Recent News

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  • Celebrating the 48-Year Journey of Given Mail Services Supervisor Pat Alberts
    January 22, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Given Mail Services Supervisor Pat Alberts has witnessed – and experienced – a lot of change in her 48 years running the mail room at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine, both technologically and physically. This month, she will be retiring.
  • Garavan Cannabis and Teen Brain Study Garners International Coverage
    January 17, 2019 by User Not Found
    A study authored by Hugh Garavan, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, and former UVM postdoctoral fellow Catherine Orr, Ph.D., focused on the impact of even small amounts of cannabis on the adolescent brain, was recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience and has gained mass international attention from multiple news outlets.
  • Teen Brain Volume Changes with Small Amount of Cannabis Use, Study Finds
    January 14, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    At a time when several states are moving to legalize recreational use of marijuana, new research shows that concerns about the drug’s impact on teens may be warranted. The study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, shows that even a small amount of cannabis use by teenagers is linked to differences in their brains.
  • Leavitt Selected for UMaine Alumni Achievement Award
    January 11, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Bruce J. Leavitt, M.D., UVM professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, has been selected by the University of Maine Alumni Association to receive the Bernard Lown '42 Humanitarian Award
  • College Hosts UVM MLK Health Equity Lecture
    January 10, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    UVM's 2019 MLK Celebration and Learning Series included a Health Equity Lecture at the College of Medicine featuring Herman A. Taylor, Jr., M.D., director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, at the Morehouse School of Medicine, on January 23.

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