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UMass Chan brain research center granted $6M

David Kennedy, a PhD and neuroinformatics expert at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, received a five-year, $6-million grant renewal to fund a center for brain imaging research.

🔒The president of the largest Central Mass. physician group spent her career advancing science and diversity in ophthalmology

Schaal came to the U.S. to take an ophthalmology fellowship at the University of Louisville, after receiving both her medical and doctoral degrees in Israel and serving as a physician in the Israeli navy.

UMass Chan receives $15M gift for ALS, neuroscience research

UMass alumni Dan and Diane Casey Riccio have pledged $15 million to UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester to support ALS and neuroscience research, the school announced Thursday.

UMass Chan professor receives second $300K for childhood cancer research

Jason Shohet, a professor at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, has received a second grant for cancer research totaling $300,000, two years after the first grant, according to a Monday announcement on the school’s website.
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UMass school system, including medical school, mandates COVID boosters

The University of Massachusetts system, which includes UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, is requiring all its students, faculty, and staff to receive the COVID-19 vaccine booster, according to a Tuesday press release from UMass.

UMass Chan trial first to demonstrate breakthrough ALS treatment in human

A clinical trial for ALS research led by two UMass Chan Medical School doctors has shown significant progress in suppressing the most commonly mutated ALS gene, according to an announcement from the Angel Fund for ALS Research.

UMass Chan researcher receives $150K to study lupus

UMass Chan Medical School researcher Zaida Ramirez-Ortiz, an assistant professor of medicine, has received a 2021 Lupus Innovation Award from the Lupus Research Alliance, according to an announcement on the UMass Chan website Wednesday.

UMass Chan launches clinical trials of Moderna COVID boosters

Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester are beginning phase II clinical trials of the Moderna COVID-19 booster shots in adults.
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Running behind schedule, UMass Chan begins construction on $325M research building foundation

UMass Chan Medical School has begun construction on the foundation for its nine-story education and research building in Worcester, about five months behind its original schedule.

Health care in Central Mass. is at an inflection point, WBJ panelists say

The healthcare system is in a moment of transition, according to panelists and speakers at WBJ’s annual Health Care Forum.
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