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  • PhD candidate Anna Aristarkhova receives grant to study visual loss in multiple sclerosis patients

    PhD candidate Anna Aristarkhova receives grant to study visual loss in multiple sclerosis patients

    MD/PhD student Anna Aristarkhova received a predoctoral fellowship award from the NIH to research the mechanisms underlying visual loss in multiple sclerosis.

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  • UMass Chan Class of 2026 graduates encouraged to pursue ‘inspired altruism’ in careers

    UMass Chan Class of 2026 graduates encouraged to pursue ‘inspired altruism’ in careers

    Philanthropist Gerald Chan delivered the keynote Commencement address as 270 degrees were awarded on May 31. 

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  • ‘We are the embodiment of hope’: students reflect at 2026 Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Commencement Celebration

    ‘We are the embodiment of hope’: students reflect at 2026 Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Commencement Celebration

    Twenty-five graduating students at UMass Chan Medical School received stoles at the 2026 Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Commencement Celebration on May 29. 

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  • ‘Science essential to society’: PhD candidates honored at 2026 award ceremony

    ‘Science essential to society’: PhD candidates honored at 2026 award ceremony

    Graduating PhD candidates in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School were celebrated during an awards ceremony on May 28.

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  • UMass Chan community members commended for compassionate care; 41 inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society

    UMass Chan community members commended for compassionate care; 41 inducted into Gold Humanism Honor Society

    The UMass Chan Medical School chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society inducted 41 members who have demonstrated compassionate, patient-centered care.

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  • UMass Chan scientists develop gene editing technology capable of rewriting entire chapters of the genome

    UMass Chan scientists develop gene editing technology capable of rewriting entire chapters of the genome

    Erik Sontheimer, PhD, and Wen Xue, PhD, have developed a gene editing technology that allows for precise, efficient insertion of very large DNA segments into the human genome.

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