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Call for Proposals: 2024 Health Equity Summit

Discover and share exciting initiatives at the third annual Health Equity Summit, Building Solidarity: Sustainable Pathways Towards Health Equity. The Summit is a collaboration between community members, healthcare providers and educators to dismantle institutional barriers to health and enhance patient experiences.

Details

Dates: Monday, October 7, 4 - 6 pm: Poster presentations and kickoff reception

Tuesday, October 8, 8 am - 5 pm: Workshops and sessions

Location: Double Tree Hotel, 870 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT 05403 (Google Maps)

Sponsors: The 3rd Annual Health Equity Summit is a joint effort presented by the University of Vermont Health Network, the Larner College of Medicine, the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, and the University of Vermont.

More information: Health Equity Summit | The University of Vermont Health Network (uvmhealth.org)

Questions? Please email HESummit@uvmhealth.org

Recent News

For University of Vermont-related news, see below. For MaineHealth news, click here.

Davidson Invested as Inaugural Schapiro-Carroll Green and Gold Professor of Anesthesiology

February 8, 2022 by Jennifer Nachbur

In a ceremony held February 7, 2022, Melissa Davidson, M.D., a faculty physician leader at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine, was invested as the inaugural holder of the Howard Schapiro, M.D.’80 and Janet Carroll, M.S.N., M.P.H., Green & Gold Professorship in Anesthesiology.
Higgins’ Contingency Management Work in The Guardian Article

February 8, 2022 by Lucy Gardner Carson

(FEBRUARY 8, 2022) A contingency management program developed by psychologist Stephen Higgins, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, to treat patients with addictions was mentioned in The Guardian.
UVM Cancer Center Investigators Publish the Breast Pre-Cancer Atlas

January 18, 2022 by Kate Strotmeyer

UVM Cancer Center researchers contributed to the establishment of a breast pre-cancer atlas, which establishes the molecular and cellular properties of early-stage breast cancer and is the result of a six-year, National Cancer Institute-funded, collaborative initiative.
CVRI Viridis Montis Challenge Highlights Early-Career Researchers

February 3, 2022 by User Not Found

Cardiac remodeling, chronic kidney disease, brain cell energy generation, hypertension and stroke risk, and socioeconomic status and cardiac rehabilitation outcomes, were the topics presented at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of Vermont’s annual Viridis Montis Early Career Investigator Challenge on February 2, 2022.
Richard Rawson, Ph.D. Receives American Society of Addiction Medicine Presidential Award

February 3, 2022 by Nicole Twohig

Richard Rawson, PhD, professor of psychiatry and co-director of the Collaboration, Dissemination, and Education Core at the Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, and senior advisor, best practices core at the University of Vermont Center on Rural Addiction was notified by the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) that he was chosen to receive the ASAM Presidential Award.

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