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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
From anxiety to elation, emotions ran high on Match Day, a nationwide event during which graduating medical students open the envelopes that tell them where they will first officially work as physicians.
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July 22, 2016 by
Laura Lazzarini
While I could give you a shortened version of my highly edited personal statement explaining how and why I chose pediatrics as my specialty, I feel like it can all be summed up with the following: My pediatric clerkship was the only rotation where I smiled every day.
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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Researchers at the University of Vermont (UVM) Vaccine Testing Center, along with collaborators at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, have been working since 2008 to develop a dengue vaccine that will protect against all four dengue strains.
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July 22, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
Are we genetically doomed when the double helix we all identify with DNA breaks? No, say a team of researchers led by University of Vermont (UVM) immunologists, who discovered a novel mechanism that provides life support to cells while DNA double-strand break repairs are in progress.
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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
A team of Vermont investigators has been issued a patent for their discovery of a molecule that rescues damaged blood vessels, yet preserves healthy vessels and could serve as a springboard for a new pharmaceutical therapy with fewer side effects for hypertension – a major risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney disease that effects roughly one in three people in the U.S.
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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Limited treatment options and no vaccines exist to treat or prevent a leading cause of severe diarrhea in infants and young children in the developing world: Cryptosporidium, a single-celled intestinal parasite found in soil, food and water that also causes significant illness and death in immunocompromised individuals.
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July 22, 2016 by
Carolyn Shapiro
To neuroscientist Anthony Morielli, Ph.D., the study of the brain opens a window to better understand the way the world works.
“The brain is the one thing in the universe that can reflect back on itself,” says Morielli, a University of Vermont associate professor of pharmacology, who was recently named director of UVM’s Neuroscience Graduate Program.
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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
An international consortium of institutions and investigators, including Mark Nelson, Ph.D., University of Vermont professor and chair of pharmacology, recently launched a major collaborative research program to uncover mechanisms and pathways in different forms of small vessel disease.
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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
Now entering its 18th year, the Community Medical Series presented by the University of Vermont College of Medicine and University of Vermont Medical Center launched its Spring 2016 series on Tuesday, March 1, with a lecture by Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry Beth Robbins, Psy.D., titled "All Stressed Out: Symptoms, Physiology and Approaches for Relief."
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July 22, 2016 by
Jennifer Nachbur
The 7th Annual Vermont Brain Bee, a neuroscience competition and day of exploration for Vermont high school students, took place Saturday, February 20, 2016 at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.
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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.