Recent News

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  • Spees’ New NIH Grant to Expand Study of Novel Post-Heart Attack Therapy
    August 10, 2016 by Carolyn Shapiro
    A heart attack continues to harm cardiac muscle even after the immediate problem – a blocked artery – is fixed, but University of Vermont researchers have developed a new biologic drug that can preserve blood vessels critical to the body’s blood-pumping system.
  • The Physicians of the Future: Meet the College's Class of 2020
    August 10, 2016 by Erin Post
    The University of Vermont College of Medicine welcomed its largest first-year class in history on August 8, 2016 for Orientation 2016, a week-long course that launches their medical school career. The Class of 2020’s 120 members were selected from roughly 6,000 applicants and 619 interviewees.
  • Meet a Scientist: Jessica Sheehe, CMB Graduate Student
    August 10, 2016 by Erin Post
    University of Vermont Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences graduate student Jessica Sheehe has come to know all of the quirks of a protein called PKG: She’s responsible for expressing and purifying PKG in the lab and ensuring that the billions of insect cells tricked into producing this protein remain healthy.
  • Characteristics to Help You Succeed in Medical School
    August 10, 2016 by Cary Jewkes
    You’ve been working for a long time – years and years – to get to this point. It’s easy to get lost in the tangle of medical school applications and expectations, and trying to figure out an answer to the question, “What do they want?” But before you go any further, take a moment – breathe – and think about something else for a few minutes.
  • UVM Department of Medicine Partners with V.A. to Bring Care Closer to Home for Veterans
    July 26, 2016 by Erin Post
    Traveling roughly 90 miles to the White River Junction, Vt.-based Veterans’ Administration Medical Center from the Burlington, Vt. area can be difficult, especially in winter. It’s even more challenging for the veteran who is living with chronic pain or has been diagnosed with a sleep disorder or cardiac arrhythmia.

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