Nicole Bajdek ’20 has received the 2020 Student Investigator Masters Award from The New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (NEACSM) for her research comparing blood pressure…, “, We found that African American women had higher recovery blood pressure following intense bouts of shorter duration exercise, which is consistent with their greater cardiovascular risk. We also found…
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An artificial intelligence model for computer-aided reading of mammograms may improve the detection of breast cancer, according to a study co-authored by UMass Medical School breast imaging expert…
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UMass Medical School students are trained and ready to administer COVID-19 vaccinations to Worcester-area residents. Thirteen Graduate School of Nursing students taught more than 150 School of…
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Now that two COVID-19 vaccines have received Food and Drug Administration emergency authorization, with more on the way, how do we encourage widespread acceptance among the public? Two UMass Medical…
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UMass Medical School students are joining the “army of vaccinators” that Worcester Division of Public Health’s medical director, Michael Hirsh, MD, has called upon to get the COVID-19 vaccines to as…
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Atalanta Therapeutics, a biotech founded by UMass Medical School and three faculty research scientists to pioneer treatment options for neurodegenerative diseases, has launched with financing by…
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Two MD/PhD students in the lab of Read Pukkila-Worley, MD , associate professor of medicine, have each received Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards from the National Institutes of…
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Two Graduate School of Nursing DNP candidates have stepped up to help a college community stay protected from the coronavirus. Kelly Cutting, RN, FNP-C, and Olivia Slezik, RN, AGPCNP-BC, both…
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A new companionship wellness initiative at UMass Medical School is combating isolation and loneliness among COVID-19 patients 65 and older by having students virtually check in, comfort and…, Click below to watch the WCVB/TV report on the program, Program unites medical students in training with lonely hospital patients
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AMHERST, Mass – A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) have developed a technique to replicate bone tissue…
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