UMass Chan Giving

07/24/2025

Alumni from classes ending in 0s and 5s returned to UMass Chan this May to celebrate Reunion 2025. 🎉

The Class of 1975 marked their milestone 50th Reunion, while the Class of 2000 had the largest turnout, with more than half the class reconnecting on campus.

Find out who received the 2025 Alumni Distinguished Service Award and browse Reunion photos:

Alumni from celebrating classes, which included those ending in 0s and 5s, returned to UMass Chan Medical School on May 3 for Reunion 2025.

07/11/2025

We were thrilled to host a naming celebration event for the Paul J. DiMare Center on Wednesday.

07/08/2025

Dorothy Schafer, PhD, and 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.

“The Riccios have been extremely generous over the years, and their generosity has really helped trainees, helped P*s get an exciting new project off the ground, and helped collaborations get started. Their generosity, and what they're doing for science, is huge,” Dr. Schafer said. https://www.umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2025/07/dorothy-schafer-travis-thomson-receive-riccio-fund-neuroscience-award/

07/01/2025

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 UMass Chan Medical School students engaged in cancer research. The award honors the memory of his wife, Sudha Gupta, MD, who died in 2020.

Meet the impressive inaugural recipient: https://ow.ly/n1bc50WjiTR

06/27/2025

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:

UMass Chan Medical School Chancellor Michael F. Collins, MD, today announced that he will conclude his chancellorship at the end of the 2025-2026 academic year in July of 2026. At that time, Dr. Collins, the longest serving chancellor in the history of the University of Massachusetts, will have led....

06/11/2025

Five marathoners. Months of intensive training—in winter and early spring weather. Fundraising to support leading-edge ALS research. 26.2 miles raced along the most iconic marathon route in the world. Ever closer to curing a devastating disease.

On April 21, it all came together at the Boston Marathon. After tireless preparation, the 2025 UMass ALS Cellucci Fund Boston Marathon team competed in the historic race—an emotional, exhilarating and unforgettable experience.

The team’s heroic efforts raised nearly $100,000, an all-around win, with each runner far exceeding the goal set by the Cellucci Fund.

The 2025 UMass ALS Cellucci Fund Boston Marathon team raised nearly $100,000, an all-around win, with each runner far exceeding the goal set by the Cellucci Fund.

05/28/2025

Chair holders receive $375,000 over five years from the George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation to support their scientific work.

Tammy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD, succeeds Sally C. Kent, PhD, as the Fuller Foundation Term Chair in Diabetes.

05/19/2025

Medical students spend years immersed in rigorous academic training and clinical preparation, mastering the complexities of medicine and patient care. But one essential skill is often overlooked in the curriculum: leadership.

On March 28, second-year students in the T.H. Chan School of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School packed the multipurpose room in the Albert Sherman Center and got a crash course in leadership from Gerard R. (Gerry) Cox, MD’83, MHA, who led a distinguished medical career in government and military service.

His visit was part of the third annual Hudson Leadership Symposium. The symposium is made possible through the Hudson Leadership Development Fund, endowed by Doranne and Randall (Randy) Hudson, MD’78.

Second-year students in the T.H. Chan School of Medicine got a crash course in leadership from Gerard R. (Gerry) Cox, MD’83, MHA, who led a distinguished medical career in government and military service.

05/06/2025

Melissa Harris and John Harris, MD, PhD'05, have endowed a scholarship at UMass Chan Medical School to bring more opportunity to aspiring physicians.

Established in both of their names, it honors the couple’s shared life, a joint dedication to John’s prolific career as a dermatologist and physician-scientist, and their belief that a student’s financial situation should never prevent them from pursuing a medical degree.

Melissa Harris and John Harris, MD, PhD'05, have endowed a scholarship at UMass Chan Medical School to bring more opportunity to aspiring physicians.

04/09/2025

The nine-story, 350,000-square-foot new education and research building standing tall along the campus quad on the UMass Chan Medical School campus in Worcester has an official name: the Paul J. DiMare Center.

The new nine-story, 350,000-square-foot new education and research building on the UMass Chan campus has an official name: the Paul J. DiMare Center.

04/02/2025

"I owe so much to UMass Chan Medical School and the Massachusetts state education system. The opportunities afforded to me through my education were incredible. It's a feeling I've had a my whole life. I think it's important to give back to the system that gave me so much." — Mark Eastham, MD'82 https://www.umassmed.edu/giving/impact/stories-of-giving/2025/01/mark-eastham-md82/

Mark Eastham, MD'82 is funding a scholarship at UMass Chan Medical School to help aspiring physicians launch their own careers in medicine.

03/19/2025

UMass ALS Cellucci Fund Boston Marathon team runners have raised more than $800,000 since 2012, and this year they’re on track to exceed the team’s $50,000 goal.