UMass Chan Medical School

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MD/PhD student Anna Aristarkhova has received a predoctoral fellowship award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease to study proteins that may be related to vision loss in multiple sclerosis patients: https://t.co/0rFQWzz2zL #MSresearch @UMassMDPhD @UMass

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We celebrated Juneteenth this afternoon @UMassChan by inviting local business owners to campus, hosting crafting activities and celebrating community together.

#Juneteenth #community @umassmemorial

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Reunion 2026 welcomed alumni from the T.H. Chan School of Medicine to campus for an inspiring day of reconnection and reflection that included campus tours, a candid student panel discussion and meaningful time to reminisce with classmates.
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PhD candidate Rebekka Anderson has received a grant from the @NIH to support her research on how mutations in transporter proteins impact calcium wave intervals and how they could be linked to gout, a severe form of inflammatory arthritis: https://t.co/MGK8qcVYUd #NIH #PhDTwitter

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The 2026 supplemental budget that @MassGovernor signed on Friday, June 12, includes $10 million for a pilot scholarship program @UMassChan intended to boost the number of med students going into family medicine: https://t.co/zjCJXiVIPl

#FamilyMedicine #PrimaryCare #scholarship

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UMass Chan and @UMassMemorial will mark Juneteenth on Wednesday, June 17, with a celebration in the Albert Sherman Center that includes T-shirt design, button-making and pop-up shops featuring food, beauty and artisan vendors. The event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

#Juneteenth

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PhD candidate Jonathan Valeros received an @NSF fellowship to further research that could revolutionize organ transplants: https://t.co/yWOWlDvyau

Valeros is the first author on a paper @CellCellPress published about the discovery.

#StudentSpotlight #WhyUMassChan #PhDTwitter

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View the list of the 28 @UMassChan faculty members who graduated from the Junior Faculty Development Program on Tuesday: https://t.co/4jt0aqCdWw

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We are grateful for each member of this year’s UMass ALS Cellucci Fund Boston Marathon Team, who together raised more than $81,000 for pioneering ALS research @UMassChan.

Learn more about the inspiration behind their extraordinary efforts. https://t.co/cQlWXGPLSK

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Turning basic science into clinical treatments: @UMassChan faculty pitched their emerging companies to venture capital firms, corporate venture groups and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies last month: https://t.co/Qi1cn0aLyR

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New research from @UMassChan and @TuftsUniversity, published in @NatureMedicine and @Health_Affairs, shows investing in food and housing can improve health while helping control healthcare spending: https://t.co/XD2GvLuGxG

#FoodIsMedicine #housing #Medicaid #HealthEquity

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Chancellor Michael F. Collins is stepping down as chancellor at the end of the month after 19 years—the longest tenure for a UMass chancellor. Watch the video tribute that was shown at Commencement: https://t.co/XzfUFMXuy2

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The Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing Global Health Pathway has expanded to include Ghana and Armenia. Read about how @UMassChan students and faculty are providing health assessments and staffing community health fairs abroad: https://t.co/74K2lcOODZ #nursing #GlobalHealth

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Five Campuses. One Class of 2026. 🎓

Take a look back on this commencement season across the UMass campuses. Congratulations to the entire UMass Class of 2026! 🎉

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"Never forget that medicine is fundamentally about humanity."

Watch Commencement 2026 recap and then read about venture capitalist, scientist and philanthropist Gerald Chan’s message to the @UMassChan Classes of 2026: https://t.co/ZxxT6ydxBm

#fbf #UMassChan2026 #UMass @UMass

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On Sunday 270 degrees were conferred to graduates of the T.H. Chan School of Medicine, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing. Read the story: https://t.co/KlvXgoFLj2 #tbt #UMassChan2026 #MedTwitter #PhDTwitter #UMass @UMass

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On Sunday, UMass Chan awarded honorary degrees to Monica M. Bertagnolli, MD, incoming president of @theNAMedicine; Robert A. Harrington, MD, dean of @WeillCornell; and philanthropist Gerald Chan. Get to know them in these video profiles: https://t.co/6pHQ30RVBU

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Graduating students proudly wore Kente and multicultural stoles on Sunday that they received from the Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Commencement Celebration. The Diversity and Inclusion Office organized the event: https://t.co/DeIgDImDir

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