UMass Medical School

Commonwealth Medicine, the consulting and operations division of UMass Medical School in Worcester, announced on Thursday its new chief of staff, Catherine “Katie” Mick.

The University of Massachusetts announced Sept. 1 it received $50 million from Robert and Donna Manning, marking the largest gift in the university system’s history.

UMass Medical School in Worcester received a $1.7 million grant to develop a nutrition-based treatment for Crohn’s disease, focusing on the increasing prevalence of the illness in Puerto Rico.

UMass Memorial Health on Monday announced the acquisition of the former Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center at 378 Plantation St. in Worcester, which cost $23.5 million, according to the Worcester County Registry of Deeds.

UMass Medical School in Worcester was among several groups to release on Tuesday a set of principles taking aim at racism in medical education and healthcare organizations.

In the wake of the coronavirus lockdowns and the changing news of the Delta variant, businesses are facing unprecedented obstacles as they try to bring their employees back to the office and retain a sense of normalcy. Work from home, remote, and hybrid options are just a few of the new models quickly revolutionizing workforces.

Q2i, a Boston-based digital health company, announced on Tuesday it has received approval to move to phase two of its Opioid Addiction Recovery Support – Contingency Management software application, a project done in partnership with UMass Medical School in Worcester and UConn School of Medicine.

The Cryo-EM Core facility at UMass Medical School received $2.8 million from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center on Thursday to purchase a cryo-electron microscope to support the team’s structural biology research. 

Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Amity Manning has been awarded a $799,995 grant from the American Cancer Society to determine the role a critical tumor-suppressor protein plays in chromosome errors arising during cell division in cancer cells.

UMass Medical School in Worcester is participating in a study of antibodies treatments for COVID-19.