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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  • 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.
  • The Physicians of the Future: Meet the College's Class of 2020
    August 10, 2016 by Erin Post
    The University of Vermont College of Medicine welcomed its largest first-year class in history on August 8, 2016 for Orientation 2016, a week-long course that launches their medical school career. The Class of 2020’s 120 members were selected from roughly 6,000 applicants and 619 interviewees.
  • Meet a Scientist: Jessica Sheehe, CMB Graduate Student
    August 10, 2016 by Erin Post
    University of Vermont Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences graduate student Jessica Sheehe has come to know all of the quirks of a protein called PKG: She’s responsible for expressing and purifying PKG in the lab and ensuring that the billions of insect cells tricked into producing this protein remain healthy.
  • Characteristics to Help You Succeed in Medical School
    August 10, 2016 by Cary Jewkes
    You’ve been working for a long time – years and years – to get to this point. It’s easy to get lost in the tangle of medical school applications and expectations, and trying to figure out an answer to the question, “What do they want?” But before you go any further, take a moment – breathe – and think about something else for a few minutes.
  • UVM Department of Medicine Partners with V.A. to Bring Care Closer to Home for Veterans
    July 26, 2016 by Erin Post
    Traveling roughly 90 miles to the White River Junction, Vt.-based Veterans’ Administration Medical Center from the Burlington, Vt. area can be difficult, especially in winter. It’s even more challenging for the veteran who is living with chronic pain or has been diagnosed with a sleep disorder or cardiac arrhythmia.
  • Hehir Honored for Research and Clinical Commitment to Myasthenia Gravis Patients
    July 22, 2016 by Caroyln Shapiro
    When University of Vermont neurologist Michael Hehir, M.D., treats patients with a relatively rare neuromuscular disorder called Myasthenia Gravis, he has to weigh the benefits of the medications he prescribes against their typical side effects.