Celebrating the UVM Larner College of Medicine Community

On March 21 at 12 noon, the National Resident Matching Program revealed its results to more than 47,000 graduating medical students nationwide. At the Larner College of Medicine, members of the Class of 2025, including Dennis Dea (shown above) —many wearing glamorous Hollywood garments in keeping with this year’s theme, “Lights, Camera, Match!”—celebrated with family and friends as they learned where they will begin their residencies.

Read more about Match Day 2025

Pediatric oncology leverages clinical trials to help cancer’s most vulnerable patients. A recent trial at the UVM Cancer Center and UVM Children’s Hospital overseen by Associate Director for Clinical and Translational Research Jessica Heath, M.D., found that chemotherapy paired with an immunotherapy treatment improved outcomes for children with standard-risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Read more about the pediatric oncology trial

Mary Cushman, M.D., M.Sc., received the 2025 EPI Mentoring Award from the American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention. This prestigious award honors a person who has provided exceptional mentoring and advocacy for early-career investigators. To date, Cushman has served as primary mentor to 35 individuals participating in cardiovascular epidemiology research.

Read more about Dr. Cushman and her work

JOIN LARNER ON BLUESKY

Please join the Larner College of Medicine in our newest social media community, Bluesky @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social. With over 34 million registered users and growing, Bluesky is a free, open social network similar to X/Twitter where everyone can highlight our incredible research to #MedSky, share news celebrating our medical community, and stay in the know. You can also connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and X.

ACCOLADES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

On March 27, the 55th Annual Surgery Senior Major Scientific Program showcased the scholarly work of Larner College of Medicine students from the Class of 2025 who will be specializing in surgery following their graduation in May. Chellie Nayar, Annabelle Feist, and Elizabeth O’Neill were recognized for their outstanding scientific projects and received Senior Surgery Major Awards.

Anne Brisson Morris, M.D., associate professor of family medicine, has been appointed associate dean for primary care at the Larner College of Medicine, succeeding Charles MacLean, M.D. Morris will assume her new leadership role on May 1, 2025. Morris joined the Larner faculty in 2014 and currently serves as residency program director in the Department of Family Medicine.

Inspired by the warmer weather and looming exams, Class of 2028 medical student leaders of the American Medical Women’s Association and the Art Together SIG at the Larner College of Medicine—Madi Cohen, Kripa Harper, Sabrina Herzberg, Clara Loftis, and Ashley Sharma—spearheaded Kindness in Bloom in March to facilitate the spread of thoughtful and motivational notes among their fellow medical students.

For Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March, the University of Vermont’s Across the Fence program featured UVM Cancer Center Director Randall Holcombe, M.D., M.B.A., Larner professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology. The interview, which covered risk factors, treatments, and prevention—especially early detection through colonoscopy screenings—aired on April 1.

For national Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Awareness Month, the March 17 episode of the University of Vermont’s Across the Fence program featured UVM Medical Center hematologist Karlyn Martin, M.D., M.S., associate professor of medicine at the Larner College of Medicine. Martin discussed DVT, its risk factors, symptoms, preventive measures, and treatments.

SAVE THE DATE

Virtual | Mentoring Future Health Leaders: “Careers in Public Health” webinar, Thursday, April 10, 4 p.m., on Zoom. A virtual Q&A session for students to meet public health professionals and learn about their various careers.

Multiple Locations | Annual Research Week highlighting UVM’s research, scholarship, and creative works. Key events include R1 Celebration, Student Research Conference, Post-Doctoral Research Conference, Graduate College 3-Minute Thesis Competition, and Planetary Health Research Flash Talks.

MedEd 300 | Larner Community Clothing Swap: MedEd 300. Donate clothes, shoes, and accessories you are tired of (but not tired items, please!). Drop-off starting 8 a.m. Monday through end of event. Swap anytime Tuesday, or Wednesday from 8 a.m.–12 p.m.

LARNER IN THE NEWS

VERMONT PUBLIC
Retiring Health Commissioner Levine Reflects on a Career Devoted to Public Health

AP
Cushman Quoted in Story on Deep Vein Thrombosis in Athletes

PUBLISHED RESEARCH

Buse DC, Muenzel EJ, Zagar AJ, Mehrabadi AS, Shapiro RE, Kim G, Ashina S, Nicholson RA, Lipton RB. Rates and risk factors for migraine progression using multiple definitions of progression: Results of the longitudinal OVERCOME (US) study. Headache. 2025 Mar 14. doi: 10.1111/head.14925. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40084740.

Eibye MK, Poston JN, Kennedy AG, DeSarno M, Nashett RM. Time to Target Anti- Xa Level in Obese Vs Nonobese Patients Using an Adjusted Body Weight Heparin Infusion Protocol for the Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism. Ann Pharmacother. 2025 Mar 21:10600280251321478. doi: 10.1177/10600280251321478. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40119523.

Gergi M, Wilkinson K, Sparks A, Roetker NS, Al-Samkari H, Smith NL, Plante TB, Cushman M, Repp AB, Holmes CE, Martin K, Zakai NA. Anticoagulation and Other Risk Factors for Clinically Relevant Bleeding after Medical Hospitalization: The Medical Inpatient Thrombosis and Hemostasis Study. J Thromb Haemost. 2025 Mar 21:S1538-7836(25)00186-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtha.2025.02.044. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40122464.

Hanna DA, Chen B, Shah YM, Khalimonchuk O, Cunniff B, Banerjee R. H2S remodels mitochondrial ultrastructure and destabilizes respiratory supercomplexes. J Biol Chem. 2025 Mar 20:108433. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108433. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40120684.

Holmes GL. Timing is everything: The effect of early-life seizures on developing neuronal circuits subserving spatial memory. Epilepsia Open. 2025 Mar 20. doi: 10.1002/epi4.70023. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40110908.

Kent RS, Ward GE. Motility-dependent processes in Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites and bradyzoites: same same but different. mSphere. 2025 Mar 25;10(3):e0085524. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00855-24. Epub 2025 Feb 12. PMID: 39936920; PMCID: PMC11934331.

Meisner JK, Renberg A, Smith ED, Tsan YC, Elder B, Bullard A, Merritt OL, Zheng SL, Lakdawala NK, Owens AT, Ryan TD, Miller EM, Rossano JW, Lin KY, Claggett BL, Ashley EA, Michels M, Lampert R, Stendahl JC, Abrams D, Semsarian C, Parikh VN, Wheeler MT, Ingles J, Olivotto I, Day SM, Saberi S, Russell MW, Previs M, Ho CY, Ware JS, Helms AS. Low Penetrance Sarcomere Variants Contribute to Additive Risk in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circulation. 2025 Mar 18;151(11):783-798. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069398. Epub 2024 Dec 5. Erratum in: Circulation. 2025 Mar 18;151(11):e762. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001318. PMID: 39633578; PMCID: PMC11913586.

Nicoli CD, Long DL, Plante TB, Judd SE, McClure LA, Carson AP, Cushman M. N-terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Risk for Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Mar 17;110(4):e1185-e1193. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgae301. PMID: 38703102; PMCID: PMC11913105.

Peschard VG, Scherzer R, Estrella MM, Sarnak MJ, Ascher SB, Lash J, Bonventre JV, Greenberg JH, Gutierrez OM, Schelling JR, Katz R, Cheung KL, Levitan EB, Schrauben SJ, Cushman M, Ilori TO, Parikh CR, Kimmel PL, Rao PS, Taliercio JJ, Sondheimer J, Shulman R, Coca SG, Chen J, Ramachandran VS, Ix JH, Shlipak MG; CKD Biomarkers Consortium and the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study Investigators. Defining Kidney Health Dimensions and their Associations with Adverse Outcomes in Persons with Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2025 Mar 14. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000676. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40085155.

Russell JK, Conley AC, Boyd BD, Begnoche JP, Schlossberg R, Stranick A, Rosenberg AJ, Acosta LMY, Martin D, Neal Y, Kanel P, Albin RL, Rafii MS, Dumas J, Newhouse PA. Differences in cholinergic terminal density in adults with Down syndrome compared to neurotypical controls measured by [18F]-fluoroethoxybenzovesamicol positron emission tomography imaging. Neurobiol Aging. 2025 Apr;148:50-60. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2025.01.008. Epub 2025 Jan 30. PMID: 39914061.

Schluterman NH, Billioux VG, Brown JP, Al-Hadidi A, Tracy JK. The Relationship Between Gambling Disorder, Physical and Mental Health, and Substance Use in Maryland. J Gambl Stud. 2025 Mar 17. doi: 10.1007/s10899-025-10382-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40095203.

Spottswood M, Schnall JA, Koch AR, Feinstein CB. The Vermont Child Psychiatry Access Program: Statewide Partnership to Expand Primary Care Capacity for Youth Mental Health. Psychiatr Serv. 2025 Mar 19:appips20240440. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240440. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40103368.

Sviderskiy VO, Vasudevaraja V, Dubois LG, Stafford J, Liu EK, Serrano J, Possemato R, Snuderl M. Metabolic profiling of adult and pediatric gliomas reveals enriched glucose availability in pediatric gliomas and increased fatty acid oxidation in adult gliomas. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2025 Mar 15;13(1):61. doi: 10.1186/s40478-025-01961-w. PMID: 40087788; PMCID: PMC11909955.

Trentham-Dietz A, Sprague BL. Mammography Screening by Age in the United States-Too Little and Too Much? Ann Intern Med. 2025 Mar 25. doi: 10.7326/ANNALS-25-00477. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40127445.

Varnadoe C, Johnson K. Human Subjects Research and Quality Improvement Projects: What’s the Difference? Am J Nurs. 2025 Apr 1;125(4):50-53. doi: 10.1097/AJN.0000000000000052. Epub 2025 Mar 27. PMID: 40140046.

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