UMass Medical School

Commonwealth Medicine, the consulting and operations division of the UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, announced Wednesday a three-year agreement with Ohio Public Employees Retirement System.

On Wednesday, UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced that Dr. Liisa Selin, pathology professor and principal investigator, and Dr. Anna Gil, instructor in pathology, received a five-year, $2.5-million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, supported by the National Institutes of Health Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics initiative, is in the research process of bringing over-the-counter home COVID-19 tests to the general market, according to a Wednesday press release.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced its public service consulting division, Commonwealth Medicine has launched a new Center on Child Wellbeing and Trauma in partnership with the Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate, according to a Thursday press release.

A UMass Chan Medical School research team was awarded a four-year, $12.3-million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study and develop a treatment program for adults with opioid-use disorders.

Eight women from around Central Massachusetts have earned the honor this year.

During a September town hall meeting, UMass Memorial Health President and CEO Dr. Eric Dickson, stressed the importance of caregiver vaccinations and described possible termination for staff who remained non-compliant with the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced on Tuesday it is incorporating a geothermal heating and cooling system in the New Education and Research Building under construction, which will substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

UMass Chan Medical School has elevated its program in systems biology to full department status, according to a Tuesday press release from the school. 

UMass Medical School in Worcester will receive a $175-million donation over the next five years from The Morningside Foundation, significantly growing the medical school’s endowment and prompting a name change.