UVM Launches $19 Million National Research Center

UVM is launching a new, $19 million, five-year National Science Foundation project to build a National Connectomics and Ultrastructure Volume Observatory that will allow researchers to apply ultra-high resolution brain mapping tools to questions across the life sciences. Larner neuroscientist Davi Bock, Ph.D., UVM Microscopy Imaging Center Director Doug Taatjes, Ph.D., and Mark Ellisman, Ph.D., of the University of California–San Diego, will be the co-principal investigators.

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Larner Community Celebrates Pride

Larner students, staff, faculty, and family members joined the Pride Vermont parade and festival on September 13, in partnership with the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Prism at UVM, Women and Gender Equity Center, Cancer Center, and UVM Health partners including UVM Medical Center and Home Health and Hospice. The groups jointly hosted resource tables, health screenings, and access to preventive care.

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Welcome Home!

At age 3, Megan Prue, M.D.’22, told her parents she wanted to be a doctor. Now, after completing medical school at the Larner College of Medicine and her pediatric residency at what is now Golisano Children’s Hospital at UVM Health, she has returned to Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom to practice at the pediatric clinic where she once was a patient.

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LARNER VOICES

“There is still so much medicine left to learn, but I am beginning to understand that becoming a good physician is about far more than what I know. It is about how deeply I am willing to care, how closely I am willing to listen, and how much of myself I am willing to give in service of another person.” — Jesus Mendoza ’28

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ACCOLADES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott has appointed Larner Judy Fingergut, M.D., assistant professor of family medicine; Beth Kirkpatrick, M.D., professor of microbiology and molecular genetics; and Ben Lee, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics to the Vermont Department of Health’s 2026 Immunization Advisory Council to review Vermont’s immunization schedule for schools and child care programs.

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More than 700 participants joined the UVM Cancer Center’s 29th Annual Women’s Health and Cancer Conference on September 18, virtually and in person, for a day of learning, reflection, and connection. Through presentations on emotional wellness, patient advocacy, communication, and emerging cancer treatments, the conference celebrated the many voices that shape the cancer experience and the future of care.

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Leading scientists from around the world came to Burlington September 13–16 for the 2026 SfRBM North American Redox Symposium. Researchers at UVM and Tohoku University in Japan have partnered for some 25 years to help advance the growing field of redox biology, which explores how the chemical reactions that sustain life also influence health, as well as diseases such as cancer.

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Christian D. Pulcini, M.D., M.Ed., M.P.H., associate professor of emergency medicine and pediatrics, has been invited as a Visiting Professor at the University of Padova in Italy, one of the oldest universities in the world. The invitation reflects growing international interest in Dr. Pulcini’s and the Golisano Children’s Hospital at University of Vermont Health’s work on emergency care for children with medical complexity. The appointment will run January through June 2027.

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September 24–25 marked the fifth annual Health Equity Summit, a two-day hybrid event held at UVM featuring leaders in health care. Open to all at no charge, the event brought together practitioners, researchers, educators, advocates, policymakers, community organizations, and other change-makers to join in sharing the latest research and commitments to advancing health equity for all.