student Bethany Berry is back as student trustee after last serving in 2022–23. Read about why she’s motivated to advocate for funding and eager to join the selection process for UMass Chan’s next chancellor: direc.to/nCgQ
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#UMass #StudentTrustee @uofmass.bsky.social
The Department of Microbiology hosted the half-day Fredric Fay Memorial Symposium on Tuesday. Andrew T. Gewirtz, PhD, presented the keynote, “Gut Microbiota, Innate Immunity and Viral Infection,” and UMass Chan faculty, including Raquel Binder, PhD, MPH, presented as well. #gut #bacteria #ScienceSky
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Department of Microbiology hosted the half-day Fredric Fay Memorial Symposium on Tuesday. Andrew T. Gewirtz, PhD, presented the keynote, “Gut Microbiota, Innate Immunity and Viral Infection,” and UMass Chan faculty, including Raquel Binder, PhD, MPH, presented as well. #gut #bacteria #ScienceSky
Join a collaborative home of Nobel Prize-winning biomedical research. Advance discoveries of the treatment and prevention of diseases. The Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is accepting applications for the Biomedical Sciences PhD program: direc.to/nEHU
#PhD #PhDSky
#PhD #PhDSky
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Join a collaborative home of Nobel Prize-winning biomedical research. Advance discoveries of the treatment and prevention of diseases. The Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences is accepting applications for the Biomedical Sciences PhD program: direc.to/nEHU
#PhD #PhDSky
#PhD #PhDSky
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Last week, President Meehan, Chancellor Collins, and researchers from across the UMass system joined with a broad coalition of advocates to testify in support of Governor Healey's DRIVE Act. (1/4)
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November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Last week, President Meehan, Chancellor Collins, and researchers from across the UMass system joined with a broad coalition of advocates to testify in support of Governor Healey's DRIVE Act. (1/4)
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PhD candidate Katherine “Kat” Murphy has received an NIH grant to research mutations found in a late-stage type of castration-resistant prostate cancer in the lab of Marcus Ruscetti, PhD: direc.to/nDnJ
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PhD candidate Katherine Murphy receives NIH grant for innovative prostate cancer research
PhD candidate Katherine Murphy received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for her pancreatic cancer research.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
PhD candidate Katherine “Kat” Murphy has received an NIH grant to research mutations found in a late-stage type of castration-resistant prostate cancer in the lab of Marcus Ruscetti, PhD: direc.to/nDnJ
#ProstateCancer #CancerResearch #PhD @marcus-ruscetti.bsky.social @uofmass.bsky.social
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Happy (belated) halloween from the @umasschan.bsky.social Duchenne Program!
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy (belated) halloween from the @umasschan.bsky.social Duchenne Program!
“If we don’t get the green light, we’re going to lose people, and it will be a generation of loss.”
Read about Chancellor Michael F. Collins’ testimony in support of an initiative to grow the research and innovation economy: direc.to/nE_A
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Read about Chancellor Michael F. Collins’ testimony in support of an initiative to grow the research and innovation economy: direc.to/nE_A
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Chancellor Collins testifies on behalf of Gov. Healey’s DRIVE legislation; bill would support research at UMass Chan
Chancellor Collins testified in favor of Gov. Maura Healey’s Discovery, Research and Innovation for a Vibrant Economy (DRIVE) legislation.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“If we don’t get the green light, we’re going to lose people, and it will be a generation of loss.”
Read about Chancellor Michael F. Collins’ testimony in support of an initiative to grow the research and innovation economy: direc.to/nE_A
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Read about Chancellor Michael F. Collins’ testimony in support of an initiative to grow the research and innovation economy: direc.to/nE_A
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“UMass has become an engine in this state for research: $869 million ... The research that we do solves the challenge of disease in this country, and our medical school plays a critical role in that." - UMass President Marty Meehan testifying before a #MApoli committee today @uofmass.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
“UMass has become an engine in this state for research: $869 million ... The research that we do solves the challenge of disease in this country, and our medical school plays a critical role in that." - UMass President Marty Meehan testifying before a #MApoli committee today @uofmass.bsky.social
“Our research community brings some of the brightest scientific minds together and they're losing hope. Their patients are losing hope." - Chancellor Michael F. Collins speaking to a legislative committee about legislation proposed by @massgovernor.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
“Our research community brings some of the brightest scientific minds together and they're losing hope. Their patients are losing hope." - Chancellor Michael F. Collins speaking to a legislative committee about legislation proposed by @massgovernor.bsky.social
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#ResearchFunding @uofmass.bsky.social
Drug courts in Massachusetts and Florida will participate in a NIH-funded, UMass Chan Medical School-led study aimed at improving communication and access to medications for opioid use disorder: direc.to/nEKv
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Ekaterina Pivovarova leading multistate study to improve collaboration between drug courts, treatment providers
The five-year study is funded by a $3.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health.
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October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Drug courts in Massachusetts and Florida will participate in a NIH-funded, UMass Chan Medical School-led study aimed at improving communication and access to medications for opioid use disorder: direc.to/nEKv
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#opioid @umassamherst.bsky.social @ucf.bsky.social @uofmass.bsky.social
UMass Chan scientists have received a $6M+ grant to evaluate gene editing technologies for treating frontotemporal dementia: direc.to/nE19
FTD causes cognitive impairment and changes in behavior, personality and language abilities.
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FTD causes cognitive impairment and changes in behavior, personality and language abilities.
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UMass Chan Medical School scientists to assess gene editing technologies for treating frontotemporal dementia
UMass Chan scientists have received funding to explore gene editing technologies for treating frontotemporal dementia.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
UMass Chan scientists have received a $6M+ grant to evaluate gene editing technologies for treating frontotemporal dementia: direc.to/nE19
FTD causes cognitive impairment and changes in behavior, personality and language abilities.
#FTD @eriksontheimer.bsky.social @jwattsgroup.bsky.social
FTD causes cognitive impairment and changes in behavior, personality and language abilities.
#FTD @eriksontheimer.bsky.social @jwattsgroup.bsky.social
With the Direct Entry MS program, individuals with bachelor’s degrees in fields other than nursing can become master’s-educated registered nurses in as little as 16 months. Apply by Nov. 2 to secure your spot in the fall 2026 class: direc.to/nE6F
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#nursing #nurses #NursingSky @uofmass.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
With the Direct Entry MS program, individuals with bachelor’s degrees in fields other than nursing can become master’s-educated registered nurses in as little as 16 months. Apply by Nov. 2 to secure your spot in the fall 2026 class: direc.to/nE6F
#nursing #nurses #NursingSky @uofmass.bsky.social
#nursing #nurses #NursingSky @uofmass.bsky.social
Boston Globe columnist Jon Chesto highlights Chancellor Michael F. Collins’ commitment to mentorship: direc.to/nE8m
Collins has deeply affected a younger generation of physicians, Chesto writes.
After 19 years, Collins will step down as chancellor in July 2026.
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Collins has deeply affected a younger generation of physicians, Chesto writes.
After 19 years, Collins will step down as chancellor in July 2026.
#mentorship @bostonglobe.com
Michael Collins leaves a legacy of mentorship behind at UMass Chan Medical School - The Boston Globe
His tenure at the medical school, the longest of any chancellor, is marked by accomplishment. But to Collins, his greatest achievement might be the number of people he helped along the way.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Boston Globe columnist Jon Chesto highlights Chancellor Michael F. Collins’ commitment to mentorship: direc.to/nE8m
Collins has deeply affected a younger generation of physicians, Chesto writes.
After 19 years, Collins will step down as chancellor in July 2026.
#mentorship @bostonglobe.com
Collins has deeply affected a younger generation of physicians, Chesto writes.
After 19 years, Collins will step down as chancellor in July 2026.
#mentorship @bostonglobe.com
Internationally recognized microbiome expert Andrew T. Gewirtz, PhD, will present the keynote address at the Fredric Fay Memorial Symposium at UMass Chan on Nov. 4: direc.to/nEZ6
Dr. Gewirtz is known for his work with the innate immune system and its response to microbiota. #microbiology
Dr. Gewirtz is known for his work with the innate immune system and its response to microbiota. #microbiology
Renowned microbiome expert presenting keynote address at Fredric Fay Memorial Symposium
The Fredric Fay Memorial Symposium is being held on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Internationally recognized microbiome expert Andrew T. Gewirtz, PhD, will present the keynote address at the Fredric Fay Memorial Symposium at UMass Chan on Nov. 4: direc.to/nEZ6
Dr. Gewirtz is known for his work with the innate immune system and its response to microbiota. #microbiology
Dr. Gewirtz is known for his work with the innate immune system and its response to microbiota. #microbiology
Get the most up-to-date information about applying to the T.H. Chan School of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School by registering for the free AAMC Virtual Medical School Fair: aamc.org/virtualfair
Our virtual booth is open Oct. 30 from 11 to 6. #MedSchool #MedicalSchool #MedEd #MedSky @aamc.org
Our virtual booth is open Oct. 30 from 11 to 6. #MedSchool #MedicalSchool #MedEd #MedSky @aamc.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Get the most up-to-date information about applying to the T.H. Chan School of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School by registering for the free AAMC Virtual Medical School Fair: aamc.org/virtualfair
Our virtual booth is open Oct. 30 from 11 to 6. #MedSchool #MedicalSchool #MedEd #MedSky @aamc.org
Our virtual booth is open Oct. 30 from 11 to 6. #MedSchool #MedicalSchool #MedEd #MedSky @aamc.org
UMass Chan employees have donated nearly $1 million to nonprofits and community partners through the UMass Chan Cares initiative since 2021. Employees can support these funds in 2025: direc.to/nEiX
The 2025 UMass Chan Cares campaign runs through Wednesday, Nov. 26.
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The 2025 UMass Chan Cares campaign runs through Wednesday, Nov. 26.
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UMass Chan Cares marks major milestones with launch of 2025 annual giving campaign
The UMass Chan Cares annual charitable giving campaign launches Monday, Oct. 27.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
UMass Chan employees have donated nearly $1 million to nonprofits and community partners through the UMass Chan Cares initiative since 2021. Employees can support these funds in 2025: direc.to/nEiX
The 2025 UMass Chan Cares campaign runs through Wednesday, Nov. 26.
#UMassChanCares #community
The 2025 UMass Chan Cares campaign runs through Wednesday, Nov. 26.
#UMassChanCares #community
Postdoctoral fellow Nikita Bhalerao, PhD, has received a Rising Star Award from the National Pancreas Foundation and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Pancreatic Cancer Alliance for her work in the lab of Jason Pitarresi, PhD: direc.to/nFDg
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Postdoctoral fellow Nikita Bhalerao honored by National Pancreas Foundation
Postdoc Nikita Bhalerao, PhD, received the 2025 Rising Star Award from the National Pancreas Foundation and a fellowship from the Pancreatic Cancer Alliance.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Postdoctoral fellow Nikita Bhalerao, PhD, has received a Rising Star Award from the National Pancreas Foundation and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Pancreatic Cancer Alliance for her work in the lab of Jason Pitarresi, PhD: direc.to/nFDg
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