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The Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide through Technology Translation (CAPES) at UMass Chan is focused on figuring out how to accelerate best practices into clinical care across a range of health care settings.

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In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast episode, learn about the new accelerated three-year MD Program at UMass Chan Medical School.

Medical students interested in enrolling in the program can find out more info at: https://www.umassmed.edu/som/academics/aMD-AcceleratedMD/

Palliative care expert Sunita Puri, MD, associate professor of medicine, delves into the complexities surrounding cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. Drawing from her extensive experience in the field of palliative care, Dr. Puri sheds light on the hidden harms of CPR and challenges prevailing beliefs.

Read about her recent article in The New Yorker for further insights into the complexities of CPR in palliative care: https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/the-hidden-harms-of-cpr

Read about Dr. Puri's book, "That Good Night: Life and Medicine in the Eleventh Hour.”: https://sunitapuri.com/bio/.

David McManus, MD’02, MSc and Neil Marya, MD’12, discuss how artificial intelligence will impact the field of medicine and research.

In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast episode, Grace Ryan, PhD, assistant professor of population & quantitative health sciences, discusses her research into vaccine hesitancy, particularly the parallels between the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and COVID-19 vaccines rollout.

Chancellor Michael F. Collins kicked off the first episode of a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast season days after he welcomed UMass Chan Medical School’s largest medical school class in history. In the podcast, Collins sheds light on UMass Chan’s milestones and its pursuit of excellence as the community advances together.