UMass Chan Medical School

06/24/2026

UMass Chan researchers are studying whether digital tools can help with infant feeding, sleep and other parenting challenges and improve health outcomes: https://direc.to/oC4k

Researchers at UMass Chan are studying whether digital tools for infants can improve health outcomes and expand access to support for families.

06/23/2026

UMass Chan Medical School research indicates that brain activity could predict which individuals with alcohol use disorder are more susceptible to relapse: https://direc.to/oCQw

06/22/2026

MD/PhD student Jayne Vogelzang will be sworn in as a UMass student trustee on the same date she begins the PhD phase of her education: https://direc.to/oDBC

“I’m so excited to be student trustee,” Vogelzang said. “I really love advocating for students on campus.”

Each of the five student trustees are elected to the UMass board by their campus student body.

06/18/2026

UMass Chan nursing graduate Liza Allen, MS, BSN, RN-CRRP, has two reasons to celebrate.

Allen, who began her nursing career 26 years ago, added a master's degree in nursing and interprofessional leadership to her credentials on May 31, an accomplishment she celebrated with another new graduate: her daughter Jacquelyn, who graduated from high school this month.

06/18/2026

MD/PhD student Anna Aristarkhova has received a predoctoral fellowship award from the NIH to study proteins that may be related to vision loss in multiple sclerosis patients: https://direc.to/oDN3

06/17/2026

UMass Chan and UMass Memorial Health celebrated Juneteenth this afternoon with creative projects and delicious food.

Click to get an up-close view of the custom T-shirts and buttons that were made today.

06/16/2026

Boston 25 News interviewed Anne Larkin, MD, and med student Joseph Distefano Mendoza, MPH, about a pilot scholarship program for students pursuing family medicine: https://direc.to/oGfz

"Not only does a program like this incentivize someone to enter primary care, but it eases the burden," said Distefano Mendoza.

"Without our primary care foundation, we will never be able to do the best that we can for the patients in our country," said Dr. Larkin.

Dr. Larkin says that because of the shortage, family medicine is taking a hard hit.

06/16/2026

The Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing marked the end of the Graduate Entry Pathway (GEP) Program and the start of the Direct Entry Program during a reception on Monday.

This was the last year of the GEP Program, which has provided individuals with bachelor degrees in fields other than nursing with the training they need to become licensed RNs before earning a Doctor of Nursing Practice or PhD for the last 20 years. The Direct Entry Master of Science in Nursing for Non-Nurses degree program, UMass Chan Medical School’s new pathway to an advanced nursing degree for non-nurses, begins in August.

06/16/2026

PhD candidate Rebekka Anderson has received a grant to support her research on mutations in transport proteins and potential links to gout: https://direc.to/oGen

06/15/2026

The 2026 supplemental state budget includes $10 million for a pilot scholarship program at UMass Chan intended to boost the number of students going into family medicine: https://direc.to/oH_J

The Association of American Medical Colleges, in a 2024 report, projects the nation will face a shortage of 20,000 to 40,0000 primary care physicians, including family medicine practitioners, by 2036.

The pilot scholarship provides aid to medical students pursuing family medicine careers who demonstrate financial need and commit to practicing for five years in an approved community health center in an underserved area or hospital health care system.

UMass Chan has received state funding for a pilot scholarship program aimed at boosting the number of family medicine physicians.