Health Care

The National Institutes of Health awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Emmanuel Agu $2.4 million to develop a smartphone app to detect infections in open wounds.

RoslinCT and Lykan Bioscience, a combined cell therapy manufacturer, announced Tuesday it is adding six processing suites at its Hopkinton facility. Citing industry demand, the MetroWest and Edinburgh, Scotland based contract developer and manufacturing organization will now have 22 processing suites, with 14 in Hopkinton.

As demand for COVID-19 testing continues to drop, UMass Memorial Health announced on Tuesday that free testing at 100 Front Street will cease on March 31.

Worcester-based human services nonprofit Open Sky Community Services has promoted two senior staff members to newly created executive roles as part of an organizational restructuring move. The organization is moving to have a single leadership team to oversee both services provided and business growth.

Tenet Healthcare has named Christian Bartholomew as the new chief human resources officer for the Massachusetts market and Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Bartholomew will assume the role on Monday.

Nearly three years after the COVID-19 pandemic thrust problems at nursing homes and similar facilities into public view, elder care advocates are optimistic that a sweeping reform bill high on the House's agenda will address conditions that contributed to the devastation.

Ascentria Care Alliance, a human services nonprofit based in Worcester with a presence throughout New England, has hired Christine Tappan as the new chief of strategy and external relations. Tappan will join the executive team in strategic planning for organizational development and fundraising.

MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham and Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester have appointed a new shared chief medical officer.

A 7,676-square-foot life-sciences building at 19 Strathmore Road in Natick was sold on Feb. 14 for $3.5 million.

Worcester nonprofit Spectrum Health Systems has launched a mobile van service for opioid use treatment.