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November 14, 2016 by
Kate Skinas
Preterm birth rates in the US have risen in 2015 for the first time in eight years, though Vermont is among 3 other states that have seen declining rates.
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November 14, 2016 by
Kate Skinas
The United States Vice President Joe Biden visited the University of Vermont on Friday, October 21, 2016 to join faculty of the University of Vermont Cancer Center in a Cancer Moonshot Roundtable Discussion.
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November 14, 2016 by
Amanda Waite
“If you are ever going to be involved in cancer research, this is the moment,” Vice President Joe Biden told a packed Davis Center ballroom at the University of Vermont Oct. 21. “This is the inflection point.”
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November 14, 2016 by
Kate Skinas
Julie Dumas, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry at the Larner College of Medicine, comments on a new study suggesting that hormonal shifts could be the reason for memory issues among post-menopausal women.
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October 27, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont is proud to present the inaugural Dean’s Excellence in Research Awards event, titled “Celebrating Excellence in Research,” on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. in Carpenter Auditorium in the Given Building.
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October 27, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
According to an October 11 "Viewpoint" article in theJournal of the American Medical Association, "nearly 1700 cases of travel-associated Zika infection, including 479 in pregnant women, had been reported in the continental United States" as of August 4, 2016.
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October 24, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
Screening presents a dilemma for lung and cancer specialists: Only about four percent of abnormal spots found on patients’ lungs during preventative CT screening turn out to be cancer, yet lung cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer and usually progresses rapidly, so catching it early is particularly important.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The Larner College of Medicine Palliative Care Student Interest Group is hosting "Mondays with Palliative Care," beginning October 24, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Sullivan Classroom in the Larner Medical Education Center.
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October 24, 2016 by
Justin Chuan, M.D.
There’s a chill in the air, and a new season is upon us. Not just fall and football, but flu season as well.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The UVM Medical Alumni Association (MAA) is hosting the 2016 Graduate Student Research Showcase Program on Tuesday, October 18, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jeff Wakefield
President Tom Sullivan and Provost David Rosowsky unveiled a new permanent display on Tuesday afternoon showcasing the university’s most accomplished faculty. The display is located on the third floor of the Waterman Building near the registrar’s office.
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October 24, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
It’s tough enough for any family of a child with special needs to navigate the reams of paperwork required for services or understand the medical jargon related to the child’s disability.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
In a few short months, seven members of the College’s Class of 2019 will embark on the College’s first Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
“I will practice medicine with conscience and dignity.” At a ceremony on Friday, October 7, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. in UVM’s Ira Allen Chapel, 118 first-year medical students will utter those words as part of a major career milestone: receiving their first white doctors’ coats.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The ImproveCareNow Network, led by Executive Network Director Richard Colletti, M.D., professor of pediatrics at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, was selected as the 2016 winner of the Drucker Prize from the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University.
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October 24, 2016 by
Erica Housekeeper
Dr. Paul Farmer, chief strategist and co-founder of Partners in Health, will be the keynote speaker at the 2016 George D. Aiken Lecture Series on Nov. 3 at the UVM Ira Allen Chapel.
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October 24, 2016 by
Sarah Keblin
Last month, Susan G. Komen announced nearly $33 million in new research awards for scientific investigators across the country whose research will contribute to Komen’s goal of reducing breast cancer deaths by 50 percent over the next decade.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
A little more than a decade ago, clinicians believed pain was under-recognized and under-treated. Fast-forward to the present when Vermont and other states across the U.S. are struggling with an opioid addiction epidemic.
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October 4, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
A Huffington Post blog post, titled Genome Sequencing for Health People: Is it Time?" quotes Debra Leonard, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of pathology and laboratory medicine at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
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October 4, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
A historic announcement on September 23 about the estate commitment of $66 million from UVM dual-degree alumnus Robert Larner ’39, M.D.’42, and his wife, Helen, and the naming of the College of Medicine to The Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont received wide coverage, both regionally and nationally.