UMass Chan Medical School

The generosity of Paul J. DiMare's family will make an enormous impact in helping @UMassChan change the course of history of disease, Chancellor Michael F. Collins said. Read about the namesake of our new research building: brnw.ch/21wU4SH #ALSresearch #BiomedicalResearch

Human pancreatic islets exposed to cytokines alter the way islet cells display antigens to the immune system, according to this Type 1 diabetes research published in @CellReports by @UMassChan scientists. umassmed.edu/dcoe/news/umas…

PhD student Claire Shamber has been awarded an @NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to fund her research redefining the mammalian metabolome and investigating metabolic adaptations in mammalian disease states: direc.to/n9Tp #NSFfunded #NSFGRFP #PhDTwitter @ProgMolMed

While discussing antidepressant usage during pregnancy with the @NYTimes, @UMassChan perinatal mental health expert Nancy Byatt, DO, MS’15, MBA, said she's more concerned about the risks of untreated illness than the risk of medication: direc.to/n2Bm #PerinatalHealth

Individuals with bachelor’s degrees in fields other than nursing can become a master’s-educated registered nurse in as little as 16 months. Register for an info session on the new Direct Entry Master of Science in Nursing for Non-Nurses degree program: direc.to/n28d

Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE, will be in the Netherlands this fall, working on a project aimed at optimizing medication prescribing in older adults: direc.to/n24g Dr. Tjia has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for the Netherlands. #Fulbright @FulbrightPrgrm

Read Pukkila-Worley, MD, is the new director of the MD/PhD program: direc.to/n8PN Dr. Pukkila-Worley has mentored dozens of MD/PhD graduate students since joining @UMassChan in 2014. The @RPWLab studies host-pathogen interactions and bacterial pathogenesis. @UMassMDPhD

Last week, we celebrated a momentous occasion, the naming of the Paul J. DiMare Center at @UMassChan Medical School. This milestone was made possible by the transformational $35 million gift from the Paul J. DiMare Foundation and family. umassmed.edu/news/news-arch…

The donation, announced in February, was made in an effort to advance the school’s research into neurodegenerative and genetic diseases, particularly ALS, the illness that led to DiMare’s passing in 2021 at the age of 81. wbjournal.com/article/umass-…

Every summer for the past seven years, MD/PhD student Vinny Azzolino has volunteered with other medical students, residents and attendings at Camp Discovery, a free camp funded by @AADmember for children with chronic skin conditions: direc.to/n8Zt #StudentSpotlight

Chancellor Collins spoke with @WBUR about a decrease in @NIH grants and a $94 million shortfall in anticipated federal funding for the current fiscal year. Discover why Collins believes "there's nothing partisan about research funding." brnw.ch/21wU5jY #Research #NIH

"Your generosity is lessening the time to when we can make the diagnosis to cure diseases," Chancellor Michael F. Collins told the DiMare family during the naming event for the Paul J. DiMare Center: brnw.ch/21wU3bS #ALSresearch #UMass @UMassChanGiving @UMass @MartyMeehan

”We're appreciative of your generosity and the transformative impact that your family is having." - @UMass President @MartyMeehan during the naming celebration for @UMassChan's Paul J. DiMare Center A $35 million gift supports neurodegenerative disease research. @UMassChanGiving

”Having Paul J. DiMare's name on this building will serve as an inspiration for biomedical researchers across this campus, as it inspires me to work at solving ALS." - Daryl Bosco, PhD, the Paul J. DiMare Chair in Neurodegenerative Disease, during Wednesday's naming celebration

”Paul's dying wish was simple but profound: Find a cure for the incurables," said Swanee DiMare. @UMassChan's research building is now named for her husband, Paul J. DiMare. ”It stands as a tribute to the life he lived and a beacon of hope for the lives we still aim to save."

NEWS&VIEWS | T Ramalho & RT Gazzinelli (@UMassChan, U de Minas Gerais): A surprising mechanism by which itaconate inhibits the active site of a peroxiredoxin to amplify redox signalling and the type I interferon response in macrophages 🧫✨ nature.com/articles/s4225…

“This is a really concerning moment.” Elise Stevens, PhD, director of the Center for Tobacco Treatment Research and Training at @UMassChan, spoke to @henrytelegram about nicotine pouches: direc.to/nZtB Sales are projected to grow to $25 billion in 2030. #TeenHealth

Dorothy Schafer, PhD, & Travis Thomson, PhD, have received a $50,000 award from the Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience to study how the brain and organs, notably the liver, use extracellular vesicles to communicate: direc.to/nV4i @NeurobioUMass @UMassChanGiving

Gilles Martin, PhD, spoke to @WAMC_J_Paleo of @WAMCRadio about a discovery in his lab that could have major implications in the world of treating alcohol abuse: direc.to/nU1a #BingeDrinking #AlcoholResearch @NeurobioUMass @ConversationUS

Lipid synthesis supports membrane growth and organelle biogenesis. Sunyoung Hwang, Eduardo Torres et al. @UMassChan show that synthesis of sphingolipids, mainly long-chain bases, is essential to increasing nuclear membranes during #CellDivision. hubs.la/Q03vNnKP0