UMass Chan Medical School has added a diversity, equity and inclusion pillar to its IMPACT 2025 Strategic Plan.

“When we created IMPACT 2025, diversity, equity and inclusion was intentionally incorporated into each of the five pillars as a reflection of our belief that DEI must be woven into and considered in everything that we do. However, we have come to recognize that targeted refinements can be extremely beneficial,” said Chancellor Michael F. Collins.

Using plasma of patients convalesced from COVID-19, whose blood contains antibodies against the disease-causing SARS-CoV-2 virus, has been touted as a promising treatment for some patients with signs of infection.

UMass Chan Medical School students are working to support community efforts to assist Afghan refugees in Worcester. Last month, six T.H. Chan School of Medicine students stepped in to test 200 Afghans at a Worcester hotel after volunteers from the Worcester Refugee Assistance Project (WRAP) learned one of the residents had COVID-19 symptoms.

UMass Dartmouth College of Nursing & Health Sciences faculty members Professor Mary McCurry, Assistant Professor Monika Schuler, Assistant Professor Jennifer Viveiros, Assistant Professor Shannon Avery-Desmarais, and Assistant Professor Mirinda Tyo were part of a research team that was recently awarded a two-year $595,485 grant from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE).

Kristin Mattocks, PhD, MPH, professor of population & quantitative health sciences and associate dean for veterans affairs at UMass Chan Medical School, has joined the editorial board of Women’s Health Issues, the journal of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health. The institute is based at Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.

The UMass Chan Medical School Diversity and Inclusion Office has invited two dynamic women to accompany the Medical School in centering Black lives as part of its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion during and beyond Black History Month.

AMHERST, Mass. – New research on the gender gap in faculty in finance programs, shows a significant gap, with only 16% of the finance faculty at top business schools being women.