UMass Chan Giving

Alumni from classes ending in 0s and 5s returned to UMass Chan this May to celebrate Reunion 2025. 🎉 Find out which class had the largest turnout, who received the 2025 Alumni Distinguished Service Award and browse Reunion photos: ow.ly/2oNO50WuTPz

"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

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

Satish P. Gupta, MD, who has witnessed the devastating toll of cancer on several close family members, has established an endowed annual award to support @UMassChan students engaged in cancer research. Meet the impressive inaugural recipient: ow.ly/mRZJ50WjiTQ

Having “vaulted UMass Chan Medical School forward in every sphere of activity,” Chancellor Michael F. Collins, MD, has announced he will conclude his chancellorship in July 2026. Read highlights from this era of remarkable achievement and growth: ow.ly/ZNuc50WhHvz

The 2025 UMass ALS Cellucci Fund Boston Marathon team’s heroic efforts raised nearly $100,000, an all-around win, with each runner far exceeding the goal set by the Cellucci Fund. ow.ly/m7Fo50W7IBG

Tammy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD, will be the new Fuller Foundation Term Chair in Diabetes on July 1. She will look at #diabetes complications and strategies to prevent foot amputations: direc.to/nnpQ @UMassDiabetes @umassmemorial @UMassVascSurg @UMassChanGiving @tammytnguyen

The event @UMassChan was made possible through the Hudson Leadership Development Fund, endowed by Doranne and Randall (Randy) Hudson, MD’78. ow.ly/2vTa50VV5W7

Melissa Harris and John Harris, MD, PhD'05, a dermatologist and physician-scientist @UMassChan, have endowed a scholarship at the Medical School to bring more opportunity to aspiring physicians. ow.ly/VJ7x50VO3vv

Go behind the Nobel moment in an online edition of @umasschan magazine: direc.to/nd17 Meet mentees Victor R. Ambros, PhD, has inspired and learn about the work that led to the discovery of #microRNA and the establishment of @RTI_UMassChan. #NobelPrize @UMassChanGiving

The UMass Board of Trustees has voted to name the new education and research building the Paul J. DiMare Center in recognition of a $35 million philanthropic gift from the Paul J. DiMare Foundation: direc.to/na3T @UMassChanGiving @UMassChanNeuro @UMass @MartyMeehan

The Lowell native is funding a scholarship at @UMassChan to help aspiring physicians launch their own careers in medicine. ow.ly/lnrM50VtcLr

Meet Massachusetts #BostonMarathon runners raising thousands to support #ALS research as part of the UMass ALS Cellucci Fund Boston Marathon Team: direc.to/mDLi Robert H. Brown Jr., DPhil, MD, is among those conducting #ALSresearch @UMassChan. @UMassALS @BostonMarathon

A gift from the Last Call Foundation will support a medical student curriculum involving research on firefighter health and a lecture series. The first lecture, on March 14, is on firefighter mental health: direc.to/mEj_ #FirefighterHealth @WorcesterFD @jasonjburns1

A $35 million philanthropic gift from the Paul J. DiMare Foundation will advance @UMassChan research and support breakthroughs in neurodegenerative and genetic diseases such as ALS: direc.to/mrrj #ALS #ALSresearch @UMassChanGiving @UMassChanNeuro @UMass @MartyMeehan

A longtime leader in emergency medicine, Dr. David Wilcox is funding a new award that will advance the specialty by investing in the next generation of innovators. ow.ly/N6Wg50UO86F

A gift from the Hall family will make international clinical nursing experiences more accessible to students at the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing @UMassChan. ow.ly/7rhX50UO7vh

Inspired by Dennis Murphy III’s remarkable recovery from a stroke, Dennis’ mother, Julie Murphy, has established a fund to advance stroke rehab education @UMassChan. ow.ly/fFIK50UO6ov

The program is sponsored by @umassmemorial, the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and the Schwartz Charitable Foundation. ow.ly/iaPX50UKuST