Danny Winder, PhD, a renowned expert in the field of addiction neuroscience, chose UMass Chan for the collaborative research opportunities it offers. Learn about the new chair of the Department of Neurobiology:
#WhyUMassChan
@dgordonwinder
@NeurobioUMass
UMass Chan Medical School presented Luke O’Neill, PhD, chair and professor of biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin, with an honorary Doctor of Science for being a renowned biochemist, thought leader in immunology and consummate communicator.
#UMassChan2023
@UMass
@tcddublin
It is with deep sadness that we share Michael Green, MD, PhD, has died. Please honor his legacy by reading about his work as one of the most distinguished biomedical research leaders in our academic community and across the nation:
With gratitude for the transformational philanthropy of the Morningside Foundation, UMass Medical School is now UMass Chan Medical School. Learn about the history-making gift at
@UMass
and the name changes for
#UMassChan
's three schools:
#WhyUMassChan
John Harris, MD, PhD, one of the foremost authorities on
#vitiligo
, a
@UMassMedical
alumnus & associate professor of dermatology, will become chair of the Department of Dermatology on Jan. 1. Read Harris' bio & learn about the new institute he will direct:
The
@umass
Board of Trustees has approved the construction of a new building on the
@UMassMedical
campus that will accelerate research into new therapeutics for some of the most challenging diseases that humans face:
@UMMSGeneTherapy
@ProgMolMed
The discoveries Allan Jacobson, PhD, & Lynne Maquat, PhD, of
@URochester_SMD
, have made have had implications in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy & Fragile X syndrome. They have won the 2023 Gruber Genetics Prize:
#genetics
@The_Gruber_Fdtn
@MaquatLab
Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, professor of RNA Therapeutics, recognized with Chancellor’s Medal for Distinguished Scholarship. She is a ‘prolific inventor,’ with more than 300 patents and a ‘driving force’ in the field of oligonucleotide therapeutics.
#UMassChan
#RNA
#WomenInScience
UMass Chan Medical School professor
@mary_munson4
, PhD, was recognized for her commitment to diversity in science at the 34th annual Martin Luther King Jr. tribute. Learn more here:
UMass Chan student Maimuna Ahmad learned she matched in otolaryngology at her first choice,
@UCSF
, with her parents, Bangladeshi immigrants, by her side. Ahmad said medicine was the only field she could envision herself in. Congrats!
#UMassChanMatch
#Match2023
@Maimunaahmad23
Today, more than 60 4th-year
@UMassMedical
students, who are ready to start practicing medicine early in the wake of the
#COVID
-19 pandemic, followed protocol as they began
#telehealth
training.
#COVIDMA
Mary Munson, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular biotechnology and assistant vice provost for health equity at
@UMassChan
, will serve as president of the American Society for Cell Biology starting in 2025:
@mary_munson4
@UMassChan_BMB
@ASCBiology
“You are my heroes. You save lives. Your work changes lives. ... Take pride in the fact that you are a graduate of this fine institution. Take pride that you have chosen a profession that isn’t a career, but a calling.” - Award-winning journalist
@katiecouric
, to
#UMassChan2023
UMass Medical School is saddened to share that Robert W. Finberg, MD, distinguished professor of medicine and chair emeritus of
@UMass_Medicine
, died unexpectedly yesterday at age 71. Read about his vast contributions to
@UMassMedical
&
@umassmemorial
.
The UMass Medical School community, including students and faculty, have come together to gather much-needed equipment to handle
#COVID19
during this uncertain time.
A shout out to
@UMassMedical
students who are coming together to supply snacks and drinks to our front line workers!
@STebagy
thank you for sharing the pictures.
#UMassTogether
We're thrilled to share that
@UMassMedical
scientist Thoru Pederson, PhD, has been elected as a new member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (
@americanacad
)!
Mary Munson, PhD, and Craig Peterson, PhD, are newly elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science:
They join 500 other scientists, engineers and innovators elected this year.
#AAASFellow
@mary_munson4
@PetersonLab
@aaas
Marian Walhout, PhD, the Maroun Semaan Chair in Biomedical Research and professor of molecular medicine, will serve as the founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology. Learn about the Walhout Lab and
@UMassChan
's new department:
@UMassChanGSBS
That's
#UMassMedical
student Nili Amir (
@niliamir_med
) on the left, 28 yrs ago last week. That's also Nili on the right. The aspiring
#obgyn
helped deliver a baby in the same hospital she was born,
@umassmemorial
, on the same day, at the same time!
#tbt
“The cell won’t grow, won’t divide and won’t talk to other cells without this mechanism.”
Learn about the $3.3 million
@NIH
award Mary Munson, PhD, has received to fund her lab’s research on intracellular cargo transport:
@mary_munson4
@UMassChan_BMB
The late Robert Finberg, MD, is recognized with the Chancellor’s Medal for Distinguished Service. Dr. Finberg died unexpectedly on Aug. 30. His wife of 50 years, Dr. Joyce Fingeroth, is accepting the award in his honor.
#immunology
#virology
#UMassChan
#mentor
#meded
1 of 2
Celia A. Schiffer, PhD, will serve as chair of the newly renamed Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biotechnology starting Oct. 1. Why the name change? Read this:
@UMassChanGSBS
On June 4, 2021, Officer Enmanuel “Manny” Familia drowned trying to save a 14-year-old. Today at
@WorcesterPD
the Familia family announced that UMass Chan Medical School has covered the cost of 300 rescue tubes like these and swimming lessons through
@YMCAofCM
.
@TweetWorcester
"Today is a very important day for UMass, but it's just the beginning of what will be the next act of an incredibly important medical institution, not just here in the commonwealth, not just around the country, but across the world." - Gov. Charlie Baker
#UMassChan
@MassGovernor
“What better way to honor a man than to run something that he did 37 straight times and try to raise $50,000 in efforts to end the disease that took my father’s life?” - Dean Kennedy on why he's running
#Boston126
for
@JakeKennedyALS
:
#ALS
@Coach_DKennedy
Today UMass Chan Medical School presented journalist Katie Couric with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters for being an advocate for biomedical research and preventive health and a trusted resource for communicating life-saving information.
#UMassChan2023
@UMass
@katiecouric
Arvin Garg, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School, has been named president-elect of the Academic Pediatric Association. Dr. Garg will be the third president from
@UMassChan
.
@ArvinGargMD
@AcademicPeds
Lupus has a broad range of causes and symptoms. Research Jillian Richmond, PhD, is doing with
@LupusResearch
funding could provide new information about how lupus-causing immune cells can be targeted to prevent or slow
#lupus
:
@tcelltracker
@UMassLupus
#ICYMI
: Fatoumata "Nogoy" Bah, SOM '20, told
@GMA
what it's like working on the front lines of the
#COVID19
pandemic only weeks after graduating early from
@UMassMedical
.
Fatoumata Bah graduated two months early from UMass Medical School in a virtual graduation. Less than a week later, she started working at a local hospital to help fight COVID-19.
Jennifer LaFemina, MD, FACS, was inducted into the
@AmCollSurgeons
Academy of Master Surgeon Educators on Friday, alongside 83 other surgeon educators who have devoted their careers to surgical education: Congratulations!
@JenniferLaFemi1
@UMassSurgery
“There is a certain power going into a space where you see all of these diverse, bright young people.” - Brian Lewis, PhD, mentor for the Biomedical Science Careers Program, which aims to diversify the biomedical sciences and health fields
@GSBS_UMassMed
We extend our congratulations to Katherine Fitzgerald, PhD, elected to
@theNAMedicine
for pioneering work on innate immune receptors, and Job Dekker, PhD, a pioneer in the study and understanding of the three-dimensional structure of the genome.
@FitzgeraldKate
@job_dekker
“As you embark on your next steps as doctors & nurses, I hope that you will listen to your patients with sharp ears & an open mind.” - Cori Bargmann, PhD, head of science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, in her message to
#UMassChan2022
@betenoire1
@ChanZuckerberg
@cziscience
Mary Munson, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular biotechnology, has been appointed assistant vice provost for health equity. Learn how she will support the
@UMassChan_OHE
at
@UMassChan
in her new role:
#HealthEquity
@mary_munson4
Congratulations to Dr. Michael Green & Dr. Allan Jacobson, distinguished scientists, researchers at
@UMassMedical
, on election to
@americanacad
Class of 2018.
Rachel Anderson and John Romano met during a UMass Chan orientation trip four years ago. This is the moment they learned they matched at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield in family medicine, their top choice.
#UMassChanMatch
#Match2022
@UMassChanSOM
@Baystate_Health
Say hello to the School of Medicine's Class of 2021! UMass Medical School awarded 158 Doctor of Medicine degrees and 11 MD/PhD degrees today during an outdoor ceremony at Worcester State University. Congratulations to you all!
#UMassMedical2021
@SOM_UMassMed
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center President and CEO
@kennturner
toured UMass Chan's Sanderson Center for Optical Experimentation after announcing a $2 million grant that will enable
#UMassChan
to purchase a super-resolution microscope.
@MALifeSciences
@SCOPE_UMMS
@LeicaMicro
Erik Sontheimer, PhD; Jonathan Watts, PhD; and Scot Wolfe, PhD, have received $2.3 million from the Rett Syndrome Research Trust to target particular mutations in the Rett syndrome patient population:
#AdvancingTogether
@ESontheimerLab
@jwattsgroup
@RSRT
A team co-led by Elinor Karlsson, PhD, is showing how much we can learn from studying the genomes of mammals. Read about the 13 studies published in
@ScienceMagazine
that help scientists better understand health and disease:
@eenork
@KltLab
@broadinstitute
“That’s what this building is for: education and research to make a difference in our world.”
🎧 Listen to what
@WHO
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, had to say during a ribbon cutting
@UMassChan
:
#podcast
#VoicesofUMassChan
@DrTedros