UMass Medical School

A professor from UMass Medical School in Worcester played a leading role in a new study that discovered a gene linked to ALS which could put scientists on the track to new therapies for the disease.

A study coauthored by a UMass Medical School researcher found that single, young, low-income males in Massachusetts are more likely to go without health insurance for two consecutive years.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute has named Bogdan Vernescu as the school's vice provost for research, putting him in charge of directing the school's research and controlling its intellectual property and innovation.

Sports medicine specialist Michael Brown talks treating sports stars and and assistant professor of orthopedics and physical rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Sports doctors and trainers are approaching pain management with athletes differently in light of the opioid crisis.

UMass Memorial Health Care has announced that Lisa Colombo will be the president of Clinton Hospital and Nicole Gagne will become president of Community Healthlink.

While the pharmaceutical industry has not addressed prevention of Lyme disease as a public health need largely because of concerns about the market and profitability, MassBiologics was founded on a mission to improve public health.

A new study out from UMass Medical School and the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation explores the reasons why 200,000 Massachusetts residents still have no insurance despite continued health care reform.

Research spending at the University of Massachusetts reached a record $629 million during the past year and financial support for academic research on the five campuses has outpaced the growth of federal support for higher education research over a span of six years.

The University of Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) has kicked off its fifth annual $100,000 challenge to showcase the innovative ideas of early-stage medical device, diagnostic and biotech companies.