Browse stories by category: Student Spotlight

• Inspired by faculty mentor, MD/PhD candidate pursuing dermatology

  July 14, 2025
• PhD candidate studies rare form of sarcoma

  June 16, 2025
• U.S. Army reservist studies psychiatry through DNP program

  May 06, 2025
• Heart in hand: UMass Chan medical student teaches hands-only CPR

  April 23, 2025
• PhD candidate Winnie Mkandawire, impacted by grief and driven by hope, studies disease outbreak modeling

  March 25, 2025
• Experienced social worker pivots to graduate nursing degree to provide compassionate care

  January 21, 2025
• PhD student among first to join UMass Chan program focused on quantitative skills

  December 09, 2024
• Family dinner discussions spur UMass Chan MD/PhD student to research antibiotic effectiveness

  October 22, 2024
• ‘Why not you?’—Kenyan DNP student studies mental health to impact community

  September 30, 2024
• Louisianian music teacher-turned PhD student researches how mindfulness impacts opioid users

  August 19, 2024