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Leadership, Research

UMass Chan Medical School global health researcher Ann Moormann, PhD, MPH, has been elected as a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the development of science, her leadership roles, academic mentoring and career development of scientists in Africa. The African Academy of Sciences Fellowship comprises individuals who have reached the highest level of excellence in their field of expertise and have made contributions to the advancement of the field on the African continent.

Research

Two years after receiving a grant from the nonprofit Hyundai Hope on Wheels, Jason Shohet, MD, PhD, has received a new, two-year $300,000 Scholar Hope Grant to focus on overcoming drug resistance in treatments for neuroblastoma, a deadly cancer in children that affects the peripheral nervous system.

Research
Katherine Luzuriaga, MD
Katherine Luzuriaga, MD

UMass Chan Medical School researchers are embarking on a clinical trial of an mRNA vaccine by Moderna against the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common cause of infectious mononucleosis. EBV has also been associated with several autoimmune disorders and has been implicated in the development of several cancers, including Burkitt and Hodgkin’s lymphomas.

Research

AMHERST, Mass. – Women vaccinated against COVID-19 transfer SARS-CoV-2 antibodies to their breastfed infants, potentially giving their babies passive immunity against the coronavirus, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research.

Impact, Research
Secretary for Energy and Environmental Affairs Kathleen Theoharides, third from left, poses with UMass Lowell's, from left, Dan Abrahamson, Ruairi O'Mahony, Julie Chen, Steve O'Riordan, Thomas Miliano and T.J.
Impact, Research
Mechanical engineering major Max Prescott stands in front of entrance of Rist Urban Agriculture Farm
Mechanical engineering major Max Prescott has been putting the solar-powered Tertill garden weeding robot to the test at the Rist Urban Agriculture Farm on East Campus.

On a sunny Friday afternoon in early December, 

Student Life
Students gather around the "Ethics and Information Quality" station hosted by Assoc. Prof. of Accounting Karen Lin, right, during Ethics Fest at University Crossing.
Students gather around the "Ethics and Information Quality" station hosted by Assoc. Prof.
Research

 

Research
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh in the Fluid-Structure Interactions Research Laboratory
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh in the Fluid-Structure Interactions Research Laboratory

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Education, Impact, Research
UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Mark A. Fuller and Helena Margarida Moreira de Oliveira Vieira, Director-General of Maritime Policy for Portugal sign the Memorandum of Understanding
UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Mark A.
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