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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

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Novel Dimensional Approach Uncovers Biomarker for Inattention

March 6, 2017 by Jennifer Nachbur

Despite diagnoses for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) occurring in a reported 11 percent of U.S. school-aged kids, clinicians still don’t fully understand the underlying causes of this common condition. Now a brain marker may be on the horizon, thanks to a new approach that provides evidence of a relationship between brain structure and dimensional measures of ADHD symptoms.
Global Health Elective Underway

March 6, 2017 by Mitra Sadigh

A total of thirteen students and five medical residents completed global health electives abroad in Uganda, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe in the month of February. Among those in Uganda were UVM psychiatry residents Dr. Megan Gething and Dr. Molly Rovin, who paved the way for a new partnership in psychiatry between UVM and Makerere College of Health Sciences.
Sprague’s Study on Benchmarks for Determining When Biopsies are Needed Featured in National Media

March 1, 2017 by Kate Skinas

With mammography technology shifting from film to digital, cancer detection rates have improved but so have abnormal interpretation rates.
VT High School Students Participate in Annual Brain Bee

February 23, 2017 by Jennifer Nachbur

A three-pound human super computer was the focus of the Vermont Brain Bee, held Saturday, February 18 at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
Marchese Launches Catamount Innovation Fund for Student Inventors

February 21, 2017 by Kate Skinas

Medical students see a lot of the health care system – the good, the bad and the ugly – during their training, and their fresh perspectives sometimes lead to the identification of a need and a potential solution. But without sufficient support, an idea for an innovative technology to improve health care falls flat.

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