AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) today published the latest editions of its lists of the top corporate air and water polluters and top greenhouse gas emitters in the United States, based on the most recent data available from the Environmental Protection Agency.
UMass Medical School researchers are about to start enrolling adolescents ages 12 through 17 in a clinical trial to test the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine made by Moderna. The vaccine has already been authorized for emergency use in adults 18 years or older by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This is the first it is being tested in a younger population.
Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Sean Collins, PhD’09, has been named a member of the Board of Trustees for the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke. Dr. Collins, assistant professor of nursing, was tapped for his extensive leadership, clinical research, military health care and advanced practice nursing expertise. He has been an advanced practice nurse and nursing researcher for more than 30 years and is at the height of a decorated two-decade plus military career.
If someone breaks a leg during a hike in the woods, how does a bystander respond? What can be done to help? These are the questions that a group of second-year School of Medicine students are helping to answer in their wilderness medicine optional enrichment elective.
A UMass Medical School researcher is leading a new study to evaluate the use of telehealth to improve suicide-related outcomes.
The four-year, $4.4 million National Institute of Mental Health effectiveness-implementation trial, called Telehealth to Improve Prevention of Suicide (TIPS) in emergency departments, focuses on interventions in community or rural hospitals. But these protocols could also be used in any emergency care setting, especially those without readily available mental health specialists.
BOSTON – Reflecting its historic mission of creating and disseminating knowledge, the University of Massachusetts is set to host online forums where UMass research scientists will discuss major innovations with representatives from business, industry and government. Each forum will focus on areas of UMass expertise with applications that will accelerate the post-pandemic economic recovery.
A potential therapeutic against hookworms is being developed by scientists from UMass Medical School, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, the USDA Agricultural Research Service and the Synthetic Biomanufacturing Facility at Utah State University.
Four teams of UMass Medical School students have been awarded Martin Luther King Jr. Semester of Service Awards to implement community service programs. They will use the $500 awards to expand support for adult refugees from Burma; offset elders’ isolation during COVID; expand training for stopping life-threatening bleeding; and assist asylum seekers with trained medical interpreters for forensic evaluations.
Understanding, treating and preventing disease has interested Angela Essa, SOM ’23, for years. She was intrigued by human anatomy and physiology classes from high school through her undergraduate years at UMass Amherst. She got involved in laboratory research early on, participating in honors-level programs that placed her in engaging, hands-on projects.
UMass Dartmouth’s Accounting program, offered by the Charlton College of Business, tops Best Value Schools’ list of “11 Fastest Accounting Degrees in 2021.” The program has been ranked #2 based on: