Worcester-based Fallon Health announced it is sponsoring a geriatric medicine training program to train resident physicians at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
An animal rights group is calling on UMass Medical School to permanently ban a researcher from working with animals after the school reported violations in an experiment involving rats to the National Institutes of Health.
Jean King, the current vice provost for biomedical research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, has been named the Peterson Family Dean of Arts and Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Missouri's largest retirement system for government workers is partnering with the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester to enhance the employee disability certification process.
University of Massachusetts students will be hit with at least a "slight" tuition and fee increase in the coming school year, UMass President Marty Meehan said Wednesday, but tuition and fees will not be set until July when officials hope to have a better handle on their budget picture.
UMass Medical School is among more than 200 medical schools, associations, colleges and others advocating for medical research funding at a time when government funding could be cut.
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School were granted $100,000 from the university system to help them improve health management through data analytics.
While many people understand the importance of discussing end-of-life care, only about 35 percent have actually had those discussions with loved ones, according to a report coauthored by a University of Massachusetts Medical School professor.