2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Semester of Service awardees will address local health needs Student community service projects address health disparities, including some worsened by COVID-19 UMass Medical School Communications January 18, 2021 Four teams of UMass Medical School students have been awarded Martin Luther King Jr. Semester of Service Awards to implement community service programs. They will use the $500 awards to expand support for adult refugees from Burma; offset elders’ isolation during COVID; expand training for stopping life-threatening bleeding; and assist asylum seekers with trained medical interpreters for forensic evaluations. UMMS students will accept their awards at an upcoming virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance.