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November 14, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Medical students, public health students and anthropology students had an opportunity to meet and discuss global health advocacy with world-renowned physician, anthropologist and Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer, M.D., during an afternoon session that was part of his visit to the University of Vermont on November 3, 2016.
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November 14, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
Aging baby boomers want to stay independent and live in their own homes as long as possible, but aging also increases the prevalence of depression and dementia.
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November 14, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Jason Bates, Ph.D., professor of medicine at The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, presented his University Scholar lecture on “How Does a Physicist Become a Biologist, and Vice Versa?” on November 2, 2016, in Memorial Lounge in UVM's Waterman Building.
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November 14, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
More than 150 faculty, trainees and staff attended the inaugural Dean’s Excellence in Research Awards event, titled “Celebrating Excellence in Research,” at The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont on November 1, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. in Carpenter Auditorium in the Given Building.
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November 14, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The case projected on the screen in the Sullivan Classroom describes a patient – a 55 year-old male with a six-year history of hypertension and a recent acute flare of gout, a type of arthritis – and lists several lab results.
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November 14, 2016 by
Kate Skinas
Preterm birth rates in the US have risen in 2015 for the first time in eight years, though Vermont is among 3 other states that have seen declining rates.
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November 14, 2016 by
Kate Skinas
The United States Vice President Joe Biden visited the University of Vermont on Friday, October 21, 2016 to join faculty of the University of Vermont Cancer Center in a Cancer Moonshot Roundtable Discussion.
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November 14, 2016 by
Amanda Waite
“If you are ever going to be involved in cancer research, this is the moment,” Vice President Joe Biden told a packed Davis Center ballroom at the University of Vermont Oct. 21. “This is the inflection point.”
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November 14, 2016 by
Kate Skinas
Julie Dumas, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry at the Larner College of Medicine, comments on a new study suggesting that hormonal shifts could be the reason for memory issues among post-menopausal women.
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October 27, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont is proud to present the inaugural Dean’s Excellence in Research Awards event, titled “Celebrating Excellence in Research,” on Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. in Carpenter Auditorium in the Given Building.
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October 27, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
According to an October 11 "Viewpoint" article in theJournal of the American Medical Association, "nearly 1700 cases of travel-associated Zika infection, including 479 in pregnant women, had been reported in the continental United States" as of August 4, 2016.
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October 24, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
Screening presents a dilemma for lung and cancer specialists: Only about four percent of abnormal spots found on patients’ lungs during preventative CT screening turn out to be cancer, yet lung cancer is one of the deadliest types of cancer and usually progresses rapidly, so catching it early is particularly important.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The Larner College of Medicine Palliative Care Student Interest Group is hosting "Mondays with Palliative Care," beginning October 24, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Sullivan Classroom in the Larner Medical Education Center.
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October 24, 2016 by
Justin Chuan, M.D.
There’s a chill in the air, and a new season is upon us. Not just fall and football, but flu season as well.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The UVM Medical Alumni Association (MAA) is hosting the 2016 Graduate Student Research Showcase Program on Tuesday, October 18, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jeff Wakefield
President Tom Sullivan and Provost David Rosowsky unveiled a new permanent display on Tuesday afternoon showcasing the university’s most accomplished faculty. The display is located on the third floor of the Waterman Building near the registrar’s office.
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October 24, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
It’s tough enough for any family of a child with special needs to navigate the reams of paperwork required for services or understand the medical jargon related to the child’s disability.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
In a few short months, seven members of the College’s Class of 2019 will embark on the College’s first Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
“I will practice medicine with conscience and dignity.” At a ceremony on Friday, October 7, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. in UVM’s Ira Allen Chapel, 118 first-year medical students will utter those words as part of a major career milestone: receiving their first white doctors’ coats.
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October 24, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The ImproveCareNow Network, led by Executive Network Director Richard Colletti, M.D., professor of pediatrics at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, was selected as the 2016 winner of the Drucker Prize from the Drucker Institute at Claremont Graduate University.