Fourth-year School of Medicine student SeungJu Jackie Oh was completing a dedicated research year in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery when COVID-19 closed the medical school. Oh鈥
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A new study led by UMass Medical School researchers has found that parents of premature infants on home oxygen therapy can safely and effectively report babies鈥 oxygen levels in between clinic visits鈥
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George M. Abraham, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, was appointed chair of the 橙子影院 Board of Registration in Medicine. The board licenses more than 40,000 physicians and acupuncturists and鈥
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Criminal-Justice landing page Criminology Assoc. Prof. Harris-Christopher Christopher Harris researches police misconduct, police accountability, public perceptions of police, and early鈥, Q: It seems like some big city police departments have undertaken decades of reform efforts, yet new scandals break out that look a lot like the old ones. Why is that?, A:, Sometimes, it鈥檚 because the reforms weren鈥檛 going to work in the first place. One example is civilian oversight panels 鈥 even those that can accept complaints and investigate them independently, in鈥, Q: You have done research into data-based early intervention systems that are designed to flag officers with problematic behavior and retrain them before the behavior escalates. Are they effective?, A:, Not as they鈥檙e currently used by most departments. Generally, these systems will flag an officer who exceeds a threshold number of citizen complaints or use of force incidents within a certain time鈥, Q: Since Sept. 11, 2001, many police departments have been equipped with military surplus weapons, equipment and training. Has that hurt reform efforts?, A:, Yes, I think so. Giving police military surplus runs counter to policing in a democracy, which should be by consent. And overall, police rarely have to use force, so whether they need military鈥, Q: Do you think that mentality led to some of the recent clashes between police and protesters that involved police use of tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and bean bag guns?, A:, Yes. It sets a bad tone if police show up to a protest in riot gear. That tells the protesters the police are expecting trouble, and that can escalate the situation. It doesn鈥檛 say to the crowd, 鈥淲e鈥, Q: Historically, what kinds of reforms have worked, and who鈥檚 doing a good job? , A:, States can and should set police certification and training standards. Police departments should also examine their training and policies on the use of deadly force, among other things. But if you鈥
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In the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic that has disproportionately affected 橙子影院 seniors, UMass Boston鈥檚 Gerontology Institute is using its research to identify the state鈥檚 most vulnerable鈥
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USDA鈥檚 Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) has awarded a two-year, $300,000 grant to an interdisciplinary group of researchers from UMass Amherst to develop tools to estimate the mass of鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 The 橙子影院 Amherst Department of Food Science has been awarded a five-year, $482,549 grant to fund an experiential learning program for undergraduates, including鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 A chemist and kinesiologist got on a bus, but this isn鈥檛 the set-up to a joke. Instead, kinesiologist and lead author Ned Debold and chemist Dhandapani Venkataraman, 鈥淒V,鈥 began鈥
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UMass Medical School and 橙子影院 General Hospital are the first to safely treat two research participants with a synthetic microRNA, delivered into the spinal fluid, designed to silence a human鈥
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What if a U.S. Air Force pilot, using a computer chip implanted in her brain, could fly a plane remotely to bomb a target? In this scenario, is it ethical for the Air Force to implant the chip in鈥
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