Larner College of Medicine

VCBH Lecture Series

VCBH Lecture Series

VCBH Lecture Series

This lecture series was created for the greater UVM community to interact and engage with top researchers in the intersectional fields we often work with at VCBH including, but not limited to, behavior change, addiction, chronic disease, and health disparities for vulnerable populations. 

2025 - 2026 Lecture Series 
SpeakerDateMaterials 
Jennifer Tidey, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Brown University School of Public Health
 
September 17, 2025Video
Robert Schnoll, PhD
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
 
November 19, 2025Video
Elia Klemperer, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychological Science
University of Vermont
 
December 10, 2025Video
David Farabee, PhD
Research Professor, Department of Population Health
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
 
January 21, 2026Video
Craig Rush, PhD
Professor, Department of Behavioral Science
Department of Kentucky College of Medicine
 
February 18, 2026Video
Lara Coughlin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Michigan Addiction Center
 
March 18, 2026Register
Karen Cropsey, PsyD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham

 
April 15, 2026 
Lauren Pacek, PhD
Assistant Professor
Rutgers Institute for Nicotine and Tobacco Studies
 
May 20, 2026 

CME/CE

In support of improving patient care, The Robert Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. The University of Vermont designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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Archive of Previous Lecture Series

Academic Year 24-25 Lecture Series

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Academic Year 24-25 Lecture Series 
2024-2025 LecturesDatePresentation

Sherrie Khadanga, MD
Assistant Professor and Cardiologist, University of Vermont College of Medicine

Novel Therapeutics for Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity and Heart Failure: Practical Recommendations

September 18, 2024Video

Joseph McClernon, PhD
Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

Are Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes Substitutes or Complements, and Does it Matter?

November 20, 2024Video

Hugh Garavan, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Vermont

Update and Lessons Learned from the ABCD Study

December 18, 2024Video
 

Richard Rawson, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont

Contingency Management as a Public Health Intervention: Scaling Up CM to Treat Stimulant Use Disorder

January 15, 2025Video

Michael Amlung, PhD
Associate Professor of Applied Behavioral Science, Director of Graduate Studies, University of Kansas

Application of Behavioral Economics to Investigate Contextual Influences on Alcohol and Cannabis Use

February 19, 2025
 
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Joanna Streck, PhD
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Contingency Management as a First Line Public Health Intervention: Scaling Up CM to Treat Stimulant Use Disorder

March 19, 2025Video

Ryan Vandrey, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Evaluating the Health Effects of Medicinal Cannabis Use

April 16, 2025Video

Katie Witkiewitz, PhD
Director of Center on Alcohol, Substance use, and Addictions
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of New Mexico

The Dynamic Behavioral Ecological Model of Recovery from Substance Use Disorder

May 21, 2025Video

Academic Year 23-24 Lecture Series

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Academic Year 23-24 Lecture Series 
2023-2024 LecturesDatePresentation

Sherry McKee, PhD
Director, Yale Behavioral Pharmacology Laboratory, Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine
 

Women & Alcohol: What does stress have to do with it?

November 15, 2023Video

Alan Budney, PhD
Professor, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

The Changing World of Cannabis Consumption and Cannabis Regulation

December 20, 2023Video

Denise Hien, PhD
Senior Vice Provost for Research, Chancellor's Office, Rutgers-New Brunswick; Endowed Chair in Alcohol Studies and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University

Leveraging data science to advance treatment research for PTSD and substance use disorders

January 17, 2024Video

Erin Winstanley, PhD
Visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
 

Overdose-related Compassion Fatigue in Rural Communities

February 21, 2024Video

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March 20, 2024
 
 

Jessica Cook, PhD
Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
 

Engaging People Not Ready to Quit in Smoking Treatment: Evidence-Based Approaches

April 17, 2024Video
 

Michele Staton, PhD
Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
 

An overview of the Kentucky Women’s Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN)

May 15, 2024
 
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Academic Year 22-23 Lecture Series

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Academic Year 22-23 Lecture Series 
2022-2023 LecturesDatePresentation

Steven Shoptaw, PhD
Executive Director, Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine
UCLA

Contingency Management, HIV and MSM: Current Status 

September 21, 2022Video

Quinn Pack, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate, Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

Smoking Cessation in Cardiac Patients

November 16, 2022Video

Alexandra Potter, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, UVM Larner College of Medicine

Insights about Substance Use from Developmental Neuroimaging Studies: An Update from the ABCD and HBCD Studies

December 21, 2022Video

Tracy Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services, Medical University of South Carolina

Tobacco Regulation Across the Continuum of Harm

January 18, 2023Video

Brian Sprague, PhD
Professor of Surgery, UVM Larner College of Medicine

Mammography Screening Utilization in Vermont and Beyond: Long-Term Trends and COVID-19 Impacts

February 15, 2023Video

Philip Ades, MD
Professor of Medicine, UVM Larner College of Medicine

Exercise and Aging

March 15, 2023
 
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Paul Oh, MD, FRCPC
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation Program, Toronto Rehab, University of Toronto

Health Literacy in Cardiovascular Rehab: Bridging Gaps for Better Health Outcomes

April 19, 2023Video
 

Kimber Richter, PhD, MPH
Professor, Population Health, University of Kansas Medical Center

Changing the Default: Moving to an Opt-Out Approach for Treating Tobacco Use Disorders

May 17, 2023
 
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Academic Year 21-22 Lecture Series

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Academic Year 21-22 Lecture Series 
2021-2022 LecturesDatePresentation

Warren Bickel, PhD
Director, Addiction Recovery Research Center and Center for Health Behaviors Research
Virginia Tech

The Experimental Tobacco Marketplace: Contemporary Status

September 15, 2021Video

Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

November 17, 2021Video

Mark Bouton, PhD
Professor of Psychology, University of Vermont

Context, Behavior Change, and Habit Learning 

December 15, 2021Video

Leonard Epstein, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Pediatrics, Community Health and Health Behavior, Social and Preventive Medicine, Chief, Division of Behavioral Medicine, SUNY Buffalo

A Behavioral Economic Approach to Exercise Reinforcement

January 19, 2022Video

Ryan Vandrey, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

411 on Cannabis Edibles

February 16, 2022Video

Kirk Dombrowski, PhD
Vice President for Research, University of Vermont

Understanding the Conflict Between Withdrawal and Disease Avoidance in the Risk Networks of People who Inject Drugs in Rural Puerto Rico: A Network Statistical Approach

March 9, 2022
 
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Sandra Comer, PhD
Professor of Neurobiology
Director, Opioid Laboratory, Division on Substance Use Disorders, Columbia University

Pharmacology of Fentanyl and Its Implications for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

April 20, 2022
 
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Tera Fazzino, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychology
Associate Director, Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment, University of Kansas

Crossing Fields to Make Scientific Connections: Reinforcement Processes in Addiction, Binge Eating, and Obesity

May 18, 2022
 
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Academic Year 20-21 Lecture Series

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Academic Year 20-21 Lecture Series 
2020-2021 LecturesDatePresentation

James Murphy, PhD
Director, Health Addiction and Behavioral Intervention Team, University of Memphis

Novel Behavioral Economic Approaches for Measuring Substance Use Severity and Motivating Change

September 16, 2020Video

Kenneth Silverman, PhD
Director, Center for Learning and Health, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Utility of Operant Conditioning to Address Poverty-Related Health Disparities

November 18, 2020Video

Richard Rawson, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Senior Advisor, Best Practices Core, Center on Rural Addiction, University of Vermont

Psychostimulants 2020: An Update

December 16, 2020Video

Mary Whooley, MD
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Director, Center for Healthcare Improvement and Medical Effectiveness at the San Francisco VA and University of California, San Francisco

Heart and Soul and Cardiac Rehabilitation 

January 20, 2021Video

Brandon Marshall, PhD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Brown University

Social, Structural, and Environmental Drivers of the Opioid Overdose Crisis 

February 17, 2021Video

Peter Hajek, MA, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychology
Director, Health and Lifestyle Research Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London

E-cigarettes and Smoking Cessation: Can E-cigarettes Speed Up the Demise of Smoking?

March 17, 2021Video

Sudie E. Back, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Director, DART Research Training Program, Medical University of South Carolina

Integrated, Exposure-Based Treatment of Co-Occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorders

April 21, 2021Video

Diann Galeema, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Psychological Science
Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont

Secondary Prevention of Heart Disease: A Focus on Smoking and Socioeconomic Status

May 26, 2021Video

Prior Year Lectures

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Prior Year Lectures
LectureDatePresentation
Sarah Heil, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Vermont Center on Behavior and Health, University of Vermont
May 20, 2020Unavailable
 

Betsy Hoza, PhD
University of Vermont

Leaving the Ivory Tower: Can Physical Activity Help Manage ADHD Symptoms in the 'Real World?'

February 19, 2020Video

Alan Budney, PhD
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth 

Cannabis Misuse and Cannabis Use Disorder: Prevention and Intervention Approaches

January 15, 2020
 
Unavailable
 

Michael Fiore, MD, MPH, MBA
University of Wisconsin

Eliminating Tobacco Dependence in the United States: A Clinical and Policy Path to Achieve that Goal

December 13, 2019Video
 

Robert Althoff, MD, PhD
University of Vermont

Assessing Risk for Suicide in Healthcare Settings: Development and Testing of Novel Approaches

November 20, 2019
 
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Greg Miller, PhD
Northwestern University

Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of the Health Consequences of Childhood Poverty

September 18, 2019Video

Daniel Forman, MD
University of Pittsburgh

Refining Behavioral and Clinical Approaches to Cardiovascular Care to Better Align With the Needs and Priorities of an Aging Population

June 26, 2019
 
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Timothy Lash, MPH, DSc
Emory University

Significance Testing is the Reason that Scientific Results have Poor Reproducibility

May 15, 2019
 
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Elizabeth Evans, PhD
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Addressing Opioid Use Disorders Over the Life Course Among Criminally Involved Adults

April 10, 2019Video
 

JoEllen Tarallo, EdD and Thomas Delaney, PhD
Center for Health & Learning, & Vermont Suicide Prevention Center and University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

Introduction to the Zero Suicide Framework: Suicide Safe Pathways to Care

March 15, 2019
 
Unavailable

Benjamin Bearnot, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Meeting People Who Use Drugs Where They Are: Career Development in Addiction Research and Implementation

February 13, 2019
 
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Andrew Stokes, PhD
Boston University

Association of Electronic Cigarette Use with Subsequent Initiation of Tobacco Cigarettes in US Youths

January 23, 2019
 
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Mary Brunette, MD
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Using Technology to Address Smoking in Disadvantaged Populations

December 19, 2018
 
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Sherry Grace, PhD
York University

Strategies to Increase Utilization of Cardiac Rehabilitation

November 14, 2018Unavailable
 

David Holtgrave, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

History and Status of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the US: Applications of Policy Modeling and Implementation Science

September 19, 2018
 
Unavailable
 

Adam Leventhal, PhD
University of Southern California

The Multi-faceted Impact of Vaping on Population Health: Implications for Precision Regulation

May 16, 2018Video
 

Kelly Dunn, MS, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: Evaluating and Maximizing Pharmacotherapies

April 18, 2018
 
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Richard Rawson, PhD
University of Vermont/UCLA

Evaluation of Vermont's Hub and Spoke Opioid Addiction Treatment System

February 2, 2018

Co-hosted with UVM Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Video

Jaimie Gradus, DSc, MPH
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Trauma and Suicide in Denmark: Current Understanding and Future Directions

January 17, 2018Video
 

Matthew Price, PhD
University of Vermont

Methods to Assess and Treat Psychopathology in the Acute Post Trauma Period

December 1, 2017 

Co-hosted with UVM Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Video

Reagan Wetherill, PhD
University of Pennsylvania 

Sex Differences in Nicotine Use Disorder: Findings from Neuroimaging

November 16, 2017
 
Unavailable
 

Michelle Lofwall, MD
University of Kentucky

Clinical Research Pertinent to Rural Populations Affected by the Opioid Epidemic

September 20, 2017
 
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Steve Keteyian PhD
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit

Cardiac Rehabilitation: Improving on an Already Successful Intervention

May 17, 2017Video

Brad Appelhans, PhD
Rush University

The Challenge of Temptation in Management in Obesity Control

April 26, 2017Unavailable

Michael Toth, PhD
Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont

Muscle Disuse During Aging and Physically Disabling Events: Physiology and Interventions

April 12, 2017Unavailable

Holly Hagan, PhD
New York University

Toward Eliminating Hepatitis C Virus Infection in People who Inject Drugs

February 15, 2017Video

Gordon Jensen, MD, PhD
Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont

Overweight and Obesity: Impact of Metabolic Risk Upon Health and Mortality Outcomes

January 18, 2017Video

Elise Weerts, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Neuroimaging, Genetic and Pharmacological Approaches
towards Understanding Alcohol Use Disorder Risk and Treatment

December 2, 2016Unavailable

Neal Cohen, PhD
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Human Memory, Hippocampus, and Navigating Life

November 16, 2016Unavailable

Eric Slade, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Economic Assessment Approaches for Implementation and Dissemination Studies in Psychiatry

September 21, 2016Unavailable

JoAnn Manson, MD, DrPH
Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women's Health, Harvard Medical School

Women and Cardiovascular Disease: The Power of Prevention

May 11, 2016Unavailable

Robert Schwartz, MD
Medical Director, Senior Research Scientist, Friends Research Institute

Entry and Engagement in Opioid Agonist Treatment

April 27, 2016Unavailable

Kai Ling Kong, PhD
Post-Doctoral Research Associate Department of Pediatrics, Division of Behavioral Medicine, University of New York, Buffalo

Obesity Prevention: It's Never Too Soon to Start

March 23, 2016Video

Dorothy Hatsukami, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota 

Changing the Landscape of Nicotine Addiction and Tobacco Harm

March 16, 2016Video

Amy Trentham-Dietz, PhD
Professor, Population Health Sciences Program Leader for Cancer Control, Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

Challenges in Evaluating the Impact of Modifiable Behaviors on Breast Cancer Prevention

February 17, 2016Unavailable

Rick Rawson, PhD
Retired Co-Director, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs Professor, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences 

Exercise as a Treatment Intervention for Methamphetamine Dependence

January 20, 2016Video

Cynthia Rand, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 

Take this Pill Twice a Day Forever: Adherence in the Age of Polypharmacy, Chronic Illness and Multi-morbidity

December 16, 2015

Co-hosted with UVM Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Unavailable

Rodger Kessler, PhD
University of Vermont

An Emerging Bold Standard for Conducting Relevant Research in a Changing World

November 18, 2015Unavailable

Steven F. Maier, PhD
University of Colorado at Boulder

Behavioral Control Blunts Reactions to Contemporaneous & Future Adverse Events: Medial Prefrontal Cortex Plasticity & A Corticostriatal Network

October 9, 2015Unavailable

Howard Rachlin, PhD
Stony Brook University

Altruism: A Behavioral Analysis

September 16, 2015Unavailable

Alan Blum, MD
University of Alabama

Blowing Smoke: The Lost Legacy of the Surgeon General's Report

August 26, 2015Video

John Ware Jr., PhD
University of Massachusetts

Standardizing and Integrating Disease-specific and Generic Patient-reported Outcome Measures

June 24, 2015Unavailable

Mary Cushman, MD
University of Vermont

The Simple 7 Approach to Health

April 15, 2015Unavailable

Xiaozhong Wen, PhD
University of Buffalo

Developmental Origins of Obesity: Pre-Postnatal Tobacco Exposure as an Example

March 18, 2015Unavailable

Marian Fitzgibbon, PhD
University of Illinois at Chicago

Obesity Interventions in Underserved Populations: What Works and What Doesn't

February 18, 2015Unavailable

Isabelle Desjardins, PhD
University of Vermont

Suicide Risk Assessment in Hospitals: an Expert System Based Triage Tool

December 17, 2014Unavailable

Kenneth Silverman, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Incentives & Health: The Application of Operant Conditioning in Health Promotion

November 19, 2014Unavailable

Jesse Dallery, PhD
University of Florida

Digital & Behavioral Technology to Promote Health Behavior

September 17, 2014Unavailable

John Jakicic, PhD
University of Pittsburgh

If Obesity is a Disease, Is Physical Activity an Effective Lifestyle Treatment?

June 24, 2014Unavailable

Gene Heyman, PhD
Boston College

What drug users have taught us about addiction–and why the lessons are often ignored

May 20, 2014Unavailable

James MacKillop, PhD
University of Georgia

Understanding Addictive Behavioral using Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics: A Translational Approach

April 15, 2014Unavailable

Tricia Leahey, PhD
The Miriam Hospital & Brown Medical School

Financial incentives and social networks for obesity treatment

March 28, 2014

Co-hosted with UVM Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Unavailable

Leslie John, PhD
Harvard Business School

Capitalizing on Irrationality

February 18, 2014Unavailable

Carl Hart, PhD
Columbia University

Challenging Assumptions about Drugs

January 21, 2014Unavailable

Matthew Johnson, PhD
Johns Hopkins University

Delay Discounting: Innovation in Understanding Risk Behavior 

December 13, 2013Unavailable

Sarah Heil, PhD
University of Vermont

Buprenorphine for Treating Opioid-Dependent Pregnant Women: Behavioral Pharmacology in Action

November 18, 2013Unavailable

Alan Budney, PhD
Dartmouth College

Incentives in the treatment of substance use disorders and beyond

October 14, 2013Unavailable

Jack Henningfield, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Pinney Associates

Tobacco use as an exemplar of what can be accomplished with behavior changes: Challenges ahead

September 26, 2013Unavailable