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MLK Jr Family Services Food Justice Fair was held today in conjunction with the emergency food pantry at the Martin Luther King Jr Family Services Community Center.

Medical students in the Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health track at UMass Medical School-Baystate volunteered their time to paint a new Mental Health Association’s 8-bed recovery home in Springfield.

Marcella Jewell, medical student in the Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health track, is conducting research on the true cost of caring for behavioral health patients in Baystate's pediatric emergency department.

New physician assistant graduate Neha Rana brought her 2021 MLK Jr. Semester of Service Award-winning project to fruition—a Wellness Fair focusing on mental health, substance abuse disorders, and chronic health conditions.

The PURCH Class of 2021—the first cohort of medical students admitted into the Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health track—were honored as trailblazers at a pre-graduation celebration at the Baystate campus of UMass Medical School.

Baystate Wing Hospital has announced grant awards of $30K to two local community agencies.

Three members of the first class to graduate from the Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health track, Betsy McGovern, Afua Nti and Kevin White, are interviewed about how PURCH is different and how their experiences in the track have prepared them to practice medicine.

Students from Baystate's Interprofessional Student Volunteer Corps have been working at vaccination clinics for communities hardest hit by COVID-19.

Medical student Mary Marchese created an exhibit using historical images and self-reflection to tell how learning about the history, culture, and context of the Puerto Rican community in the Springfield area shaped her medical education.

Nine medical students in the PURCH track at UMMS-Baystate have been selected by their peers and mentors for induction into the UMass Medical School Chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society.