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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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  • Sanders Selected as Senior Associate Dean and Executive Clinical Leader
    December 21, 2021 by Neal Goswami & Ed Neuert
    Jason Sanders, M.D., M.B.A., has been appointed to fill three critical executive leadership roles – senior associate dean for clinical affairs at the UVM Larner College of Medicine, president and CEO of the UVM Health Network Medical Group, and Network executive vice president for clinical affairs. He will begin his work for the College and the Network in February 2022.
  • Call for CVRI Early Career Clinical, Translational, and Basic Science Research Applications
    December 16, 2022 by Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont
    Funding Announcement: A unique funding opportunity for Early Career investigators who are developing new skills and/or who are seeking a novel research experience aimed at developing a career in cardiovascular research.
  • Larner Welcomes CDC Chief Medical Officer Mitchell Wolfe, M.D.'95
    December 15, 2021 by Ed Neuert
    Mitchell Wolfe, M.D., M.P.H., chief medical officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a Class of 1995 Larner alum, returned to campus for a personal visit on December 13 for the first time since receiving his medical degree here 26 years ago.
  • Firestone Medical Research Building Featured in Burlington Free Press
    December 14, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    (DECEMBER 14, 2021) A Burlington Free Press article about Chittenden County, Vt. building projects mentioned the Firestone Medical Research Building currently under construction on the UVM campus.
  • Larner Alum & CDC CMO Wolfe's Visit Covered by Local Media
    December 13, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    (DECEMBER 13, 2021) A visit to UVM's Larner College of Medicine by Class of 1995 alum Mitchell Wolfe, M.D., M.P.H., chief medical officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was covered widely by regional media.
  • Dr. Khadanga's Study on Improving Fitness in Women Published in JAMA Cardiology
    November 30, 2021 by Nicole Twohig
    VCBH COBRE Project Leader Sherrie Khadanga, MD had the results of her randomized clinical trial (RCT) examining high-intensity interval training (HIIT) for women in cardiac rehabilitation published online in JAMA Cardiology on November 24, 2021.
  • Carney & Levine Quoted in The Atlantic Article on COVID Surge in VT
    November 24, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    (NOVEMBER 24, 2021) Jan Carney, M.D., M.P.H., associate dean for public health and health policy, and Mark Levine, M.D., Vermont Commissioner of Health and professor of medicine, are both quoted in an article in The Atlantic, titled "America’s Pandemic Star Loses Some Luster," regarding the surge in COVID-19 cases in Vermont.
  • UVM Researchers Help Identify Impact of COVID-caused Delays in Breast Cancer Screening
    November 23, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    New research from U.S. Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) members, including several University of Vermont researchers, found that from March to September 2020, breast biopsies and detected cancers at U.S. BCSC facilities dropped sharply, compared with the same span a year earlier.
  • Holcombe Invested as Inaugural Juckett Chair in Cancer Research
    November 18, 2021 by User Not Found
  • Potter & Garavan Receive Grant to Study Earliest Brain Development Milestones
    November 17, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Researchers at the University of Vermont recently received a $5.5 million, five-year grant to participate in the Phase II portion of the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, an initiative focused on gathering data on brain development from birth through early childhood.
  • Breast Cancer Care: What We Know Today
    November 4, 2021 by User Not Found
  • Celebration of Research Highlights Excellence at Larner
    November 4, 2021 by User Not Found
  • UVM Invests Holcombe as Inaugural J. Walter Juckett Chair in Cancer Research
    November 3, 2021 by Christina Davenport
    With $3 million in support from a longtime major supporter of the University of Vermont Cancer Center, Randall F. Holcombe, M.D., M.B.A., was invested as the inaugural J. Walter Juckett Chair in Cancer Research in the Larner College of Medicine on November 3.
  • Larner Awarded Full 8-Year LCME Accreditation
    November 3, 2021 by Ed Neuert
    The Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont has been awarded continued accreditation for a full eight-year term by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the accrediting body for all M.D. degree programs in the U.S. and Canada.
  • 2021 Celebration of Research Excellence Highlights Accomplishments at Larner
    October 29, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine held a successful Dean's Excellence in Research Celebration October 25-27, shining a light on the hard work and achievements of students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
  • Emmett Whitaker, M.D. Receives Mentored Research Training Grant
    October 29, 2021 by Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health
    Congratulations to Dr. Emmett Whitaker for being awarded a 2021 Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research Mentored Research Training Grant (MRTG).
  • UVM Cancer Center Research Leads to First-of-Its-Kind Clinical Trial of Mesothelioma Treatment
    October 26, 2021 by Katherine Strotmeyer
    Linked to occupational asbestos exposure, malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an aggressive cancer arising primarily from the outer lining of the lungs with a dismal five-year survival rate of only five to 10 percent. Since 2004, only two therapies have been approved for the treatment of MM, which affects about 3,000 people a year in the United States. Now a promising new therapy for mesothelioma and metastatic cancer, arising from laboratory investigations at the University of Vermont, is about to enter a Phase I clinical trial.
  • A Symbol of Scientific Rigor: Neuroscience Graduate Students Receive White Coats
    October 22, 2021 by Michelle Bookless
    Tis the season for coats – white coats that is! On Friday, October 15, the University of Vermont Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) hosted its annual White Coat Ceremony in the Livak Ballroom of the UVM Davis Center. While often associated with medical education, the White Coat Ceremony for new graduate degree students has its own history, dating back to 1989, according to Haley Olszewski, NGP program administrator. The ceremony is a rite of passage for many graduate students, she says, both “marking the transition of graduate students, particularly in the sciences, from the early, largely course-based phase of their education to the more research intense phase of their training.” The event also serves to “emphasize the relationship between the student and their mentor,” she adds.
  • Garfield to Serve as Vermont Child Health Improvement Executive Director
    October 19, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Lewis First, M.D., M.S., professor and chair of pediatrics, has announced the appointment of Rachel Garfield, M.H.S., Ph.D., as the next executive director of the Vermont Child Health Improvement Program (VCHIP) and an associate professor pediatrics at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine.
  • Strotmeyer and Lemon Recognized with 2021 UVM Our Common Ground Awards
    October 18, 2021 by Susan Davidson
    Two members of the Larner College of Medicine community--Nick Lemon, information systems technical support staff member, and Katherine Strotmeyer, communications and community outreach director for the University of Vermont Cancer Center--were among the UVM stafff members who received a 2021 Our Common Ground award.