After losing her best friend to malaria, PhD student Winnie Mkandawire chose to study infectious diseases to prevent others from experiencing the same loss. 

The T.H. Chan School of Medicine Class of 2025 celebrated 140 new doctors on Match Day.

UMass ALS Cellucci Fund Boston Marathon teams have raised more than $800,000 for ALS research since 2012. This year’s team hopes to add $50,000 to that.

Amid ongoing measles outbreaks, pediatric infectious disease specialist Christina Hermos explains the importance of being vaccinated against the disease.

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

The research team has found that a koala population in Australia has evolved a distinctive genomic immunity to a retrovirus.

The lecture is part of a new education and research program funded through a $200,000 gift from the Last Call Foundation to UMass Chan.

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

UMass Chan Medical School is announcing a $35 million philanthropic gift from the Paul J. DiMare Foundation to advance research and support breakthroughs in neurodegenerative and genetic diseases.  

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.