Community

The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont has a remarkable community that provides ample opportunities to connect with fellow graduate students, postdocs, staff, and faculty. Offerings include workshops, conferences, events and seminars to bring together the perspectives of our diverse specialties. It is important to share your voice and feel heard as well as get involved with our Larner Community. 

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  • Cunniff Comments to WCAX about Long-Term Health Effects of 9/11 on First Responders
    September 11, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 11, 2024) Brian Cunniff, Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, spoke with WCAX-TV about the long-term health effects of 9/11 on first responders.
    Read full story at WCAX-TV
  • Higgins Study on Flavored E-Cigarettes Featured in News Medical Life Sciences
    September 10, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 10, 2024) News Medical Life Sciences featured a study led by Stephen Higgins, Ph.D., professor and vice chair of psychiatry, on flavored e-cigarettes.
    Read full story at News Medical Life Sciences
  • Leahy, Althoff Discuss New Mental Health Urgent Care Center with NBC5
    September 10, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 10, 2024) Maureen Leahy, M.Ed., UVM Health Network director of psychiatry and neurology health care services, and Robert Althoff, Ph.D., M.D., professor and chair of psychiatry, commented to NBC5 about a new Mental Health Urgent Care Center opening soon in Burlington.
    Read full story at NBC5
  • UVMMC and Larner March for Pride and Equality
    September 9, 2024 by Angela Ferrante
    On Sunday, September 9, the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, in collaboration with the UVM Cancer Center, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, UVM’s Prism organization, and the UVM Health Network, proudly participated in Burlington’s 41st annual Pride Parade.
  • Vt. Cynic Interviews Lahey about EEE
    September 9, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 9, 2024) Infectious disease specialist Timothy Lahey, M.D., M.M.Sc., spoke to the Vermont Cynic about Vermont Department of Health warnings about the presence of eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, in the local area.
    Read full story at The Vermont Cynic
  • MacAfee Comments to WCAX about New CDC Guidelines to Address IUD Pain
    September 9, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 9, 2024) Lauren MacAfee, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, spoke to WCAX-TV about new CDC guidelines to address the pain often associated with IUD placement.
    Read full story at WCAX-TV
  • Franz Interviewed by NBC5 at Burlington Pride Parade
    September 8, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 8, 2024) Janet Franz, creative content manager for Larner’s Office of Medical Communications, was interviewed by NBC5 for a segment on the 41st annual Pride Parade in Burlington.
    Read full story at NBC5
  • Stafford, Dombrowski Comment to VT Digger about New Startup Incubator
    September 3, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 3, 2024) James Stafford, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurological sciences, along with Kirk Dombrowski, vice president for research and economic development at UVM, and pathology and laboratory medicine senior research technician Sandra May, were featured in a VT Digger article about the launch of a new startup incubator space in Colchester.
    Read full story at VT Digger
  • UVM Cancer Center Partners with Community Health Centers to Boost Breast Cancer Screenings for Nepali Women
    September 6, 2024 by Jeffrey Wakefield
  • Larner Medical Students Mentor Vermont Youth at Summer Health Institute
    September 5, 2024 by Margie Brenner
    Last month at Vermont State University’s Castleton and Lyndon campuses, 11 Larner medical student volunteers from the Class of 2027—Lajla Badnjević, Jeremiah Bates, Shannon Bennett, Alison Chivers, Aaron Dees, Lindsey Gleason, Ian Kent, Taylor Krause, Elizabeth Medve, Chloe Ruscilli, and Eli Zettler—served as Southern Vermont Area Health Education Center (AHEC) student mentors at the week-long summer Governor’s Institutes of Vermont (GIV) Health and Medicine Institute.
  • Adrianzen-Herrera, Mori, and Scharnetzki Receive ACS Institutional Research Grant
    September 5, 2024 by Katelyn Queen, PhD
  • Chaarani Quoted in Tulalip News Story about Kids, Cops, and Video Games
    September 4, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 4, 2024) Bader Chaarani, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, was quoted in a Tulalip News story about the community benefits of connecting kids and cops through video games.
    Read full story at Tulalip News
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Care Center Accreditation Highlights Clinical Excellence
    September 3, 2024 by Angela Ferrante and Phillip Rau
    Local and health system-wide investments in care and treatment for patients across Vermont and northern New York who suffer from a collection of rare, progressive and deadly heart-and-lung related conditions have earned University of Vermont Medical Center’s Pulmonary Hypertension Program national accreditation as a Pulmonary Hypertension Care Center (PHCC) – a designation that highlights the program’s clinical excellence and will improve access to national clinical trials and support groups for patients across the rural region served by the hospital.
  • Sprague Study on False-Positive Mammogram Results Featured in HealthDay
    September 3, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (SEPTEMBER 3, 2024) HealthDay featured a study by Brian Sprague, Ph.D., professor of surgery, et al. investigating the effect of false-positive mammogram results on women’s willingness to return for future screening.
    Read full story at HealthDay
  • Capturing a Picture of Health: VisualDx and Art Papier, M.D. '88
    August 18, 2024 by Janet Essman Franz
    Art Papier, M.D.’88, was a first-year medical student when he attended a lecture by the late Lawrence Weed, M.D., which focused on the advantages of keeping detailed, shareable medical records to improve patient care. Papier was fascinated by Weed’s work. That fascination eventually led Papier to create a clinical decision tool that visually shows, describes, and categorizes thousands of diseases. The tool, VisualDx, today is used in clinics and medical schools throughout the nation and across the globe. It delivers time-sensitive, clinically relevant information for diagnosing and treating common and rare diseases and brings public health to the point of care.
  • Hands-On Learning: Medical Students Work with Patients Early in Curriculum
    September 1, 2024 by Janet Essman Franz
    Larner students work with real patients in the first year of medical school. In Doctoring in Vermont, a course that pairs students with physicians in the community, they provide direct patient care and practice history-taking and examination skills. First-year students also shadow nurses in the hospital, investigate social determinants of health, and do clinical work in community settings.
  • Dr. First Talks ‘First’ Aid with Adirondack Daily Enterprise
    August 31, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (AUGUST 31, 2024) In a column on injury prevention for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Lewis First, M.D., M.S., professor and chair of pediatrics, explains how to put together a family first aid kit.
    Read full story at Adirondack Daily Enterprise
  • Leffler Quoted in Valley News Article on Vt. Health Insurance Costs
    August 28, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (AUGUST 28, 2024) Stephen Leffler, M.D.’90, president and COO of the UVM Medical Center, was quoted by the Valley News in an article on Vermont’s ever-escalating health insurance prices.
    Read full story at the (West Lebanon, New Hampshire) Valley News
  • Dombrowski Comments to Seven Days on UVM’s Research Buildup
    August 28, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (AUGUST 28, 2024) Kirk Dombrowski, Ph.D., vice president for research and economic development at the University of Vermont, spoke with Seven Days about the university’s efforts to secure its future by building up its research.
    Read full story at Seven Days
  • UVM Cancer Center Trainee Spotlight – Deena Snoke, Ph.D.
    August 28, 2024 by Katelyn Queen, Ph.D.
    In a new publication in the Journal of Cachexia and Sarcopenia of Muscle, post-doc Deena Snoke, Ph.D., shares her research findings that lung cancer patients experience a 20 percent reduction in muscle fiber size after two months of conventional treatment despite no measurable changes in muscle at the whole-body or whole-tissue level.