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Garfield Discusses NASEM Report on Pediatric Specialist Shortage with WCAX

September 28, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(SEPTEMBER 28, 2023) Rachel Garfield, Ph.D., M.H.S., executive director of the Vermont Child Health Improvement Plan, spoke to WCAX-TV about a new report outlining steps to address a shortage of pediatric specialists.
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Kat Cheung: Interim Leader of Center on Aging

September 27, 2023 by Janet Essman Franz

Katharine Cheung, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, assumed the role of Interim Director of the Center on Aging, effective September 1. A geriatric and palliative nephrologist, Cheung served on the center’s advisory board from 2017-2023. As interim director, Cheung's top priorities include relaunching pilot grants for faculty who are interested in pursuing research focused on gerontology or geriatric issues.
Manogaran Receives Student Fellow Scholarship Award from EverythingALS

September 27, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(SEPTEMBER 27, 2023) Erin Manogaran, a first-year medical student at the Larner College of Medicine, has received a $10,000 Student Fellow Scholarship Award from EverythingALS, a citizen science research organization dedicated to developing a cure for the progressive neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, according to GlobeNewswire.
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26th Annual Women’s Health and Cancer Conference

September 25, 2023 by Jeff Wakefield
McNamara Comments to WCAX about Narcan Availability

September 25, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(SEPTEMBER 25, 2023) Mariah McNamara, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of emergency medicine at Larner and medical director of emergency medicine at the UVM Medical Center, commented to WCAX-TV about dispensing more Narcan to the community.
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