Recent News

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  • VT Digger Reports on Fleisher’s Praise of Network Welcoming People of Color to Vermont
    December 5, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (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.
    Read full story at VT Digger
  • WCAX-TV Features Dr. First Welcoming Santa Claus to UVM Children’s Hospital for Annual ‘Flying’ Visit
    December 4, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (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.
    Read full story at WCAX-TV
  • Spider Research by Fabian-Fine, DeWitt, et al. Yields Alzheimer’s Insights, Verve Times Reports
    December 4, 2024 by Lucy Gardner Carson
    (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.
    Read full story at Verve Times
  • Spider Brain Research Leads VT Neuroscientists to Groundbreaking Alzheimer’s Discovery
    December 3, 2024 by Stephanie Knific
    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.
  • Lasting Friendships: Class of 1967 Keeps Close Ties
    December 2, 2024 by Janet Essman Franz
    A group of alumni from the medical class of 1967 gathers every three months or so to catch up, check in with each other, and reminisce about their days together at the University of Vermont. They have been meeting regularly for the past two years, typically at a coffee shop or one of their homes. The now-retired physicians collectively represent about 450 years of clinical practice.

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