North Star Monthly reports that “Asthma Therapy for Children in Rural Schools,” piloted by Stephen Teach, M.D., M.P.H., a pediatrician at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine, is among 16 projects awarded a share of $2.5 million in funding by the Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships at the University of Vermont to launch or expand university-community partnerships targeting solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing the Green Mountain State. This phase-two grant will pilot school-based asthma therapy in 10 rural Vermont schools, enabling nurses to provide daily medications to students with persistent asthma to improve health outcomes, boost attendance, and develop a scalable model for rural pediatric care.

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