T.H. Chan School of Medicine

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Our MD/PhD students having fun? We love to see it!

Students have until Friday to submit proposals for the MLK Semester of Service Student Awards. Recipients of the $500 awards will be announced at the UMass Chan Medical School Martin Luther King Jr. virtual celebration on Jan. 25. Email [email protected] to submit your proposal: https://bit.ly/3IE6TUS

Students from all three schools have until Friday, Jan. 13, to submit proposals for the MLK Semester of Service Student Awards. The winners will receive $500 to carry out community service projects this spring. Email proposals to [email protected]: https://bit.ly/3Zn2dbG

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UMass Chan Medical School student Christopher Fay was honored to accept the 2022 Sun Safe Leadership Model City award that IMPACT Melanoma awarded the City of Worcester, Massachusetts. Fay worked with the city to install sunscreen dispensers last spring.

MD/MBA student Emilee Herringshaw says people with continuous glucose monitors have posted in Facebook groups about skin reactions. Read about her research here.

Pilot Study to Analyze Skin Reactions to Continuous Glucose Monitors UMass Chan Medical School Student Emilee Herringshaw is conducting the CGM rash study at the UMass Memorial Diabetes Center of Excellence

Our student community is so supportive of each other thanks, in part, to our learning communities. Learn more about our LCs and how they help shape their medical school career - https://bit.ly/UMassMedLCs

Today is our application deadline. All materials must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET today (12/1).

Medical students Victor Bacelar, Calvin Schaffer, Bennett Vogt, Ivy Dang and Christine Li represented UMass Chan Medical School at the American Medical Association Medical Student Section Interim Meeting. Vogt and Julia Small separately took part in the AMA House of Delegates meeting.

Learn about the opportunities medical students at UMass Chan Medical School have to learn palliative care skills as part of the new Vista curriculum: https://bit.ly/3GZqH3Z

UMass Chan palliative care expert leading efforts to prepare med students for communicating about serious illness with patients Palliative care specialist Jennifer A. Reidy, MD, is lead author on a recent paper by statewide experts leading the way to train all medical students in communicating effectively and compassionately with patients facing serious illness.

Our application deadline is nearing. Be sure to check on your application and make sure everything is complete before 11:59 p.m. ET on December 1st.

Naaz Daneshvar is a peer mentor who has done autism-related data analysis for the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. She explains why she worked to get training around intellectual and developmental disabilities added to the med school curriculum in this : https://bit.ly/3AwpgWU

Medical student provides a voice for patients and families with special needs Third-year medical student Naaz Daneshvar is an advocate for patients and families with intellectual and developmental disabilities.