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May 7, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(MAY 7, 2024) UVMMC Clinical Nurse Project Manager Melinda Pariser-Schmidt, M.S., commented to NBC5 about the UVM Medical Center’s kickoff of Nurse Appreciation Week with a puppy petting zoo.
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May 8, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(MAY 8, 2024) The UVM Medical Center has been running a food bank for qualifying patients in the Children’s Specialty Center since 2016, and they say they’ve seen a huge increase in the number of patients and families who end up needing the service, according to WCAX-TV.
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May 1, 2024 by
Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont
Through its initiative to support clinical, translational, and basic cardiovascular and stroke related research projects conceived and developed by early career investigators, the ECAC recently funded research applications.
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May 6, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(MAY 6, 2024) Charles MacLean, M.D., professor of medicine, testified before the House Human Services Committee in support of a bill that would create a psychedelic-assisted therapy working group, Marijuana Moment reports.
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May 6, 2024 by
Margie Brenner
Meet Tina Thornton, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine, co-director of I-Trep, a UVM-based biomedical entrepreneurship training initiative, and UVM faculty lead of the National Science Foundation Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub, which offers entrepreneurship training for student, postdoc, faculty, and other scientists and engineers.
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May 2, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(MAY 2, 2024) UVMMC President and COO Stephen Leffler, M.D., professor of emergency medicine, penned an opinion piece in VT Digger advocating for construction of a proposed outpatient surgery center in South Burlington as a solution to improve timely access to health care.
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May 2, 2024 by
Katelyn Queen, PhD
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May 2, 2024 by
Angela Ferrante
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, UVM and the Larner College of Medicine have shown that improving metabolic health in obese mice before vaccination, but not after, protects against influenza virus.
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April 30, 2024 by
Margie Brenner
In 2020, Niederhauser graduated from the UVM Master of Medical Science at the University of Vermont, crediting the program as key in his preparation for medical school at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNECOM).
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April 30, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 30, 2024) UVMMC researchers spoke with the Burlington Free Press for a story on a dramatic increase in bloodstream infections suspected to be fueled in part by the increasing presence of the horse tranquilizer xylazine in the illicit drug supply.
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April 30, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 30, 2024) Rebecca Bell, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of pediatrics, commented to NBC5 for a story about Vermont’s free gun lock program.
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April 28, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 28, 2024) In a Good Housekeeping article, Julie Dumas, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, discussed the scientific reasons behind why parents mix up their kids’ names.
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April 27, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 27, 2024) Lewis First, M.D., chief of pediatrics at the UVM Children’s Hospital and professor and chair of pediatrics at the UVM Larner College of Medicine, wrote about Child Abuse Prevention Month (April) in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.
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April 26, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 26, 2024) Interviewed by WCAX-TV, Clara Keegan, M.D., associate professor of family medicine, weighed in on the pricing and availability of two drugs that are highly effective at treating diabetes and obesity.
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March 4, 2024 by
Ed Neuert
Sarah Heil, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, will lecture on "Intersections between Reproductive Health and Substance Use," on April 30, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. in Waterman Memorial Lounge.
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February 15, 2024 by
Christopher Pung
Elias Klemperer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and UVM Cancer Center member, was recently awarded his first R01 grant to further study nicotine-limiting standards for cigarettes and e-cigarettes among adults in Rhode Island, Vermont, and Northern New York State.
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at Vermont Business Magazine
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April 23, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 23, 2024) Rebecca Burch, M.D., assistant professor of neurological sciences, discussed types of acute treatment for migraine in a Pharmacy Times article.
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April 22, 2024 by
Katelyn Queen, PhD
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April 18, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 18, 2024) Kalev Freeman, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of emergency medicine and pharmacology, was quoted in a WCAX-TV story about equine-assisted therapy for people who have sustained traumatic brain injuries, or TBI.
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April 17, 2024 by
Lucy Gardner Carson
(APRIL 17, 2024) Randall Holcombe, M.D., M.B.A., director of the University of Vermont Cancer Center, discussed colorectal cancer in a Vermont Public interview.
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