There are quite a few milestones in an MD-PhD program, and we are committed to celebrating our students and supporting them through every step. Check out the pictures from our Pinning and Advancement Ceremony!

The season may have ended, but our committment to helping combat food insecurity stays strong💪🏽.

All of this food will go to support the community through the Worcester & Grafton food banks, the Hector Reyes House, and Community Servings, a program supporting patients living with chronic illnesses in Jamaica Plains.

They worked with other volunteers to cover crop 3 acres of land with 350 lbs of rye seeds in preparation for next season, and the vegetables they harvested amount to around 12,650 servings.

Another Saturday morning with Community Harvest Project in the books for our MSTP students! This time around students harvested/packed 1,250 pounds of onions and 1,600 pounds of acorn squash.

PSF is meant to be an integrative course that continually immerses students in both the clinical and scientific aspects of their training.

PSF is an MD-PhD specific seminar where students and faculty gather for an hour-long session twice a month focused on the following themes: -Clinical Problem Solving -Student Research Talk -Science Consult -Career Development

Students from all years in the program got together yesterday for the first PSF of the year "Grant Writing 101" offered by our Program Director: Dr. Read Pukkila-Worley and Dr. Brent Horowitz, PhD from the Office for Student Success.

The UMass Chan MSTP Physician Scientist Forum (PSF) is back in session! Let's celebrate with an M1 cohort picture :)

Andrew is part of Dr. Wen Xue's research group, where he studies how mRNA sequence and structure direct ribosomes to translate alternative open reading frames.

Andrew will be giving a talk next Tuesday, September 8th, at 11am in the Paul DiMare Center about his work as part of the recognition given to him by this award. Don't miss it!

This award, given by the Department of Molecular, Cell, and Cancer Biology, recognizes outstanding graduate students at UMass Chan whose accomplishments, perseverance and commitment to research excellence have distinguished them from their peers.

Talking about UMass MSTP Superstars, GS2 Andrew Petti has received the Michael Green MD, PhD Award in Graduate Research in Gene Regulation!