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
Join us via Zoom on April 11, 2025 from 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM to learn about inequities in early cancer detection. The keynote will be delivered by Rachel Issaka, MD, MAS, an Associate Professor in the Public Health Sciences Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
The Genomics Core has partnered with 10x Genomics to host an event titled Seeing Biology in New Ways with Spatial Technologies on April 10, 2025 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM. Attendees will learn about the new Xenium In Situ platform for single cell spatial analysis with subcellular resolution and the Visium HD whole transcriptome assay for spatial discovery at single-scale resolution.
Research Education Core Mentor Recruitment
The REC is looking for faculty mentors interested in developing trainees in their lab during summer 2025 (May 29 – Aug 8). Signing up your lab does not guarantee a match – we take care to ensure that students are a good fit for a lab before matching them. UMB faculty can sign up here. DF/HCC faculty, please contact us at u54rec@umb.edu for the sign up information.