Office of Medical Communications

A “Medical News & Perspectives” article in the April 5, 2017 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) mentions the medical cannabis science course launched by the Department of Pharmacology in spring 2016 and faculty members Kalev Freeman, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery and pharmacology, and Mark Nelson, Ph.D., chair of pharmacology.

Developing leaders in service is the core mission of the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship (ASF) program. This month, eight Larner College of Medicine students were named 2017-18 Schweitzer Fellows by the New Hampshire/Vermont Schweitzer Fellowship.

Nicholas Bonenfant ’17 was profiled by NBC News’ NBC Out section for his work with Michael Upton, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, to develop LGBT health medical curriculum.

Professor of Psychiatry John Hughes, M.D., appeared on WCAX’s live interview program “The :30,” and discussed his new study, which is examining whether or not stopping use of e-cigarettes causes withdrawal.

The University of Vermont Health Network has selected Stephen Leffler, M.D., as chief population health and quality officer. In this role, Leffler, who is currently chief medical officer and chief quality officer for the University of Vermont Medical Center, will oversee coordination of quality, patient safety and population health programs for the six hospitals in the UVM Health Network.

Is there anything more heroic than saving a life? Whether, it’s saving a child from drowning or pulling a driver from car wreckage, we are fascinated and profoundly moved by people who perform selfless acts on behalf of others.

More than 60 area Vermont high schoolers learned first-hand from medical students about the skills they learn and decisions they face daily in medical school at the 2017 Med Mentors Careers Exploration Day held Saturday, April 1 at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.

On April 6th, 2017 UVM Larner College of Medicine alumnus Nick Bonenfant, M.D. '17, spoke with NBC News/NBC Out reporter Julie Compton about LGBTQ youth health and why he decided to become a pediatrician.

The intricacies of neuroimaging tools, brain health and disease, and brain safety were the themes of educational presentations brought to greater Burlington, Vt.-area elementary, middle and high school students by doctoral candidates in the University of Vermont Neuroscience Graduate Program in honor of Brain Awareness Week in March.

Stephen Higgins, Ph.D., director of the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, authored a commentary piece in The Conversation that highlighted the success he and colleagues have achieved in research on the effects of financial incentives in promoting smoking cessation.

A new Nature Neuroscience study published by Assistant Professors of Pharmacology Thomas Longden, Ph.D., and Fabrice Dabertrand, Ph.D., determined that capillaries in the brain have a more active function that previously thought.

For many medical students, training in a resource-limited setting is their first exposure to the way most of the world lives, where nylon gloves are used in place of catheters, where the number of radiation machines in a nation can be counted on one hand, where a bed shortage might mean patients sleep on the floor.

All it takes is the flip of a protein “switch” within the tiny wire-like capillaries of the brain to increase the blood flow that ensures optimal brain function. New research has uncovered that capillaries have the capacity to both sense brain activity and generate an electrical vasodilatory signal to evoke blood flow and direct nutrients to nourish hard-working neurons.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Among cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S., but it is also one of only a few cancers that may be prevented through screening.

Pioneered by Professor James Hudziak, M.D., Dr. Jim to his students, WE has significantly reduced substance abuse on campus while earning national buzz for its novel and ground-breaking approach to neuroplasticity, mindfulness, and the charismatic mastermind behind the program. No college has tried at this level before.

The Class of 2017 learned their residency placements at this year’s Match Day that was held at 12:00 pm in the Hoehl Gallery of the Larner College of Medicine on Friday, March 17.

News of the election of David A. Halsey, M.D., clinical professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation at the Larner College of Medicine and orthopaedic surgeon at the UVM Medical Center, as the first vice president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), received broad coverage.

Frederick Morin, M.D., dean of the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, and Claude Deschamps, M.D., senior associate dean for clinical affairs and president and CEO of the UVM Medical Group, have announced the appointment of Melissa Davidson, M.D., as associate dean for graduate medical education at the Larner College of Medicine and Designated Institutional Official at the UVM Medical Center, effective immediately.

While the debate regarding the safety of e-cigarettes continues, another issue has emerged: Is vaping addictive?

(MARCH 15, 2017) Clostridium difficile, commonly known as C. diff, affects nearly half a million Americans a year, and leads to several thousand fatalities, according to the CDC. This infection is difficult to treat, especially among those with an antibiotic-resistant strain, but Peter Moses, M.D., professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine and gastroenterologist at the UVM Medical Center, uses fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) as a solution.