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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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  • Archived Program Recordings
    March 3, 2020 by User Not Found
    Find a comprehensive archive of the NNE-CTR & UVMCC Seminar Series, plus links to recorded programs of interest to the IDeA community.
  • Sobel and Riser Spearhead Longitudinal Addiction Medicine Curriculum
    February 26, 2020 by Michelle Bookless
    With new funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, UVM Associate Professor of Medicine Halle Sobel, M.D., and Elly Riser, M.D., UVM clinical instructor in medicine, are working to bring training on treating opioid use disorder as a chronic condition to physicians at the beginning of their careers – during medical school.
  • Jemison Named Assistant Dean for Technology/CIO
    February 24, 2020 by Edward Neuert
    Jill Jemison has been named assistant dean for technology/chief information officer for the UVM Larner College of Medicine.
  • CVRI Competition Highlights 2019 Early Career Research Accomplishments
    February 21, 2020 by Jennifer Nachbur
    With an aim to highlight the work of promising early-career scientists, the Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont (CVRI) held the first annual “Viridis Montis Early Career Investigator Challenge in Cardiovascular Disease” competition on February 5, 2020. Four finalists delivered oral abstract presentations before a panel of five invited judges, including University of Vermont Provost Patty Prelock, Ph.D., and distinguished cardiovascular researchers from the Larner College of Medicine faculty.
  • TGIR Hosts Virus "Slam" on 2019-nCoV
    February 13, 2020 by Joshua Brown
    University of Vermont scientists, physicians, and students gathered at the Larner College of Medicine February 6 for the first-ever on-campus “virus slam” hosted by the Translational Global Infectious Diseases Research Center. At the event, some twenty experts, from five UVM colleges and institutes, gave five-minute mini-talks that ranged from explaining the biochemistry of the virus’ interaction with the human immune system to interpreting the latest data from the World Health Organization.
  • Cushman Quoted in U.S. News on Blood Type & Blood Clot Risk Study
    February 11, 2020 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Mary Cushman, M.D., M.Sc., UVM professor of medicine and director of the Thrombosis and Hemostasis Program at the UVM Medical Center, commented on an Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology study on the potential increased risk of blood clots in people with blood types A and B in U.S. News & World Report.
  • Improving Care for Newborns Around the World
    February 10, 2020 by Carolyn Shapiro
    In Ethiopia, 28 of every 1,000 babies die within their first 28 days of life, a stark contrast to an infant mortality rate in the United States and other high-income countries of about four deaths for every 1,000 live births. The Ethiopian Pediatric Society and the country’s Ministry of Health want to cut those infant death rates to 12 per 1,000 by 2030 to reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and they have turned to the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) for help. VON, based in Burlington, collects data from neonatal intensive care units to find ways to improve the quality of care for newborns.
  • Firestone Medical Research Building Funding Approved
    February 10, 2020 by Edward Neuert
    The Larner College of Medicine biomedical research enterprise received another boost on January 31 when the members of the University of Vermont Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve construction of the Firestone Medical Research Building.
  • Goldman Named Inaugural Follansbee Professor
    February 4, 2020 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Glenn Goldman, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of dermatology, was invested as the inaugural Rogers and Nancy Follansbee Professor of Dermatology during a formal ceremony held February 3, 2020 at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
  • College Announces New Medical Student Research Fellowships
    February 3, 2020 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Larner College of Medicine medical students who are interested in taking a deeper dive into research have a new opportunity: The College's Medical Student Research Fellowships. Announced January 31, the program offers two one-year research fellowships to be conducted between the third and fourth years of medical school. Applications are due by no later than March 20, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.
  • Foundations Awards Celebration Honors Class of 2022, Faculty, & Staff
    January 30, 2020 by Michelle Bookless
    The Class of 2022 medical students marked their completion of the first level of the Vermont Integrated Curriculum at the annual Foundations Celebration event January 30, 2020. The event provides an opportunity for second-year medical students to join with faculty and staff and express their gratitude for the contributions of these College community members to their medical education journey.
  • Holmes and Galbraith Take on Interim Leadership of Cancer Center
    January 30, 2020 by User Not Found
  • Director of Student Well-Being Rosen Published in The Snowboarders Journal
    January 21, 2020 by Republished with permission from The Snowboarders Journal
    Lee Rosen, Ph.D., assistant professor psychiatry and director of student well-being, recently published an essay, titled “Tumbling into Mindfulness–A Novice at Age 50,” in the November 2019 issue of The Snowboarder’s Journal. His essay explores how learning to snowboard as an adult forced him to practice the “growth mindset” he teaches to students and patients.
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  • Teaching Teamwork and Collaboration in the Health Sciences
    January 21, 2020 by Erin Post
    In the fall of 2019, more than 400 students from different health science professions came together over the course of three evening sessions to care for a dying patient—virtually. Medical and nursing students, physical therapy doctoral candidates, social workers-in-training, speech pathology trainees and pharmacy students from the Albany College of Pharmacy watched standardized patients on screen as they played the roles of a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, family members, and health care providers.
  • AOA, GHHS & Wellness StorySlamRx Event Draws a Crowd
    January 19, 2020 by Michelle Bookless
    The Wellness Committee, Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, and Gold Humanism Honor Society at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine hosted the second annual “StorySlamRX – Voices in Medicine” event on January 23 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Hoehl Gallery in the Health Science Research Facility.
  • Teaching Academy Retreat Events Focus on New Members, Awards, & Assessment
    January 18, 2020 by Jennifer Nachbur
    ​The Teaching Academy at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont held its annual Snow Season Education Retreat on January 15-16, 2020 in the College’s Medical Education Center and UVM Davis Center. Highlights included an Induction Ceremony for 2019 new members and advanced members, the presentation of the annual Teaching and Education Awards, and the first annual Snow Season Debate, moderated by Professor and Chair of Pediatrics Lewis First, M.D.
  • Silverman & Plante Study Beta-Blockers & Heart Failure
    January 6, 2020 by User Not Found
  • Larner Loan Recipient Champions Health Equity
    December 23, 2019 by Erin Post
    As a child, James Huang, M.D.'09, witnessed his parents’ struggle to access the health care they needed, memories that now fuel his life’s work.
  • Investing in Education: How Gifts Make a Difference for Our Students
    December 20, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    At the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, the impact of generous gifts from alumni and other friends of the College are clearly illustrated by our students, who are grateful for donor support that has afforded them the opportunity to attend and present at national conferences through travel awards, conduct research trough fellowship awards, and scholarships.
  • Gramling's Article on End-of-Life Conversations Covered in Online News Outlets
    December 10, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    (DECEMBER 9, 2019) News about a study on machine learning and end-of-life conversations led by Robert Gramling, M.D., D.Sc., Miller Chair in Palliative Medicine, and published in the journal Patient Education and Counseling, was picked up by several online news outlets.