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May 16, 2022 by
Nicole Twohig
A new study, led by researchers and colleagues at the Vermont Center of Behavior and Health, published in JAMA Network OPEN found that using a smartphone app (DynamiCare Health Inc) that monitored smoking and delivered incentives to participants’ debit cards, showed promise in achieving similar results to clinic-based best practices with financial incentives.
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May 16, 2022 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The New Hampshire/Vermont (NH/VT) Schweitzer Fellows Program selected five teams of Larner College of Medicine Class of 2025 medical students as 2022-23 Schweitzer Fellows.
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May 16, 2022 by
Nicole Twohig
Stephen Higgins, PhD, director of the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, professor, and vice chair of psychiatry has been named the recipient of the 2022 College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) Nathan B. Eddy Memorial Award, their career achievement award.
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May 16, 2022 by
Nicole Twohig
Stephen Higgins, PhD, director of the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, professor, and vice chair of psychiatry has been selected by the Society of the Advancement of Behavior Analysis (SABA) as the recipient of the 2022 SABA Award for Scientific Translation.
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May 17, 2022 by
Janet L. Essman Franz
Jay Silveira, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry, was selected to receive a 2022 UVM Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award, which recognizes faculty for excellent undergraduate instruction, innovation in teaching methods and ability to motivate and challenge students.
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May 16, 2022 by
Nicole Twohig
This month, local news affiliate WCAX interviewed VCBH Project Leader and Assistant Professor Kelly Peck, PhD about his prolonged exposure therapy (PET) study that examines cognitive behavioral therapy treatment for PTSD in people currently receiving buprenorphine or methadone medication maintenance.
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May 13, 2022 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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 .
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May 11, 2022 by
Ed Neuert
Polly Parsons, M.D., E.L. Amidon Chair and Professor of Medicine, has been named the next president and CEO of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine.
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January 3, 2023 by
Nicole Twohig
VCBH Project Leader Sherrie Khadanga, MD received the inaugural Wohlgemuth Fellowship Award in March for her proposed study titled “Remote Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Cardiac Patients: Bridging the Post-discharge Care Gap.”
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May 9, 2022 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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May 4, 2022 by
Ed Neuert
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education Christa Zehle, M.D., has announced the appointment of two new associate deans at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont -- Leila Amiri, Ph.D., who has been named Larner's next associate dean for admissions, and Karen George, M.D., M.P.H., who has been named Larner's next associate dean for students.
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May 4, 2022 by
Jennifer Nachbur
“Going above and beyond” and consistently demonstrating kindness, compassion and respect were common accolades in the nomination letters for the 2022 Dean’s Awards for Professionalism recipients. On May 3, the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont marked the third anniversary of the formal introduction and celebration of the College’s Statement on Professionalism at a virtual awards presentation ceremony.
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May 2, 2022 by
Kate Strotmeyer
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May 2, 2022 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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April 29, 2022 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Anne Dixon, M.A., BM BCh, professor of medicine, has been named one of four 2022-2023 University Scholars.
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April 29, 2022 by
Jennifer Nachbur
In celebration of its standing as a top 100 public research university, the University of Vermont held its first “Research Week” April 18 to 22 to showcase the work of faculty, student and trainee investigators. A number of Larner College of Medicine faculty and trainees received recognition and delivered presentations during the week's events.
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April 25, 2022 by
Janet L. Essman Franz
UVM Pediatric Primary Care is removing barriers to mental health care with an evidence-based Primary Care Mental Health Integration program, piloted with support from the UVM Health Network.
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April 21, 2022 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(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.
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April 14, 2022 by
Jennifer Nachbur
On April 14, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and his guest, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough, visited UVM's Larner College of Medicine, met with medical student veterans and military scholarship students, and discussed opportunities for physicians at the VA with UVM medical students.
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April 14, 2022 by
Kate Strotmeyer