LCOM Graduate Student Council

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The mission of this council is to represent and support the interests of all graduate students receiving training within the Larner College of Medicine or its affiliated graduate umbrella programs.  Students represented are at the masters and doctoral levels, as well as, in person and online. The council interfaces with Larner leadership and other student groups and acts in an advisory role to provide direct and programmatic student support, facilitating an inclusive and supported community.

The council members can be reached by emailing graduate.student.council@med.uvm.edu

 

Meet Your 2023 Larner Council Members!

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Top L-R: Anne Snyder, Amila Semic, Sarah Abeling
Bottom L-R:  Patrick Olson, Jenna McDonald, Jenna Borovinsky,Clemens Probst

Did you know...

... UVM has an institutional license with the National Postdoc Association, so all graduate students can gain access to their resources? Link here.
...Larner LEAP is looking for a graduate student representative? Interested? Contact Erin Montgomery.

Bridging Gaps in Immunity: Research Links Gut Health to Vaccine Resistance

June 28, 2024 by Janet Essman Franz

Undernourished children are more vulnerable to pathogens and more likely to die from vaccine-preventable infectious disease, even when vaccinated. Research by Benjamin Lee, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, points to gut health as a contributing factor.
Undernourished children are more vulnerable to pathogens and more likely to die from vaccine-preventable infectious disease, even when vaccinated. Research by Benjamin Lee, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, points to gut health as a contributing factor.  Lee is principal investigator on a $2.04 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study the intersections of undernutrition with the intestinal microbiome and immune system development.

Read the full story.

Bridging Gaps in Immunity: Research Links Gut Health to Vaccine Resistance

June 28, 2024 by Janet Essman Franz

Undernourished children are more vulnerable to pathogens and more likely to die from vaccine-preventable infectious disease, even when vaccinated. Research by Benjamin Lee, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, points to gut health as a contributing factor.
Undernourished children are more vulnerable to pathogens and more likely to die from vaccine-preventable infectious disease, even when vaccinated. Research by Benjamin Lee, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, points to gut health as a contributing factor.  Lee is principal investigator on a $2.04 million R01 grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study the intersections of undernutrition with the intestinal microbiome and immune system development.

Read the full story.

 

 

Previous Council Representatives

    2022-2023
    • Hannah Despres
    • Sean Lenahan
    • Kiera Malone
    • Matt Mullen
    • Joe Owuor
    • Anne Snyder
    • Liz Sparks
    • Kevin Pham
    • Michael Villalpando

    2021-2022

    • Hannah Despres
    • Dorcas Lohese
    • Matthew Mullen
    • Sean Lenahan
    • Joe Owuor

    2020-2021

    • JJ Bivona
    • Hannah Despres
    • Mike Hoaglund
    • Axel Masquelin
    • Harly Rodriquez
    • Amanda Sidwell

    2019-2020 (Inaugural year)

    • JJ Bivona
    • Caitlin Coates
    • Axel Masquelin
    • Amanda Sidwell
    • Marcus Weinman