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Recent News

Study Finds Revised Mammography Guidelines May Have Impacted Drop in Screenings

March 29, 2023 by Kate Strotmeyer

UVM Cancer Center researchers Sarah Nowak, Ph.D., and Brian Sprague, Ph.D., found that a 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force change in guidelines led to an unintended consequence: a decline in mammography screening rates for all age groups, including the 50-74 group, which is most at risk of developing breast cancer and most in need of screenings. Their results were recently published in The American Journal of Preventative Medicine.
Alan Howe Appointed Associate Director of Cancer Research, Training, and Education

March 27, 2023 by Kate Strotmeyer

Alan Howe, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology, has been appointed to serve as associate director of cancer research, training and education coordination for the University of Vermont Cancer Center (UVMCC) .
Q & A: Steve Lidofsky, MD, PhD on preventing liver cancer

March 24, 2023 by Kate Strotmeyer
Rutland Herald Reports Blue Cross & Blue Shield Award to UVM Medical Center’s Comprehensive Pain Program

March 23, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(MARCH 23, 2023) The Partners Aligned in Transformative Healing (PATH) program at UVM Medical Center’s Comprehensive Pain Program has been awarded the 2023 Blue Cross Provider Innovation Award, according to the Rutland Herald.
Read full story at Rutland Herald
Wells Named Inaugural Director of Social Medicine at Larner

March 22, 2023 by Jennifer Nachbur

Christa Zehle, M.D., senior associate dean for medical education, has announced the appointment of Katie Wells, M.D., M.P.H., as the inaugural director of social medicine in the Office of Medical Education at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, effective April 3, 2023.

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Recent News

Study Finds Revised Mammography Guidelines May Have Impacted Drop in Screenings

Alan Howe Appointed Associate Director of Cancer Research, Training, and Education

Q & A: Steve Lidofsky, MD, PhD on preventing liver cancer

Rutland Herald Reports Blue Cross & Blue Shield Award to UVM Medical Center’s Comprehensive Pain Program

Wells Named Inaugural Director of Social Medicine at Larner

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