Top story: UMass Medical School announces participation and enrollment for vaccine trial candidate against COVID-19
UMass Medical School Communications December 23, 2020
As this unprecedented year comes to a close, the Office of Communications is rerunning some of the big stories of 2020 that highlight the incredible work of the UMass Medical School community. From the first-in-the-nation early graduation of our medical students to the essential clinical research that lead to a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, from the tremendous growth of the institution’s research funding to ground broken on the new research and education building, we have so much to be proud of. Look for these stories on UMassMed News between Dec. 21 and Jan. 1. We hope you enjoy them!
Top story: Silencing of an ALS gene safely delivered to patients in UMass Medical School study
Synthetic microRNA treatment targets mutant SOD1 gene that causes ALS By Jim Fessenden December 24, 2020
As this unprecedented year comes to a close, the Office of Communications is rerunning some of the big stories of 2020 that highlight the incredible work of the UMass Medical School community. From the first-in-the-nation early graduation of our medical students to the essential clinical research that lead to a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, from the tremendous growth of the institution’s research funding to ground broken on the new research and education building, we have so much to be proud of. Look for these stories on UMassMed News
Top story: Nine-story biomedical research and education facility to be built at UMass Medical School umassmed.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from umassmed.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Top story: NIH research funding surges at UMass Medical School
COVID studies drive 78 percent first quarter spike in federal funding over last year
UMass Medical School Communications December 21, 2020
As this unprecedented year comes to a close, the Office of Communications is rerunning some of the big stories of 2020 that highlight the incredible work of the UMass Medical School community. From the first-in-the-nation early graduation of our medical students to the essential clinical research that lead to a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, from the tremendous growth of the institution’s research funding to ground broken on the new research and education building, we have so much to be proud of. Look for these stories on UMassMed News
MCPAP for Moms wins AHRQ award!
Date Posted: Thursday, December 17, 2020
Congratulations to Nancy Byatt, Tiffany Moore Simas and all of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) for Moms Team. MCPAP for Moms was named a winner in the success story category of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Cross-Sectional Innovation to Improve Rural Postpartum Mental Health Challenge. The
AHRQ challenge elicits narratives and proposals that address postpartum mental health in rural communities for the agency to share with health care systems, policymakers, state and federal partners, and the public. The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the need for solutions to support population mental health, especially mothers experiencing postpartum mental health issues.