Celebrating the UVM Larner College of Medicine Community
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Leaders in Health Care and Academic Medicine |
Rebecca Aslakson, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of anesthesiology, and Kristen Pierce, M.D., professor of medicine, have been selected as 2024–25 Fellows for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM), and Danielle Ehret, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of pediatrics, has been selected as a 2024–25 Fellow for Executive Leadership in Healthcare (ELH). The fellowships prepare women for senior leadership positions in health care organizations, where they can influence positive change.
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| Heart and Brain Symposium |
At UVM’s advanced biomedical research center, a team of early-career scientists is exploring the intricate heart-brain connection. These researchers—experts in fields including medicine, epidemiology, chemistry, pharmacology, molecular physiology, and more—showcased their findings at the Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health (VCCBH) symposium June 6–7 at the Davis Center.
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| New Cancer Therapy Success |
The UVM Cancer Center launched its CAR T-Cell therapy program in February 2023. Now, 12 patients have been treated under the care of James Gerson, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, at the UVM Medical Center and many of those patients are still free of cancer today. UVM’s CAR T program recently earned FACT accreditation for meeting or exceeding quality measures and standards.
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| “In my research, the data suggest that weight loss and methods that may elicit the benefits of weight loss can be used as therapeutic targets for the treatment of obese asthma.”
—Paola E. Peña Garcia, Ph.D. candidate,
Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences graduate program
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ACCOLADES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Numerous Larner faculty, staff, and students volunteered at the medical tent in support of the Vermont City Marathon, held May 26 in Burlington. With Katie Dolbec, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine, once again serving as medical director, the volunteers were ready to help with anything from minor to advanced care for the runners and spectators.
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The Cancer Population Science research program at the University of Vermont Cancer Center recently announced the winners of its pilot awards: Karlyn Martin, M.D., M.S., associate professor of medicine, and Jay Garvey, Ph.D., Friedman-Hipps Green and Gold Associate Professor of Education and executive director for the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment.
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Claire Baptiste, M.P.H., Larner class of 2027, presented a poster at the Wound Healing Society 2024 Symposium on Advanced Wound Care May 14–18 in Orlando, Florida. Her poster summarized barriers—including geographical disparities, mental health issues, and a concentration of specialized facilities in urban areas—that veterans living in rural areas face in managing their wounds.
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Katharine Cheung, M.D., Ph.D., M.Sc., interim director of the UVM Center on Aging and assistant professor of medicine, and her mentee, medical student Susanna Schuler ’26, presented their research on tele-palliative care for rural dialysis patients at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine State of the Science meeting in Phoenix this spring.
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A celebration of the life of Gary Mawe, Ph.D. (1956–2024), Samuel W. Thayer Professor of Neurological Sciences, will be held on Thursday, June 20, 1:00–4:00 p.m. in the Davis Center Maple Ballroom at the University of Vermont. Hawaiian shirts in homage to Mawe’s playful fashion sense are encouraged, and photos and anecdotes are welcome. RSVP to Bridget.Brisson@uvm.edu.
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Join the Vermont Lake Monsters and the UVM Cancer Center on Sunday, June 23, at 5:05 p.m. (doors open at 4:00) at Centennial Field in Burlington for a special “Dig In” Against Cancer baseball game featuring cancer support vendors, giveaways, raffles, sun-themed activities—and discounted tickets for people living with and beyond cancer and their caregivers. Get $5 tickets here.
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Bernstein IM, Badger GJ, McBride C. Prepregnancy Physiology and Subsequent Preterm Preeclampsia. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024 May 22:S0002-9378(24)00613-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2024.05.031. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38789071.
Carvey MMT, Omidvar AA, Wan EE, Hynes AM, Lentz SA. Effectiveness of the Introduction to Critical Care in Emergency Medicine Curriculum’s Implementation Among Trainees Interested in Intensive Care. J Emerg Med. 2024 Mar 13:S0736-4679(24)00074-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2024.03.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38806349.
Devlin LA, Hu Z, Merhar SL, Ounpraseuth ST, Simon AE, Lee JY, Das A, Crawford MM, Greenberg RG, Smith PB, Higgins RD, Walsh MC, Rice W, Paul DA, Maxwell JR, Fung CM, Wright T, Ross J, McAllister JM, Crowley M, Shaikh SK, Christ L, Brown J, Riccio J, Wong Ramsey K, Braswell EF, Tucker L, McAlmon K, Dummula K, Weiner J, White JR, Newman S, Snowden JN, Young LW; Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Neonatal Research Network and NIH Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program Institutional Development Award States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network. Influence of Eat, Sleep, and Console on Infants Pharmacologically Treated for Opioid Withdrawal: A Post Hoc Subgroup Analysis of the ESC-NOW Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Jun 1;178(6):525-532. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0544. PMID: 38619854; PMCID: PMC11019446.
Flyer JN, Congdon E, Yeager SB, Drucker N, Giddins NG, Haxel CS, Burstein DS, O’Connor KHC, Remy HH, Terrien HE, Robinson KJ. Improvement Science Increases Routine Lipid Screening in General Pediatric Cardiology. J Pediatr. 2024 May 28:114118. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114118. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38815743.
Gerson WT. How the care of patients with cystic fibrosis can revolutionize pediatric primary care. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2024 Jun;54(6):101636. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2024.101636. Epub 2024 Jun 1. PMID: 38825429.
Heppner TJ, Fallon HJ, Rengo JL, Beaulieu EM, Hennig GW, Nelson MT, Herrera GM. Urothelium-Derived Prostanoids Enhance Contractility of Urinary Bladder Smooth Muscle and Stimulate Bladder Afferent Nerve Activity in the Mouse. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2024 May 23. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00084.2024. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38780425.
Kloc ML, Holmes GL, Barry JM. Sex differences in cholinergic signaling affect functional outcomes for theta-gamma coordination in hippocampal subcircuits following experimental febrile status epilepticus. Epilepsia. 2024 May 23. doi: 10.1111/epi.18017. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38780490.
McLean KC, Meyer MC, Peters SR, Wrenn LD, Yeager SB, Flyer JN. Obstetric imaging practice characteristics associated with prenatal detection of critical congenital heart disease in a rural US region over 20 years. Prenat Diagn. 2024 Jun;44(6-7):698-705. doi: 10.1002/pd.6551. Epub 2024 Mar 8. PMID: 38459708.
Menson KE, Coleman SRM. Smoking and pulmonary health in women: A narrative review and behavioral health perspective. Prev Med. 2024 Jun 6;185:108029. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2024.108029. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38851402.
Peasley-Miklus CE, Shaw JG, Rosingana K, Smith ML, Sigmon SC, Heil SH, Jewiss J, Villanti AC, Harder VS. “I don’t think that a medication is going to help someone long-term stay off opioids”: Treatment and recovery beliefs of rural Vermont family members of people with opioid use disorder. J Rural Health. 2024 Jun 17. doi: 10.1111/jrh.12851. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38881521.
Phillips M, Malone KL, Boyle BW, Montgomery C, Kressy IA, Joseph FM, Bright KM, Boyson SP, Chang S, Nix JC, Young NL, Jeffers V, Frietze S, and Glass KC (2024) Impact of combinatorial histone modifications on acetyllysine recognition by the ATAD2 and ATAD2B bromodomains. J Med. Chem. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00210.
Plante TB, Juraschek SP, Howard G, Howard VJ, Tracy RP, Olson NC, Judd SE, Kamin Mukaz D, Zakai NA, Long DL, Cushman M. Cytokines, C-Reactive Protein, and Risk of Incident Hypertension in the REGARDS Study. Hypertension. 2024 Jun;81(6):1244-1253. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.22714. Epub 2024 Mar 15. PMID: 38487890; PMCID: PMC11095906.
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