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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There are quite a few milestones in an MD-PhD program, and we are committed to celebrating our students and supporting them through every step. Check out the pictures from our Pinning and Advancement Ceremony!

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UMass Chan Medical School @umasschan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Boris Dimitrov, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, has received a NIH grant to further advance his cancer research, aiming to stop breast cancer from spreading or metastasizing. #WhyUMassChan #CancerResearch #BreastCancer #MSTP #MDPhD @umasschanmstp.bsky.social @uofmass.bsky.social

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Another Saturday morning with Community Harvest Project in the books for our MSTP students! This time around students harvested/packed 1,250 pounds of onions and 1,600 pounds of acorn squash.

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Congratulations G2s on passing your Qualifying Exam! You are all becoming stellar physician-scientists and your MSTP family is so incredibly proud. Go go go!!! #QualifyingExam #MSTP #UMassMSTP #physicianscientists

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The UMass Chan MSTP Physician Scientist Forum (PSF) is back in session! Let's celebrate with an M1 cohort picture :)

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Talking about UMass MSTP Superstars, GS2 Andrew Petti has received the Michael Green MD, PhD Award in Graduate Research in Gene Regulation!

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Did someone say F30? Congrats to GS4 Lauren Shumate on receiving an NIH F30 for her project: "Understanding microbial metabolite effects on EBV life cycle in B cells and epithelial cells"

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's F30 city over here at the UMass Chan MSTP! Congrats Noah Sciambra on receiving the NIH F30 fellowship for his project: "Innate Immune Sensing of Bacterial Phenazine Toxins" Noah is a G4 in our program director, Read Pukkila-Worley's, lab. Fantastic job Noah!🧪🥼 #UmassMSTP

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

More F30s! Our program is over the moon with the news that GS4, Rebecca Panwala-Sciambra, has been awarded an F30 for her project: High throughput screening to generate and investigate cancer driver mutations in hepatocellular carcinoma.

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Some of our G1s having lunch together on this beautiful Friday! They start their Prep for QE class next Monday!! It's wonderful to see how these students stick together even during their transition to PhD! #UMassMSTP #PhysicianScientists #GradSchoolYears

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

You thought we were done? No way! Congrats Boris Dimitrov, GS3 in the Mercurio lab on your F30!!! Boris is studying "Mechanisms of Ferroptosis Resistance in Metastasis". One of our MSTP ⭐️s. We are beyond proud! #UMassMSTP #physicianscientists

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Did you hear? There's a new NIH Fellow in town! Congrats Tyler Long on receiving an F30 for his project: Investigating Murine Intestinal Helminth Heligmosomoides polygyrus Amelioration of Depigmentation in a Mouse Model of Vitiligo

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Our program is collecting F30s like pokemons! Melanie Barbini, GS4 in the Schafer/McManus labs has received an F30! Her project is titled: Investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms of periventricular inflammation in neuroinflammatory CNS.

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"You get an F30, you get an F30, and you get an F30!" That's the energy in our MSTP community right now as we celebrate our spectacular students!

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

F30 Alert!!! Congratulations to MS3/GS1 Jewel Voyer on her notice of award on her F30: Functional Characterization of Noncanonical Nucleotides as Second Messengers in Immune Signaling Go Jewel!! 🧫🧪 #physicianscientist #UMassMSTP

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Mentor-Mentee Lunch was a success! Students across different years from our program got together to talk to our new M1s about rotations, labs, and what to expect for med school. We love our MSTP Community! Thank you Peer Mentorship Committee for putting this together.

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Love to farm, spend time outdoors, and help combat food insecurity in Massachusetts? Community Harvest Project is waiting for you! This non-profit farm project grows fruits and vegetables for local hunger relief. They depend on VOLUNTEERS!

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Take us out to... the UMASS MSTP Program Summer Retreat! Go Woosox! 🥎

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Are you ready to meet our new incoming class? The future of medicine and research is so bright, just look at our spectacular 10 new students!

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Join us in welcoming the newest member of our rising second year class, Isabella Schichter. We are so proud and happy to have you join us! Can't wait to see the physician-scientist you will become. #PhysicianScientists #MSTP #UMassMSTP

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The Medical Scientist Training Program at UMass Chan Medical School is excited to welcome our newest cohort of students to campus this week. Our MSTP community gathered to offer them a warm welcome at our program social event 2 weeks ago! #mdphd #mstp #advancingtogether

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

To close out our posts from this past academic year, we wanted to share our MSTP End of Year Celebration. We recognized each graduating student, in which each of their PIs wrote a reflection about them and their journeys.

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It’s July! This means that it’s a transition time in students’ lives; our graduates are starting their residencies and we are welcoming a new class of MSTP students is joining us on campus (more on that soon!)

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UMass Chan MSTP Program @umasschanmstp.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The UMass Chan MSTP Program is now on Bluesky😎

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