The “Jeopardy!”-style quiz created by physical therapy students triggered discussions, laughter and teamwork among high school students at the Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School. The high school students wagered points, competed in small groups and, along the way, learned about health and wellness. 

Scot Bateman, MD, professor of pediatrics and anesthesiology at UMass Medical School, has been named clinical ethicist at UMass Memorial Medical Center and UMMS, according to an announcement by Andrew Karson, MD, MPH, chief medical officer and senior vice president at UMass Memorial Medical Center.

AMHERST, Mass. – Many high-risk people eligible for medication to prevent HIV infection face barriers to obtaining a prescription, according to research by University of Massachusetts Amherst psychologist Avy Skolnik.

Those barriers include knowledge gaps and attitudinal roadblocks among providers and systems, and the placement of responsibility on the patient to request the service – even though it’s typically the role of health care providers to educate patients about preventive care, such as flu shots and cancer screenings.

The National Institute on Aging has awarded investigators in UMass Boston’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences a one-year $523,133 grant to conduct pilot studies on the impact of a Tai Chi program compared to a light physical exercise program on older adults.

UMass Boston Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Gail DiSabatino has been named this year’s recipient of the Scott Goodnight Award for outstanding performance as a dean/vice president from Region I of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).

“I am humbled to receive this award,” DiSabatino said. “It is a privilege to have the opportunity to serve this campus and its students.  To be recognized by one’s professional peers for that service is a great honor.” 

UMass Dartmouth announces its newest research group, the Community Research and Partnership Initiative (CoRPI). CoRPI will work with community partners and stakeholders to build long-term collaborations to benefit their social, economic, educational, ecological and physical well-being.

A team of UML student entrepreneurs hoping to help physical therapy patients walk more easily outdoors bested the competition from several universities, including runners-up Harvard and MIT, at the 7th annual Beantown Throwdown competition.

The Beantown Throwdown is the largest college pitch-off in Boston, an event that draws top student entrepreneur teams to pitch their startups. Thirteen teams representing Tufts, Northeastern, Boston College and Brandeis also competed. The Nov. 19 event drew a sellout audience of 200 to software company LogMeIn’s Cambridge headquarters.

AMHERST, Mass. – An international team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and universities in China and Singapore, is using artificial intelligence to develop a system that minimizes the dosage of drugs used to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as a way to reduce side effects. The findings are published in the journal Advanced Therapeutics.

At the 133rd meeting of the SouthCoast Chamber of Commerce, UMass Law students and the UMass Law Community Development Clinic were awarded the 2019 Education Leadership award for their legal work.

On November 23 in Fall River and New Bedford, the Leduc Center for Civic Engagement and the respective city’s Police Departments held “Guns for Groceries”. The program offered Market Basket gift cards and Domino’s pizza coupons for guns. This year, 116 firearms and large amounts of ammunition were collected in the cities.