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November 17, 2023 by
Janet Essman Franz
The University of Vermont's Student National Medical Association chapter held its first conference ever this November, bringing more than 100 medical and pre-medical students from throughout New England to the campus of the Larner College of Medicine to share their enthusiasm for ensuring that people from populations underrepresented in medical professions feel empowered to pursue medical careers.
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December 6, 2023 by
Jennifer Nachbur
A Public Health Project conducted by a group of Larner College of Medicine Class of 2025 medical students was selected by the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Physician Professional Advisory Committee to receive a 2023 Excellence in Public Health Award.
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December 5, 2023 by
Kate Strotmeyer
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December 1, 2023 by
Kate Strotmeyer
Autoimmune disease is frequent in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes, but studies have been inconclusive about how the preexistence of autoimmunity affects survival in these patients. A new study by UVM Cancer Center member Diego Adrianzen Herrera, M.D. uses an epidemiologic analysis to clarify that issue.
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November 30, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(NOVEMBER 30, 2023) Janet Nunziata, M.S., associate director of the Center on Aging at the University of Vermont, commented to the Vermont Standard for a story about an increase in the number of retirees who are stepping into the world of lectures, homework, and study groups.
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November 26, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(NOVEMBER 26, 2023) Richard Rawson ’70, Ph.D.’74, professor of psychiatry and a national authority on substance use and behavioral health, told VT Digger he has been trying to raise awareness of the involvement of stimulants in the overdose crisis.
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at VT Digger
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November 22, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(November 22, 2023) Associate Professor of Pediatrics Erica Gibson, M.D., and Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Anja Jokela, M.D., commented to Seven Days for an article on transgender newcomers finding safety, services, and community in Vermont.
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at Seven Days
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November 21, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(NOVEMBER 21, 2023) Allyson Bazarsky, M.D., assistant professor of neurological sciences, was mentioned in an MDedge article on the 2023 Scottsdale Headache Symposium.
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at MDedge
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November 17, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(NOVEMBER 17, 2023) In an opinion piece published in VT Digger, infectious disease specialist Lindsay Smith, M.D., and infectious disease pharmacist John Ahern, Pharm.D., warned that antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem everywhere.
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at VT Digger
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November 16, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(NOVEMBER 16, 2023) Kelly Peck, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and director of clinical operations at UVM’s Center on Rural Addiction, commented for a story in the South Carolina Daily Gazette about how synthetic drugs are rendering treatment options less effective.
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November 16, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(NOVEMBER 16, 2023) Scott Tighe, technical director for the Advanced Genome Technologies Core, along with Julie Dragon, Ph.D., and Kirsten Tracy, Ph.D., were featured on WCAX-TV in a story about their µTitan project, which was launched into space on November 9.
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November 15, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(November 15, 2023) The UVMHN’s communications department is spearheading a public awareness campaign to address an alarming escalation in workplace violence aimed at health care providers, Seven Days reports.
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at Seven Days
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November 13, 2023 by
Jeffrey Wakefield
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November 13, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(November 13, 2023) A new study by Eric Ross, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, and colleagues found no benefit from hospitalization for some suicidal veterans, U.S. Medicine reported.
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at U.S. Medicine
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November 12, 2023 by
Angela Ferrante
Most children are exposed to adversity by the time they reach adulthood, but a portion of children stay free of mental illness despite trying circumstances. A recent study led by Professor of Psychiatry William Copeland, Ph.D., and supported by UVM researchers, challenges the notion that childhood resilience is common and explores possible solutions to this crisis via public health initiatives.
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November 10, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(NOVEMBER 10, 2023) Daniel Wolfson, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine, commented to WCAX-TV for a story on a pre-pandemic addiction treatment program that embedded peer recovery coaches in the UVM Medical Center emergency department—now it’s back, after an extended pandemic pause.
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November 10, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(NOVEMBER 10, 2023) A lyophilized whole-cell mix of 10 bacterial species customized by Scott Tighe, technical director at the University of Vermont’s advanced genomics lab, and colleagues, was sent to the International Space Station aboard the SpaceX CRS-29 Cargo Dragon Resupply Craft mission on November 9.
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at Pharmaceutical Daily
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November 9, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(NOVEMBER 9, 2023) Thanks to a grant from the University of Vermont’s Center on Rural Addiction (CORA), the Johnson Health Center has a vending machine that dispenses free boxes of the life-saving overdose reversal drug naloxone—the first of its kind in the state—the (Whitesburg, Kentucky) Daily Yonder reports.
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November 9, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(NOVEMBER 9, 2023) Neonatologist Roger Soll, M.D., professor of pediatrics, commented in the journal Pediatrics on a randomized controlled trial showing that umbilical cord milking appeared to be a safe alternative to delayed cord clamping in very premature infants, according to MedPage Today.
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November 8, 2023 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(NOVEMBER 8, 2023) Ophthalmologist Jessica McNally, M.D., assistant professor of surgery, was interviewed by WCAX-TV for a story about lawmakers looking to extend some surgical permission to optometrists, in response to a shortage of fully trained eye surgeons.
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