Office of Medical Communications

(MARCH 20, 2022) Thomas Ahern, Ph.D., M.P.H., associate professor of surgical research and biochemistry, was lead author on a recent study on phthalates and cancer published in the "Journal of the National Cancer Institute," according to a Salon.com report.

(MARCH 18, 2022) Erick MacLean, M.D.’22, was quoted in a Match Day story broadcast on WCAX-TV, as senior medical students celebrated the watershed moment they learned what residency program they have been matched to.

(MARCH 3, 2022) David Kaminsky, M.D., professor of medicine, who is leading a study investigating so-called long-haul COVID, was quoted in a story broadcast on WOWT-TV and elsewhere.

(FEBRUARY 24, 2022) Vermont Chief Medical Examiner Elizabeth Bundock, M.D., Ph.D., clinical assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, spoke about the importance of accuracy in death certificate records in a news story in the Providence Journal.

(FEBRUARY 22, 2022) Pulmonologists David Kaminsky, M.D., professor of medicine, and Katherine Menson, D.O., assistant professor of medicine, spoke with Mike Dougherty of VTDigger for a story titled “Vermonters with ‘Long Covid’ Still Face Barriers to Care.”

(FEBRUARY 18, 2022) Associate Professor of Radiology Christopher Anker, M.D., a radiation oncologist at UVM Medical Center, discussed his and colleague's study in the journal Clinical Colorectal Cancer on local CBS affiliate WCAX-TV.

(FEBRUARY 8, 2022) A contingency management program developed by psychologist Stephen Higgins, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, to treat patients with addictions was mentioned in The Guardian.

(JANUARY 28, 2022) An article in U.S. News & World Report focused on Vermont's highest-in-the-nation vaccination rates, and included comments from Rebecca Bell, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of pediatrics.

(JANUARY 23, 2022) Infectious disease expert Tim Lahey, M.D., M.M.Sc., professor of medicine, was interviewed about the omicron COVID-19 variant for WCAX-TV’s “You Can Quote Me” (YCQM).

(JANUARY 19, 2022) Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Emily Bruce, Ph.D., commented on Omicron’s hyper-transmissibility in an article in the News section of the journal Nature.