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(JANUARY 11, 2024) L. E. Faricy, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, was quoted in a Bennington Banner article about 50 Vermont organizations’ support for ending the sale of flavored tobacco.

(JANUARY 10, 2024) The University of Vermont Medical Center is reviving its mask mandate for staff who work with patients. Stephen Leffler, M.D., president and chief operating officer of the hospital and professor of emergency medicine, says masking is a “simple step that we can take to keep our patients safe,” VT Digger reported.

(JANUARY 8, 2024) Ann Guillot, M.D., professor emerita of pediatrics and surgery, and Elizabeth McGee, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, are among five new trustees appointed to the UVM Medical Center board of trustees, WVNY-TV reported.

(JANUARY 5, 2024) Pediatric pulmonologist L. E. Faricy, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, urged Vermont State legislators to support a bill to end the sale of all flavored tobacco products in Vermont when they convene next month, according to VT Digger.

(JANUARY 5, 2024) Infectious disease specialist Timothy Lahey, M.D., M.M.Sc., professor of medicine, commented to WCAX-TV about an influx in cases of flu, RSV, and COVID in Vermont following the holidays.

(JANUARY 4, 2024) NBC5 reported on a recent presentation by Andrea Grayson, Ed.D., M.A., assistant professor of public health and author of "The Sweet Tooth Dilemma," about how to avoid hidden sugars in foods.

(DECEMBER 18, 2023) Robert Gramling, M.D., D.Sc., professor of family medicine and chair of palliative medicine, commented to Time about a new study that reinforces the importance of framing death as a process rather than an outcome when caring for frightened patients and loved ones.

(DECEMBER 18, 2023) Cardiologist Sherrie Khadanga, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, commented to Knowridge for an article on increased risk of heart attack in cold weather.

(DECEMBER 13, 2023) Kelly Peck, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, spoke to WCAX-TV about obstacles to opioid use recovery.

(DECEMBER 12, 2023) The winning of the Boston Marathon’s newly created nonbinary division in April by Kae Ravichandran, medical class of 2025, made NBC5’s list of “the stories we loved the most in Vermont and New York in 2023.”

(DECEMBER 12, 2023) Linda Klumpers, Ph.D., M.Sc., research assistant professor of pharmacology, founded Cannify to offer educational information on the advantages and risks of consuming cannabis, based on science, according to Green Mountain Cannabis News.

(DECEMBER 11, 2023) Elias Klemperer, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, commented to VT Digger for an article on access to substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery in rural Vermont.

(DECEMBER 11, 2023) Rebecca Bell, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by Vermont Public for a Vermont Edition story on keeping kids safe from firearms.

(NOVEMBER 30, 2023) Janet Nunziata, M.S., associate director of the Center on Aging at the University of Vermont, commented to the Vermont Standard for a story about an increase in the number of retirees who are stepping into the world of lectures, homework, and study groups.

(NOVEMBER 26, 2023) Richard Rawson ’70, Ph.D.’74, professor of psychiatry and a national authority on substance use and behavioral health, told VT Digger he has been trying to raise awareness of the involvement of stimulants in the overdose crisis.

(November 22, 2023) Associate Professor of Pediatrics Erica Gibson, M.D., and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Anja Jokela, M.D., commented to Seven Days for an article on transgender newcomers finding safety, services, and community in Vermont.

(NOVEMBER 21, 2023) Allyson Bazarsky, M.D., assistant professor of neurological sciences, was mentioned in an MDedge article on the 2023 Scottsdale Headache Symposium.

(NOVEMBER 17, 2023) In an opinion piece published in VT Digger, infectious disease specialist Lindsay Smith, M.D., and infectious disease pharmacist John Ahern, Pharm.D., warned that antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem everywhere.

(NOVEMBER 16, 2023) Kelly Peck, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and director of clinical operations at UVM’s Center on Rural Addiction, commented for a story in the South Carolina Daily Gazette about how synthetic drugs are rendering treatment options less effective.

(NOVEMBER 16, 2023) Scott Tighe, technical director for the Advanced Genome Technologies Core, along with Julie Dragon, Ph.D., and Kirsten Tracy, Ph.D., were featured on WCAX-TV in a story about their µTitan project, which was launched into space on November 9.