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Official X home of UMass Chan Medical School: pioneering education, research and health care delivery. See how we are advancing medicine together.
Worcester, MA
Joined September 2010
Jill Terrien, PhD’07, MS’97, ANP-BC, associate professor of nursing and associate dean of interprofessional and community partnerships for the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, will be a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing: @AAN_Nursing.
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American Academy of Nursing recognizes Jill Terrien’s contributions to opioid use disorder curriculum and interprofessional curriculum, as well as the many faculty members and staff she’s worked with...
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RT @UMassDiabetes: Human pancreatic islets exposed to cytokines alter the way islet cells display antigens to the immune system, according….
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PhD student Claire Shamber has been awarded an @NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to fund her research redefining the mammalian metabolome and investigating metabolic adaptations in mammalian disease states: #NSFfunded #NSFGRFP #PhDTwitter @ProgMolMed
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While discussing antidepressant usage during pregnancy with the @NYTimes, @UMassChan perinatal mental health expert Nancy Byatt, DO, MS’15, MBA, said she's more concerned about the risks of untreated illness than the risk of medication: #PerinatalHealth.
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An agency-sponsored forum included critics of psychiatry who believe the drugs can harm a developing fetus. Other experts said antidepressants were safe and necessary.
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Individuals with bachelor’s degrees in fields other than nursing can become a master’s-educated registered nurse in as little as 16 months. Register for an info session on the new Direct Entry Master of Science in Nursing for Non-Nurses degree program:
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Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE, will be in the Netherlands this fall, working on a project aimed at optimizing medication prescribing in older adults: Dr. Tjia has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for the Netherlands. #Fulbright @FulbrightPrgrm.
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Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE, will spend four months focusing on a project aimed at optimizing medication prescribing in older adults.
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Read Pukkila-Worley, MD, is the new director of the MD/PhD program: Dr. Pukkila-Worley has mentored dozens of MD/PhD graduate students since joining @UMassChan in 2014. The @RPWLab studies host-pathogen interactions and bacterial pathogenesis. @UMassMDPhD.
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Read Pukkila-Worley, MD, professor of medicine, will succeed Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD, as the director of the Medical Scientist Training Program.
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RT @MartyMeehan: Last week, we celebrated a momentous occasion, the naming of the Paul J. DiMare Center at @UMassChan Medical School. This….
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The special event included a tour and an unveiling of the donor acknowledgement plaque in the building’s main lobby.
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RT @WBJournal: The donation, announced in February, was made in an effort to advance the school’s research into neurodegenerative and genet….
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UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has officially renamed its New Education and Research Building after the donor foundation’s patriarch.
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Every summer for the past seven years, MD/PhD student Vinny Azzolino has volunteered with other medical students, residents and attendings at Camp Discovery, a free camp funded by @AADmember for children with chronic skin conditions: #StudentSpotlight.
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MD/PhD student and aspiring dermatologist Vincent Azzolino volunteers at Camp Discovery, a free summer camp funded by the American Academy of Dermatology, for children with chronic skin conditions....
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Chancellor Collins spoke with @WBUR about a decrease in @NIH grants and a $94 million shortfall in anticipated federal funding for the current fiscal year. Discover why Collins believes "there's nothing partisan about research funding." .#Research #NIH.
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The medical school's chancellor, Dr. Michael Collins, said nearly $42 million in grants expected by the institution's scientists for research and related expenses did not come through for the fiscal...
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The generosity of Paul J. DiMare's family will make an enormous impact in helping @UMassChan change the course of history of disease, Chancellor Michael F. Collins said. Read about the namesake of our new research building: #ALSresearch #BiomedicalResearch
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"Your generosity is lessening the time to when we can make the diagnosis to cure diseases," Chancellor Michael F. Collins told the DiMare family during the naming event for the Paul J. DiMare Center: #ALSresearch #UMass @UMassChanGiving @UMass @MartyMeehan
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”We're appreciative of your generosity and the transformative impact that your family is having." - @UMass President @MartyMeehan during the naming celebration for @UMassChan's Paul J. DiMare Center. A $35 million gift supports neurodegenerative disease research. @UMassChanGiving
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”Having Paul J. DiMare's name on this building will serve as an inspiration for biomedical researchers across this campus, as it inspires me to work at solving ALS." - Daryl Bosco, PhD, the Paul J. DiMare Chair in Neurodegenerative Disease, during Wednesday's naming celebration
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”Paul's dying wish was simple but profound: Find a cure for the incurables," said Swanee DiMare. @UMassChan's research building is now named for her husband, Paul J. DiMare. ”It stands as a tribute to the life he lived and a beacon of hope for the lives we still aim to save."
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RT @NatMetabolism: NEWS&VIEWS | T Ramalho & RT Gazzinelli (@UMassChan, U de Minas Gerais):. A surprising mechanism by which itaconate inhib….
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Nature Metabolism - A new study reveals a surprising mechanism by which itaconate inhibits the active site of a peroxiredoxin enzyme to amplify redox signalling and the type I interferon response...
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“This is a really concerning moment.”. Elise Stevens, PhD, director of the Center for Tobacco Treatment Research and Training at @UMassChan, spoke to @henrytelegram about nicotine pouches: Sales are projected to grow to $25 billion in 2030. #TeenHealth.
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Cancer and other serious health risks are cited by some experts as potential dangers from the pouches.
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Dorothy Schafer, PhD, & Travis Thomson, PhD, have received a $50,000 award from the Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience to study how the brain and organs, notably the liver, use extracellular vesicles to communicate: @NeurobioUMass @UMassChanGiving.
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The $50,000 award will support collaborative research studying how the brain and organs communicate using extracellular vesicles.
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Gilles Martin, PhD, spoke to @WAMC_J_Paleo of @WAMCRadio about a discovery in his lab that could have major implications in the world of treating alcohol abuse: #BingeDrinking #AlcoholResearch @NeurobioUMass @ConversationUS.
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Researchers in Massachusetts say they’ve found a neurological needle in the haystack – neurons that could mean the difference between stopping after a drink or two or going overboard and binge...
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