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February 7, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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February 5, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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February 5, 2025 by
Janet Essman Franz
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.
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February 3, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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January 31, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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January 28, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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January 28, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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January 28, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
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.
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January 27, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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January 25, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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January 24, 2025 by
Katelyn Queen, PhD
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January 23, 2025 by
Rachel Zwynenburg
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January 21, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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January 20, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.”
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January 17, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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January 17, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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January 16, 2025 by
Christopher Pung
Tyler Erath, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, has received a K01 award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). This K01 award is designed to provide Dr. Erath with mentored training in implementation science to become an independent investigator focused on advancing the implementation of evidence-based treatments for stimulant use disorder (StimUD) and other substance use disorders (SUDs) in harm reduction and other community treatment and recovery settings. The proposed research plan seeks to develop hands-on experience and skills in implementation science advancing the use of contingency management, an evidence-based treatment for StimUD, in community harm-reduction settings using syringe service programs (SSPs) as a model.
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January 16, 2025 by
Janet Essman Franz
Brain health research projects led by early career investigators Kathryn Morelli, Ph.D., Masayo Koide, Ph.D., M.S., and James Stafford, Ph.D., were selected to receive grant funding from the Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health. These pilot grants aim to advance the researchers’ skills in study design, epidemiology, translational research, and using pioneering technologies.
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January 16, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 16, 2025) Amelia Gennari, M.D., Larner associate professor of geriatric medicine and associate chief for clinical affairs for the Division of Geriatrics at the University of Vermont Medical Center, spoke with Vermont Public about the importance of having an Advance Health Care Directive.
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January 15, 2025 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JANUARY 15, 2025) Melissa Houser, M.D.’12, a neurodivergent family physician specializing in providing primary care to neurodivergent children and entire families, spoke with Seven Days about their medical practice, All Brains Belong VT.
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