Office of Medical Communications

The prevalence of current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is many-fold higher in individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) than in the general population. This study demonstrates that participants receiving MOUD who receive Prolonged Exposure (PE) tend to experience improvements in their PTSD symptoms without relapsing to substance use when they receive a sufficient “dose” of PE.

(JANUARY 8, 2025) Roz King, M.S.N., RN, CNL, division chief of emergency medicine research at the University of Vermont, spoke with WCAX-TV about research into setting up telehealth services in rural libraries.

(JANUARY 8, 2025) Clinical breast oncologist and cancer geneticist Kara Landry, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine and a medical oncologist at UVMMC, spoke with NBC5 for a story about a breast cancer survivor’s visit to Vermont.

(JANUARY 7, 2025) Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine, M.D., and Rup Tandan, M.D., professor of neurological sciences, commented for a Vermont Public story about the number of Vermonters with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS.

(JANUARY 6, 2025) HealthTree Foundation reported on a presentation by Mansour Gergi, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, at the 2024 American Society of Hematology annual conference.

(JANUARY 3, 2025) Vermont Public’s Vermont This Week podcast featured an expert panel—including Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine, M.D., professor of medicine, and Steven Schlozman, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry and chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry—discussing the state of youth mental health in the state. Vermont’s latest statewide survey of middle and high school students has intensified concerns about the issue.

A team of UVM scientists led by University Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacology Mark Nelson, Ph.D., from the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, has uncovered a novel mechanism that reshapes our understanding of how blood flow is regulated in the brain. The study was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a high-impact, peer-reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences.

(DECEMBER 30, 2024) Larner Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine Daniel Wolfson, M.D., M.S., the state’s EMS medical director, commented for a Vermont Public story on a new initiative launched in the state’s largest city that allows first responders to administer opioid addiction treatment medication at the scene of overdoses.

(DECEMBER 28, 2024) Every year since 2011 (save for a COVID hiatus), the Green Mountain Mahler Festival, founded in 2002 by Larner Professor of Medicine Daniel Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., has celebrated New Year’s Day with a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

(DECEMBER 19, 2024) Kalev Freeman, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of emergency medicine and pharmacology, commented to WCAX-TV for a story on slope safety tips to avoid head injuries. “My advice is to wear a helmet but don’t expect a miracle,” he said.

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.