Happy Holidays from Dean Page
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As the year draws to a close, I want to thank you all and wish you the best. We have much to be grateful for and much to be proud of this year. I am inspired by the innovation, collaboration, and resilience I saw all around the College, and am incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to work with all of you. I wish you and your families all the best during the holidays and a very happy New Year.
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| 200 Years Young, What’s Next? |
The Larner College of Medicine recently celebrated the 200th anniversary of its first class of medical graduates. As the seventh oldest medical school in the United States, the College has witnessed significant changes not only in medicine and science but also in the dynamics of America and the world.
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As we anticipate 2024, we look back at some of our most popular blog posts from 2023, which showcased raising skin cancer awareness in the Abenaki community, embracing various personal identities, finding a career in medicine through lived experience, first-generation student success, and a non-traditional route to medical education.
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Research.com has released its second annual ranking of the Best Female Scientists in the World, and this year’s list again includes three members of the Larner College of Medicine faculty: University Scholar Mary Cushman, M.D., M.Sc., professor of medicine and pathology & laboratory medicine; Jane Lian, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry; and Janet Stein, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry.
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An art exhibit in the Teaching Academy features photographs by Cate Nicholas, Ed.D., M.S., PA, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences and director of education and operations for UVM’s Clinical Simulation Lab. Her photos represent the third rotation of artwork exhibitions in the Larner Learning Commons showcasing the creative works of Teaching Academy members. The exhibit can be viewed weekdays 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
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Mary Cushman, M.D., M.Sc., professor of medicine and pathology & laboratory medicine, delivered the Robert Reneman Lecture at the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM)’s 2023 symposium in The Netherlands in November. Her talk was titled “Stroke and Cognitive Impairment in a Biracial U.S. Cohort: The REGARDS Study.”
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Second-year medical students Shani Legore (Vermont Campus), Julia Halvorson-Phelan (Vermont Campus), and Alex Tran (Connecticut Campus) have been elected as Class of 2026 representatives to the Learning Environment and Professionalism (LEAP) Committee, charged with reviewing and recommending initiatives and policies to support professional behavior across the academic medical center and its affiliate training site.
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A recent study coauthored by Mikayla Howie, Class of 2027, during her work at Brigham and Women’s before entering medical school, establishes a framework that bridges genetic variants and complex diseases through standardized phenotyping of primary human cells. The study identified genomic loci implicating genes associated with these cellular responses and discovered associations between evoked blood phenotypes and subsets of common diseases.
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Save the date and RSVP for the Sixth Annual Larner StorySlamRx - Voices in Medicine Thursday, January 18, 2024, presented by the Larner College of Medicine Wellness Committee, the Gold Humanism Honor Society, and the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. This year’s theme is “Humbling Moments.” Click here for more information and to RSVP—as an attendee and perhaps also a prospective storyteller!
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Agénor M, Lett E, Ramanayake N, Zubizarreta D, Murchison GR, Eiduson R, Gordon AR. Racial/Ethnic Differences in Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Transgender Men and Nonbinary Assigned Female at Birth Young Adults in the United States: a National Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 Dec;10(6):2900-2910. doi: 10.1007/s40615-022-01467-4. Epub 2022 Dec 5. PMID: 36469284.
Banks E, Winkel AF, Morgan HK, Connolly A, Hammoud MM, George KE. Program Signaling in Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Applications. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Nov 30. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005470. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38033322.
Feuerwerker S, Kambli R, Grinberg D, Malhotra A, An G. Management of acute cholecystitis in patients on anti-thrombotic therapy: A single center experience. Surg Open Sci. 2023 Oct 1;16:94-97. doi: 10.1016/j.sopen.2023.09.022. PMID: 37808421; PMCID: PMC10551647.
Gramling R, Bennett E, Curtis K, Richards W, Rizzo DM, Arnoldy F, Hegg L, Porter J, Honstein H, Pratt S, Tarbi E, Reblin M, Thambi P, Agrawal M. Developing a Direct Observation Measure of Therapeutic Connection in Psilocybin- Assisted Therapy: A Feasibility Study. J Palliat Med. 2023 Dec;26(12):1702-1708. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0189. Epub 2023 Aug 17. PMID: 37590474.
Horbar JD, Greenberg LT, Buzas JS, Ehret DEY, Soll RF, Edwards EM. Trends in Mortality and Morbidities for Infants Born 24 to 28 Weeks in the US: 1997-2021. Pediatrics. 2023 Dec 6:e2023064153. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-064153. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38053449.
Kelly CM, Martin JL, Coseno M, Previs MJ. Visualization of cardiac thick filament dynamics in ex vivo heart preparations. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2023 Dec;185:88-98. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2023.10.013. Epub 2023 Nov 2. PMID: 37923195.
Kerlikowske K, Chen S, Bissell MCS, Lee CI, Tice JA, Sprague BL, Miglioretti DL. Population Attributable Risk of Advanced-Stage Breast Cancer by Race and Ethnicity. JAMA Oncol. 2023 Dec 7:e235242. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.5242. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38060241; PMCID: PMC10704341.
Matt JE, Rizzo DM, Javed A, Eppstein MJ, Manukyan V, Gramling C, Dewoolkar AM, Gramling R. An Acoustical and Lexical Machine-Learning Pipeline to Identify Connectional Silences. J Palliat Med. 2023 Dec;26(12):1627-1633. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2023.0087. Epub 2023 Jul 13. PMID: 37440175.
Pulcini CD, Hoffmann JA, Alpern ER, Chaudhary S, Ehrlich PF, Fein JA, Fleegler EW, Goyal MK, Hall M, Jeffries KN, Myers R, Sheehan KM, Zamani M, Zima BT, Hargarten S; CHARGE Group. A Holistic Approach to Childhood Firearm Injuries. Pediatrics. 2023 Dec 13:e2023063322. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-063322. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38087959.
Rimal A, Sidebottom A, Forster Page AL, Bjorklund A, Brumbaugh JE, George CLS. Perspectives and Practices Surrounding Prophylactic Vitamin K in Minnesota. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 Dec;62(12):1470-1475. doi: 10.1177/00099228231162414. Epub 2023 Mar 21. PMID: 36942624.
Twichell S, Ashoor I, Boynton S, Dharnidharka V, Kizilbash S, Erez DL, Smith J; NAPRTCS Investigators. COVID-19 disease among children and young adults enrolled in the North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies registry. Pediatr Nephrol. 2023 Dec 11. doi: 10.1007/s00467-023-06241-0. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38082091.
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