UMass Chan Medical School

Discussing the COVID-19 vaccine with vaccine-hesitant patients can be frustrating, a focus group of primary care providers reported in a recent study led by Kimberly Fisher, MD. But having the vaccine available in the clinic, as well as incorporating motivational interviewing techniques, may offer a way forward.  

Artists share what “Advancing Belonging Together” means to them through original artwork at a new exhibit coordinated by the Advocacy Subcommittee of UMass Chan’s Committee on Equal Opportunity and Diversity in partnership with the Lamar Soutter Library.  

Researchers in UMass Chan Medical School’s Center for Microbiome Research are exploring the causal mechanisms by which bacteria in the gut influence chronic illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and Crohn’s disease and in autoimmune disorders and other conditions.