Celebrating the UVM Larner College of Medicine Community
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A Legacy of Innovation and Impact |
After nearly 40 years of service to the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Distinguished Educator Cate Nicholas, Ed.D., M.S., PA, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences and founder and director of UVM’s Clinical Simulation Laboratory, retired as of July 1, 2024. She leaves a legacy of profound student and patient impact.
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| 2024–25 Schweitzer Fellows |
Five teams of Larner Class of 2027 medical students, along with teams from Dartmouth College and Vermont Law and Graduate School, were selected as 2024–25 Schweitzer Fellows through the Schweitzer Fellows Program. This year, students will spend hundreds of hours on projects with community partners that address existing health disparities throughout the region.
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This spring, thanks to a collaboration between the UVM Larner College of Medicine and UVM Extension 4-H, Health Heroes Community Workshops for Youth offered three hands-on learning sessions to more than 25 local eighth- to 12th-graders interested in health and health care. The partnership extends the reach of Larner to five local counties, advancing steps toward a healthier Vermont.
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| “I am eager to identify and transform practices that fall short for patients from marginalized communities and to seek out or create avenues for meaningful change.”
—Evelyn Thomas, Class of 2027
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ACCOLADES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Larner’s Student National Medical Association partnered with the Richard Kemp Center in Burlington recently to host “Ubuntu: Nurturing Community Wellness.” The evening of health-focused activities and celebration, including workshops on mental health, personal development, and more, truly exemplified Ubuntu—an ancient African word expressing the interconnectedness between people.
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Faculty in the Department of Medicine at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine were honored with awards on June 14 during the weekly grand rounds meeting. Among the honors presented at the event were the Distinguished Clinician Award, the Distinguished Mentor Award, the Quality Scholarship Award, the Meritorious Service Award, and the Distinguished Educator Award.
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Two Larner-affiliated researchers won their respective poster competitions at the Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health symposium held in June at UVM: Class of 2026 medical student Sarah Krumholz, M.S., RD, LDN, for her population science poster; and UVM senior Gabe Speidel, who works in the Cipolla Lab, for his basic science poster.
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UVM Cancer Center members Frances Carr, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology, and Seth Frietze, Ph.D., associate professor of biochemistry, have received an Impact Award from the Department of Defense that will allow them to continue their foundational and translational research investigating novel therapeutic strategies for thyroid cancer, the most common endocrine cancer worldwide.
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May 12 brought springtime footy action at Dartmouth as soccer players from UVM’s Larner College of Medicine battled their counterparts from Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine in a nail-biter of a game that went into overtime. Larner brought home the win with a final score of 5-4.
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Join UVM Larner College of Medicine dean Richard L. Page, M.D., via Zoom on Thursday, July 25, 1:00–2:00 p.m., for the latest installment of the Off the Charts discussion series. In this episode, Dean Page will speak with Senior Associate Dean for Research Kate Tracy, Ph.D. Register now for this virtual event.
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The Investiture of Gary An, M.D., as the inaugural holder of the Green and Gold Professorship of Trauma and Critical Care will be held on Monday, July 29, at 4:00 p.m. in the Hoehl Gallery. Among the highest academic honors that UVM can bestow on a faculty member, an endowed position recognizes and celebrates academic achievement and encourages scholarly and service excellence.
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Boniface, C., Esfandiari, N. Immunology Updates in Recurrent Implantation Failure in In Vitro Fertilization. Curr Obstet Gynecol Rep (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13669-024-00375-0.
Brodeur TY, Hanson B, Maredia NN, Tessier KM, Esfandiari N, Dahl S, Batcheller A. Increasing Endometrial Thickness Beyond 8 mm Does Not Alter Clinical Pregnancy Rate After Single Euploid Embryo Transfer. Reprod Sci. 2023 Nov 13. doi: 10.1007/s43032-023-01385-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37957470.
Brodeur, T.Y., Esfandiari, N. Immunological Underpinnings of Autoimmune Primary Ovarian Insufficiency. Curr Obstet Gynecol Rep (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13669-024-00376-z.
Cipolla MJ, Tremble SM. Stroke in Pregnancy and Preeclampsia: Effect of Low- Dose Aspirin Treatment on Collateral Flow Velocity and Cerebral Blood Flow Autoregulation During Ischemia in Rats. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jun 27:e035990. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.124.035990. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38934871.
Duno-Miranda S, Nelson SR, Rasicci DV, Bodt SML, Cirilo JA Jr, Vang D, Sivaramakrishnan S, Yengo CM, Warshaw DM. Tail length and E525K dilated cardiomyopathy mutant alter human β-cardiac myosin super-relaxed state. J Gen Physiol. 2024 Jun 3;156(6):e202313522. doi: 10.1085/jgp.202313522. Epub 2024 May 6. PMID: 38709176; PMCID: PMC11074782.
Edwards EM, Ehret DEY, Horbar JD. Potentially Better Practices for Follow Through in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Pediatrics. 2024 Jul 1;154(1):e2023065530. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-065530. PMID: 38872618.
Holdsworth LM, Siden R, Lessios AS, Verano M, Rickerson E, Fahy B, Johnston FM, Waterman B, Aslakson R. Patient experiences of specialty palliative care in the perioperative period for cancer surgery. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2024 Jun 19:S0885-3924(24)00830-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.06.008. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38906425.
Iyengar V, Meyer A, Stedman E, Casale S, Kalsi S, Hale AJ, Freed JA. A Predictive Algorithm for Discriminating Myeloid Malignancies and Leukemoid Reactions. Am J Med. 2024 Jul;137(7):658-665. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.03.015. Epub 2024 Mar 16. PMID: 38499135.
Kaminsky DA, Anekonda VT, Verbanck S, Graham BL. Using the Phase III Slope of Exhaled Methane During a Single Breath DLCO Test to Assess Ventilation Heterogeneity. Respir Med. 2024 Jun 29:107725. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2024.107725. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38950682.
Leavitt VM, Bae C, Shinohara RT, Weinstein SM, Schmidt H, Aoun SM, Solari A, Solomon AJ. Diagnosis concealment behaviors and disclosure beliefs are associated with health and quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2024 Jul;87:105628. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2024.105628. Epub 2024 May 3. PMID: 38759425.
Lee, A., Dundee, J. & Esfandiari, N. The Endometrial Microbiota’s Role in Fertility: Updates and Future Directions. Curr Obstet Gynecol Rep (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13669-024-00374-1.
McBride CA, Russom Z, Bernstein IM, Dumas JA. Subclinical Metabolic and Cardiovascular Factors and Brain White Matter Microstructural Integrity in Young Women. Reprod Sci. 2024 Jul;31(7):1895-1902. doi: 10.1007/s43032-024-01516-9. Epub 2024 Apr 2. PMID: 38565839.
Morgan HK, Banks E, Gressel GM, Winkel AF, Hammoud MM, Akingbola B, George K. Inequities at the Transition to Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency. J Surg Educ. 2024 Jul;81(7):905-911. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2024.04.005. Epub 2024 May 4. PMID: 38705787.
Roberts MS, Conroy JP, DeSarno M, Blankstein M, Hahn JC, Bartlett CS, Schottel PC. The Intermalleolar Method for Intraoperative Rotational Assessment of the Tibia-A Prospective Clinical Validation Study. J Orthop Trauma. 2024 Jul 1;38(7):e245-e251. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0000000000002819. PMID: 38837212.
Sobel HG, Kennedy AG, Holterman LA, Brooklyn J, Hillios A, Nicholas C, Riser E. Assessment of an observed clinical skills exam in undergraduate medical education: a patient with opioid use disorder and chronic pain. J Addict Dis. 2024 Jul-Sep;42(3):264-269. doi: 10.1080/10550887.2023.2210018. Epub 2023 May 18. PMID: 37199154.
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