Chancellor Michael F. Collins delivers optimistic message at UMass Chan's 2025 Commencement ceremony
On Sunday, June 1, Chancellor Michael F. Collins delivered an optimistic message focused on the success of the graduates, in spite of the sh...
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UMass Chan's 2025 Commencement speaker: Marcia McNutt
National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt, PhD, delivered the 2025 Commencement address at UMass Chan Medical School on June 3. L...
Research explores avatar therapy for alcohol use disorder, suicide prevention
Lourah Kelly, PhD, discusses avatar therapy for alcohol use and suicide prevention in a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast. More resources can...
UMass Chan expands program for diverse aspiring physicians
UMass Chan expands its program for underrepresented students on their path to medical school. Since its inception more than a decade ago, th...
Studying the link between Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes
In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast, Jason Kim, PhD, professor of molecular medicine and medicine and director of the Metabolic Disease Re...
Improving underrepresentation in medicine through mentorship and allies
In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast, Crista Johnson-Agbakwu, MD, professor of obstetrics & gynecology and population & quantitative health...
Chancellor Collins highlights UMass Chan's journey of growth, innovation
Chancellor Michael F. Collins kicked off a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast season by highlighting the growth and future of UMass Chan Medic...
WHO Director-General delivers keynote address at new building ribbon cutting ceremony
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, director general of the World Health Organization, delivered the keynote address and received an honorary d...
Gov. Healey delivered UMass Chan's 51st Commencement address
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey delivered the Commencement address at UMass Chan Medical School on June 2. She celebrated the Classes of 202...
Cherise Hamblin: A voice for Black maternal health equity
In the latest episode of Voices of UMass Chan, Cherise Hamblin, MD, delves into the critical topic of black maternal health and the signific...
Bridging the gap in opioid use disorder treatment
Margret Chang, MD, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics and director of resident addiction curriculum in the Internal Medicine Res...
Understanding the connection between the gut microbiome and Alzheimer’s
In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast, John P. Haran, MD’07, PhD’18, and Ethan Loew, MD/PhD student, shed light on their ongoing research to...
Marcus Ruscetti shares his research journey in cancer biology
In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast, Marcus Ruscetti, PhD, assistant professor of molecular, cell & cancer biology, shares his journey int...
New center focused on accelerating suicide prevention
The Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide through Technology Translation (CAPES) at UMass Chan is focused on figuring out how to...
UMass Chan offers accelerated three-year MD program
In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast episode, learn about the new accelerated three-year MD Program at UMass Chan Medical School. Medical s...
Palliative expert Sunita Puri explores the ‘hidden harms’ of CPR
Palliative care expert Sunita Puri, MD, associate professor of medicine, delves into the complexities surrounding cardiopulmonary resuscitat...
UMass Chan experts discuss benefits, concerns of AI in health care
David McManus, MD’02, MSc and Neil Marya, MD’12, discuss how artificial intelligence will impact the field of medicine and research.
Valuable insight from the HPV and COVID-19 vaccine rollouts
In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast episode, Grace Ryan, PhD, assistant professor of population & quantitative health sciences, discusses...
Chancellor Collins looks ahead to a vibrant year at UMass Chan
Chancellor Michael F. Collins kicked off the first episode of a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast season days after he welcomed UMass Chan Me...
Katie Couric to UMass Chan 2023 grads: 'You are my heroes'
Katie Couric, former host of NBC’s Today show and anchor of CBS Evening News, and co-founder of cancer research charity Stand Up To Cancer,...