Dr. Long-Bellil is assistant professor of family medicine & community health and research consultant for Commonwealth Medicine, where she has directed research, policy and training projects…
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Associate Professor of Law Margaret Drew With the most recent grant of tenure, women now make up 54% of the tenured faculty at UMass Law. Overall, 55% of UMass Law students are female, including 59%…
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BOSTON – Reflecting its historic mission of creating and disseminating knowledge, the University of Massachusetts is set to host online forums where UMass research scientists will discuss major…, UMass President Marty Meehan, said. Business associations in the region – including the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, Mass Medic, Mass Bio, Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Mass Competitive Partnership and the New…, Katherine Newman, System Chancellor for Academic Programs and Economic Development, . “We also know that the University of Massachusetts possesses the research track record to help power New England companies in life science, robotics, alternative energy, advanced manufacturing and…, Kumble Subbaswamy, (Amherst),, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, (Boston),, Mark Fuller, (Dartmouth),, Jacquie Moloney, (Lowell), and, Michael Collins, (Medical School) have a demonstrated commitment to building innovation ecosystems across their campuses and connecting research to the economic development of their regions and the Commonwealth. The…
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UMass Medical School researchers are about to start enrolling adolescents ages 12 through 17 in a clinical trial to test the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine made by Moderna. The vaccine has already been…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) today published the latest editions of its lists of the top corporate air and…
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School of Medicine students are motivating classmates to tackle stress and fatigue through fitness. UMass Medical School’s chapter of Medicine in Motion , a national nonprofit, is dedicated to…
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Tammy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD, assistant professor of surgery, describes herself as a garbage collector. But it would perhaps be more accurate to say Dr. Nguyen is giving biomedical waste a purpose. She’s…
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Global infectious diseases like the COVID-19 pandemic need global as well as local solutions, says Prof. Ford-Timothy Timothy Ford , the new chair of the BNS landing page Department of Biomedical…, Q: Which diseases are your main focus?, A:, I’m very interested in waterborne diseases, especially cholera and E. coli 0157, a newer strain of E. coli that’s highly toxigenic and has a high fatality rate. My research group at Montana State…, Q: What are you researching now?, A:, We’ve been looking at ways to do better surveillance of the deadly strain of cholera that arrived In Haiti with U.N. peacekeepers, after the 2010 earthquake. It has killed close to 10,000 people…, Q: You have written recently for Timothy Ford articles for The Conversation The Conversation about issues involving COVID-19 vaccines, based on your work in global health. Why are more deadly…, A:, No matter how diseases are transmitted – whether airborne, waterborne, by direct contact or through vectors such as ticks and mosquitoes – the same trends worldwide are leading to the emergence of…, Q: What do you think will cause the next big pandemic?, A:, The most likely sources of pandemics are the respiratory viruses, like influenza and the coronaviruses. After that, perhaps the vector-borne diseases, like malaria. Waterborne diseases that we need…
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We are a nation divided. Democrats. Republicans. Polarized. Cleaved. On everything from race to climate change, from how to repair the economy to how to handle the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are…, Q. Over the past four years, we have seen a society cleaved not so much by disagreements on opinions over policies or issues, but by disputes about the very facts themselves. Has our country ever…, A., The Capitol riots demonstrated the depth of our divided perceptions. In my view, the events of January 6 were in large part driven by dueling fact perceptions — especially about the fairness of the…, Q. You’ve researched what you call “the political consequences of belief.” What does that mean?, A., Simply put, ideas have consequences. The beliefs — values and identities, ideologies and perceptions — can be identified, and the consequences — cooperation and conflict, engagement and decline —…, Q. President Biden has urged Americans to embrace unity over division. But how does a divided nation achieve unity?, A., I don’t see much future unity around cultural similarity, because we are increasingly culturally distinct in terms of diverse ethnicities, religious beliefs, political values, partisan identities,…, Q. What happens if we continue on the road we’re traveling?, A., Nothing good. I fear much more separation into distinct camps within American society, which will make us poorer, less empathetic, less willing to sacrifice for the nation. If our internal division…
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Senior Education landing page education major Abby O’Keefe grew up in Lowell, and she was excited to do her student teaching in a second-grade class at Pawtucketville Elementary School. But because…
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