Chancellor Michael F. Collins kicked off the first episode of a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast season days after he welcomed UMass Chan Medical School’s largest medical school class in history. In the podcast, Collins sheds light on UMass Chan’s milestones and its pursuit of excellence as the community advances together.

Chancellor Collins looks ahead to a vibrant year at UMass Chan

In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast episode, Grace Ryan, PhD, assistant professor of population & quantitative health sciences, discusses her research into vaccine hesitancy, particularly the parallels between the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and COVID-19 vaccines rollout.

Valuable insight from the HPV and COVID-19 vaccine rollouts

David McManus, MD’02, MSc and Neil Marya, MD’12, discuss how artificial intelligence will impact the field of medicine and research.

UMass Chan experts discuss benefits, concerns of AI in health care

Palliative care expert Sunita Puri, MD, associate professor of medicine, delves into the complexities surrounding cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. Drawing from her extensive experience in the field of palliative care, Dr. Puri sheds light on the hidden harms of CPR and challenges prevailing beliefs.

Read about her recent article in The New Yorker for further insights into the complexities of CPR in palliative care: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/the-hidden-harms-of-cpr  

Read about Dr. Puri's book, "That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour.”: https://sunitapuri.com/bio/.

Palliative expert Sunita Puri explores the ‘hidden harms’ of CPR

In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast episode, learn about the new accelerated three-year MD Program at UMass Chan Medical School.

Medical students interested in enrolling in the program can find out more info at: https://www.umassmed.edu/som/academics/aMD-AcceleratedMD/

UMass Chan offers accelerated three-year MD program

The Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide through Technology Translation (CAPES) at UMass Chan is focused on figuring out how to accelerate best practices into clinical care across a range of health care settings. 

Learn more at umassmed.edu/news

New center focused on accelerating suicide prevention

In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast, Marcus Ruscetti, PhD, assistant professor of molecular, cell & cancer biology, shares his journey into the field of science. Dr. Ruscetti’s parents, Frank and Sandy Ruscetti, are retired scientists from the National Cancer Institute, and he said he initially tried not to follow in their footsteps.  

Learn more about his work: https://www.umassmed.edu/ruscettilab/

Marcus Ruscetti shares his research journey in cancer biology

In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast, John P. Haran, MD’07, PhD’18, and Ethan Loew, MD/PhD student, shed light on their ongoing research to better understand the connection between the gut microbiome and cognitive health, particularly how it impacts older people.  

For more information on the study, go to: https://www.umassmed.edu/haranresearchgroup/

You can also reach the research team via email: umass.emresearch@gmail.com

Understanding the connection between the gut microbiome and Alzheimer’s

Margret Chang, MD, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics and director of resident addiction curriculum in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at UMass Chan Medical School, and her team at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge have developed an addiction treatment program in the primary care setting. In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast, Dr. Chang explains how their team-based approach, which includes a dedicated nurse who helps with outreach and focuses on providing a high level of engagement, could serve as model to help bridge the gap in addiction treatment for millions of patients.

Bridging the gap in opioid use disorder treatment

In the latest episode of Voices of UMass Chan, Cherise Hamblin, MD, delves into the critical topic of black maternal health and the significance of Black Maternal Health Week at UMass Chan Medical School.

For a full list of events with registration information, head to the following link: 
https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2024/03/black-maternal-health-week-at-umass-chan-to-address-disparities/

Cherise Hamblin: A voice for Black maternal health equity

Most UMMS students use external resources to help with rotation & course performance as well as for USMLE prep.  Sometimes it is in conjunction with UMMS materials and sometimes it is in place of course-offered resources.  Here we ask current students how they use these resources and why.

Outside Resources - Q&A panel with Students

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