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

(JUNE 3, 2022) Cate Nicholas, Ed.D., M.S., P.A., director of simulation education and operations for the UVM Clinical Simulation Laboratory, explained the correct way to measure a patient’s blood pressure in a MarketWatch story.

(JUNE 2, 2022) Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Movement Science Denise Peters, PT, D.P.T., Ph.D., was among those interviewed for a segment on the second annual VCCBH symposium that aired on Local ABC22/Fox44.

(MAY 25, 2022) Timothy Plante, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, broke down the intricate variations in the coronavirus evolution for a segment on KCBS Radio.

(MAY 13, 2022) Benjamin Lee, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, was quoted in a story in The Atlantic on the alarming trend of previously healthy children being diagnosed with hepatitis .

(MAY 9, 2022) Michelle Shepard, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP, assistant professor of pediatrics, said in an NECN-TV news story that she and her colleagues have received many calls from extremely stressed parents about the shortage of baby formula.

(MAY 2, 2022) Professor of Medicine Tim Lahey, M.D., M.M.Sc., spoke with WCAX-TV Channel 3’s Christina Guessferd about another wave of COVID infections and hospitalizations in Vermont.

(APRIL 21, 2022) A segment on Vermont Public featured second-year medical students Caitlin Marassi and Ellen Mats, who organized a drive to collect medical supplies to be sent to Ukraine.

(MARCH 29, 2022) Monique McHenry, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and director of the Medical Cannabis Center for Research and Education, was a presenter at a cannabis symposium hosted by Tower Hill Botanic Garden, according to a Lifestyle article in Worcester Magazine.

(MARCH 25, 2022) Malla Keefe, M.D.’22, and Luke Higgins, M.D.’22, were interviewed at Match Day by Vermont Edition co-host Connor Cyrus for a story that aired on Vermont Public.

(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.

(JANUARY 7, 2022) In a WCAX-TV story, UVM Professors of Psychiatry Hugh Garavan, Ph.D., and Alexandra Potter, Ph.D., discussed their $5.5 million grant to participate in the Phase II portion of the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study, an initiative focused on gathering data on brain development from birth through early childhood. View a video of the story.