(DECEMBER 6, 2024) Larner Professor of Medicine Philip Ades, M.D., a prominent cardiologist and pioneer in the field of cardiac rehabilitation, passed away on November 27, 2024, according to an obituary published in VT Digger.

(DECEMBER 5, 2024) In a VT Digger article, Courtney Fleisher, Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, praised a new program offered by Vermont Professionals of Color Network that pairs a potential out-of-state employee with a long-term Vermont resident who, through their already established networks, can help dispel the notion that Vermont is unwelcoming and lacking in communities of color.

(DECEMBER 4, 2024) Lewis First, M.D., M.S., professor and chair of pediatrics at the Larner College of Medicine and chief of pediatrics at the UVM Children’s Hospital, welcomed Santa to the UVM Medical Center, WCAX-TV reported.

(DECEMBER 4, 2024) Researchers from Saint Michael’s College and the Larner College of Medicine have made a groundbreaking new discovery—guided by previous research of spider brains—that provides a better understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease develops in the human brain, according to Verve Times.

Researchers from UVM’s Larner College of Medicine and Saint Michael’s College, including Ruth Fabian-Fine, Ph.D., and John DeWitt, M.D., Ph.D., have made a groundbreaking new discovery—guided by previous research on spider brains. The findings provide a better understanding of how Alzheimer’s disease develops in the human brain and offer a new perspective on brain pathologies observed in Alzheimer’s disease.