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The Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont hosted Lawrence Appel, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins University, at Medicine Grand Rounds on February 5, 2016. He delivered a lecture on “Translating Effective Lifestyle Interventions into Practice: Lessons from the Hopkins-Healthways Collaboration.”

University of Vermont College of Medicine faculty member Maria Mercedes Avila, M.Ed., Ph.D., was recognized as one of four 2015 UVM Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award recipients.

In August 2014, the University of Vermont College of Medicine’s Class of 2018 began both their medical school careers and the 17-month-long Foundations Level of the Vermont Integrated Curriculum (VIC).

The Clinical Simulation Laboratory at the University of Vermont has been accredited by two prestigious simulation societies: a three-year accreditation as a Comprehensive Accredited Education Institute (AEI) from the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and a five-year accreditation from the Society of Simulation in Health Care (SSH).

"Together, we are writing a new prescription for the health of Vermonters: Pay health care providers for keeping people healthy instead of just treating them when they are sick."

Attitudes and tobacco use before and after the launch of the University of Vermont's tobacco-free campus policy and barriers to providing opioid dependence treatment in primary care offices were topics for two of 16 University of Vermont College of Medicine Public Health Projects conducted by medical students in the Class of 2018 during the fall 2015 semester.

The traditional hour-long classroom lecture is giving way to team-based learning and other “active” teaching methods at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. Faculty members heard more about this new mode of instruction during the 2016 Mud Season Educational Symposium in April hosted by College’s Teaching Academy, which supports professional development among an interdisciplinary community of educators. Read more >>

Eileen CichoskiKelly, Ph.D., and colleagues at other medical schools often talk about the need for faculty to trumpet their accomplishments as teachers in the classroom – versus just promoting their clinical or basic science research.

In Maine, child health experts who have tackled how their state handles human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations can offer insights to colleagues in Tennessee or New Jersey, who may be facing different challenges in addressing HPV.

Seniors at Vermont's Essex High School’s STEM Academy have the opportunity to delve into research and get an inside look at the life of a medical student through a partnership with the Med Mentors Student Interest Group.

University of Vermont Professor of Surgery and cardiothoracic surgeon Bruce Leavitt, M.D., received the New England Surgical Society’s 2015 Nathan Smith Distinguished Service Award at the organization’s annual meeting in fall 2015.

On a Friday afternoon in early December, Cary Jewkes was busily arranging cubicle walls in the Given Courtyard atrium at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.

For more than twenty years, The University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington City Arts and many dedicated volunteers have brought creativity, imagination and expression to pediatric patients, families and caregivers through the Art from the Heart program. Now, Art from the Heart is expanding from supporting children in the hospital to also serve adult patients.

The Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont hosted a lecture by CVRI Visiting Professor Ali J. Marian, M.D., titled “’Ariadne Auf Naxos’ and the Riddle of Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy,” at 12 p.m. on Monday, April 25, 2016 in the Sullivan Classroom in the University of Vermont College of Medicine's Larner Medical Education Center.

The hallmarks of adolescence – mood swings, confusing physical changes, and shifting social norms – can sometimes lead to alienation or even bullying for some kids. In a culture that tends to identify people as either ‘male’ or ‘female,’ this transitional time can be even more difficult for young people who have questions about their gender identity.

He’s not a personal trainer, but University of Vermont Associate Professor of Medicine Michael Toth, Ph.D., has an idea for counteracting the muscle loss that commonly occurs in cancer patients. What causes this loss in muscle loss – or atrophy – with cancer and its treatment is still not known, but Toth believes that the reduction in physical activity during cancer treatment may be an important factor.

University of Vermont College of Medicine faculty members Ira Bernstein, M.D., and Jason Bates, Ph.D., have been named as two of four University Scholars for 2016-17. Led by the UVM Graduate College, the program recognizes “sustained excellence in research, creative and scholarly activities.”

Thousands of people in Vermont suffer from lung diseases. On April 27, 2016, nearly 100 people attended the inaugural LUNG FORCE Expo - a new one-day educational event designed to provide healthcare professionals and lung disease patients and their caregivers with information about the latest trends, research and treatment for lung disease.

The University of Vermont Cancer Center’s annual Clinical and Translational Research Symposium took place on Friday, April 29, 2016 in the UVM Medical Center’s Davis Auditorium and provided a day of learning and scientific collaboration on the topic of “Thrombosis, Hemostasis, and Cancer.” Experts from across North America joined UVM Cancer Center members and colleagues to discuss the science of bleeding, blood clots, and related complications in cancer care.

Heralded a miracle by many infertile couples, in vitro fertilization can pack a painful financial punch for those without insurance coverage for the treatment. This prohibitive cost leads many would-be parents who pursue in vitro fertilization to transfer multiple embryos at once to increase their chances of getting a baby – and reduce the need to pay for subsequent attempts.