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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Second-year University of Vermont medical student Soraiya Thura ’18 has been appointed by the Associated Directors for the Appointment of Student Trustees to the UVM Board of Trustees. Her two-year term of service will become effective March 1, 2016.
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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
(JULY 22, 2016) The Academic Health Sciences group at the University of Vermont Medical Center Foundation and the University of Vermont Foundation have announced the appointment of Frank Ittleman, M.D., professor of medicine, as faculty associate in development.
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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
A front-page story in the Boston Globe highlights the brainchild of University of Vermont College of Medicine Professor James Hudziak, M.D. - UVM's Wellness Environment program, known as WE.
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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Results of the Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke (IRIS) trial presented February 17, 2016 at the International Stroke Conference 2016 in Los Angeles, Calif., and published in an Online First article in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggest a potential new method to prevent stroke and heart attack in high-risk patients who have already had one stroke or transient ischemic attack.
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July 22, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
Matthew Poynter, Ph.D., knows that a scientist’s work can influence public policy. In his lab at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, he focuses on the environmental factors that trigger the immune system’s development of asthma.
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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
A wide range of junior and senior University of Vermont (UVM) College of Medicine faculty were recognized at the annual UVM Medical Group Research & Education Awards Reception held in December 2015.
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July 21, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
Stroke – it’s the leading cause of serious long-term disability and a leading cause of death in the U.S., so figuring out how it affects the entire body is critical to identifying treatments to reduce its negative impact.
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July 21, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
New University of Vermont College of Medicine Senior Associate Dean for Research Gordon Jensen, M.D., Ph.D., was officially welcomed to the College at a special reception held February 4, 2016.
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July 21, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The University of Vermont Vaccine Testing Center has announced that it will be involved in the clinical trials and research on a vaccine for Zika virus, which was declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization on February 1, 2016.
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July 21, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
More than 15 years ago, David Warshaw, Ph.D., and coworkers discovered the precise malfunction of a specific protein in the heart that leads to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a common culprit in cases of sudden death in young athletes.
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July 21, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont hosted Lawrence Appel, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research at Johns Hopkins University, at Medicine Grand Rounds on February 5, 2016. He delivered a lecture on “Translating Effective Lifestyle Interventions into Practice: Lessons from the Hopkins-Healthways Collaboration.”
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July 21, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
University of Vermont College of Medicine faculty member Maria Mercedes Avila, M.Ed., Ph.D., was recognized as one of four 2015 UVM Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award recipients.
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July 21, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
In August 2014, the University of Vermont College of Medicine’s Class of 2018 began both their medical school careers and the 17-month-long Foundations Level of the Vermont Integrated Curriculum (VIC).
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July 21, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The Clinical Simulation Laboratory at the University of Vermont has been accredited by two prestigious simulation societies: a three-year accreditation as a Comprehensive Accredited Education Institute (AEI) from the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and a five-year accreditation from the Society of Simulation in Health Care (SSH).
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July 21, 2016 by
John Brumsted
"Together, we are writing a new prescription for the health of Vermonters: Pay health care providers for keeping people healthy instead of just treating them when they are sick."
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July 21, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Attitudes and tobacco use before and after the launch of the University of Vermont's tobacco-free campus policy and barriers to providing opioid dependence treatment in primary care offices were topics for two of 16 University of Vermont College of Medicine Public Health Projects conducted by medical students in the Class of 2018 during the fall 2015 semester.
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July 21, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
The traditional hour-long classroom lecture is giving way to team-based learning and other “active” teaching methods at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
Faculty members heard more about this new mode of instruction during the 2016 Mud Season Educational Symposium in April hosted by College’s Teaching Academy, which supports professional development among an interdisciplinary community of educators.
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July 21, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
Eileen CichoskiKelly, Ph.D., and colleagues at other medical schools often talk about the need for faculty to trumpet their accomplishments as teachers in the classroom – versus just promoting their clinical or basic science research.
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July 21, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
In Maine, child health experts who have tackled how their state handles human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations can offer insights to colleagues in Tennessee or New Jersey, who may be facing different challenges in addressing HPV.
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July 21, 2016 by
Erin Post
Seniors at Vermont's Essex High School’s STEM Academy have the opportunity to delve into research and get an inside look at the life of a medical student through a partnership with the Med Mentors Student Interest Group.