Office of Medical Communications

Elias Klemperer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Associate Director of the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, and a UVM Cancer Center member, talks about his research, which earned him the prestigious 2025 Jarvik-Russell Early Career Award for extraordinary contributions to the field of nicotine and tobacco research. The award is from the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) -- the flagship professional organization for researchers in his field.

Love is more than a matter of the heart, according to research on the neurobiology of relationships, the roles of hormones in pair-bonding, and the effects of sensory information in partner selection. Science aside, five couples—Karena and Tin, Audree and Tanner, Chellie and Tyler, Jonathan and Marissa, and Delia and Tobey—share their stories of Love at Larner.

What do we mean when we refer to the humanities, especially with regard to the practice of medicine? Put simply, medical humanities focus on what it means, literally, to be human. To this end, physicians benefit from skilled attention to literature, poetry, philosophy, history, ethics, art, artistic performance, and even the social sciences.

(FEBRUARY 7, 2025) Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine, M.D., professor of medicine and associate dean for graduate medical education, is retiring from his role leading the Vermont Department of Health, effective at the end of March, Vermont Public reports.

(FEBRUARY 5, 2025) Daniel Wolfson, M.D., M.S., associate professor of emergency medicine, and Ajai Malhotra, M.D., professor of surgery, spoke with the Burlington Free Press about their DoD-funded research into fentanyl vs. ketamine.

In this conversation, Dr. Carten—who presented the 2025 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Health Equity Lecture on January 22—explores diversity, equity, and inclusion in health care, reflects on her career, and reminisces about meeting with “Look at Larner” students.

Medical students joined researchers in the musculoskeletal research center to explore risk factors for knee trauma and investigate how ligament tears lead to arthritis. Their insights will improve injury prevention and rehabilitation methods for this largest joint in the body.

(FEBRUARY 3, 2025) Tracy Madsen, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of emergency medicine and vice chair of research at the Larner College of Medicine, was quoted in a HealthDay story about new research indicating that a common drug used to prevent migraines might have the additional benefit of protecting women against stroke.

(JANUARY 31, 2025) Raj Jain, M.D., a family medicine resident at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, was quoted in a Yahoo story on an uptick in illness following the holiday season.

(JANUARY 28, 2025) The Barre-Montpelier Times Argus has announced Langdon Lawrence, M.D., M.P.H., education assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Public Health, as a recipient of the 2024 Prelock Online Teaching Award.

(JANUARY 28, 2025) Three Larner College of Medicine faculty members—Dragos Banu, M.D., Sarah Harm, M.D., M.S., and Heidi Melbostad, Ph.D., M.A., M.S.—have joined the UVM Health Network Board of Trustees, the Burlington Free Press reports.

For Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in January, the University of Vermont’s Across the Fence program features Kate Tracy, Ph.D., senior associate dean for research at the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine and director of research for the UVM Health Network.

(JANUARY 27, 2025) Rebecca Bell, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, spoke with WCAX-TV about a new report on sudden unexpected infant death risks in Vermont.

(JANUARY 25, 2025) Larner Associate Professor of Pediatrics Deirdre O’Reilly, M.D., M.P.H., was quoted in a Guardian story about health insurance denials.

(JANUARY 21, 2025) Marjorie Meyer, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences and division chief of maternal fetal medicine, commented to WCAX-TV on Vermont being the only U.S. state to receive an “A” grade on the annual March of Dimes Report Card for maternal and infant health care.

(JANUARY 20, 2025) In a recent opinion piece in VTDigger, David Schneider, M.D., Larner professor of medicine and UVMHN director of cardiovascular services, takes issue with a Green Mountain Care Board recommendation that “we should reduce time spent on activities not directly related to patient care.”

(JANUARY 17, 2025) Bronwyn Kenny, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, spoke to Vermont Public about the possibility of Medicaid coverage for doula services in Vermont.

(JANUARY 17, 2025) Neonatologist and Larner Associate Professor of Pediatrics Deirdre O’Reilly, M.D., M.P.H., was quoted in a Burlington Free Press article about Vermont’s “A” grade for maternal and infant health on the 2024 March of Dimes Report Card.