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Cancer Clinical Research for InvestigatorsVermont Cancer CenterWhen: Friday, October 13, 2023, 1:30 PM-5:00 PM ESTWhere: TBD

We are pleased to announce the UVMCC Principal Investigator Introductory Course for those of you who serve as PIs on cancer focused clinical trials and for new investigators who are interested in activating studies. All investigators are welcome.

The meeting will be organized as an in-person event but zoom option will be available for those of you who wish to participate but cannot attend. More information will be forthcoming with location and specific meeting agenda.

If you plan to participate, please respond to VCC Project Calendar vccproject.calendar@med.uvm.edu with confirmation if you will attend in person or virtually by Sep 15.

Recent News

Dixon Interviewed by HealthyWomen about Association Between Obesity and Severe COVID-19

July 12, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(JULY 12, 2023) Lung specialist Anne Dixon, M.A., B.M.B.Ch., professor of medicine, spoke with healthywomen.org about a demonstrated association between obesity and a higher risk of severe COVID-19.
Read full story at healthywomen
New Drug Gives Quality-of-Life Boost to Cancer Patients with Deadly Blood Clots

July 11, 2023 by Jeff Wakefield

Thanks to positive results from a new clinical trial in which the UVM Cancer Center and Chris Holmes, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine, played a role, the five to 25 percent of cancer patients who develop venous thrombosis will no longer need to inject themselves with a blood thinner.
Newswire Features Work by Loftness, McGinnises on Engineered Health Tool to Identify Anxiety and Depression in Young Children

July 11, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(JULY 11, 2023) Doctoral student Bryn Loftness is working with her UVM faculty mentors Ellen McGinnis, assistant professor of psychiatry, and Ryan McGinnis, professor of biomedical engineering, to identify biomarkers associated with mental health issues in young children, Newswire reports.
Read full story at Newswire
Gilbert Speaks to iNews about ‘Off-Label’ Use of Ozempic to Lose Weight

July 10, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(JULY 10, 2023) Endocrinologist Matthew Gilbert, M.D., professor of medicine, told iNews the surging demand for the diabetes drug Ozempic as an “off-label” weight-loss drug “is a good example of social media driving demand for a product that is effective.”
Read full story at iNews
The Research, Education, and Leadership Legacy of Cynthia Forehand

July 10, 2023 by Jennifer Nachbur

As a young math and science wiz, first-generation college student Cynthia Forehand admits she had a rocky start to her academic career, but an invitation to work in her advisor’s lab “was the beginning of a lifelong passion for inquiry-driven research,” she says, and led to more than 35 years of service as a biomedical scientist, educator, mentor, and leader at the University of Vermont.

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