OpenFieldUMass Chan Medical School · Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
UMass Chan Medical School, founded in 1962 in Worcester, Massachusetts, is the Commonwealth's only public medical school and a world-renowned biomedical research institution. Anchored by the T.H. Chan School of Medicine, Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, UMass Chan is celebrated globally as the birthplace of RNA interference—honored with the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to faculty member Dr. Craig C. Mello.
UMass Chan commands over $300 million in annual sponsored research funding. It houses world-class research institutes including the RNA Therapeutics Institute (RTI), the Horae Gene Therapy Center, the Neurobiology Department, and the Program in Molecular Medicine. The school is closely affiliated with the clinical operations of UMass Memorial Health.
Medical school admissions are processed via AMCAS with secondary applications and CASPer exams. Biomedical PhD applications are submitted directly through the Morningside Graduate School with transcripts, personal statements, CVs detailing extensive laboratory research, and three letters of recommendation.
Elite umbrella biomedical doctorate offering immersive training in RNA therapeutics, immunology and microbiology, cancer biology, neuroscience, and translational gene therapy.
LCME-accredited medical doctorate featuring the innovative Vista Curriculum with early longitudinal clinical immersion, population health tracks, and simulation training at UMass Memorial Health.
Prestigious NIH-sponsored dual-degree program training physician-scientists bridging clinical medicine with breakthrough laboratory molecular discovery.
Doctoral research degree preparing nurse-scientists to lead clinical trials, patient safety investigations, health disparities interventions, and nursing informatics.
Rigorous graduate degree for physicians and health scientists focusing on clinical trials design, biostatistics, epidemiological modeling, bioethics, and NIH grant writing.
Prestigious postdoctoral training with world-renowned investigators at the RNA Therapeutics Institute investigating siRNA delivery, CRISPR gene editing, and antisense oligonucleotides.
Nobel Laureate, Howard Hughes Medical Investigator & Professor of Molecular Medicine
RNA Therapeutics Institute
Dr. Mello shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the co-discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) and investigates small RNA pathways and transgen...
View researcher profile ↗Chair & Professor of RNA Therapeutics Institute
RNA Therapeutics Institute
Dr. Zamore is a Howard Hughes Medical Investigator and leading authority on biochemical mechanisms of RNA silencing, Argonaute proteins, and siRNA drug design....
View researcher profile ↗Vice Provost for Clinical and Translational Research & Professor of Molecular Medicine
Department of Molecular Medicine
Dr. Luzuriaga is an internationally acclaimed physician-scientist whose clinical trials led to breakthrough early antiviral therapies and functional cures for m...
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