One Giant Leap for Larner DNA Technology
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µTitan project leaders Scott Tighe, technical director for the Advanced Genome Technologies Core, Julie Dragon, Ph.D., director of the Vermont Biomedical Research Network Data Science Core, and Kirsten Tracy, Ph.D., senior scientist in the Vermont Integrative Genomics Resource Core, are spearheading a mission carrying DNA extraction technology to the International Space Station. The payload launched from the Kennedy Space Center on November 9. (Photo: Thomas Marshburn, NASA)
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| | Integrative Pain Care Pilot Program |
Vermont Medicaid is partnering with the UVM Medical Center in a pilot program that will allow up to 100 Medicaid members with chronic pain to participate in integrative, holistic treatment—such as reiki, massage, and acupuncture—through UVM’s Comprehensive Pain Program, a clinical arm of the Osher Center for Integrative Health.
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| Call for Action, ‘Moral Courage’ |
The 2023 Health Equity Summit, “Closing the Margin: Avenues to Health Equity,” was held at UVM October 29–30. The event featured presentations and workshops emphasizing social, environmental, economic, and structural factors and concluded with a call for comprehensive approaches and the moral courage to transform health care.
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| “To care for someone is to take on suffering for the honor of knowing them—to be responsible for ensuring their comfort. We go into the field of medicine, not just for the nobility of it, but also for the humanity, the sense of duty that as a human you care for your fellow humans.”
—Jennifer Chen, Class of 2025
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Diego Adrianzen Herrera, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, has been appointed associate director of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the University of Vermont Cancer Center. In this role, he will help to oversee the Cancer Center’s plan to enhance diversity, coordinating programs that advance a culture of inclusion across the four pillars of the Cancer Center: research, education, community outreach, and clinical care.
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Congratulations to the Medical Student Council’s newly elected Class of 2027 representatives (pictured left to right): Jonathan Palmer, chair of student leadership; Lajla Badnjević, chair of communications; Claudia Tarrant, chair of community service; Jeffrey Heithmar, chair of student life; and Benjamin Sebuufu, chair of finance. The Medical Student Council serves as the official student governance body for the Larner College of Medicine.
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A recent study led by Professor of Psychiatry William Copeland, Ph.D., and supported by UVM researchers, indicates that children who appeared resilient during childhood were still at risk of poorer mental health, physical health, and financial outcomes in adulthood. The study challenges the notion that childhood resilience is common and explores possible solutions to this crisis via public health initiatives.
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Congratulations to clinical and translational science Ph.D. student Adam Sprouse Blum, M.D., assistant professor of neurological sciences and pipeline investigator in the Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health, who was recently elected president of the Northern New England Neurological Society. The society brings together medical professionals with an interest in neurology.
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The Northeast Regional Laboratory Staff and Core Directors chapter of the Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities held its annual meeting October 18–20 at the University of Vermont. Julie Dragon, Ph.D., and Roxana del Rio-Guerra, Ph.D., led this showcase of team science and research collaboration, which included tours of the Firestone Medical Research Building, lectures, and networking and knowledge-sharing opportunities for core facility professionals.
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2024 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS OPEN ENROLLMENT
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The annual Benefits Open Enrollment period for 2024 is November 13–December 1, 2023. This is the only time of year when benefits-eligible employees can enroll in and/or change benefit elections for the coming year. You do not need to re-enroll if you do not want to change any of your benefits—except with Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), which require annual re-enrollment. Review your current benefits in PeopleSoft and plan for calendar year 2024 now.
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Kim H, Ali R, Short S, Kaunfer S, Krishnamurthy S, Durai L, Yilmam O, Shenoy T, Monson AE, Thomas C, Park I, Martini D, Newcomb R, Shapiro RM, Soiffer RJ, DeFilipp Z, Baron RM, Gupta S, Sise ME, Leaf DE. AKI treated with kidney replacement therapy in critically Ill allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2023 Nov 7. doi: 10.1038/s41409-023-02136-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37935783.
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Walsh MR, Alam MS, Pierce KK, Carmolli M, Alam M, Dickson DM, Bak DM, Afreen S, Nazib F, Golam K, Qadri F, Diehl SA, Durbin AP, Whitehead SS, Haque R, Kirkpatrick BD. Safety and durable immunogenicity of the TV005 tetravalent dengue vaccine, across serotypes and age groups, in dengue-endemic Bangladesh: a randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis. 2023 Sep 27:S1473-3099(23)00520-0. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00520-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37776876.
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Yip SW, Lichenstein SD, Liang Q, Chaarani B, Dager A, Pearlson G, Banaschewski T, Bokde ALW, Desrivières S, Flor H, Grigis A, Gowland P, Heinz A, Brühl R, Martinot JL, Martinot MP, Artiges E, Nees F, Orfanos DP, Paus T, Poustka L, Hohmann S, Millenet S, Fröhner JH, Smolka MN, Vaidya N, Walter H, Whelan R, Schumann G, Garavan H. Brain Networks and Adolescent Alcohol Use. JAMA Psychiatry. 2023 Nov 1;80(11):1131-1141. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.2949. PMID: 37647053; PMCID: PMC10469292.
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