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August 19, 2019 by
Heather McCabe
(AUGUST 7, 2019) Prema Menon, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic at the University of Vermont Medical Center, was featured in a WCAX-TV Channel 3 segment about the Medical Center's new designation from the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation as a member of their Care Center Network.
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August 16, 2019 by
Heather McCabe
(AUGUST 2, 2019) David Fassler, M.D., UVM clinical professor of psychiatry was featured in an article in Psychiatric News from the American Psychiatric Association on a recent report stating that more than half of children and adolescents with ADHD may not be taking stimulant medications as prescribed.
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August 16, 2019 by
Heather McCabe
(AUGUST 2, 2019) Healio.com highlighted research conducted by Assistant Professor of Surgery Thomas P. Ahern, Ph.D., M.P.H and colleagues in an article, titled "Certain medications linked to increased breast cancer risk."
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August 15, 2019 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The UVM Medical Center launched its first-ever emergency medicine (EM) residency, welcoming six new doctors to the three-year program in June. What sets the UVM program apart from many others is its mix of tertiary and rural hospital experiential offerings, and its focus on independent clinical decision-making.
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August 15, 2019 by
Jennifer Nachbur
It’s August 12—day one of orientation. Looking across the Sullivan Classroom at the smiling, anxious faces of 124 new medical students, it’s hard to imagine their individual journeys that led to this point. But they found their way to medicine, and they are needed. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges, “The United States will see a shortage of nearly 122,000 physicians by 2032 as demand for physicians continues to grow faster than supply.”
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August 6, 2019 by
Jennifer Nachbur
(AUGUST 2, 2019) Richard Wasserman, M.D., professor of pediatrics, commented on motivational interviewing techniques used to encourage patients to adopt healthier behaviors in an Advisory.com article.
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August 5, 2019 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Mark K. Fung, M.D., Ph.D., professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, was invested as the inaugural Roy Korson, M.D. and Lorraine Korson, M.S. Green & Gold Professor of Pathology at a formal ceremony held in the Hoehl Gallery at the Larner College of Medicine on August 5, 2019.
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August 5, 2019 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Interim Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and Associate Dean for Students Christa Zehle, M.D., recently announced the appointments of Shaden Eldakar-Hein, M.D., M.S., associate professor of medicine, and Prema Menon, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, as interim assistant deans for students in the Office of Medical Student Education.
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July 31, 2019 by
Jennifer Nachbur
(JULY 31, 2019) Robert Shapiro, M.D., Ph.D., professor of neurological sciences, commented on findings he presented at the national American Headache Society meeting in an MDEdge/Neurology article.
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July 23, 2019 by
Brian Cunniff
(JULY 2019) The Cunniff Lab research was recently the focus of a commentary in mSphere, a journal published by The American Society for Microbiology. This commentary highlighted the impact of our past and present research in field of sub cellular mitochondrial dynamics. Thank you Lena Pernas for highlighting our work!
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July 23, 2019 by
Brian Cunniff
(JUNE 2019) Meara is starting her Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship investigating redox factors that influence mitochondrial dynamics.
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July 23, 2019 by
Brian Cunniff
(MAY 2019) Haya successfully defended her Honors College Thesis! Haya will be starting as a Research Technician in the Cunniff Lab in July 2019.
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July 23, 2019 by
Brian Cunniff
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July 23, 2019 by
Brian Cunniff
(APRIL 2019) Read the review, entitled "Peroxiredoxins and Beyond; Redox Systems Regulating Lung Physiology and Disease”.
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July 15, 2019 by
Heather McCabe
(JULY 15, 2019) Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Russell Tracy, Ph.D., was interviewed on WCAX-TV's "You Can Quote Me" program about the scope of the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont’s involvement in the National Institutes of Health’s Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal (RURAL) Study.
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July 12, 2019 by
Danielle Ehret, MD, MPH and Deirdre O’Reilly, MD, MPH
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July 11, 2019 by
Heather McCabe
(JULY 11, 2019) Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Erica Gibson, M.D., commented on expanding healthcare access for transgender youth under Medicaid in VT Digger. Gibson, who is also the medical director of the UVM Medical Center’s Transgender Youth Program, addressed potential changes to transgender healthcare covered by Medicaid, including eliminating the minimum age for gender affirming surgeries.
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June 7, 2019 by
Heather McCabe
(JUNE 18, 2019) Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Lori Racha, M.D., was interviewed on Vermont Public Radio's “But Why: a Podcast for Curious Kids.”
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July 3, 2019 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Gordon Jensen, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine and senior associate dean for research at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine, has been appointed to a parallel role as University of Vermont Health Network Director of Research by John Brumsted, M.D., CEO of the UVM Health Network.
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July 3, 2019 by
Carolyn Shapiro
(JULY 3, 2019) Before she became a neonatal fellow at The University of Vermont Medical Center, Adrienne Pahl, M.D., practiced as a primary care pediatrician in Vermont for three and a half years. Through this work, she got to know parents of babies who were exposed to opioids during development, witnessing how these families faced not only the usual pressures of caring for a newborn but also the challenges of a child with serious medical problems.