Office of Primary Care and Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program

(SEPTEMBER 10, 2024) News Medical Life Sciences featured a study led by Stephen Higgins, Ph.D., professor and vice chair of psychiatry, on flavored e-cigarettes.

(SEPTEMBER 10, 2024) Maureen Leahy, M.Ed., UVM Health Network director of psychiatry and neurology health care services, and Robert Althoff, Ph.D., M.D., professor and chair of psychiatry, commented to NBC5 about a new Mental Health Urgent Care Center opening soon in Burlington.

(SEPTEMBER 9, 2024) Infectious disease specialist Timothy Lahey, M.D., M.M.Sc., spoke to the Vermont Cynic about Vermont Department of Health warnings about the presence of eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, in the local area.

(SEPTEMBER 9, 2024) Lauren MacAfee, M.D., M.Sc., associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, spoke to WCAX-TV about new CDC guidelines to address the pain often associated with IUD placement.

(SEPTEMBER 8, 2024) Janet Franz, creative content manager for Larner’s Office of Medical Communications, was interviewed by NBC5 for a segment on the 41st annual Pride Parade in Burlington.

(SEPTEMBER 3, 2024) James Stafford, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurological sciences, along with Kirk Dombrowski, vice president for research and economic development at UVM, and pathology and laboratory medicine senior research technician Sandra May, were featured in a VT Digger article about the launch of a new startup incubator space in Colchester.

(SEPTEMBER 4, 2024) Bader Chaarani, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, was quoted in a Tulalip News story about the community benefits of connecting kids and cops through video games.

(SEPTEMBER 3, 2024) HealthDay featured a study by Brian Sprague, Ph.D., professor of surgery, et al. investigating the effect of false-positive mammogram results on women’s willingness to return for future screening.

(AUGUST 31, 2024) In a column on injury prevention for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, Lewis First, M.D., M.S., professor and chair of pediatrics, explains how to put together a family first aid kit.

(AUGUST 28, 2024) Stephen Leffler, M.D.’90, president and COO of the UVM Medical Center, was quoted by the Valley News in an article on Vermont’s ever-escalating health insurance prices.

(AUGUST 28, 2024) Kirk Dombrowski, Ph.D., vice president for research and economic development at the University of Vermont, spoke with Seven Days about the university’s efforts to secure its future by building up its research.

(AUGUST 27, 2024) Joseph Kennedy, M.D., director of toxicology education, spoke with the New York Times about people’s concerns about the effect of DEET bug spray on human health.

(AUGUST 23, 2024) Christopher Brady, M.D., M.H.S., associate professor of surgery, commented to Healio about his research on the use of large language models (LLMs) in generating scientific abstracts.

(AUGUST 23, 2024) UVM Extension 4-H has partnered with UVM Larner College of Medicine to offer a series of interactive Health Heroes Workshops for Youth for teens this fall that promote practical health and wellness knowledge, the Rutland Herald reports.

(AUGUST 16, 2024) Jessica Badlam, M.D., assistant professor of medicine and director of the pulmonary hypertension program at the UVM Medical Center, spoke with the Burlington Free Press about the hospital’s Pulmonary Hypertension Care Center receiving national accreditation from the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.

(AUGUST 12, 2024) Researchers including Matthew Caporizzo, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular physiology and biophysics, have discovered a promising new treatment for heart disease, WVNY-TV reports.

(AUGUST 11, 2024) A study led by Andrew Wilcock, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of family medicine at the Larner College of Medicine and a visiting fellow at Harvard Medical School, suggests reasons for the continuing drop in hospital admissions for heart attacks in the U.S., Yahoo News reports.

(AUGUST 7, 2024) Peter Bingham, M.D., a pediatric neurologist at the UVM Children’s Hospital, spoke with Seven Days about the fundraising efforts of the parents of a 4-year-old boy with a very rare and severe neurological condition that lacks research funding.

(AUGUST 6, 2024) Researchers led by Brian Sprague, Ph.D., professor of surgery, biochemistry, and radiology, found that ultrasound detects more cancers in high-risk women with dense breasts, according to AuntMinnie.com.

(AUGUST 5, 2024) Family medicine physician Michelle Dorwart, M.D., and psychiatrist Margaret Spottswood, M.D.’11, M.P.H., were quoted in a WCAX-TV story on expanding children’s mental health access in Vermont.