Office of Primary Care and Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program

An April 2018 CNN article highlights UVM’s medical cannabis courses and includes comments by Kalev Freeman, M.D., UVM assistant professor of surgery, and Monique McHenry, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology, regarding the importance of informing medical professionals about the potential uses of medicinal marijuana.

In a recent interview on WCAX Health Watch Guillermo Linares, M.D., UVM assistant professor of neurological sciences, discussed the importance of treating all Vermont stroke patients in the same way.

In an article posted on WCAX on March 21, 2018, Roger Knakal, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation, discusses why stroke patients are often also treated for depression.

At a Vermont Statehouse hearing on February 8th, 2018, UVM Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Mariah McNamara, M.D., testified in favor of new gun control legislation that would require universal background checks on all gun sales in the state of Vermont.

On February 7, 2018, The Burlington Free interviewed Emily Tarleton, Ph.D., bionutrition research manager at the UVM Clinical Research Center, about a recent clinical trial conducted at the College relating to use of magnesium for treatment of mild to moderate depression.

In a February 6 Tech Transfer Central article, Vice President for Research at the University of Vermont (UVM), Richard Galbraith, M.D., Ph.D., spoke about UVM's recent joining of the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI).

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recently raised concerns about the effects of prescribed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication on unborn children. David Jones, M.D., director of the University of Vermont Medical Center Fetal Diagnostic Center, explains that while there is not much research on this topic, the risk of taking ADHD medication for women considering pregnancy is low.

On October 26, 2017, UVM Larner College of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education William Jeffries, Ph.D., was interviewed by Eric Clemons for a Comcast Newsmakers segment on the College of Medicine’s active learning efforts.

On October 16, 2017, UVM Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics David Rettew, M.D. was highlighted in the VT Digger article, "Vermont physicians propose go-slow approach on pot legalization," regarding two proposed resolutions to Vermont's medical marijuana program

On October 12, 2017, VPR’s Vermont Edition hosted Carlos Pino, M.D., UVM professor of anesthesiology, to discuss how physicians are managing pain in patients during the opioid crisis.

On September 26, 2017 Vermont Business Magazine highlighted the appointment of Adam Atherly, Ph.D., as the first Director of Health Services Research at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine.

A Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) press conference was held by Congressman Peter Welch of Vermont at the UVM Larner College of Medicine on Monday, September 11. The press conference was covered by a number of Vermont and regional media outlets.

Doctors from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School join the exploding current conversation about active learning prompted by the Washington Post's highlight of the UVM Larner College of Medicine in "Medical school without the 'sage on a stage.'"

Leading up to the eclipse on August 21, Dr. Christpher Brady, MD, an ophthalmologist and assistant professor of surgery at UVM's Larner College of Medicine spoke with NBC5 about appropriate safety glasses for taking in the event without damaging your eyes.

On August 14, UVM Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, David Fassler, M.D., wrote to the New York Times in response to an editorial titled "Evolving Attitudes on Solitary for Juveniles."

On August 10, Thomas Delaney, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UVM spoke with VPR's Vermont Edition about the link between gun safety and suicide prevention.

Stephen Leffler, MD, Chief Medical Officer at the University of Vermont Medical Center and Professor of Surgery at the UVM Larner College of Medicine weighs in on patients seeking tech alternatives to pain management in the face of the growing opioid crisis.

On August 3, Bill Jeffries spoke with NPR All Things Considered host, Audie Cornish, about UVM Larner College of Medicine's commitment to active learning and the future of active learning in medical education.

The Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont is well on its way to becoming the first medical school to be completely lecture-free and the groundbreaking move has caught the eye of The Washington Post.

In this broadcast of Vermont Edition, Karen Lounsbury, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at the UVM Larner College of Medicine, speaks with Vermont Public Radio's Ric Cengeri about the science of addiction and what triggers it. ​