Senior Public Health page public health major Katherine Mayer, an EMT, wanted to help UMass Lowell’s EMM landing page-2 Emergency Management team with “something they didn’t have yet” for her …, Serving the University Community, Mayer’s emergency dispensing site operation plan dovetails with the city’s plan to distribute emergency supplies to Lowell residents at a central location. The idea is to make sure that UML students…, Honors Capstones, The Honors College, which requires every senior to hold a public presentation about their honors capstone project or thesis, faces a unique challenge as up to 160 seniors prepare to take that final…
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Prof. Remold-Susanna Susanna Remold , the new chair of the Biology landing page Department of Biological Sciences , is an expert on the evolution and ecology of disease-causing microbes that can…, Q: What should people be doing right now in response to COVID-19?, A:, Everybody should be staying home. Here in the U.S., we are not responding quickly enough to this crisis. We are not taking strong enough action, and when we do, we are days or weeks too late. The…, Q: Some people still think stay-at-home orders are too drastic – even policymakers who are getting expert advice. Why is that?, A:, I think it’s because we tend to respond based on our experience. But if we do that in this case, we will underreact. The rate of increase in infections and deaths grows exponentially, not steadily,…, Q: Other countries have had success with less drastic measures. Why won’t they work here?, A:, You can intervene early with relatively cheap measures. The later you respond, the more costly it is in terms of lives and the economy. Widespread testing and contact tracking are key to…, Q: What insights into pandemics have you gained from your research into the ecology and evolution of organisms that change hosts?, A:, If you think about the WHO 6 pandemic phases document World Health Organization’s six stages for a pathogen to become a pandemic and about how human interactions with their environments have…, Q: Do you have any other advice on how we can get better at dealing with this pandemic and prepare for future pandemics?, A:, The task force demonstrated the power of people with vastly different backgrounds working together to address a critical threat. It included experts in epidemiology, ecology, entomology, agriculture…
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Graduate programs in several science and social science disciplines at the University of Massachusetts Amherst rank among the best in the nation in fresh rankings featured in the U.S. News &…
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Graduate programs in business, education and engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst rank among the best in the nation as reported in the U.S. News & World Report 2021 edition of…
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AMHERST, Mass.— Shannon Silva, a biology major and Commonwealth Honors College junior, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, awarded by the Barry M. Goldwater…
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The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) Program has appointed Wesley J. Dunham as its new strategic communications and program manager. Dunham, who started his new role on March 23, holds…
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“Onward and upward! Maybe with a few loop-dee-doodles along the way, just for fun,” exclaimed Susan Gagliardi, PhD, professor of neurology. This was just one of the many virtual messages that UMass…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Student members of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are using their skills and training in their home communities during this period of…, South Weymouth, . Nina Olds works as an EMT at two agencies in , New Jersey, and volunteers as an EMT at a third. Brian Keefe is working for Alert Ambulance, which provides Advanced Life Support in , Chicopee, . Erik Bratland works for Action Ambulance, primarily working out of , Springfield and Holyoke, . They all say there is a strong and direct connection between their academic classwork at UMass Amherst, the EMT training they have received and the skills they are using as they perform their jobs…
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It was a sudden, but thrilling change for the School of Medicine’s Class of 2020, graduating two months early from UMass Medical School with only a few days notice, allowing the new physicians to…
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Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, The transition to remote learning resulting from the COVID-19 emergency has caused significant disruption to students’ educational experience this semester.…
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