Celebrating the UVM Larner College of Medicine Community
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Warm Wishes from the UVM Larner College of Medicine for a Happy Holiday Season and a Peaceful New Year |
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I hope this holiday break brings joy and the opportunity to spend time with family and friends. Thank you all for your many contributions to our missions of patient care, education, and research, and let us all be grateful for those providing care throughout the season.
Warmest wishes,
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Richard L. Page, M.D.
Larner College of Medicine Dean and UVM Chief Medical Affairs Officer
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| Welcoming Fred Chau-Yang Ko, M.D. |
Fred Chau-Yang Ko, M.D., M.S., associate professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and associate director of clinical innovation at the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, will join the Larner College of Medicine and UVM Health as director of the Center on Aging and division chief of geriatric medicine effective March 16, 2026.
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| New Heart Health Research Funded |
Cardiac electrophysiologist Nicole Habel, M.D., Ph.D. (pictured, left), and molecular epidemiologist Debora Kamin Mukaz, Ph.D., M.S. (pictured, right), both assistant professors of medicine at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine, have each been awarded an Esther & Morton Wohlgemuth Cardiology Research Fellowship from the Larner Department of Medicine to support their innovative pilot projects related to heart disease.
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| UVM-Tested Dengue Vaccine Approved
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The world’s first single-dose vaccine to prevent dengue fever was approved for licensure in Brazil—one of the largest countries affected by the disease—following 16 years of research contributions by scientists at the University of Vermont Vaccine Testing Center, including lab manager Marya Carmolli (pictured). Additional global approvals are anticipated as the vaccine is developed through other pharmaceutical partners.
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“The mountains are for everyone, and it is a privilege to assist others in the pursuit of winter adventure.”
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— Lindsey Gleason, Larner Class of 2027
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ACCOLADES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Larner cares! The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics raised $1,270 and collected 135 lbs. of food during its 2025 Thanksgiving Food Drive to benefit Feeding Champlain Valley. Also, the Office of Intercultural Excellence’s (OIE) Personal Care Supply Drive held December 1–5 in honor of Giving Tuesday gathered 560 personal care items to benefit the Committee on Temporary Shelter (COTS), delivered by OIE staff Noah Burns (pictured, left) and Olive Gallmeyer, M.A. (pictured, right).
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Last week, UVM’s annual Graduate Hooding Ceremony for students who graduated in August or October or who are pending January 2026 graduates honored 53 students in Larner-affiliated graduate degree programs: the clinical and translational science, pharmacology, public health, and medical science master’s programs, as well as the cross-college interdisciplinary neuroscience and cellular, molecular, and biomedical sciences Ph.D. programs.
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Karin (“Kari”) Hodge, M.A.’12, an instructor and advisor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the Larner College of Medicine and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has received the Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award for 2024–25, in recognition of her outstanding contributions as an academic faculty advisor to undergraduate students.
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Last month, UVM Medical Center ophthalmologist Sujata Singh, M.D., certified orthoptist Sheila Chamberlin, CO, and Larner Class of 2028 medical students Jessica Gagne (pictured, center), Hiba Hussain (pictured, left), and Clara Loftis participated in the second annual Family Connections Program vision screening event for underserved families, in collaboration with Champlain Valley Head Start–affiliated students.
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Larner Professor of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Stephen Teach, M.D., has been awarded a grant from the Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships to pilot a new collaborative asthma treatment protocol—known as School-Based Asthma Therapy—aimed at improving access to essential health care for children with asthma in rural Vermont schools. Asthma is the most chronic disease of childhood, and Vermont has the 15th highest rate of childhood asthma in the nation.
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Holiday / Winter Break | All offices at the University of Vermont closed, no academic activities, from Wednesday, December 24, 2025, through Thursday, January 1, 2026, for the holiday and winter break. Offices will reopen on Friday, January 2.
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Teaching Academy Snow Season Education Retreat | UVM Davis Center, 590 Main St., Burlington, two-day hybrid event Thursday–Friday, January 15–16, with plenary, poster session, workshops, networking, and awards. Open to all Larner people at UVM Health teaching sites and the Clinical Branch Campus in Connecticut. Register today!
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The “My Why” campaign invites Larner researchers to share the personal motivations driving their work. We also welcome students explaining why they want to be physicians, as well as patients or families sharing how their health outcomes have been improved by research.
By amplifying these stories, we can shine a light on the essential role of research and funding in advancing medicine, and create impactful content that celebrates our mission, our impact, and our “Why.”
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The latest issue of Vermont Medicine is available on ISSUU.
Complimentary copies can be found outside the Office of Medical Communications.
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WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!
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