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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
Saturday, Feb. 28, is the application deadline for the Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program, an NIH-funded 12-month program that prepares applicants for an MD/PhD or PhD in the biomedical sciences. https://t.co/B7MXKcWTD8
#PhDTwitter #PrePhD #MDPhD #BiomedicalSciences
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.@UMassChan and @MIT researchers are testing an AI tool that analyzes mammograms to predict future breast cancer risk. In early results, MRIs identified as higher-risk by the AI model uncovered cancers mammograms missed: https://t.co/PDVnnCqdBC
#AI #BreastCancer #ScienceForLiving
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Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School are studying how an AI-based risk assessment tool could improve early breast cancer detection.
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For 15 years, the @UMassALS Cellucci Fund Boston Marathon Team has turned miles into momentum. This year, the five runners are closing in on an extraordinary milestone —$1 million raised to advance #ALS research at @UMassChan: https://t.co/UW1g0alE98
#BostonMarathon #ALSresearch
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Paul Seaver’s first Boston Marathon is a deeply personal tribute to his father, honoring a promise to help find a cure for ALS.
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Learn about options for medical students at UMass Chan. View the virtual info session schedule: https://t.co/rx6KEthihN Get info on our track for applicants interested in urban and rural health March 3: https://t.co/rxgAtCQKGh
#UrbanHealth #RuralHealth #MedEd @Baystate_Health
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.@UMassChan med students Justin Nguyen and Cedrick Chiu have matched into urology residency programs @UCDavis and @WashU, respectively. Read about why they have chosen this specialty: https://t.co/sGebZG3Etq
#UroMatch #UrologyMatch #UMassChanMatch #urology #Match2026 @UMass
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Only TWO WEEKS left to submit your abstract for a short talk at the 2026 RNA Therapeutics: From Concept to Clinic (in person and virtual!) @UMassChan, June 24-26, 2026 https://t.co/bqyqt3HVIG
#RNATx2026
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This @statnews article explains how UMass Chan Medical School is affected by the NIH’s transition to multiyear funding and how state funding could help, with comments from Chancellor Michael F. Collins and Nobel laureate Victor R. Ambros, PhD: https://t.co/H8nQ8RZrMS
@AnilOza16
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A handful of states are considering initiatives to increase funding for scientific research as uncertainty around federal dollars has grown.
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Raissa Mapinduzi, BSN, RN, joined the Master of Science, Nursing & Interprofessional Leadership program at @UMassChan to strengthen her skills and provide patient-centered care. Applications are due April 5: https://t.co/qWq5lZzmeV
#nurses #nursing @UMassMemorial @Baystate_Health
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.@UMassChan Nobel laureates Victor R. Ambros, PhD, and Craig C. Mello, PhD, wrote about the impact of federal funding cuts and the need for legislative support in Mass. in an op-ed for the Boston Business Journal: https://t.co/i2w6BNNYna
@NobelPrize @BosBizJournal @RTI_UMassChan
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UMass Chan Medical School leaders urge state lawmakers to pass DRIVE legislation to protect research funding amid federal budget uncertainty.
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Massachusetts research institutions lost between $47 million and $100 million dollars in the last fiscal year, @BostonGlobe reports. Globe reporters discussed what they discovered when they reached out to NIH-funded researchers in a new podcast: https://t.co/ZE3nQ6HwEr
#podcast
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The Globe partnered with MassInc. Polling Group to survey scientists who received funding from NIH on what impacts they’ve faced and the results were damning.
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You can learn more about Raiden Pham and the Raiden Science Foundation by listening to his episode of the Rare Diseases, Real Stories podcast: https://t.co/1Ijbu0S0Qz
#RareDiseasesRealStories #podcast #RareDiseases #RareDisease #RareDiseaseMonth @RaidenScience @UMass 🎧
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Raiden's story
UMass Chan and the Raiden Science Foundation have partnered on a technology license for a gene therapy product targeting the ultra-rare disease UBA5: https://t.co/MAYQkLdGO7 The foundation is named after 5-year-old Raiden Pham, diagnosed in 2021. #RareDisease @RaidenScience
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The 12-month, NIH-funded Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program at @UMassChan prepares applicants for an MD/PhD or PhD in the biomedical sciences through research experiences and mentorship. Apply to PREP by Feb. 28: https://t.co/4esJOpKdSh
#PrePhD #PhDTwitter @UMassMDPhD
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The Diversity and Inclusion Office is hosting a Black History Month Pop-up Shop and Living Museum in the Faculty Conference Room and Medical School lobbies until 2 p.m. TODAY, Thursday, Feb. 12. #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2026
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UMass Chan and the Raiden Science Foundation have partnered on a technology license for a gene therapy product targeting the ultra-rare disease UBA5: https://t.co/MAYQkLdGO7 The foundation is named after 5-year-old Raiden Pham, diagnosed in 2021. #RareDisease @RaidenScience
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UMass Chan has licensed an adeno-associated virus gene therapy to the Raiden Science Foundation to develop a clinical treatment for UBA5 disorder.
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The @BostonGlobe surveyed researchers in Massachusetts who receive funding from the NIH and heard from 370, including Rachael Sirianni, PhD, a pediatric brain cancer researcher at @UMassChan: https://t.co/HMp8Va9mhD “I’m holding my breath.” #NIHFunding #ResearchFunding @UMass
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In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.
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Philanthropist Gerald Chan; Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, incoming president of @theNAMedicine; and Robert A. Harrington, MD, dean of @WeillCornell, will be honored during UMass Chan Medical School's 53rd annual Commencement exercises: https://t.co/sanPboFCe4
#UMassChan2026 @UMass
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Gerald Chan, philanthropist and founder of The Morningside Foundation, will deliver the Commencement address on May 31.
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Chancellor Michael F. Collins says changes to the NIH funding mechanism undermine clinical advances being made on treating diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s. #ICYMI: Read what he told @BostonGlobe and @POLITICO: https://t.co/B0u1tua3Bj
#NIHfunding #ResearchFunding @UMass
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Chancellor Michael F. Collins says changes to NIH funding mechanisms threaten the nation’s biomedical research infrastructure and undermine clinical advances.
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Favour Akabogu is passionate about understanding disease mechanisms and developing therapeutic strategies for treatment. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Sarcoma Lab at @UMassChan. https://t.co/e1CA4v9prs
#WomenInScience #MemberMonday
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Chancellor Michael F. Collins spoke to @BostonGlobe about what he told NIH director Jay Bhattacharya during Bhattacharya’s December visit to Massachusetts: https://t.co/DNwd8R6azX
#NIHfunding #ResearchFunding
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US Representative Jake Auchincloss said the stark reversal demonstrates "how to beat back Trump."
Congress nixes Trump research funding cuts, easing fears among Mass. scientists and lawmakers.
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