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. 

Calendars of Events

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  • Suresh Garimella to Become Next University of Vermont President
    February 22, 2019 by Enrique Corredera
    The University of Vermont Board of Trustees announced today that Suresh Garimella, Ph.D., will become the University’s 27th president. His appointment will be effective July 1, 2019.
  • National Recognition for VT LEND: Improving Care for Children with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
    February 22, 2019 by Erin Post
  • Sprague Named Face of 2019!
    February 20, 2019 by Chloe Housenger
  • Smith Examines Providers’ Confidence Level with Medical Cannabis Prescribing
    February 13, 2019 by Michelle Bookless
    In December 2018, Danielle Smith ’20 was two weeks into her six-week family medicine rotation and hadn’t yet selected a community health project topic. Then, a series of serendipitous events pointed her in the perfect direction, starting with a Family Medicine Ground Rounds presentation by W. Stephen Faraci, Ph.D., founder and chief scientific officer at CYTA Therapeutics, Inc. in Lowell, Mass., called “Medical Marijuana: Overview and Potential Use for Family Medicine Doctors.”
  • Nelson’s Research Leadership Garners NHLBI Outstanding Investigator Award
    February 4, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    University of Vermont (UVM) Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacology Mark Nelson, Ph.D., has been awarded a prestigious $6.45 million dollar Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health. The award will provide support for Nelson’s research program, titled “Capillaries as a Sensory Web that Controls Cerebral Blood Flow in Health and Disease,” for seven years.
  • SIG Highlight: New Student Interest Groups
    January 29, 2019 by Michelle Bookless
    Every spring semester, there's a leadership transition in the Student Interest Groups (SIGs) at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, from the second year class to the first year class. In addition to these changes, new SIGs often emerge during this time. This year, there are three new groups that have applied to become official SIGs, including the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA), UV & Me, and History and Mystery of Medicine. Additionally, the Psychiatry SIG will be reinstated.
  • Class of 2021 Celebrates Teachers, Classmates at Foundations Awards Event
    January 25, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The UVM Larner College of Medicine Class of 2021 participated in a Foundations Awards celebration January 24. The event, which marks the completion of the first level of the Vermont Integrated Curriculum, provides an opportunity for second-year medical students to join with faculty and staff and express their gratitude for the contributions of these Larner College of Medicine community members to their medical education journey.
  • Funding, Fellowships & Opportunities (including COVID-19)
    January 24, 2019 by User Not Found
    Click here for a curated and updated list of summaries of CTR-relevant opportunities.
  • Class of '21 Hosts Public Health Projects Poster Session
    January 23, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Now 15 years old, the Public Health Projects course at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine has yielded well over 200 projects in partnership with the United Way of Northwest Vermont, dozens of community collaborators and more than 100 professional publications. On January 23, members of the Class of 2021 showcased their work at a Poster Session & Community Celebration.
  • Celebrating the 48-Year Journey of Given Mail Services Supervisor Pat Alberts
    January 22, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Given Mail Services Supervisor Pat Alberts has witnessed – and experienced – a lot of change in her 48 years running the mail room at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine, both technologically and physically. This month, she will be retiring.
  • Garavan Cannabis and Teen Brain Study Garners International Coverage
    January 17, 2019 by User Not Found
    A study authored by Hugh Garavan, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, and former UVM postdoctoral fellow Catherine Orr, Ph.D., focused on the impact of even small amounts of cannabis on the adolescent brain, was recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience and has gained mass international attention from multiple news outlets.
  • Teen Brain Volume Changes with Small Amount of Cannabis Use, Study Finds
    January 14, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    At a time when several states are moving to legalize recreational use of marijuana, new research shows that concerns about the drug’s impact on teens may be warranted. The study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, shows that even a small amount of cannabis use by teenagers is linked to differences in their brains.
  • Leavitt Selected for UMaine Alumni Achievement Award
    January 11, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Bruce J. Leavitt, M.D., UVM professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, has been selected by the University of Maine Alumni Association to receive the Bernard Lown '42 Humanitarian Award
  • College Hosts UVM MLK Health Equity Lecture
    January 10, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    UVM's 2019 MLK Celebration and Learning Series included a Health Equity Lecture at the College of Medicine featuring Herman A. Taylor, Jr., M.D., director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, at the Morehouse School of Medicine, on January 23.
  • Fassler Speaks at Interim Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates
    January 10, 2019 by Madi Wood
    David Fassler, M.D., UVM Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, who presented at the Interim Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates at National Harbor in Washington, D.C., was featured in a meeting recap article in Psychiatric News.
  • Brumsted & UVM Health Network Highlighted in Local Business Publication
    January 9, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The January 2019 issue of Business People Vermont features a photo of University of Vermont Health Network CEO and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences John Brumsted, M.D., and cover story on the UVM Health Network.
  • Leffler Named VT Medical Society President, Ittleman, Frankowski & Nelson Honored
    January 3, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Four Larner College of Medicine faculty were honored recently at the Vermont Medical Society’s annual meeting, including Stephen Leffler, M.D., Frank Ittleman, M.D., Barbara Frankowski, M.D., M.P.H., and Eliot Nelson, M.D. ​
  • Supporting Future Physicians & Biomedical Scientists with the Gift of Education
    December 21, 2018 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Doctoral student Leslie Sepaniac and medical student Hyunsoo No have benefitted from world-class research, a collaborative community, mentorship and a level of support that’s ensuring they can help cancer patients from the bench and at the bedside for years to come.
  • Where a Sore Throat Becomes a Death Sentence
    December 21, 2018 by Denise Grady
    Read full story at New York Times
  • New England Federal Credit Union Children's Hospital Gift Announcement Featured on Multiple Channels
    December 13, 2018 by Jennifer Nachbur
    A press conference announcing a $1 million lead gift from the New England Federal Credit Union to support a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the UVM Children’s Hospital garnered coverage in several regional news outlets.