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UMass Lowell alumni Mindasari Daniar stands outside the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital where she works
Mindasari Daniar
Nutritional Science, Public Health

Mindasari Daniar's upbringing in Indonesia inspired her to study nutrition. She now works at Massachusetts General Hospital in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and is pursing her Master of Public Health degree.

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Brent Shell smiling in a health sciences classroom
Brent Shell
Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences

When Brent Shell arrived at UMass Lowell as a lecturer of anatomy and biology, he also took on the role of managing the Student Resource Center and worked as an advisor for the Health Education Academic Living Learning (HEALL).

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Caroline Klim with teammates.
Caroline Klim
Nursing, Public Health

Lacrosse player Caroline Klim ’23 plans to apply public health knowledge to her future nursing career.

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Nurse Isaura Jimenez at the Mary Immaculate Nursing/Restorative Center in Lawrence
Isaura Jimenez
Nursing

Three bus rides, a different language and a challenging curriculum were not roadblocks for Isaura Jimenez on her path to a nursing degree. She saw them as challenges to be met.

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Health Sciences News

  • Jason Marshall works with students in the TURI Lab

    EPA Awards $750K to TURI

    TURI received two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grants totaling $759,250 to implement new technology and industry-based outreach to further its efforts.
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  • Soumita Das in Lab

    Research Targets Gut Health to Improve Performance of the Armed Forces

    Assoc. Prof. Kelsey Mangano of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences in the Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences received a $900,000 grant from Harnessing Emerging Research Opportunities to Empower Soldiers (HEROES), a joint research and development initiative of UMass Lowell and the United States Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center (DEVCOM), to study the natural production of omega-3s.
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  • A person with dark hair and glasses makes a presentation on a stage. There is a walker next to her and a projection screen behind her.

    UML Students’ Innovative Sparks Fly at IDEA Con

    More than a dozen UMass Lowell students attended the annual IDEA Con innovation conference at Boston University, where senior liberal arts major Sandi DeRuntz spoke about her ZipperBuddy venture.
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