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January 24, 2023 by
Janet Franz
Ensuring medical students' academic success and wellbeing relies on having access to numerous resources. At the Larner College of Medicine, those assets include the students themselves, who create and host peer-based learning opportunities for their junior colleagues. Read about interactive teaching sessions led by medical students for their peers.
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January 24, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 24, 2023) Addiction specialist Peter Jackson, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, provided suggestions for alcohol-free activities for individuals aiming to refrain from alcohol consumption in a Washington Post Well+Being article on “Dry January.”
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at Washington Post
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January 23, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 23, 2023) Despite some higher COVID transmission rates in certain areas, infectious disease specialist Tim Lahey, M.D., M.M.Sc., professor of medicine, told WCAX that the overall number of COVID cases in Vermont remains low.
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at WCAX-TV
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January 23, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 23, 2023) Virologist Emily Bruce, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, was quoted in an ArkansasIndian.com article about the increased transmissibility of the new Omicron variant.
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at ArkansasIndian.com
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January 18, 2023 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The University of Vermont Larner College of MedicineTeaching Academy recognized faculty teaching and scholarship at the annual Induction and Award Ceremony on January 11, 2023.
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January 20, 2023 by
Rachel Narkewicz
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January 19, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 19, 2023) Katherine Dolbec, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine, was among more than 200 medical professionals on hand to help anyone in need of assistance at the 2023 FISU World University Games, NBC5 reported.
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at NBC5
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January 18, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 18, 2023) Kelly Cowan, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics and a pediatric pulmonologist at the UVM Children’s Hospital, spoke with WCAX-TV about a new study that concluded that more than 12.5 percent of current childhood asthma in the U.S. is due to gas stove use.
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at WCAX-TV
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January 18, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 18, 2023) Sara Pawlowski, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry, commented to Medscape about a phase 2 trial showing that the medication ecopipam reduces Tourette’s tics without common side effects.
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at Medscape
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January 18, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 18, 2023) David Kaminsky, M.D., professor of medicine, a pulmonologist and critical care physician who routinely sees patients with long COVID symptoms, was quoted in a Seven Days story about the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for patients suffering from so-called long COVID.
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at Seven Days
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January 17, 2023 by
John Turner
Quinn Capers IV, M.D., Rody P. Cox professor of internal medicine, cardiology, and associate dean of faculty diversity at the University of Texas Southwestern School of Medicine, presented UVM's 2023 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Health Equity Lecture on January 18, 2023.
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January 17, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 17, 2023) A recent study by Katharine L. Cheung, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, and colleagues shows that residence in the so-called stroke belt of the southeastern United States is an independent risk factor for incident chronic kidney disease (CKD), Renal & Urology News reported.
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at Renal & Urology News
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January 16, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 16, 2023) Martin Keller, M.D., associate professor of pediatric surgery, is a co-author of a study that found increased pediatric firearm injury and death rates tied to the COVID pandemic, HealthDay News reported.
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at HealthDay News
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January 13, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 13, 2023) Jan Carney, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and associate dean for public health, and Jane Kolodinsky, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Community Development and Applied Economics, wrote a commentary in VT Digger in support of a sugary beverage excise tax.
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at VT Digger
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January 12, 2023 by
Kate Strotmeyer
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January 12, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 12, 2023) Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, Ph.D., professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, is described as a “humble superstar” in an article about cancer research at UVM in The Charlotte (Vermont) News.
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at The Charlotte News
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January 12, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 12, 2023) Sara Pawlowski, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and division chief of Primary Care Mental Health Integration, published an article on bipolar disorder screening in MDedge Pediatric News.
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at MDedge Pediatric News
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January 11, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 11, 2023) In a piece broadcast on WCAX-TV on the increase of child exposure to edible cannabis over the past several years, Jill Rinehart, M.D., FAAP, associate professor of pediatrics, stressed the importance of parents locking up cannabis products at home to keep kids from accidentally ingesting it. (Click on headline for more.)
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January 10, 2023 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Psychiatrist Greta Spottswood, M.D., M.P.H., a Class of 2011 alum of the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, directs and helped launch the Vermont Child Psychiatry Access Program to connect Vermont pediatric primary care providers with much-needed child psychiatry services.
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January 9, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 9, 2023) Daniel Barkhuff, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and a physician in the UVM Medical Center Emergency Department, shares some of the grueling challenges of his work environment in a candid opinion piece in VT Digger.
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