By Katarina A. Lewczyk | Date published: June 4, 2025
Read Pukkila-Worley Named Director of UMass Chan MD/PhD Program
Read Pukkila-Worley, MD, professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, has been named the new director of the Medical Scientist Training Program-funding MD/PhD program at UMass Chan Medical School.
Dr. Pukkila-Worley succeeds Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD, the Melvin S. and Sandra L. Cutler Chair in Biomedical Research and professor of population & quantitative health sciences, who is stepping down as director of the program, but continuing her roles in scientific research and education at UMass Chan. He has served under Dr. Kiefe as the associate director of the MD/PhD program and currently serves as the inaugural director of the Robert W. Finberg Physician-Scientist Training Program in the Department of Medicine.
“Physician-scientist training offers a tangible mechanism to foster interactions between clinical and research faculty and enhances the international reputation of the training programs on our medical campus,” Dr. Pukkila-Worley said. “I am honored to be our MD/PhD program’s next director.”