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  • UMass Chan receives Massachusetts Life Sciences Center funding to advance health equity in pregnancy care and biomedical discovery
    August 04, 2026

    UMass Chan receives Massachusetts Life Sciences Center funding to advance health equity in pregnancy care and biomedical discovery

    UMass Chan Medical School researchers have received funding from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to advance research using artificial intelligence to improve early identification of pregnancy-induced hypertension and to establish a colorectal cancer biobank that will accelerate biomedical discoveries.

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  • UMass Chan summer outreach programs inspire next generation of physician-scientists
    August 03, 2026

    UMass Chan summer outreach programs inspire next generation of physician-scientists

    Classrooms and labs kept busy this summer at UMass Chan, hosting high school and college students participating in outreach programs.

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  • UMass Chan research shows exciting step forward in innate immune stimulation and vaccine platform development
    July 02, 2026

    UMass Chan research shows exciting step forward in innate immune stimulation and vaccine platform development

    AMP modified vaccine adjunct activates robust T cell response. 

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  • Biotech executives and venture capitalists come to UMass Chan to hear faculty start-up pitches
    June 11, 2026

    Biotech executives and venture capitalists come to UMass Chan to hear faculty start-up pitches

    UMass Chan Medical School faculty made new company pitches to leaders from nearly two dozen venture capital firms and other industry organizations.

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  • ‘Science essential to society’: PhD candidates honored at 2026 award ceremony
    May 29, 2026

    ‘Science essential to society’: PhD candidates honored at 2026 award ceremony

    Graduating PhD candidates in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School were celebrated during an awards ceremony on May 28.

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  • UMass Chan scientist Marcus Ruscetti receives 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize
    May 05, 2026

    UMass Chan scientist Marcus Ruscetti receives 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize

    Marcus Ruscetti, PhD, received a $750,000 2026 Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Prize to advance his lab’s pancreatic cancer research.

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  • Groundbreaking new study shows real-time AI platform better at diagnosing cancer than biopsy
    April 30, 2026

    Groundbreaking new study shows real-time AI platform better at diagnosing cancer than biopsy

    Findings from the SMART-AI trial were recently published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

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  • Louis Messina receives NIH grant to support research of aging and immune response
    April 17, 2026

    Louis Messina receives NIH grant to support research of aging and immune response

    New research by Louis Messina, MD, aims to understand why aging slows down wound healing in older adults.

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  • Science for Living: A faster path to cervical cancer screening could improve access, save lives
    April 15, 2026

    Science for Living: A faster path to cervical cancer screening could improve access, save lives

    Researchers at UMass Chan are looking into rapid point-of-care HPV testing that delivers results in about 30 minutes. 

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  • Science for Living: Can using AI risk prediction in breast cancer screening improve early detection?
    February 26, 2026

    Science for Living: Can using AI risk prediction in breast cancer screening improve early detection?

    Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School are studying how an AI-based risk assessment tool could improve early breast cancer detection.

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