UMass Medical School launches Vaccine Corps, backed by philanthropy, to support statewide vaccine rollout
UMass Medical School Communications February 17, 2021
Philanthropic donations totaling $435,000 have been raised to support the Vaccine Corps launched by UMass Medical School, the statewide initiative to recruit and deploy volunteers to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Massachusetts.
Kara Kennedy (right) is among the UMMS students volunteering at the large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site at Worcester State University.
The Vaccine Corps began with Medical School faculty and students supporting the equitable distribution of vaccine to vulnerable populations and has been expanded in partnership with Commonwealth Medicine, the consulting and operations division of UMass Medical School. More than 1,800 volunteers have registered through the Vaccine Corps to volunteer at vaccination sites in a variety of roles. Trained and licensed volunteers and medical and
UMass Medical School students among volunteers at opening of Worcester’s first large-scale vaccine site By Jim Fessenden and Bryan Goodchild
UMass Medical School Communications February 17, 2021
Volunteers from the UMass Medical School Vaccine Corps were among the health care providers administering shots to eligible patients at the public opening of Worcester’s first large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site at Worcester State University on Tuesday, Feb. 16. A Worcester partnership, the site is supported by UMass Medical School; Commonwealth Medicine, the health care consulting and operations division of the Medical School; clinical partner Saint Vincent Hospital; Worcester State University; and the City of Worcester.