UMass Medical School

A month after seven Worcester representatives signed a letter urging UMass Chan Medical School to increase physician wages, the Worcester university has reached a tentative contract agreement with the physician union representing 700 UMass providers.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester could receive up to $18 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to lead a nationwide clinical study to determine if metformin, a drug used to treat high blood sugar and type 2 diabetes, can be used to treat a form of chronic, progressive lung disease.

Following an 18-year tenure with Worcester’s UMass Chan Medical School, John Hayes has left his position as vice chancellor for advancement to move on to a similar position at the city’s College of the Holy Cross.

UMass Chan Medical School Chancellor Dr. Michael Collins says uncertainty around federal research funding is threatening both scientific progress and the Massachusetts economy.

The 20-member committee will be led by UMass Chan Trustee David Brunelle, co-founder and managing director of Worcester-based North Pointe Wealth Management. 

Gov. Maura Healey wants to infuse the state's research and jobs sector with hundreds of millions of dollars as Massachusetts grapples with a tight fiscal climate and federal fluctuations in research and education support.

UMass and healthcare leaders emphasize UMass Chan’s future success depends on its next chancellor’s ability to cultivate talent, face federal challenges head-on, invest in primary care, and commit to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has officially renamed its New Education and Research Building after the donor foundation’s patriarch.

While workers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester once again made up the largest percentage of the state’s highest-paid state employees in 2024, UMass men’s basketball Head Coach Frank Martin once again topped the list.

Dr. Michael Collins, the longest-serving chancellor of UMass Chan Medical School, will step down from his role leading the Worcester institution at the end of the 2025-2026 academic school year.