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  University of Massachusetts Medical School
The University of Massachusetts Medical School was founded by proclamation of the governor and an act of the legislature to meet the health care needs of the residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Worcester campus is one of five University of Massachusetts' campuses, and one of 28 freestanding, university-based academic health science campuses in the United States.
The main components of UMass Medical School are the School of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Graduate School of Nursing.
www.umassmemorial.org /ummhc/med_school/index.cfm   (203 words)

  
  University of Massachusetts Medical School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) is one of five campuses of the University of Massachusetts (UMass) system and is home to three schools: the #School of Medicine, the #Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the #Graduate School of Nursing; a thriving #biomedical research enterprise; and a range of #public service initiatives throughout the state.
UMMS was established by an act of the Massachusetts Legislature in l962 to provide residents of the Commonwealth an opportunity to study medicine at an affordable cost and to increase the number of primary care physicians practicing in the Commonwealth’s underserved areas.
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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Medical_School   (2115 words)

  
 University of Massachusetts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of Massachusetts Amherst was known as the University of Massachusetts from 1947 until the creation of the UMass system.
From 1996 to 2003, the President of the University was William Bulger, president of the Massachusetts State Senate for seventeen years, and prominent and influential Democratic politician with roots in South Boston.
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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_Massachusetts   (593 words)

  
 Medical School - University of Massachusetts
Cystic Fibrosis and Fatty Acids - UMass Medical School researchers have discovered that cystic fibrosis patients have an imbalance of fatty acids in their tissues that is related to the degree of abnormality in their genes, and not a consequence of the inflammation that marks the progression of disease.
Bioterrorism and Biodefense - UMass Medical School is one of five institutions nationwide that have received $16 million in federal funding to conduct human immunology research for the purpose of developing vaccines and therapies to respond to agents of bioterror.
The study is being conducted in collaboration with Cornell University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Toronto.
www.massachusetts.edu /index.cfm?fuseaction=generic.505   (1021 words)

  
  University of Massachusetts Medical School :: Worcester MA Lodging
University of Massachusetts Medical School :: Worcester MA Lodging
The University of Massachusetts Medical School, one of the fastest-growing medical schools in the country, has built a reputation as a world-class research institution, consistently producing noteworthy advances in basic and clinical research.
University of Massachusetts Medical School is on left.
www.beechwoodhotel.com /colleges-mass-medical.html   (122 words)

  
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The University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester is one of five campuses in the University of Massachusetts system.
Commonwealth Medicine, a division within UMass Medical School, is a multi-disciplinary health care endeavor that provides academic, clinical and financial expertise to state agencies to improve the delivery of state and local public assistance health programs.
This is an official Page/Publication of the University of Massachusetts Worcester Campus
www.chcf-umms.org   (247 words)

  
 University of Massachusetts, Medical School
The University of Massachusetts is a rather large, public institution located in the town of Worcester, Massachusetts, and has a combined graduate and undergraduate population of over 30,000 students.
Admission to the University of Massachusetts' Medical School is extremely competitive among the relatively few students who apply; last year, over 814 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 100 of those students were accepted.
Graduates of the Medical School often go on to be accepted to some of the most competitive and prestigious residency programs in the nation, and most frequently specialize in the areas of internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics, emergency medicine, surgery, as well as ob/gyn.
www.college-admission-essay.com /med_universityofmassachusetts.html   (683 words)

  
 University of Massachusetts Medical School HealthNet
Quality information about mental health conditions and diseases as well as links to services available to the Central Massachusetts region.
The Pediatric Family Resource Library is located on the second floor of the Benedict Building in the UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center.
The ECRC features a variety of resource materials for the early childhood community available on loan to anyone interested in the education and care of young children.
healthnet.umassmed.edu   (110 words)

  
 BostonWorks - University of Massachusetts Medical School Jobs and Employer Profile
UMMS, one of the fastest-growing medical campuses in the country, has built a reputation as a world-class institution, consistently producing noteworthy advances in clinical and basic research and consistently ranking among the nation's top ten medical schools in training primary care physicians.
As the state's only public medical school, we welcome the opportunity and responsibility we have to care for the needs of the people of Massachusetts.
In all that we do, we are guided by the principles that place the highest priority on respect for the dignity and diversity of the members of the medical school community - students, faculty, employees and volunteers.
bostonworks.boston.com /research/profiles/umass_medical_school.shtml   (509 words)

  
 UMass Medical School - Worcester
"The program offered me the chance to show that I could survive medical school and that this is where I belong." Trin Tran, SOM '08
Therapeutic silencing of mutant huntingtin with siRNA attenuates striatal and cortical neuropathology and behavioral deficits
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center awards $8.2 Million to UMass Medical School for Stem Cell Bank and Registry
www.umassmed.edu   (166 words)

  
 Fellowship Listing - University of Massachusetts Medical School
The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is based at the UMASS Memorial Health System in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The University Hospital is a recognized tertiary referral facility for central and western Massachusetts, and is the recognized trauma center for the region.
Rotations may be selected in the medical ICU, and also at an ultramodern medical-surgical ICU at a community teaching hospital.
www.east.org /fellowships/fellowship.asp?program=55   (167 words)

  
 Research Scientist: University of Massachusetts Medical School, Center for Health Policy and Research, Research Design ...
The Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is seeking applicants for the position of Research Scientist within the Research Design and Methods (RDM) Unit.
The mission of the Center for Health Policy and Research is to promote and conduct applied research, evaluation, and education aimed at informing policy decisions that improve the health and well-being of people served by public agencies.
Qualified candidates will receive a faculty appointment at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and be involved in educational and other academic activities.
healtheconomics.org /jobs/2005/11/12/research-scientist-univer.html   (293 words)

  
 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Nuclear Medicine Imaging, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Division of Nuclear Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School has an opening for a post-doctoral fellow to work on a NIH funded research grant related to hybrid PET imaging.
Previous research experience with medical imaging, image reconstruction, detection and estimation theory, Nuclear Medicine instrumentation, and Monte Carlo simulation is desirable.
University of Massachusetts is an equal opportunity employer.
www.bmenet.org /BMEnet/jobs/doc/1923.whtml   (183 words)

  
 USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2007: Top Medical Schools - Primary Care
School was unable to complete the survey because of damage from Hurricane Katrina.
Last year's data was used to calculate the school's ranking and is displayed here, with the exception of tuition.
N/A means that the data were not provided by the school.
www.usnews.com /usnews/edu/grad/rankings/med/brief/mdprank_brief.php   (106 words)

  
 Center for Mindfulness - UMass Medical School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This website is designed to meet a wide range of needs for information about the CFM for both the public at large and for health care professionals interested in our work.
The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society is dedicated to furthering the practice and integration of mindfulness in the lives of individuals, institutions, and society through a wide range of clinical, research, education, and outreach initiatives in the public and private sector.
The CFM is part of the Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
www.umassmed.edu /cfm   (291 words)

  
 QuitWorks - Education & Training - University of Massachusetts Medical School Programs
The Center for Tobacco Prevention and Control at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) is committed to providing the most up-to-date, evidence-based information on the prevention and treatment of nicotine dependence.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts funded Dr. Lori Pbert and her staff at the Medical School and Dr. Nancy Rigotti, Massachusetts General Hospital, to develop a Medscape online training program for primary care providers entitled Smoking Cessation Approaches for Primary Care.
They work in a variety of settings in Massachusetts and throughout the country, including but not limited to hospitals, community health centers, HMOs, medical and dental practices, educational settings, social service agencies, public health organizations, tobacco treatment centers, telephone Quitlines, drug abuse treatment programs and mental health centers.
www.quitworks.org /training/umass.php   (691 words)

  
 University of Massachusetts Medical School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Division of Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA is recruiting a Statistician/Biostatistician at the level of Associate or Full Professor.
The primary location of this position is at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA that includes the University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, a tertiary care center serving the population of central and western Massachusetts.
The successful candidate has an established research record in statistics, has a strong background in study design and analysis, possesses analytic and computing skills, and has the ability to work independently and in collaboration.
www.stat.ufl.edu /vlib/jobs/mamed.html   (197 words)

  
 University of Massachusetts Medical School HealthNet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
UMass HealthNet is an outreach initiative administered by the Lamar Soutter Library of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) providing several means of access to quality consumer-oriented health information for the residents of Massachusetts.
HealthNet's mission is to provide easier access to quality information on health topics and better awareness of health services available to Massachusetts residents.
UMass HealthNet is a project developed by the Lamar Soutter Library of the University of Massachusetts Medical School and supported by a grant from the William Randolph Hearst Foundations.
healthnet.umassmed.edu /about.html   (270 words)

  
 Harvard Medicine
"Our observations might translate into more accurate prognoses and help us identify mechanisms of cancer growth that can be therapeutically targeted," says Isaac Kohane, director of the Children's Hospital Informatics Program and co-director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Biomedical Informatics.
Children’s Hospital Boston image: Genes whose activity is increased in lung cancer (green circles) tend to be active early in lung development, while genes with reduced activity (magenta) tend to be active late in development.
Norman Letvin (second from left), Harvard Medical School (HMS) Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), will serve as principal investigator of a five-year, $18 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for his work on HIV/AIDS vaccines.
hms.harvard.edu /hms/home.asp   (224 words)

  
 Platelet Function Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Medical Student Research Committee, Graduate School in Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Evaluation of Faculty Teaching Committee, Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Interdepartmental Immunology Committee, University of Massachusetts Medical School
www.platelets.org /Michelson-CV-Com.htm   (232 words)

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