Larner News Archive 2026–27 Schweitzer Fellows Selected Five teams of UVM Larner College of Medicine Class of 2029 medical students, along with teams from... Infectious Disease Award Supports Bruce’s Flu Virus Pathway Study Emily Bruce, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics, received a... Story Listening Workshop Supports Queer and Trans Cancer Patients A study from the University of Vermont Cancer Center (UVMCC) is highlighting the power of... The Road to Residency A pivotal step on the journey from medical student to practicing physician is residency; a... Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health Celebrates $12 Million Renewed Grant with Research Symposium At a state-of-the-art biomedical research center at the University of Vermont, a cadre of... A Promising Cancer Discovery Moves Closer to the Clinic Frances Carr, Ph.D., professor of pharmacology at the Larner College of Medicine, spent years... Larner Researcher Named Pew Biomedical Scholar Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that Osama Harraz, Ph.D., Bloomfield Professor in... Larner Accolades & Accomplishments: June 17, 2026 Jump to:Plante’s Study on Heart Health & COVID-19Marshall Wins National Science Foundation... UVM Cancer Center’s 2nd Annual Rural Health and Cancer Conference Advances Collaboration and Innovation in Care The University of Vermont Cancer Center hosted its second annual Rural Health and Cancer Conference... Mark Nelson, Ph.D., Elected to the UK’s Academy of Medical Sciences Mark Nelson, Ph.D., University Distinguished Professor and chair of pharmacology at the Robert... Today’s Clinical Trials Are Tomorrow’s Standard of Care A video essay about University of Vermont Cancer Center patient Rusty Ashmore and his family tells... Daniel Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., Assumes Presidency of the International Society for Cell & Gene Therapy Pulmonary and critical care specialist Daniel Weiss, M.D., Ph.D.,professor of medicine at the... Strengthening Rural Health Care: Incentive Scholarships Help Medical Grads Put Down Roots in Vermont As Class of 2026 medical students settle into their residency programs, most don’t know where... Charles Irvin, Ph.D., Receives Thoracic Society’s Highest Honor Charles Irvin, Ph.D., professor of medicine and molecular physiology & biophysics and former... Larner Accolades & Accomplishments: May 27, 2026 Jump to:Irvin Awarded Trudeau MedalClass of 2026 Honors Night2026 Winners of the Lucey PrizeLarner... Larner College of Medicine Celebrates Class of ’26 Honors Night with Awards to Students, Staff, Faculty, and Residents The Dudley H. Davis Center’s Grand Maple Ballroom was once again the setting for the University... Larner Graduates Honored at UVM 2026 Commencement Ceremonies Students, families, friends, faculty, and staff gathered May 16 and 17 to celebrate the next... Larner College of Medicine Announces 2026 Commencement Speakers Lewis First, M.D., M.S., chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Larner College of Medicine... A Week of Celebrating Professionalism The seventh annual Professionalism Week at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of... Medical Alumni Siblings Honor Parents with Gift Ann and Melvin Feins raised three children in Manchester, New Hampshire—all of whom went on to... The Mission Continues … at Larner The excitement of the Artemis II launch, still fresh in our minds, reminds us of what science makes... Argosy Foundation Gifts $2M to Vermont Center for Cardiovascular and Brain Health The Argosy Foundation has made a $2 million gift to support research at the Vermont Center for... UVM Research Duo Takes Their ‘Stop Heart Failure’ Mission to Vermont City Marathon In a compelling blend of scientific collaboration and athletic determination, University of Vermont... UVM Summer Health and Medicine Courses Open to All Stay academically engaged this summer with a course at the Larner College of Medicine as part of... Larner Accolades & Accomplishments: May 6, 2026 Jump to:Yates Fund from Juckett FoundationLarner at a Pediatrics Conference in D.C.Dr.... Larner’s 109-Year-Old Alumnus Meet Larner alum Jay Keller, M.D., Class of 1940. As he approaches his 110th birthday this June,... Inspiring Discovery: The Jerome W. Yates, M.D., M.P.H., Rural Cancer Outreach Fund Discovery has always been at the heart of the University of Vermont Cancer Center. That spirit was... Larner Faculty to Lead Largest U.S. Medical Specialty Organization Jan K. Carney, M.D., M.P.H., associate dean for public health and health policy, professor of... Bridges to Health Fills the Gaps in Care for Vermont's Agricultural Industry For 15 Years, Bridges to Health has Found and Filled the Gaps in Care for Vermont's Agricultural... What to Know About Vaccines National Public Health Awareness Week is April 6–12. Larner Accolades & Accomplishments: April 15, 2026 Jump to:New LMSA Leaders from LarnerInaugural Rural Medicine Education DirectorOffice for Research... Anthony Charles, M.D., M.P.H., Invested as Inaugural Green and Gold Professor of Faculty Development in Surgery Anthony Charles, M.D., M.P.H., vice chair for faculty development in the Department of Surgery at... Sarah Krumholz ’26: Balancing Motherhood and Medicine As a newly pregnant third-year medical student, Sarah Krumholz ’26 faced unique challenges:... Larner Accolades & Accomplishments: March 25, 2026 Jump to:The Red Wheelbarrow 2025Geneen Charitable Trust AwardUsing AI in CSE Scoring?AcademyHealth... Larner Graduating Medical Students ‘Ride Into Residencies’ at Match Day In the Grand Maple ballroom at the Dudley H. Davis Center at the University of Vermont, the Robert... Marking the Passage from Larner Medical Student to Resident Physician Each year, fourth-year medical students across the country, including those at the Robert Larner,... Toshiko Uchida, M.D., Invested as Inaugural Dr. Yvette Pigeon Professor in Medical Education Larner Associate Dean for Curriculum and Professor of Medicine Toshiko Uchida, M.D., was invested... Waiting for Match Day The National Resident Matching Program’s Main Residency Match®, or “Match Day,” held... New Pediatrics Chair Named at Larner College of Medicine Judy Schaechter, M.D., M.B.A.,division director at the Centers for Disease Control and... Colorectal Cancer: Not Just an Older Person’s Disease March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Rates among young people are climbing, with one in five... Ask an MS Expert: Dr. Andrew Solomon For MS Awareness Month in March, we revisit an episode of the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS)... Larner Accolades & Accomplishments: March 4, 2026 Jump to:Larner Community ‘Goes Red for Women’Gogo Advocates at State HouseNeuroscience,... Mary Cushman, M.D.’89, M.Sc., Elected President of International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis for 2028–2030 The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) has announced the election of Mary... UVM Larner College of Medicine to Launch New Online Doctor of Public Health Program in Fall 2026 The Larner College of Medicine will meet the growing need for highly trained public health leaders... UVM Cancer Center’s Rural Cancer Care Initiatives In a recent opinion piece in VTDigger, Randall Holcombe, M.D., M.B.A., professor of medicine, chief... Larner Accolades & Accomplishments: FEBRUARY 11, 2026 Zailing Xing, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate at the University of Vermont in the lab of Larner... The Path to a Healthy Heart Starts with Awareness In recognition of February as American Heart Month, cardiologist Sherrie Khadanga, M.D., associate... Larner’s Very Own Winter Olympian: Ty Walker, M.D.’25 As the world looks to Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics February 6–22, we at the Larner College... The Larner College of Medicine’s African American Forerunners As we reflect on African American History Month this February, we revisit the compelling stories of... Nine UVM Olympians to Compete in the 2026 Winter Games in Italy Nine current or former students from the University of Vermont are set to compete in the 2026... Larner Accolades & Accomplishments: JANUARY 21, 2026 Peter Hyson, M.D.’18, assistant professor of medicine, has been named Early Career Green and Gold... Be Like Jim In a ceremony that celebrated achievement, resilience, and the power of community, on Sunday, May... What Are Clinical Trials? Should You Participate? We owe our current high standards of medical care to the people who participate in clinical trials... Sylvie Doublié, Ph.D., Invested as Inaugural Green and Gold Professor in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Structural biologist and biochemist Sylvie Doublié, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of... Back to the Mountains, the Community, and Myself In this excerpt from her recent UVM Larner Med Blog, third-year medical student Lindsey Gleason... TalkVermont Leaders Win 2025 AACN-Gold Interprofessional Humanism in Healthcare Award The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) have... Beat the Winter Exercise Slump: UVM Fitness Expert on Staying Active in Cold Weather Across the U.S., winter brings shorter days, colder commutes, icy sidewalks, and hectic schedules... UVM Cancer Center Names Brian Cunniff, Ph.D., Inaugural Juckett Faculty Scholar The University of Vermont Cancer Center (UVMCC) has announced the appointment of Brian Cunniff,... Larner Accolades & Accomplishments: DECEMBER 17, 2025 The Larner College of Medicine community continued a strong tradition of supporting neighbors in... Holistic Care Meets Planetary Health: UVM Researcher Lays Out a New Vision for US Health Care University of Vermont researcher Christine Vatovec—an environmental health social scientist and... Canadian Wildfire Smoke Worsened Pediatric Asthma in U.S. Northeast: UVM Study New research from the University of Vermont reveals exposure to smoke from Canadian wildfires in... Dr. Fred Chau-Yang Ko Named New Director of UVM Center on Aging and Division Chief of Geriatric Medicine for UVM Health Fred Chau-Yang Ko, M.D., M.S., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the James J.... UVM-Tested Dengue Vaccine Gains First Major Approval The world’s first single-dose vaccine to prevent dengue fever has been approved for licensure in... Singing Through Life’s Final Chapter In her recent blog post, Cassidy Cottle, Larner Medical Class of 2026, reflects on how her musical... Gratitude at Thanksgiving: Tips from Dr. First In a Thanksgiving episode of his long-running TV show “First with Kids,” Lewis First, M.D.,... Rural Health at Larner: A New Model for Kids with Complex Needs In summer 2024, Katie and Bo McDougall and their daughter, Nora, went to the beach.It was a simple... Larner Accolades & Accomplishments: NOVEMBER 24, 2025 During Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the November 12 episode of the University of Vermont... Rural Health at Larner: Driving Rural Health Forward - Larner College of Medicine Marks National Rural Health Day The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont is proud to observe... Rural Health at Larner: Erika Ziller, Ph.D., Visits ‘Across the Fence’ for National Rural Health Day For National Rural Health Day, celebrated annually on the third Thursday of November, the... Rural Health at Larner: Larner College of Medicine to Participate in Groundbreaking $12M Study to Address Drug Use in Rural Communities A first-of-its-kind initiative, funded by a National Institute on Drug Abuse grant, will conduct an... Rural Health at Larner: Food Insecurity and Rural Child and Family Functioning A study by Larner researchers published recently in JAMA Network Open explored whether or not food... Radiologist Beth Zigmund, M.D., Visits ‘Across the Fence’ for November Lung Cancer Awareness Month During Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the November 12 episode of the University of Vermont... Rural Health at Larner: Molly Hurd ’26 on the Appeal of Practicing Rural Family Health Care A recent episode of the Southern Vermont Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Let’s Talk podcast... Whitney Calkins, M.D., Named 2025 Physician of the Year by Vermont Medical Society The Vermont Medical Society has named Whitney Calkins, M.D., assistant professor of family medicine... Larner Accolades & Accomplishments: NOVEMBER 5, 2025 The Vermont Medical Society has named Whitney Calkins, M.D., assistant professor of family medicine...
