First-year University of Vermont (UVM) Larner College of Medicine medical student Sidney Hilker ’21 has been appointed as a Student Trustee to the UVM Board of Trustees. She succeeds student trustee and fellow medical student Soraiya Thura ’18 who’s two year-term will end on Thursday, March 1, 2018. Hilker's two-year term start on March 1, 2018 and end on March 1, 2020.

Two years after it's creation, Robinson's dream of having "Here to Help" become a self-sustaining entity has come true. Last Spring, Robinson transitioned the leadership of the "Here to Help Clinic" to Schweitzer Fellows and second-year medical students Erin Hunt '20 and Rachael Munoz '20. Shortly thereafter, the "Here to Help" began to host a monthly clinic on the third Saturday of every month.

Beth Kirkpatrick, M.D., has been appointed as chair of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Vermont, effective March 1, 2018.

Larner College of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Research Gordon Jensen, M.D., Ph.D., and Research Committee Chair Matthew Wargo, Ph.D., have announced the next round of targeted pilot funding – the New Methodologies in Basic Research Grant Awards.