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April 18, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 18, 2024) Kalev Freeman, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of emergency medicine and pharmacology, was quoted in a WCAX-TV story about equine-assisted therapy for people who have sustained traumatic brain injuries, or TBI.
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April 17, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 17, 2024) Randall Holcombe, M.D., M.B.A., director of the University of Vermont Cancer Center, discussed colorectal cancer in a Vermont Public interview.
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at Vermont Public
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April 15, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 15, 2024) An article on women in wilderness medicine co-authored by Sarah Schlein, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine and director of wilderness medicine education, was recently published in Wilderness Medicine Magazine.
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April 12, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 12, 2024) UVM Cancer Center director Randall Holcombe, M.D., M.B.A., welcomed more than 75 students from five Burlington-area high schools to the second Careers in Cancer event at the UVM Cancer Center on April 12, WCAX-TV reported.
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April 11, 2024 by
Jeff Wakefield
Seventy-five students from five Burlington-area high schools attended the second Careers in Cancer event at the UVM Cancer Center on April 12, receiving career advice from UVM Cancer Center leadership, faculty, staff, and trainees and observing faculty and students working on cancer research in several of the university’s research labs.
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April 11, 2024 by
Janet Essman Franz
Professor and Chair of Medicine Anne Dixon, M.A., B.M.B.Ch., was invested as the E. L. Amidon, M.D.’32, Chair of the Department of Medicine on March 29. A UVM faculty member since 2001, Dr. Dixon is chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine and director of the Vermont Lung Center. She served as interim chair of medicine from fall 2022 until her appointment as permanent chair in fall 2023.
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April 11, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 11, 2024) Marissa Coleman, Psy.D., Larner clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and UVMMC vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion, was interviewed by NBC5 for a story on the importance of quality care to meet needs across diverse backgrounds.
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April 10, 2024 by
Angela Ferrante
In a recent study published in the American Heart Association (AHA) journal Hypertension, scientists from the Larner College of Medicine, including Timothy Plante, M.D., M.H.S., Russell Tracy, Ph.D., Debora Kamin Mukaz, Ph.D., M.S., Mary Cushman, M.D., M.Sc., and Neil Zakai, M.D., M.Sc., explored the intricate relationship between specific inflammatory biomarkers and hypertension—with some surprising results.
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April 10, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 10, 2024) Kalev Freeman, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of emergency medicine and pharmacology, discussed traumatic brain injury, or TBI, in a WCAX-TV interview.
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April 10, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 10, 2024) Kae Ravichandran, Larner Class of 2025, spoke with NBC5 about gearing up for another run at glory in this year’s Boston Marathon on April 15. Ravichandran won last year with a time of 2:39:06—in the race’s first-ever nonbinary division.
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April 5, 2024 by
Angela Ferrante
Richard L. Page, M.D., dean of the Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine, has been elected to the administrative board of the Council of Deans (COD) by the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC).
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April 5, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 5, 2024) Linda Klumpers, Ph.D., M.Sc., research assistant professor of pharmacology, commented in an SFGATE article about the first clinical evidence that terpenes can change the effects of THC.
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April 5, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 5, 2024) Brian Sprague, Ph.D., M.S., professor of surgery, was quoted in an article in Radiology Business about a historic low in mammography screening in Vermont.
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April 5, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 5, 2024) Cardiologist Tanush Gupta, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, commented in a TCTMD story on a new study that echoes previous studies showing that about half of patients with severe aortic stenosis under the age of 65 are receiving TAVI, contrary to current guidelines that preferentially recommend surgery.
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April 4, 2024 by
Katelyn Queen, PhD
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April 3, 2024 by
Rachel Zwynenburg
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April 3, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 3, 2024) Critical care pediatrician Rebecca Bell, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, was quoted in a Concord Monitor article about the first school district in New Hampshire to adopt a secure firearm storage resolution.
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at Concord Monitor
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April 2, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 2, 2024) Elias Klemperer, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and psychological science, was interviewed by WVNY-TV about his research looking to help update the FDA’s regulation on nicotine levels.
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April 2, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 2, 2024) Primary care physician Michael Latreille, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, discussed the impact of the climate crisis on our health in a VT Digger commentary urging support for a renewable energy bill.
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at VT Digger
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April 1, 2024 by
Angela Ferrante
Associate Professor of Pharmacology Karen Glass, Ph.D., was recently honored with an award totaling more than $380,000 from the MCA program for her proposed project, “Application of Cryo-Electron Microscopy to Determine the Structure of Epigenetic Regulatory Complexes.” Glass is the first UVM faculty member to receive an NSF MCA award.