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Mica Kanner-Mascolo covers health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Worcester Business Journal. Her freelance writing has been featured in publications including FEMINIST, Byrdie, and Spare Change News. Mica is a graduate of The New School where she studied creative writing. An East Coast native, Mica currently resides in Central Massachusetts.

Covers: Health care and diversity, equity, and inclusion
Banking & Finance

Worcester biopharmaceutical firm Mustang Bio to lay off 81% of staff

Mustang Bio will reduce its workforce by approximately 81% following a vote by the board of directors, according to a regulatory filing.
Diversity & Inclusion

WPI receives slice of $2.8M women’s health grants for bipolar treatment development

Two Worcester Polytechnic Institute professors are amongst 10 project awardees receiving $2.8 million in grants from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to support their research advancing women’s health outcomes. 
Diversity & Inclusion

Clark fires back as outgoing Holocaust center director admonishes school in WSJ op-ed

Clark responded to a Wall Street Journal article with a statement to WBJ denying Mary Jane Rein’s claims, including admonishments and emphasized the university’s freedom of expression policy.
Economy

Saint Vincent Hospital hires third CFO since 2019

Jeffrey Thomas has been named as the new chief financial officer of the Massachusetts market of Tenet Healthcare. 
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Banking & Finance

🔒Gov. Healey’s proposed $1B life sciences reauthorization has Central Mass. leaders thinking big

For the burgeoning life sciences hub that is Central Massachusetts, Governor Maura Healey’s $3.5-billion Mass Leads Act economic development proposal looks to add fuel to fires.
Banking & Finance

🔒Preventing type 1 diabetes: UMass Chan researcher developing skin treatment, with potential broader applications to prevent diabetes

Now professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology at UMass Chan, Harris has founded a vitiligo pharmaceutical company and is about to launch a 1,000-person vitiligo study.
Environment

Worcester retirement home receives $8M from HUD for green renovations

Colony Retirement Homes III in Worcester has been granted $8 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the department’s Green and Resilient Retrofit Program, which issues direct loans and grants to support a variety of green initiatives for eligible HUD-assisted multifamily properties.
Banking & Finance

UMass Chan to open AI assurance lab to validate use of the technology in health care

On Wednesday, UMass Chan announced the creation of the university’s Health AI Assurance Laboratory: a lab designed to evaluate processes and impacts of health AI technology to advance efforts for more accountable, unbiased, and efficacious patient care.
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Economy

Saint Vincent faces formal complaint from National Labor Relations Board

The National Labor Relations Board has issued a formal complaint against Saint Vincent Hospital citing a number of nurses’ union rights violations perpetrated by the hospital.
Banking & Finance

WPI launches the nation’s first fintech PhD program

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has announced the establishment of the country’s first PhD program in financial technology (fintech). With the university already offering both bachelor's and master’s programs in the field, this newest degree means WPI is the first institute in the nation to offer all three degree options. 
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