UMass Chan Medical School

UMass Chan Medical School, in partnership with UMass Memorial Health, hosted the inaugural Affirming Health Care for Our Trans and Gender-Diverse Communities Summit, addressing the well-being of trans and gender-diverse community members. Medical student Mina Zhang was the emcee for the event and Kai da Costa, DO, assistant professor of psychiatry, led a patient and community voices panel discussion and Q&A session.  

Researchers in UMass Chan Medical School’s Center for Microbiome Research are exploring the causal mechanisms by which bacteria in the gut influence chronic illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and Crohn’s disease and in autoimmune disorders and other conditions.

Indiana-born DNP student Eugenia Trammell-Goldsby, RN, directed her church’s choir at age 10. She has refined her early leadership skills as a nurse manager in the transplant unit at UMass Memorial Medical Center and has launched a Black nurse leader mentorship pilot program, helping nurses of color who aspire to become nurse leaders.