Community

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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  • Miller Named Interim Director of Clinical Simulation
    September 16, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The Clinical Simulation Laboratory at the University of Vermont has announced the appointment of Vincent Miller, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology, as interim director of clinical simulation, effective September 1, 2016. Miller succeeds Ted James, M.D., who served as director of clinical simulation from July 2012 through June 2016.
  • Ziegler Awarded BioTek Instruments’ Alpert Research Prize
    September 14, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Winooski, Vt.-based BioTek Instruments announced August 31, 2016 that University of Vermont graduate student Christopher Ziegler is the recipient of the 2016 Norman R. Alpert Research Prize.

  • Waldron Lecturer Connor Presents with Panel on Patient- & Family-Centered Care 9/14 at 8 a.m.
    September 14, 2016 by Sarah Keblin
    The University of Vermont Cancer Center is hosting two events as part of the Waldron Lecture series on Tuesday, September 13 and Wednesday September 14, 2016 featuring Maureen Connor, R.N., M.P.H., an oncology nurse and leader in the field of patient- and family-centered care.
  • Impact on the Community: Class of '19 Launches Public Health Projects
    September 8, 2016 by Carolyn Shapiro
    When University of Vermont Class of 2019 medical student Jacob Reibel and the six other classmates in his group selected their public health project earlier this year, they wanted to get out of the classroom and into the field – literally – to talk to Vermonters about their health concerns.
  • College of Medicine HR Administrator Karmen Swim Begins Term as Staff Council President
    September 8, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    University of Vermont College of Medicine Human Resources Administrator Karmen Swim is the new president of the UVM Staff Council for the next two years. She was elected in May 2016 and began officially serving in her new role on July 1.
  • Fall '16 Community Medical School Kicks-Off on Sept. 6
    September 6, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    With the temperatures beginning to cool and the return of students to the University of Vermont campus, it's time for the launch of Community Medical School's Fall 2016 series!
  • Spector Publishes Book on “Understanding Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology”
    September 6, 2016 by Carolyn Shapiro
    Vermont electrophysiologist Peter Spector, M.D., has uncovered a wealth of new information about why the heart’s electrical system works the way it does – or goes awry. And like a guy with a great joke, he feels compelled to share it with others.
  • Solomon Study on Multiple Sclerosis Misdiagnosis Supports Improved Education of Clinicians
    August 31, 2016 by Carolyn Shapiro
    A number of common conditions are mistaken for multiple sclerosis (MS), a disabling central nervous system disease, say researchers at four academic medical centers across the U.S in a study published online today in the journal Neurology.
  • Upton Appointed Faculty Development Liaison for Office of Diversity & Inclusion
    August 31, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    University of Vermont College of Medicine Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion Margaret A. Tandoh, M.D., recently announced that Michael Upton, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry, has joined the Office of Diversity & Inclusion as faculty development liaison. Upton is continuing his clinical and service responsibilities while taking on this additional new role supporting the development, implementation and assessment of diversity and inclusion initiatives for faculty development.
  • May's Study Finds Connection between Chronic Pain and Anxiety Disorders
    August 31, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    New research provides insight into a long-observed, but little-understood connection between chronic pain and anxiety and offers a potential target for treatment. The study’s findings, published as an Article in Press in Biological Psychiatry, show that increased expression of PACAP – a peptide neurotransmitter the body releases in response to stress – is also increased in response to neuropathic pain and contributes to these symptoms.
  • Medical Student Marchese Looks at Entrepreneurship for the Curriculum
    August 25, 2016 by Erin Post
    Innovation in healthcare begins and ends with the patient,” says University of Vermont medical student Alexander Marchese ’19, who adds that “although technologies are developed in the lab, they are often conceived in the clinic and can only be fully appreciated once they reach the patient.”

  • College of Medicine Celebrates Banner Year of Giving for FY16: $40.6 Million
    August 25, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    In conjunction with the launch of the “Move Mountains” campaign in October 2015, the University of Vermont Foundation set new records in its fundraising activities on behalf of the university during fiscal year 2016, surpassing historic milestones reached a year ago for both commitments and receipts from donors.
  • SASH Program for Seniors Receives American Public Health Association Award
    August 24, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Last summer, after graduating from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Eric Chang, M.D.’15, saw first-hand how an elderly man struggling to care for his sick wife could get so tired and distracted that he would forgot to take his blood-pressure medication.
  • Class of 2018’s LoPiccolo Publishes Study on Selecting Global Health Elective Candidates
    August 23, 2016 by Carolyn Shapiro
  • Boston Scientific Co-Founder Abele to Deliver Inaugural Stetson Lecture 8/23 at Noon
    August 19, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Boston Scientific Corporation co-founder and medical device pioneer John Abele will present the inaugural Stetson Technological Advances in Medicine Lecture on Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at noon in Carpenter Auditorium in the Given Building at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. His lecture, titled “The Law of Accelerating Returns,” will focus on the challenges facing the medical field as a result of the exponential acceleration of promising technological developments.
  • Carney and UVM Announce New Epidemiology Graduate Certificate Program
    August 17, 2016 by Erica Housekeeper
    The University of Vermont is launching a new graduate certificate program in fall 2016 that features a concise, six-course immersion in the quantitative sciences of public health used for analyzing diseases and health-related conditions.
  • Mathews Takes on New Leadership Role for Network Physician Organization
    August 17, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Claude Deschamps, M.D., president and CEO of the University of Vermont Medical Group, has announced that Donald Mathews, M.D., professor of anesthesiology, has accepted the position of physician advisor for the UVM Health Network’s new Physician Organization (PO), an expansion of the UVM Medical Group.
  • Two College of Medicine Groups Awarded SPARK-VT Grants
    August 17, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    As the new academic year is set to begin, the innovative work of four University of Vermont research teams - including two groups from the College of Medicine - is moving closer to the marketplace in the wake of a Shark Tank-like competition called SPARK-VT held earlier this summer.
  • Maguire Discusses How to Protect Your Skin This Summer and Beyond
    August 10, 2016 by Kevin Maguire
    First things first, what is the difference between UVA and UVB rays? Both UVA and UVB rays are forms of ionizing radiation from the sun. Both types of rays cause damage at the cellular level.
  • Spees’ New NIH Grant to Expand Study of Novel Post-Heart Attack Therapy
    August 10, 2016 by Carolyn Shapiro
    A heart attack continues to harm cardiac muscle even after the immediate problem – a blocked artery – is fixed, but University of Vermont researchers have developed a new biologic drug that can preserve blood vessels critical to the body’s blood-pumping system.