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August 12, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(AUGUST 12, 2024) Researchers including Matthew Caporizzo, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, have discovered a promising new treatment for heart disease, WVNY-TV reports.
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August 14, 2024 by
Katelyn Queen, PhD
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August 11, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(AUGUST 11, 2024) A study led by Andrew Wilcock, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of family medicine at the Larner College of Medicine and a visiting fellow at Harvard Medical School, suggests reasons for the continuing drop in hospital admissions for heart attacks in the U.S., Yahoo News reports.
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August 8, 2024 by
Angela Ferrante
Larner College of Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine Sherrie Khadanga, M.D, has recently addressed ways to improve cardiac rehab (CR) methods in two different populations, addressing both age and socioeconomic status.
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August 7, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(AUGUST 7, 2024) Peter Bingham, M.D., a pediatric neurologist at the UVM Children’s Hospital, spoke with Seven Days about the fundraising efforts of the parents of a 4-year-old boy with a very rare and severe neurological condition that lacks research funding.
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August 6, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(AUGUST 6, 2024) Researchers led by Brian Sprague, Ph.D., professor of surgery, biochemistry, and radiology, found that ultrasound detects more cancers in high-risk women with dense breasts, according to AuntMinnie.com.
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August 6, 2024 by
Angela Ferrante
Shalina Nair, M.D., M.B.A., executive vice chair of clinical services and innovation at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and medical director for Population Health Outreach at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, has been appointed as the new chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at University of Vermont (UVM) and UVM Health Network.
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August 5, 2024 by
Kate Strotmeyer
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August 5, 2024 by
Lindsay Longe
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August 5, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(AUGUST 5, 2024) Family medicine physician Michelle Dorwart, M.D., and psychiatrist Margaret Spottswood, M.D.’11, M.P.H., were quoted in a WCAX-TV story on expanding children’s mental health access in Vermont.
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August 3, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(AUGUST 3, 2024) Rebecca Bell, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, commented to WCAX-TV about Vermont’s new child car seat safety laws that went into effect last month.
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August 1, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(AUGUST 1, 2024) Stephen Leffler, M.D.’90, president and COO of the UVM Medical Center and professor of emergency medicine at the Larner College of Medicine, told NBC5 that UVMMC and its partners are proud to offer a new mental health urgent care center that is coming soon to the medical center’s campus in Burlington.
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July 31, 2024 by
Angela Ferrante
The Center on Aging is pleased to announce that a collaborative research team has been awarded the 2024 Armin Grams Memorial Research Award. The project, Usability and Validity of In-Home Assessment of Mobility and Speech Production in Aging Rural Vermonters with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment, is co-led by investigators David Jangraw, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Denise Peters, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Movement Science. Other faculty team members include Victoria Priganc, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, Occupational Therapy Program; Co-Directors of the Center for Biomedical Innovation Lecturer Samantha Fox, B.S., and Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering Michael J. Rosen, Ph.D.
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July 31, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JULY 31, 2024) Anne Dougherty, M.D.’09, M.A., director of gender equity at the Larner College of Medicine, and Rachel Wetchi, M.P.H., spoke with WVNY-TV about UVM’s New American Youth on the Rise (NAYR) program.
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July 31, 2024 by
Margie Brenner and Janet Essman Franz
Like subspecialists across the nation, providers at UVM Children’s Hospital Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics division and the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families (VCCYF) saw a significant increase in referrals for autism assessment during the past decade, resulting in extremely long wait times. To address this need, the pediatric and psychiatry departments collaborated to restructure the autism assessment program, and the Vermont Child Health Improvement Program (VCHIP) launched a statewide-level initiative to improve rates of developmental screening and remove barriers to autism assessment and diagnosis.
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July 30, 2024 by
Angela Ferrante
Professor of Surgery Gary An, M.D., has been invested as the inaugural holder of the Department of Surgery’s Green and Gold Professorship of Trauma and Critical Care.
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July 30, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JULY 30, 2024) The Green Mountain Care Board approved the University of Vermont Medical Center’s application for a Certificate of Need to develop a multi-specialty outpatient surgery center in South Burlington, VT Digger reports.
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July 23, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(JULY 23, 2024) The Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont was ranked number 4 in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of the top 10 most diverse medical and osteopathic schools, according to Becker’s Hospital Review. The annual medical school rankings and ratings were released July 23, 2024.
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July 29, 2024 by
Janet Essman Franz and Isaura Menzies, M.D., M.P.H.
The Division of Geriatric Medicine celebrated the graduation of its first geriatrics fellow, Owen Maguire, M.D., and the culmination of the division’s academic goal to train geriatricians. The geriatrics fellowship at UVM is a new fellowship and a big step in the building of a pipeline to care for older adults in Vermont, which has the fourth-oldest population in the country.
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July 26, 2024 by
Margie Brenner
A Public Health Project conducted by a group of Larner College of Medicine Class of 2025 medical students was selected by the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Physician Professional Advisory Committee to receive a 2023 Excellence in Public Health Award.