Office of Medical Communications

A partnership between Larner medical students Jasmine Bazinet-Phillips ’25, M.S.Ed., and Ashwini Sarathy ’25 has led to several grant-funded initiatives to address literacy and nutrition disparities among underserved families in the Burlington area. The pair obtained a City Market Co-op Seedling Grant in 2022 based on their student outreach project, “Promoting Childhood Literacy in New Immigrant Burlington Families,” co-authored by Jennifer Covino, M.D.

Tuning in to the season’s themes of thankfulness and family, a children’s picture book titled "The Family Squeeze," written by Christian Pulcini, M.D., M.P.H., M.Ed., assistant professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics, shows how the power of physical touch—to both celebrate good times and endure tough times—brings a family together and builds resilience.

In a new publication from Tyler Erath, PhD, research indicates that adolescent smoking risk increases corresponding to the cumulative number of psychosocial and health risks experienced in their cumulative-risk model.

(DECEMBER 10, 2024) Infectious disease physician Lindsay Smith, M.D., M.A., assistant professor of medicine, and John Ahern, Pharm.D., clinical associate professor of medicine, an infectious disease pharmacist at UVMMC, discussed the correct use of antibiotics with WCAX-TV.

(DECEMBER 9, 2024) A new study led by Mark Nelson, Ph.D., reveals how electrical and calcium signaling work as one to regulate blood flow in the brain, according to Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN).

(DECEMBER 6, 2024) Larner Professor of Medicine Philip Ades, M.D., a prominent cardiologist and pioneer in the field of cardiac rehabilitation, passed away on November 27, 2024, according to an obituary published in VT Digger.

(DECEMBER 5, 2024) In a VT Digger article, Courtney Fleisher, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, praised a new program offered by Vermont Professionals of Color Network that pairs a potential out-of-state employee with a long-term Vermont resident who, through their already established networks, can help dispel the notion that Vermont is unwelcoming and lacking in communities of color.

(DECEMBER 4, 2024) Lewis First, M.D., M.S., professor and chair of pediatrics at the Larner College of Medicine and chief of pediatrics at the UVM Children’s Hospital, welcomed Santa to the UVM Medical Center, WCAX-TV reported.

(DECEMBER 4, 2024) Researchers from Saint Michael’s College and the Larner College of Medicine have made a groundbreaking new discovery—guided by previous research of spider brains—that provides a better understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease develops in the human brain, according to Verve Times.

Researchers from UVM’s Larner College of Medicine and Saint Michael’s College, including Ruth Fabian-Fine, Ph.D., and John DeWitt, M.D., Ph.D., have made a groundbreaking new discovery—guided by previous research on spider brains. The findings provide a better understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease develops in the human brain and offer a new perspective on brain pathologies observed in Alzheimer’s disease.

A group of alumni from the medical class of 1967 gathers every three months or so to catch up, check in with each other, and reminisce about their days together at the University of Vermont. They have been meeting regularly for the past two years, typically at a coffee shop or one of their homes. The now-retired physicians collectively represent about 450 years of clinical practice.

Amber Goerner, M.S.’24, who earned her master’s degree in cellular, molecular, and biomedical sciences from the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine, expresses her fascination with science by crocheting some of the viruses she studies.

Anthony Williams, M.D., assistant professor of family medicine and assistant dean of admissions at the Larner College of Medicine, shares his reflections on becoming a doctor as part of the UVM Health Network’s Mosaic Project: Our People. Their Stories.

The November 2024 Special Issue of Preventive Medicine is now available. As a part of the Behavior Series, this Special Issue centers on "Behavior change, health, and health disparities: Smoking and other tobacco use among women and girls." VCBH Director Stephen Higgins, PhD acted as guest editor and organized the selection of papers.

(NOVEMBER 30, 2024) In his regular child health column in the Adirondack Daily Messenger, Lewis First, M.D., M.S., professor and chair of pediatrics, recently shared his gratitude for “children who have parents that have set great examples for them” by following his First with Kids weekly tips over the years.

(NOVEMBER 28, 2024) Jeremiah Dickerson, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, shared tips for handling holiday stress with WCAX-TV.

(NOVEMBER 27, 2024) Dhruv Shah, D.O., assistant professor of psychiatry at the Larner College of Medicine, discusses seasonal affective disorder in a WVNY-TV story.

(NOVEMBER 27, 2024) Andrew Rosenfeld, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, spoke with the Saint Albans Messenger about mental health and self-care while weathering a New England winter.

The Larner College of Medicine joined communities across the U.S. in celebration of National Rural Health Day on November 21, 2024. This annual event celebrates the “Power of Rural” and honors individuals and organizations dedicated to addressing the unique health care needs of nearly 61 million people currently living in rural America.