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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.

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(AUGUST 7, 2023) Pulmonologist David Kaminsky, M.D., professor of medicine, says it’s probably best to avoid breathing in polluted air during the cleanup following July’s record-setting flooding, according to WCAX-TV.
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August 4, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(AUGUST 4, 2023) Suresh Garimella, Ph.D., president of the University of Vermont, has achieved an H-index of 100 — meaning he has at least 100 papers cited a minimum of 100 times each, New India Abroad reports.
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August 3, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(AUGUST 3, 2023) At the 2023 International Mesothelioma Interest Group (iMig) conference in June, Brian Cunniff, Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology, presented early experience with “an exciting new therapeutic option for patients suffering with mesothelioma” to a global audience of clinicians, scientists, and allied professionals, according to Business Wire.
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Alston Warns of Climate Change Effects on Antibiotic-Resistant ‘Superbug’ Infections in VTDigger

July 28, 2023 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(JULY 28, 2023) In an opinion piece in VTDigger, W. Kemper Alston, M.D., M.P.H., chief of infectious disease at the UVM Medical Center and professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine, cautioned that climate change could hasten the spread of antibiotic-resistant “superbug” infections. (Click headline for more.)
Read full story at VTDigger

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