Research from the lab of Sharon Cantor, PhD, professor of molecular, cell & cancer biology, upends the conventional model of how chemotherapy works. In particular, she provides a new understanding of a PARP inhibitor (PARPi), a chemotherapy drug commonly used against breast and ovarian cancer.
Chief Information Officer Gregory R. Wolf has received a 2021 BostonCIO of the Year ORBIE Award. Awards were presented in eight categories during a virtual ceremony on June 18; Wolf received the ORBIE in the health care category.
A research team led by David M. Cochran, MD, PhD, has been awarded $400,000 from the Eagles Autism Foundation to study a biomarker-driven pharmacological treatment for autism spectrum disorder. The study is one of 18 projects that will receive $3.1 million in funding for cutting-edge autism research and programming from the private philanthropic organization.
UMass Medical School welcomed two cohorts of college students to its annual Summer Enrichment Program and Summer Undergraduate Research Program for high-achieving undergraduates from backgrounds underrepresented in science and medicine.
Sarah Cleveland is as passionate about her work studying T cells in the lab of Eric S. Huseby, PhD, professor of pathology, as she is about the need for diversity in academia.
“It’s so cool to me how our body can either learn to attack itself or attack foreign objects. It can tell the difference, and it can remember things. Out of every single cell and organ in our body, the only things that can remember things are our brains and T cells and B cells. And I think that that’s just awesome.”
Trusted health care providers could increase vaccine acceptance among the 40 percent of Americans who say they are hesitant or not likely to get a COVID-19 shot. Researchers at UMass Medical School are working to identify what message doctors should convey to their patients to be most effective.
Mark Klempner, MD, executive vice chancellor for MassBiologics of UMass Medical School and professor of medicine, was recognized by Chancellor Michael F. Collins with a Chancellor’s Medal to honor his outstanding leadership as he prepares to step down from the top post.
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center announced the renewal of its Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program for $3.1 million over the next five years.
It seems like yesterday when then-freshman Wadeline Jonathas first stepped into the track and field office at UMass Boston. Little did anyone know at the time, just five years later, her meteoric rise would reach unprecedented heights.
On June 19, just after 10 p.m. EST, Jonathas sprinted her way to a spot in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics as a member of Team USA.
