With one week to go, the first UMassMed Cares employee charitable giving campaign has already garnered nearly $120,000 in donations. The campaign runs through Wednesday, Nov. 25, so it’s not too late for UMass Medical School employees to support the programs and community organizations that matter to them.
A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association Network Open indicates that delirium is a frequent symptom among older adults who test positive for COVID-19 when they present in an emergency department.
Nighttime noise levels for patients on the South 5 unit of UMass Memorial Medical Center Memorial Campus got a little quieter after a team of medical and advanced practice nursing students and resident physicians carried out a quality improvement project to improve inpatient sleep.
The Women in Science video series on UMassMed News highlights the many areas of research conducted by women at UMass Medical School.
Ana Maldonado-Contreras, PhD, assistant professor of microbiology & physiological systems, has been fascinated by the relationship between diet, bacteria in the gut and health throughout her career.
UMass Medical School postdoctoral fellow Anna Loveland, PhD, has been named a STAT Wunderkind by the health and science media company STAT. STAT Wunderkinds honors the brightest young minds in life science for their work in academia, industry and in the clinic.
Dozens of UMass Medical School administration, faculty, staff and student leaders came together Thursday, Nov. 12, for Diversity Summit V, a two-hour virtual conference assessing the state of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts at UMMS and outlining plans for future work.
While participants identified improvement targets, the summit included an extensive report of progress.
Chancellor Michael F. Collins called for concrete recommendations and requested resources to be compiled by early December in preparation for a final report.
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of those times in life when there is a clear division between “before” and “after,” according to UMass Medical School’s infection control officer, Sharone Green, MD. While she prefers not to use the term, “new normal,” she said things are different now that the coronavirus is widespread and will probably not go back entirely to the way they were before.
Looking Ahead
AMHERST, MASS. – Most women are receiving fewer than half the services recommended during their comprehensive postpartum medical checkup, according to a study by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers.
AMHERST, Mass. – Simplilearn, the world's number one Online Bootcamp for digital economy skills training, today announced its partnership with the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) to offer a specialized Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Agile.