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Uruj Kamal Haider, MD, outlines three steps to connect patients at-risk for developing postpartum psychosis to care in this opinion piece published in @TIME: https://t.co/0OpESUylvX

Dr. Haider, assistant professor of psychiatry & behavioral sciences at @UMassChan, is the medical director for the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) for Moms.

#MentalHealth #postpartum #MaternalHealth

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Michelle K. Trivedi, MD’09, MPH, is leading the largest ever nationwide study on the effectiveness of school-based health centers: https://t.co/Gp0rulrzYy

As part of the study, Dr. Trivedi and team will determine if the centers reduce asthma exacerbations.

#HealthCare #research #asthma

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The FDA has given @UMassChan scientists the green light for a Phase I/II clinical trial of a second-generation gene therapy for GM2 gangliosidosis, a group of rare inherited neurodegenerative disorders that includes Tay-Sachs disease and Sandhoff disease: https://t.co/tPbmFQjpfQ

#AdvancingTogether #RareDiseases #GeneTherapy #TaySachs #Sandhoff

[Eric H Chang @changsbrain]

Happy to share that former lab technician Timothy Morgan has just started @UMassChan in the MD/PhD program! Tim contributed on multiple projects in the lab and co-authored several papers, with more coming.

The future of science looks bright!Good luck Tim!!

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Two interdisciplinary teams of UMass Chan faculty were awarded $45,000 each from the Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience to support their groundbreaking research in neuroscience: https://t.co/1EKCM2WuPT

#AdvancingTogether #neuroscience @summerbthyme @UMassChanGiving @UMass

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Miguel Sena-Esteves, PhD, has received a $150,000 grant from the Lilly and Blair Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of children with spastic paraplegia type 4, to advance a gene therapy strategy: https://t.co/0PWOjcj5hu #GeneTherapy #RareDisease @LillyandBlair

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With funds from the UMass Amherst Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, @UMass researchers are developing #AI capable of identifying neuron types from images, so scientists can more easily study whole-brain activity in models of neurological diseases: https://t.co/6jq6wEsNz2 @UMassAmherst

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Naomi Fettig, PhD, has received a Canada Postdoctoral Research Award, a two-year award that will support her research on the demyelination of multiple sclerosis—when the myelin that insulates and protects neurons is broken down and damaged: https://t.co/QlpjTWAgqE #MS #MSresearch

[UMass Amherst @UMassAmherst]

Being an ER doctor is stressful, but until now, no one was exactly sure to what extent. Now UMass researchers have developed an approach to figure out how patient behavior affects physicians’ emotions and patient care. https://t.co/iskvaq9Fr4 @UMassChan @WeAreLAHealth

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The Huppert Community Health Scholar in Family Medicine program provides medical students opportunities to engage in community health, outreach and leadership experiences. The inaugural health scholar is a LEAD@Lahey student: https://t.co/KJfYl01cq1 #CommunityHealth #FamilyMedicine @Lahey_Clinic @UMass

[Baystate Careers @BaystateCareers]

Today, we are congratulating Dr. Raquel Belforti, DO, MMEL on her appointment as Regional Executive Dean of UMass Chan Medical School and Chief Academic Officer for Baystate Health! Throughout her career, Dr. Belforti has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to medical education, physician leadership, mentorship, and advancing equitable care. From helping shape the success of the PURCH program to leading our Physician Leadership Academy and fostering faculty development through Mentors Matter, her impact has strengthened both our learners and our Baystate Health System. In her new role, Dr. Belforti will lead all aspects of the UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate regional campus while helping prepare the next generation of physicians to care for diverse and underserved communities. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Belforti on this well-deserved achievement and wishing her continued success in this exciting new chapter! @BaystateHealth

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Pathway to Independence Award recipient Nikita Bhalerao, PhD, aims to find earlier interventions for patients with cancer cachexia, a cancer-associated syndrome characterized by uncontrollable weight loss that occurs in up to 80 percent of pancreatic cancer patients. #PancreaticCancer @PitarresiLab

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UMass Chan researchers are collaborating on a patient monitoring system for people with lupus. Read about the PILLAR project, funded by @UMassCCTS, and the trial that will be implemented in partnership with @UMassMemorial: https://t.co/ekphunHthV #lupus @UMassLupus @UMassMedicine

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MD/PhD student Melanie Barbini has received an @NIH award that could have implications for multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s patients. Read about why she credits mentors Dorothy Schafer, PhD, and Chancellor David McManus: https://t.co/jy7FALOzFn #StudentSpotlight @UMassMDPhD

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UMass Chan Medical School and Elicio Therapeutics have teamed up to show how a new vaccine platform creates a robust immune response, opening up new avenues for vaccinations against pathogens such as malaria and tuberculosis: https://t.co/iMYT2cDu8b

#vaccine #InnateImmunity #malaria #TB @FitzgeraldKate @ElicioTx

[Marty Meehan @MartyMeehan]

As we head into the Fourth of July weekend, I'm proud to reflect on a year of extraordinary progress across @UMass. From 21,000+ graduates to a new chancellor at @UMassChan, our community continues to make an impact across Massachusetts.

Read more: https://t.co/o4VaWjctbA

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Margret Chang, MD, and Stephen Cina, DAIH, explain the evidence behind the benefits of acupuncture and why it’s becoming an increasingly important part of integrative medicine: https://t.co/i84m66xi0F

#acupuncture #ChronicPain #PainManagement #ScienceForLiving @umassmemorial

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The next chapter of UMass Chan Medical School has officially begun. Today, Monday, June 29, David D. McManus, MD’02, ScM’12, MBA, stepped into the role of chancellor, becoming the first alumnus to lead the institution. Get to know him here: https://t.co/Bj9ygnhvsl

#UMass @UMass

[RNA Therapeutics Institute @RTI_UMassChan]

The RTI’s chair, Dr. Phil Zamore, is speaking on Muscle-specific RNA Silencing by #miRNA Tether #RNATx2026

[ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan @ForHealthCnsltg]

Our new managing dir. of Health Care Finance Solutions Beth Waldman is a nationally recognized #Medicaid policy & operations expert. She previously advised states on managed care design/oversight, value‑based payment & behavioral health reform. Learn more: https://t.co/VdJKkX0zmL