The 7th oldest U.S. medical school, the Larner College of Medicine
@uvmvermont
has a longstanding rep for educating & training superb physicians & scientists.
@SenSanders
to the Larner Medical
#uvmgrad
Class of 2022: “Health care is a human right. …I know you got a great education. I hope you will use your position to create a health care system that is worthy of the United States.”
“I believe strongly that if we do what you have been doing in Vermont in the rest of the country…we can not only get through the fall and the winter, but can come out on the other end better off than we went in." -Dr. Anthony Fauci
Read more
#WearAMask
Congratulations to UVM scientist
@OsamaHarraz
the Bloomfield Early Career Professor in Cardiovascular Research and
#UVMLarnerMed
assistant professor of pharmacology and colleague
@_TomLongden
on their Collaborative Pairs Pilot Project Award from
@czi
-
Since March,
#UVMLarnerMed
postdoc Vitor Mori, PhD, has been working w/
#UVM
researchers to create new ventilators, while also tirelessly working with Sao Paulo City, in his home country of Brazil, on COVID19 forecasting.
Read more at
Congratulations to 3-time
#UVM
alum &
#UVMLarnerMed
Prof of Neurological Sciences Marilyn Cipolla, PhD, who has been named
@uvmcems
's Chair of Electrical & Biomedical Engineering!
Dr. Cipolla will continue her research at
#UVMlarnerMed
as she takes on this leadership role.
Congrats to Yvonne Janssen-Heininger, PhD,
#UVMLarnerMed
prof of path & lab med, who was named a 2022 recipient of the
@uvmvermont
University Distinguished Professor Award - the highest academic honor that UVM can bestow upon a member of the faculty.
Congrats to
#UVMLarnerMed
Assoc Prof of Med &
@UVMMedCenter
pulmonologist Joshua Farkas, MD, &
#UVMMedCenter
clinical dietician Gretchen Berry, RDN, CD, & hem/onc nurse Colleen Roach, RN, OCN - named
@GoldFdtn
Champions in Humanism & will be honored tonight @ the 2021 Annual Gala
Congrats to
#UVMLarnerMed
Assist Prof of Pediatrics Benjamin Lee, MD & Prof of Peds William Raszka, MD, who were awarded the VT State School Nurses Assoc's "J Ward Stackpole, MD Award" for their work w school nurses during the
#COVID19
pandemic.
@VSSNA
@healthvermont
Today
@UVMMedCenter
has opened a
#COVID19
drive-thru testing site at Champlain Valley Expo. It will be open Mon - Fri for patients referred by a physician or urgent-care clinic only. More info at .
Congratulations to
#UVMLarnerMed
Assoc Prof of Surgery & Assoc Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion &
@UVMMedCenter
trauma surgeon and Burn Center medical director Margaret Tandoh, MD, FACS, on her investiture this Tuesday!
Read about Dr. Tandoh here:
They've arrived!
This morning, we officially welcomed the
#UVMLarnerMed
medical student Class of 2026 to our Vermont campus.
Leave them a welcome message here or give them a hearty one in-person if you see them in the hallways!
#UVMFutureDocs
#MedStudentTwitter
Today,
#UVMLarnerMed
Prof of Medicine & CoDirector of VT Center on Cardiovascular & Brain Health Mary Cushman, MD, MSc, was inducted into the Association of American Physicians.
Congrats, Dr. Cushman on this incredible accomplishment!
@uvmcvri
@UVMHeartBrain
@MaryCushmanMD
"I see doctors who can stay grounded in an unstable situation, and find their moral compass when answers are unclear . . . I see doctors who are committed to serving others" - Eli Goldberg, MD, Class of '20 student speaker
#uvmgrad
#UVMLarnerMedGrad
#medschool
Today, on Nurses Appreciation Day we honor all nurses.
You are crucial members of patient care teams & invaluable mentors & educators for our med students.
Join us in thanking nurses today!
#ThankYouNurses
#NursesWeek2021
UVM Larner Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Karen Glass, Ph.D., was honored with a $380,000+ award from National Science Foundation's Mid-Career Advancement (NSF MCA) program on
#CryoEM
. Details:
@KarenGlassLab
@NSF
@uvmvermont
@UVMcancercenter
Following a national search, Christa Zehle, M.D., has accepted the position of Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education at
#UVMLarnerMed
. To read more about Dr. Zehle's career and new appointment visit
@uvmvermont
@UVMMedCenter
#meded
Congratulations to
#UVMLarnerMed
Class of 2025 student Kae Ravichandran who won the inaugural nonbinary division of the 2023 Boston Marathon, running a time of 2:38:57 to beat the field by over 10 minutes!
Read story here
Congratulations to
#UVMLarnerMed
Prof & Chair of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics & creator/Director of the UVM Vaccine Testing Center Beth Kirkpatrick, MD, who's been named a 2021-2022
@uvmvermont
University Scholar.
Learn more about Dr. Kirkpatrick -
A Vermont team has invented an emergency ventilator.
The simple, inexpensive, innovative machine could be rolled out quickly in response to the
#COVID19
pandemic—and the huge shortage of ventilators needed to treat people:
#UVMProud
Today at 2 PM, the final beam of the
#UVMLarnerMed
Firestone Medical Research Building was put in place - but not before faculty, staff, & students "left their mark" on this piece of Larner Med history - signing their names on the beam - before it was placed.
Congratulations to the
#UVMLarnerMed
Class of 2023! Over the past two months you've been quietly transforming into true physicians-in-training, and today you've donned the outward symbol of that. There's no mistaking you now - you're truly
#UVMFutureDocs
!
@GoldFdtn
@uvmvermont
Congratulations to our 2021
#GenderEquity
award recipients, incl. Dr. Pamela Gibson, medical student Stellar Levy, Dr. Elizabeth Bonney, Dr. Melissa Davidson & Dr.
@KatieWellsMD
!!!
@UVMLarnerMedDEI
Join us in congratulating
#UVMLarnerMed
Assist Prof of Med,
@UVMMedCenter
oncologist, &
@UVMcancercenter
member Diego Adrianzen Herrera, MD, who is at this moment being invested as the inaugural holder of the Early Career Green & Gold Professorship in the Department of Medicine!
Congratulations to
#UVMLarnerMed
Professor of Medicine & Associate Dean for Public Health & Health Policy Jan Carney, MD, MPH, the 2019–2020 recipient of the UVM President’s Distinguished University Citizenship & Service Award!
Read more at .
@jan_carney
Congrats to
#UVM
Distinguished Prof Mark Nelson on his receipt of a
@nih_nhlbi
Outstanding Investigator Award to further study small vessel disease of the
#brain
– a major cause of
#cognitive
decline and functional loss in
#elderly
patients.
#uvmresearch
4th-yr
#UVMLarnerMed
students participated in backwoods rescue scenarios w/ Stowe Mountain Rescue Squad during an elective course in Winter Wilderness Medicine. The course takes students out into the snowy backcountry to treat injuries caused by winter hiking, skiing & climbing.
3 KN95 masks are available for every
@uvmvermont
faculty/staff member & student.
Masks can be picked up at
@uvmdaviscenter
1st & 3rd floor info desks with a valid CATcard Mon-Sat 8AM-8PM & Sun 10AM-8PM.
More info:
#UVMStrong
#UVM
President Tom Sullivan just announced the appointment of Richard L. Page, M.D., as the 18th dean of the Larner College of Medicine, effective October 1, 2018. Page will succeed current dean, Frederick Morin, M.D. Read more at
#UVMLarnerMed
There's nothing quite like watching our
#medstudents
receive their student white coats & then trade them in for their doctor white coats a few years later.
Join our livestream, Friday @ 1PM, to watch our Class of 2025 receive their first white coats - .
The University of Vermont Medical Center, in collaboration with the Vaccine Testing Center at
@UVMLarnerMed
, has been selected to take part in a COVID-19 vaccine trial.
Learn more:
#COVID19
#vaccine
A more than 25yr-long relationship between faculty & scientists at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan, & members of UVM’s Redox Biology and Pathology (RBP) Program has fostered biomedical research scholarship and discoveries. Read more at
“I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability, this covenant: I will respect the scientific gains of physicians and scientists in whose steps I will walk, and gladly share my knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow.” - from The Oath, as pledged by
#LarnerMD23
#UVMGrad
#UVMLarnerMed
's Cara Simone, MA, & med students Luke Higgins, Emerson Wheeler, & Rachel Harrison, collaborated w
@OsmosisMed
on a video for healthcare providers re: sexual orientation, gender identity, &
#SOGI
data.
Watch now: .
@UVMMedCenter
@uvmcnhs
#UVMLarnerMed
Prof & Chair of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics David Warshaw, PhD, has been named
@uvmvermont
University Distinguished Professor - the highest academic honor the University bestows upon faculty!
Read more about Dr. Warshaw's work at .
Prior to med school @
#UVMLarnerMed
, Nate Dow'23 worked in the
@UVMMedCenter
emergency dept.
Now, w/ clinical clerkships on hold due to
#COVID19
, he's back to work as a UVMMC ED tech, helping his old colleagues meet the challenges of the pandemic - .
"...we must continue to acknowledge & address the racial disparities of the pandemic, as well as the recurring events of violent racism. As medical providers we know that health cannot exist where justice does not prevail." Read more: .
On Tues Dec 20, Somen K. Mistri, a current
#UVM
Cellular, Molecular & Biomedical Sciences graduate program doctoral candidate successfully defended his dissertation titled, “The role of SLAM-SAP signaling in the development of innate-like γδ T cells.”
Congratulations Dr. Mistri!
It's that kind of day.
Beautiful shot of Converse Hall this morning courtesy Seth Gordan.
Enjoy the snow and stay safe
#uvmlarnermed
!
#winter
#snow
#UVM
In the series "Notes from the Front Line,"
#UVMLarnerMed
alumn &
@UVMMedCenter
emergency med doc
@DolbecKatie
, MD'10, writes about a world viewed through "COVID-tinted lenses" & what life is like for those on the front line of the pandemic - .
#HealthHeroes
Congratulations to
#UVMLarnerMed
assoc professor of medicine Prospero Gogo Jr., M.D. in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, who was awarded the 2023 Crystal Heart award at the American Heart Association Vermont, Go Red for Women celebration last night!
Congratulations to
#UVMLarnerMed
's Roxana del Rio-Guerra, PhD, who has been named director of UVM's Harry Hood Bassett Flow Cytometry & Cell Sorting Facility (FCCS)!
#UVMresearch
@ISAC_CYTO
"I hope that growing awareness & clever, compassionate research can move society toward addressing
#ADHD
in ways that minimize its difficulties while supporting the strengths individuals build because of it"
- Erin Cullen,
@UVM_neurogp
grad student
Read:
#UVMLarnerMed
Prof of Med and alum Kristen Pierce, MD'03, is the 2021 winner of the Dean's Faculty Professionalism Award winner!
Colleague & Assoc Prof of Med Cindy Noyes, MD, says "[Pierce] is a fantastic role model for professionalism for all of us”.
@UVMMedCenter
With our ongoing commitment to addressing social medicine within our medical education progs, please welcome Katie Wells, M.D., M.P.H., as the inaugural director of social medicine in the Office of Medical Education (OME) at
#UVMLarnerMed
. Read more
For
#WomensHistoryMonth
, today we feature Amreen Mughal, Ph.D., Asst Prof. of Pharmacology. “My career is influenced by many great women” she says.
#1
on her list is her late mother, Rajiya, who was a nurse practitioner in India & introduced her to biomedical sciences & medicine.
Today in
@nytimes
, amidst the race to find a
#COVID19
vaccine,
#UVMLarnerMed
Prof of Medicine &
@UVMMedCenter
Dir. of Clinical Ethics
@TimLaheyMD
, explores real risks assoc. w/ use of vaccines that haven't undergone large, placebo-controlled trials -
We are honored to host medical college educators and learners from throughout the northeastern U.S. who will gather at the University of Vermont on April 13-15 for the Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) annual conference. Welcome everyone!
#uvmlarnermed
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Anthony Williams, M.D., as asst dean for admissions here at
#UVMLarnerMed
. In this role, Williams will provide leadership support for the recruitment and selection of Larner medical students.
Story here:
“A fully vaccinated student population on our campus is the best way to continue to protect the health of students, employees, & the broader Burlington community against COVID-19.” -
@uvmvermont
President
@SVGarimella
Learn more: