Office of Medical Communications

(JANUARY 12, 2024) Pediatric pulmonologist L. E. Faricy, M.D., and Vermont State Health Commissioner Mark Levine, M.D., commented on a bill currently making its way throughout the statehouse that would ban all forms of flavored tobacco products, WPTZ-TV reported.

(JANUARY 11, 2024) L. E. Faricy, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, was quoted in a Bennington Banner article about 50 Vermont organizations’ support for ending the sale of flavored tobacco.

(JANUARY 10, 2024) The University of Vermont Medical Center is reviving its mask mandate for staff who work with patients. Stephen Leffler, M.D., president and chief operating officer of the hospital and professor of emergency medicine, says masking is a “simple step that we can take to keep our patients safe,” VT Digger reported.

(JANUARY 8, 2024) Ann Guillot, M.D., professor emerita of pediatrics and surgery, and Elizabeth McGee, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, are among five new trustees appointed to the UVM Medical Center board of trustees, WVNY-TV reported.

(JANUARY 5, 2024) Pediatric pulmonologist L. E. Faricy, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, urged Vermont State legislators to support a bill to end the sale of all flavored tobacco products in Vermont when they convene next month, according to VT Digger.

(JANUARY 5, 2024) Infectious disease specialist Timothy Lahey, M.D., M.M.Sc., professor of medicine, commented to WCAX-TV about an influx in cases of flu, RSV, and COVID in Vermont following the holidays.

(JANUARY 4, 2024) NBC5 reported on a recent presentation by Andrea Grayson, Ed.D., M.A., assistant professor of public health and author of "The Sweet Tooth Dilemma," about how to avoid hidden sugars in foods.

(DECEMBER 18, 2023) Robert Gramling, M.D., D.Sc., professor of family medicine and chair of palliative medicine, commented to Time about a new study that reinforces the importance of framing death as a process rather than an outcome when caring for frightened patients and loved ones.

(DECEMBER 18, 2023) Cardiologist Sherrie Khadanga, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, commented to Knowridge for an article on increased risk of heart attack in cold weather.

(DECEMBER 13, 2023) Kelly Peck, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, spoke to WCAX-TV about obstacles to opioid use recovery.

(DECEMBER 12, 2023) The winning of the Boston Marathon’s newly created nonbinary division in April by Kae Ravichandran, medical class of 2025, made NBC5’s list of “the stories we loved the most in Vermont and New York in 2023.”

(DECEMBER 12, 2023) Linda Klumpers, Ph.D., M.Sc., research assistant professor of pharmacology, founded Cannify to offer educational information on the advantages and risks of consuming cannabis, based on science, according to Green Mountain Cannabis News.

A recent study by Benjamin Littenberg, M.D., and Constance van Eeghen, Dr.P.H., in collaboration with colleagues across the U.S., explores integrative behavioral health (IBH) interventions to address the intertwined challenges of mental and physical health. IBH interventions do show benefits; however, systemic challenges in the health care landscape hinder widespread adoption, underscoring the need for a unified and effective patient care approach.

(DECEMBER 11, 2023) Elias Klemperer, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, commented to VT Digger for an article on access to substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery in rural Vermont.

This semester, 28 first-year Larner College of Medicine students are learning about culinary medicine, which pairs nutritional science with preventative health care. Medical class of 2026 students Sarah Krumholz and Molly Hurd developed an extracurricular course that teaches classmates about lifestyle interventions for chronic disease.

(DECEMBER 11, 2023) Rebecca Bell, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of pediatrics, was interviewed by Vermont Public for a Vermont Edition story on keeping kids safe from firearms.

Debora Kamin Mukaz, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, was recognized by the United Negro College Fund Ernest E. Just Life Sciences Society at at an event held September 17 at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., for her work with Black in Cardio.