Through funded research projects, training, and community outreach,
the UMass Boston — Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Partnership aims to:
- Improve opportunities for students, fellows, and scientists in basic and population science
- Develop resources toward improving health for all
We offer training and professional development experiences for undergraduates, graduates, postbaccalaureates, and nursing postdocs interested in cancer research.
We offer research funding opportunities for UMB and DF/HCC faculty to collaborate on innovative cancer research that spans basic and populations sciences.
We work with community partners to build capacity for using evidence-based programs and strategies for health promotion.
Announcements
Shoba Ramanadhan, ScD, MPH, received the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Sastry Award for Outstanding Teaching in Public Health. This award is one of the School’s highest teaching honors and recognizes faculty for their significant impact on students and the ways they have, through excellent teaching, inspired students to reach their public health goals.
Gregory Abel, MD, MPH, was promoted to Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In addition to his role as a PI of the UMB-DF/HCC Partnership, he serves as Co-Chair of the DFCI Ethics Advisory Committee, helps run DFCI’s Older Adult Hematologic Malignancy (OHM) geriatric hematology research program, and directs DFCI’s Clinical Ethics Service.
Former Research Design and Analysis Core Director, Dr. Jan Mutchler, was celebrated for her impact on UMass Boston’s Gerontology Department. During her 25 years at UMass Boston, she acted as the director of the Gerontology Institute, the gerontology graduate program director and department chair, and the founding director of the Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging.