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The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont has a remarkable community that provides ample opportunities to connect with fellow graduate students, postdocs, staff, and faculty. Offerings include workshops, conferences, events and seminars to bring together the perspectives of our diverse specialties. It is important to share your voice and feel heard as well as get involved with our Larner Community. 

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  • Now Enrolling: Clinical Trial Tests Effectiveness of Online Strength Training in Slowing Muscle Wasting in Lung Cancer Patients
    January 18, 2022 by Jeff Wakefield
  • Crawford Presents Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Health Equity Lecture Jan. 19
    January 18, 2022 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Christine M. Crawford, M.D., M.P.H., associate director of medical student education and assistant professor of psychiatry at Boston University (BU) School of Medicine. Crawford presented UVM's 2022 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Health Equity Lecture on "Impact of Racism and Trauma on Black Mental Health" on January 19, 2022.
  • Pipeline Investigator Receives Two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant
    January 14, 2022 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Debora Kamin Mukaz, Ph.D., postdoctoral associate in medicine and a researcher in the Laboratory for Clinical Biochemistry Research, has received a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant from the American Heart Association. The grant will support her research in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) national longitudinal cohort study, which has followed 30,239 Black and white adults since 2003 in an effort to determine why Black Americans and those living in the Southeast have higher stroke mortality.
  • Class of 2012 Alum Hosts Sensory-Friendly COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics for Children & Adults
    January 14, 2022 by Elizabeth Barker, Class of 2023 Medical Student, and Michelle Bookless, Digital Content Manager
    UVM Larner College of Medicine alum Melissa Houser, M.D.'12 founded and partnered with the Vermont Department of Health, Vermont Family Network, Waterbury EMS, and a group of volunteers to create All Brains Belong VT—a nonprofit neuroinclusive primary care and community center offering patient-centered healthcare and inclusively-designed community events. The organization hosted its first sensory-friendly COVID-19 community vaccination clinic in December 2021.
  • Adrianzen Herrera Invested as Early Career Green & Gold Professor of Medicine
    January 13, 2022 by Jennifer Nachbur
    In a ceremony held January 12, 2021, an outstanding early career physician-scientist in the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine, Diego Adrianzen Herrera, M.D., was invested as the inaugural holder of the Early Career Green and Gold Professor of Medicine.
  • UVM Cancer Center Announces 2021 Pilot Project Grantees
    January 12, 2022 by Kate Strotmeyer
  • Garavan & Potter Discuss Grant for Early Brain Development Research on WCAX-TV
    January 7, 2022 by Jennifer Nachbur
    (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.
  • Mori Provides Omicron Prevention Masking Advice on Then24
    January 6, 2022 by Jennifer Nachbur
    (JANUARY 6, 2022) Vitor Mori, Ph.D., a UVM postdoctoral fellow in medicine, is quoted in an article on Then24 regarding the best masks to wear to prevent more communicable COVID-19 variants.
  • Polio Vaccine Trials Highlighted in WCAX-TV Story
    December 23, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    (DECEMBER 15, 2021) A WCAX-TV Channel 3 (CBS) news story, titled "Team of UVM researchers on cusp of vaccine trials to eliminate polio," features interviews with Larner College of Medicine faculty members Jessica Crothers, M.D., assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, and E. Ross Colgate, Ph.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics.
  • Food Security Initiative Buoyed by Generous Gift & Community Partnerships
    December 21, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    A grassroots effort led by Larner College of Medicine alum and Associate Professor of Pediatrics Keith Robinson, M.D.’07, and key partners across the academic medical center and state, has established an invaluable resource to ensure pediatric patients and their families receive the quality and amount of food they need.
  • Sanders Selected as Senior Associate Dean and Executive Clinical Leader
    December 21, 2021 by Neal Goswami & Ed Neuert
    Jason Sanders, M.D., M.B.A., has been appointed to fill three critical executive leadership roles – senior associate dean for clinical affairs at the UVM Larner College of Medicine, president and CEO of the UVM Health Network Medical Group, and Network executive vice president for clinical affairs. He will begin his work for the College and the Network in February 2022.
  • Call for CVRI Early Career Clinical, Translational, and Basic Science Research Applications
    December 16, 2022 by Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont
    Funding Announcement: A unique funding opportunity for Early Career investigators who are developing new skills and/or who are seeking a novel research experience aimed at developing a career in cardiovascular research.
  • Larner Welcomes CDC Chief Medical Officer Mitchell Wolfe, M.D.'95
    December 15, 2021 by Ed Neuert
    Mitchell Wolfe, M.D., M.P.H., chief medical officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and a Class of 1995 Larner alum, returned to campus for a personal visit on December 13 for the first time since receiving his medical degree here 26 years ago.
  • Firestone Medical Research Building Featured in Burlington Free Press
    December 14, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    (DECEMBER 14, 2021) A Burlington Free Press article about Chittenden County, Vt. building projects mentioned the Firestone Medical Research Building currently under construction on the UVM campus.
  • Larner Alum & CDC CMO Wolfe's Visit Covered by Local Media
    December 13, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    (DECEMBER 13, 2021) A visit to UVM's Larner College of Medicine by Class of 1995 alum Mitchell Wolfe, M.D., M.P.H., chief medical officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), was covered widely by regional media.
  • Dr. Khadanga's Study on Improving Fitness in Women Published in JAMA Cardiology
    November 30, 2021 by Nicole Twohig
    VCBH COBRE Project Leader Sherrie Khadanga, MD had the results of her randomized clinical trial (RCT) examining high-intensity interval training (HIIT) for women in cardiac rehabilitation published online in JAMA Cardiology on November 24, 2021.
  • Carney & Levine Quoted in The Atlantic Article on COVID Surge in VT
    November 24, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    (NOVEMBER 24, 2021) Jan Carney, M.D., M.P.H., associate dean for public health and health policy, and Mark Levine, M.D., Vermont Commissioner of Health and professor of medicine, are both quoted in an article in The Atlantic, titled "America’s Pandemic Star Loses Some Luster," regarding the surge in COVID-19 cases in Vermont.
  • UVM Researchers Help Identify Impact of COVID-caused Delays in Breast Cancer Screening
    November 23, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    New research from U.S. Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) members, including several University of Vermont researchers, found that from March to September 2020, breast biopsies and detected cancers at U.S. BCSC facilities dropped sharply, compared with the same span a year earlier.
  • Holcombe Invested as Inaugural Juckett Chair in Cancer Research
    November 18, 2021 by User Not Found
  • Potter & Garavan Receive Grant to Study Earliest Brain Development Milestones
    November 17, 2021 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Researchers at the University of Vermont recently received a $5.5 million, five-year 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.