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Announcements
The department is seeking a Faculty Advisor for the Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) and the Primary Care Principles Optional Enrichment Elective (PCP OEE), sponsored by the AHEC grant. The Faculty Advisor supports, encourages, and nurtures students' interest in family medicine and helps student leaders make the FMIG and PCP OEE experience valuable for members. This may include suggesting new and topical ideas based on individual exposure to clinical practice and trends in family medicine, facilitating hands-on workshops and discussions connected with Principles of Primary Care OEE, serving as the liaison between the department of family medicine and student leaders, introducing students to the range of careers in family medicine, helping with student leadership transitions, and collaboration with other regional and national FMIG advisors. Interested family physician faculty should send a CV and brief letter of interest to Heather Garron (heather.garron@umassmemorial.org). See job description for more information.
RISE ForBabiesBest 4-Part Childbirth Education Series in Spanish
Begins Wednesday, June 24th, 6:00–8:00pm. RISE is working with multilingual doulas and Jo Elle Moody/Florence Jean-Louis to launch a 4-class childbirth education series in different languages. Jo Elle and Florence are CBE certified and provide childbirth education in English. The model is to pair them with doulas who speak another language to run the sessions in that language. We will start with Spanish and then rotate every 4 weeks to other languages including Arabic, Haitian-Creole, Portuguese, Swahili and others (send us requests 😊) Feel free to share with patients!! And have them fill out the form below!
Clases de Preparación para el Parto en Worcester RISE for Health – Fill out form
Annual Review Reminders
If you are a dually-employed faculty member (UMass-Memorial and Umass-Chan), you should have received a link from facultyaprs@umassmed.edu to complete your annual review. Faculty with umassmed appointments who are employed by FHCW or EMK but still get annual reviews due to their educational responsibilities should have received a paper form. If you have not received the link or the form, please let Heather Garron know at heather.garron@umassmemorial.org. Please review resources and FAQs for completing your annual review using the link provided below:
https://www.umassmed.edu/ofa/academic/faculty-reviews/apr/. Annual reviews with supervisors should be completed by July 17th to leave time for chair review and timely submission to the school. Supervisors should schedule annual reviews now; please cross-check your lists for any additional supervisors that may contribute to the review. You have the option to route the review to additional supervisors.
Woohoo! Join MassAFP for a WooSox Game on July 26th!
Summer is nearly upon us and it is baseball season! Come join MassAFP and watch the WooSox take on the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp! Tickets include private party space and a 2 hour buffet of ballpark favorites from 12:30-2:30pm. Residents and students invited too! Register today!
Volunteer Opportunity
The Akwaaba Free Clinic Program is a medical student-coordinated, free clinic. The Akwaaba student leaders are actively recruiting primary care providers to join the volunteer team and expand access to care. The clinic operates on Thursday evenings from 6-8 P.M. at the New England Ghanaian Seventh-day Adventist Church (67 Vernon St. Worcester, MA, 01610). If you are interested in volunteering or would like more information, please reach out to MassAHEC Scholar: Jada Scotland (jada.scotland@umassmed.edu) or Okoh Frimpong (okoh.frimpong@umassmed.edu)
Kristina Gracey is the new lead for the accelerated MD (aMD) Pre-clinical Summer Intensive and is recruiting faculty to teach 3 accelerated MD students prior to the start of their FM clerkship. The Intensive runs July 6-9 and 14-17, 2026. If you would like to teach (or co-teach) a 30-60 minute session on a topic of your choice in order to help grow your CV, advance your work for promotion and contribute to aMD learning, please email Kristina at kristina.gracey@umassmemorial.org
Each year the Grand Rounds team (Jeanne Cawse-Lucas, Frank Domino, Josephine Fowler, and Mary Anne Adams) works hard to deliver high quality, AAFP approved CME. To better address your needs, WE NEED YOUR HELP. Please answer this 4 question (3 minutes, max) survey to help us learn what you want.
https://umassmed.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0694x39bXoIE42W
Glow Up is HERE! Join us for Glow Up, a FREE two-part wellness webinar series:
Part 1: "Ignite Your Wellness"
Wednesday, June 24th, 12:15–12:45pm
• Tips for seasonal eating & hydration
• Create a positive summer mindset
• Simple movement habits
• Set a Summer Wellness Pledge
Part 2: "Carry Your Glow into Fall"
Wednesday, September 16th, 12:15–12:45pm
• Tackle back-to-routine anxiety
• Shift your movement indoors
• Build your personalized Fall Wellness Gameplan
Register here 👉 https://CXO.formstack.com/forms/summer_glow_up_2026.
See flyer for more information.
Wellness Resource for Caregivers
What is Core4? Core4 is a FREE 12-week nutrition and wellness program exclusively for UMass Memorial caregivers. It's designed to expand nutrition knowledge and support long-term well-being through lifestyle and positive behavior changes.
Here's how it works:
✅ Starts with a 1:1 session with a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
✅ Followed by 11 weekly group sessions (1 hour each)
✅ Focuses on boosting overall health, improving eating habits, and building sustainable lifestyle changes
Program Schedule: Virtual individual meetings begin the week of July 12th. The group sessions begin Wednesdays- July 22nd-September 30, 8:00am – 9:00am, virtual. Spots are limited and this program fills up fast! To register, scan the QR code, or hover over the word "register" on the attached flyer or email myhealthmatters@umassmemorial.org
with any questions.
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