Tifara Boyce said it was evident after completing her first year at Tufts School of Medicine that there are a lot of specialties to choose from. She is taking part in the Summer Learning Opportunity program UMass Chan Medical School to gain deeper insights into #radiology: direc.to/kFKM #MedEd

DYK UMass Chan Medical School is home to the Summer Enrichment Program, a four-week intensive immersion program designed to help undergrads from underserved and underrepresented backgrounds improve their qualifications for admission to medical school? direc.to/kDyt #PreMed

Follow Work Without Limits all month long to learn about #DisabilityPrideMonth and what each color in the Disability Pride flag represents. Work Without Limits is part of ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan Medical School. ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan

UMass Chan Medical School is No. 1 in the Northeast for primary care education and among the top 50 medical schools for the number of graduates practicing in health professional shortage areas: direc.to/kBm3 #BestMedicalSchools #BestGradSchools #MedEd #UMass University of Massachusetts

“There is an inherent value in having the physician be reflective of the community.” Cherise Hamblin, MD, of the UMass Chan Medical School Collaborative in Health Equity hosted Girls Inc. of Worcester for a day in the life of an OB-GYN: direc.to/kBoo tatum goetting Allan Jung 🏳️‍🌈

A core component of the Emerging Professionals Summer Internship Program is a weekly lunch and learn. Thank you, ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan, for meeting with our interns to discuss how you partner with organizations to make health care more equitable and accessible.

Happy National Intern Day! Today we celebrate the hard-working interns who contribute to the advancements of UMass Chan Medical School. ⬇️ Here are our interns in the Emerging Professionals Summer Internship Program, which UMass Chan Diversity & Inclusion Office runs. #NationalInternDay #UMassChan

Today is the last day for the 19 students in the High School Health Careers Program, an immersive four-week program that exposes students to health care and science careers: direc.to/kB69 #AdvancingTogether #Worcester City of Worcester Worcester Public Schools Taunton Public Schools

Accalia Fu, PhD with summer intern Hailey from University of New Orleans who presented their summer project at today's poster session for undergrad interns UMass Chan Medical School. Their project investigated how macrophages, a type of immune cell, interact with insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.

Teens from Girls Inc. of Worcester learned about health careers and various labor and delivery procedures by shadowing OB-GYNs @UMassMemorial during an event organized by the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and the UMass Chan Medical School Collaborative in Health Equity. direc.to/k_nw

The UMass Chan Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Program is designed to diversify the pool of biomedical researchers by providing structured, hands-on laboratory research experiences to undergrads. Meet the 2024 cohort: direc.to/k_Y1 #WhyUMassChan #AdvancingTogether

Tailored orientations give students the opportunity to meet people who will be part of their network and sphere of influence and remind them that they belong, Janjay Innis, MDiv, writes in this new blog post: direc.to/mcom #ConnectiveIssues

This has been a busy week at UMass Chan Medical School, with orientation activities for new students in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing and T.H. Chan School of Medicine. Welcome! #PhDTwitter #NurseTwitter #MedEd UMass Chan Diversity & Inclusion Office

More than 200 nursing, PhD and medical students signed up for the Inclusive Excellence Orientation, hosted by UMass Chan Diversity & Inclusion Office. “This is something special,” Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion Marlina Duncan told UMass Chan Medical School students. “Find your networks. Find your people.”

#fbf: ForHealth Consulting at UMass Chan, Work Without Limits, UMass Chan – Community & Government Relations and UMass Chan Giving were among the UMass Chan Medical School offices that hosted interns in the DIO-run Emerging Professionals Internship Program this year. The #interns gave their final presentations on Aug. 9. Thank you for your work!

Posdoctoral fellow Samara Vilca, PhD, has received an NIH D-SPAN award to study how brain cells respond to substance abuse: direc.to/md5J The NIH award supports outstanding graduate students who are from diverse backgrounds. Samara Vilca, PhD Ryan Logan 🧠🧬🔬🥼 SchaferLabUMassChan

Hey! We recognize that Diversity & Inclusion Office tumbler in the upper-left photo! Welcome, new UMass Chan Medical School students!

UMass Chan Medical School‘s Department of Dermatology has shown a commitment to mentorship and sustained relationships. Read about a project to diversify the skin condition photos on file for the department: direc.to/me9z #DermTwitter #DEIB UMass Chan Department of Dermatology Dr. Jill Richmond, PhD

Register for UMass Chan Medical School‘s virtual 12th Annual LGBTA Convocation Celebration, happening, Tuesday, Sept. 10, at noon: direc.to/meE_ The speakers are members of the LGBT Asylum Task Force, which is a ministry that welcomes LGBTQ people of all faiths. #LGBTA

The DIO will address the ways diversity, equity, inclusion and disability can positively intersect by focusing its speaker series on the theme “Advancing Accessibility and Inclusion in Health Care for People with Disabilities.” The first event is Sept. 25. direc.to/mf98