Mohona Gupta, PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences , moved to Massachusetts from Kolkata, India, in 2018 to attend UMass Medical School. It was the first time she had ever…
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Investigators at UMass Medical School have received two, five-year grants totaling $13 million to explore how the 4D genome structure influences gene expression, cellular function, development and…
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Research exists around gender, sexual orientation and weight status inequities and eating disorders, but little is known about how these disparities intersect and what role social determinants may…
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The second in a series of campus conversations on diversity and inclusion was framed by the book that’s the UMass Medical School’s campus read, Ibram X. Kendi’s 2019 book How to Be an Antiracist .…, Related story on UMassMed News:, The Equity Collaborative builds culture, tools to promote gender parity
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What makes an organization committed to fully inclusive gender equity? That was the framework for the first in a series of UMass Medical School community conversations on diversity and inclusion,…
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Students in the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) and Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences gathered on Zoom…
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The Foundation to Fight H-ABC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing awareness and driving development of a cure for this rare degenerative children's disease, has announced sponsored…
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UMass Medical School has received approval from the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees for a project that will change the face of the Worcester campus and accelerate research into new…, Project milestones, West garage and north quad turnover to construction manager—November 15 Start garage demolition—January 2021 Steel frame of NERB completed—October 2021 Building weathertight—January 2022 Certificate…
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Emily Davenport always knew she was destined to be a nurse. The Graduate Entry Pathway Doctor of Nursing Practice student is on the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner track. She was…
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Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE, has focused her career on trying to untangle signs of the impending end of a person’s life from confounding factors such as incorrect medication. Dr. Tjia, professor of…
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