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The Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing at UMass Chan Medical School celebrated 35 new nurses at the Graduate Entry Pathway Pinning Ceremony on Monday, Sept. 8.  

The pilot program is expected to impact up to 600 area residents in 13 communities, including Worcester.  

The 233 UMass Chan medical students in the Class of 2029 received white coats on Sept. 5. The White Coat Ceremony is a momentous event for first-year medical students as they join the medical profession. 

These findings, published in Nature, point to potential new approaches to protect young infants from perinatal HIV transmission.

A $700,000, two-year extension of the program was finalized in July. 

UMass Chan Medical licenses exNA oligonucleotide technology to Hongene Biotech Corporation

Festivities kick off on Friday, Sept. 5, with the T.H. Chan School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony.

The study collected data from a community sample of more than 80 children and their mothers. 

UMass Chan scientists explain how proteins that regulate gene function can increase genetic mutations by competing with DNA repair operations.

Five faculty members are assisting digital health care platform startups in developing and advancing technology aimed at addressing health issues impacting underserved communities.

UMass Chan Medical School welcomed 313 new students to campus on Monday, Aug. 18, for orientation, including 233 students in the T.H. Chan School of Medicine Class of 2029, 16 students in the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing and 13 students in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Ghanaian DNP student Elizabeth “Lizzy” Mirekuaa Lartey, RN, has one goal in mind: helping her community. The mother of four provides free health screenings and manages a fashion line of African-inspired scrubs.

Clinical study of gene therapy for GM2 gangliosidosis, including Tay-Sachs disease, shows encouraging results

Sarabeth Broder-Fingert, MD, MPH, addresses common misconceptions about autism.

The two awards will help fund research aimed at improving pregnancy outcomes in women from low- and middle-income countries.

Four third-year medical students make up the first cohort for UMass Chan’s Indigenous health clerkship.

Eleven teams of medical students, faculty members, residents and staff are the recipients of the 2025 Remillard Family Community Service Fund grants.

Applications open on Aug. 8 for the Direct Entry Master of Science in Nursing for Non-Nurses degree program.

Tara Delorme, PhD, received a $110,000 award from the Fonds de recherche du Québec.

Gov. Healey introduced the Discovery, Research & Innovation for a Vibrant Economy initiative.

Samara Vilca, PhD, is one of 30 postdoctoral researchers in the country to be selected to receive the award.

American Academy of Nursing recognizes Jill Terrien’s contributions to opioid use disorder curriculum and interprofessional curriculum, as well as the many faculty members and staff she’s worked with during her career.

PhD student Claire Shamber has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to further her research focused on investigating the untapped.  

Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE, will spend four months focusing on a project aimed at optimizing medication prescribing in older adults.  

Read Pukkila-Worley, MD, professor of medicine, will succeed Catarina Kiefe, MD/PhD, as the director of the Medical Scientist Training Program.

MD/PhD student and aspiring dermatologist Vincent Azzolino volunteers at Camp Discovery, a free summer camp funded by the American Academy of Dermatology, for children with chronic skin conditions. In the lab at UMass Chan, he studies enteroviruses and their drug resistance.

The special event included a tour and an unveiling of the donor acknowledgement plaque in the building’s main lobby.

The $50,000 award will support collaborative research studying how the brain and organs communicate using extracellular vesicles.

Elise Stevens, PhD, addresses the rise nicotine pouch use among teens.

UMass Chan is a recruitment site for the study and is working in partnership with teams from Boston University and UCLA.