UMass Medical School

Devens Prison Renews UMass Health Contract

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has awarded a five-year contract worth approximately $12 million per year to UMass Medical School (UMMS), the school announced.

Medical School Lands $1M Research Grant

The University of Massachusetts Medical School has been awarded a $1-million grant that will support a DNA-focused research project aimed at treating patients with Down syndrome.

UMass Memorial Names New CEO

UMass Memorial Health Care has named UMass insider Dr. Eric W. Dickson as its new president and CEO.<br> The 46-year-old Dickson will succeed John O'Brien, who has been at the helm of Central Massachusetts' largest employer for the past decade. O'Brien will step down Feb. 25. Dickson is president of UMass Memorial Medical Group, a subsidiary of the health care system. That has 1,060 physicians and 2,200 other employees, as well as revenue of more than $460 million. The Princeton resident is also a senior associate dean at the University of Massachusetts Medical School where he is a professor of emergency medicine. In addition, Dickson is a practicing emergency department physician at UMass Memorial Medical Center and a faculty member at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge.

Sherman Center Opening Celebrated (with videos)

On what was once a wind-swept empty field, University of Massachusetts officials and a host of political dignitaries introduced the new $400 million Albert Sherman Center to a gathering of about 500 Wednesday afternoon inside the newest building on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester.

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Accolades & Honors: Jan. 21

Westford-based tax consultant Steve Hoffman, “The Tax Translator,” completed the Million Dollar Consulting College in Newport, R.I....

WPI, UMass Scientists Push Better Malaria Treatment

Researchers from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and UMass Medical School have published research that could lead to a more effective treatment for malaria.