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On Thursday, 20 faculty members graduated from the Junior Faculty Development Program, the longest-running professional development program UMass Chan Medical School: direc.to/kNRg #HigherEd #faculty #mentoring #mentorship Department of Medicine UMass Chan Department of Neurology UMass Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UMass Chan Department of Dermatology

☀️Yesterday was UMass Memorial Health UMass Chan Department of Dermatology ‘s annual free AAD skin cancer screening event. Thank you to our amazing UMass Chan Medical School faculties, residents, and students for serving 130+ patients of different ages, skin colors, languages, and abilities and making this event possible!


.Spectrum News 1 Worcester interviewed med student Stephanie Choi about the skin cancer screening and eye clinic that UMass Chan Medical School students helped organize: direc.to/kNS7 #MelanomaAwarenessMonth #SkinCancerScreening #Worcester UMass Chan Department of Dermatology @UMassMemorial AAD UMass Eye Doctors


Vitamin D can do a lot more than you think! Thank you Dr. Iriarte Brigham and Women’s Dermatology for his guidance on this publication! High Dose Oral Vitamin D: an Emerging Therapeutic for Skin Toxicities Associated with Cancer Treatment - JAAD jaad.org/article/S0190-…

Grateful for the opportunity to learn from students and speakers across the country (and the world!), present an interesting case of Sweet's Syndrome Dana-Farber, and be a co-author alongside UMass Chan Medical School Ada Zhu to highlight the positive impact of UMass Chan Department of Dermatology skin cancer screening!


☀️Another successful AAD screening event at the Shelter! Huge thanks to UMass Chan Department of Dermatology Dr. Svoboda, Ada Zhu, and UMassVascular for their leaderships in this multidisciplinary outreach event! What a great way to spend our Saturday alongside UMass Memorial Health UMass Chan Medical School volunteers!


Dr. John Harris, John E. Harris, MD, PhD, joined the amazing World Vitiligo Day celebration in Indianapolis this past weekend! Read about his inspiring experience in our new blog post! #VitiligoAwareness #WorldVitiligoDay umassmed.edu/vitiligo/blog/…



Today, June 25, is World Vitiligo Day. UMass Chan Department of Dermatology is conducting a study to understand the causes of #vitiligo and predict who might be at risk of developing it. Siblings, children and close relatives can participate: direc.to/kFeB #WorldVitiligoDay John E. Harris, MD, PhD


CAR T cell therapy is recognized as an advancement in treating cancers. The Lupus Center at UMass Chan Medical School and others are exploring the use of CAR T cell treatment in lupus nephritis for severe or nonresponsive #lupus: direc.to/kChi UMass Lupus Department of Medicine Kyverna Therapeutics





These faculty members were honored and invested on Thursday: • Daryl A. Bosco, PhD • John E. Harris, MD, PhD’05 • Elinor K. Karlsson, PhD • Danny G. Winder, PhD • Jeannette M. Wolfe, MD • Kevin Donahue, MD • Dale L. Greiner, PhD John E. Harris, MD, PhD Elinor Karlsson (elinork.bsky.social) Danny Winder


In a recent Drug Discovery News feature, John E. Harris, MD, PhD discussed his groundbreaking research on #vitiligo and its potential to revolutionize the prevention and treatment of #autoimmune diseases. #medicalresearch drugdiscoverynews.com/preventing-aut…