A multidisciplinary team of researchers at UMass Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) have developed a technique to replicate bone tissue complexity and bone remodeling processes. This breakthrough could help researchers further their study of bone biology and assist in improving development of drugs for osteoporosis.
Slowey McManus Communications of Boston hired
BRITTANY MURPHY as a senior account executive. She is an alumna of Emerson College in Boston, where she received a degree in journalism. Prior to this she was at Western Mass News as the main anchor on morning and afternoon segments. Murphy will primarily work from Central Massachusetts and provide clients with a range of public relation services.
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Webster Five hired
IZZY CRUZ as assistant vice president, senior branch manager at its Shrewsbury branch. He earned his certificate in finance and credit from the Connecticut School of Finance and Management. Cruz holds more than 15 years of experience in the banking industry. In this role, he will oversee daily operations at the Shrewsbury branch and focus on business development and participating in community outreach.
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Dr. Jean Frazier
The network, part of New Jersey nonprofit Autism Speaks, brings together academic leaders in autism and other neurodevelopmental and intellectual disabilities nationwide to share clinical data collection and outcomes research to improve care.
The Worcester school s Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center’s Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders has now joined the network along with 20 other academic clinics that do similar research, including Massachusetts General Hospital s Lurie Center for Autism in Lexington. The Autism Health Learning Network was launched in 2018.
Dr. Jean Frazier, the Shriver Center s executive director, said in a statement joining the network will help the center through feedback to improve the quality of care it delivers.
Mental health professionals warn of ‘COVID fatigue’ as stress from pandemic forces assault of body’s nervous system
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
Living through the coronavirus pandemic has placed unprecedented stress on the body s nervous system leading to what some doctors call COVID fatigue.
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New cases of coronavirus continue to increase with more than 16 million Americans contracting the virus as of Monday morning.
As research continues, doctors are beginning to better understand the effects living through the pandemic has on a person’s central nervous system.
Dr. Tina Runyan, the associate director of Behavioral Sciences at UMass Medical School in Worcester, referred to the phenomenon as “COVID fatigue.”