News and Events Catch up on the UVM Cancer Center's news here. Newsworthy Successes UVMCC Launches Emerging Leaders Corps Hospitals Across the Region Host Lung Screening Events Graduate Trainee, Maggie Trout, Receives ChadTough Defeat DIPG 2025 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship New Publication Reveals Mechanical Forces Drive Stem Cell Differentiation Meet Tom Ahern, PhD, MPH: One of the UVMCC’s Breast Cancer Researchers More News 10/13/2025 New Grant Enables Researchers to Explore the Impact of Remotely Delivered Exercise Programs for Cancer Patients World Trade Center (WTC) rescue and recovery workers (Responders) have a 6-14% higher incidence of... 09/29/2025 The Power of Collaboration – Novel Model System to Study Lung Cancer Cachexia Despite most patients with lung cancer experiencing significant weight loss (cancer cachexia),... 09/22/2025 UVM Cancer Center’s 28th Annual Women’s Health and Cancer Conference Showcases ‘The Leading Edge of Cancer Care’ More than 600 registrants joined in person and online to explore innovations in oncology, patient... 09/10/2025 How Do We Engage Rural Cancer Survivors in Research? Rural cancer survivors face worse outcomes than their urban counterparts. To improve outcomes, it... 09/04/2025 Funding the Science That Finds a Cure: How Philanthropy Supports a Novel Treatment for Mesothelioma At first glance, the Kentucky Derby celebration held on May 3rd of 2025 at the Country Club of Troy... 09/03/2025 Marlene’s Cardinals: One Vermont Artist’s Fight Against Glioblastoma Some say that when a cardinal appears after the loss of a loved one, it’s a sign of their... 08/28/2025 When Lung Screening Saves Lives: One Patient’s Story Laundry day is Gretchen Bailey’s favorite day on the farm in Panton, Vermont. When the sun’s... 08/22/2025 Rurality Does Not Impact Outcomes of Glioblastoma Patients Diagnosed at UVMMC For most cancer types, patients who live in rural areas have worse outcomes than those who live in... 07/31/2025 UVM Cancer Center Brings Free Skin Checks to Rural Vermont A key tenant of the Cancer Center’s mission is to bring cancer education and prevention to... 07/31/2025 Bhurosy’s Study Reveals Food Insecurity Among Young Adult Cancer Survivors Cancer survivors often face an array of unique challenges. For some, that includes a heightened... 07/30/2025 Meet the UVM Cancer Center's 2025 Juckett Summer Fellows The UVM Cancer Center is buzzing this summer as mentors and scholars dive into research. Out of 47... 07/28/2025 Novel Mechanism for ER Movement Revealed in New Publication by John Salogiannis, PhD and Trainee Allison Langley The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the largest organelle in a cell and uses tiny molecular motors to... 07/28/2025 Trip's Rip: How One Cancer Center Patient's Family Honors His Memory The year 2020 was when Floyd Bump got sick. It was also the year he bought a side-by-side—a black... 07/24/2025 Postdoctoral Trainee Deena Snoke, Ph.D., Receives Prestigious NIH Pathway to Independence Award Postdoc Deena Snoke, Ph.D., was recently awarded the K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the... 07/23/2025 Cancer Center Members Awarded American Cancer Society Research Grants Two UVM Cancer Center members and one mentee of a Cancer Center member received Institutional... 07/02/2025 UVM Cancer Center Trainee Petra Kapsalis Finds Success in the Lab and on the Field A previous University of Vermont Cancer Center Summer Research Fellow and recent UVM graduate,... 06/29/2025 UVM Cancer Center Hosts Inaugural Rural Health and Cancer Conference From June 19—21, 2025, the UVM Cancer Center hosted its inaugural Rural Health and Cancer... 06/11/2025 UVM Cancer Center Pilot Study to Investigate Vermonter’s High Skin Cancer Risk Vermont has one of the highest incidence rates of melanoma in the country, and while there are a... 06/05/2025 New Publication Reveals Gene Expression Changes Upon Loss of the Cancer Implicated Protein Miro1 Just like we use electricity to power our homes, our cells have a power system as well,... 05/28/2025 It's Sun Safety Season: Protect Yourself Against Cancer-causing Sun Exposure Sun safety is easy and essential in the summer — especially in Vermont, where skin cancer rates... 05/27/2025 Trainee Spotlight: Thomas Khodadad, UVM Cancer Center ‘Cancer Host and Environment’ Research Program Tell us about yourself. Where are you from, and where are you today in your timeline of... 05/20/2025 UVM Cancer Center and Vermont Lake Monsters “Dig In” Against Cancer The Vermont Lake Monsters is again teaming up with the UVM Cancer Center for a game of hope,... 05/16/2025 Brian Sprague, PhD, awarded a University Scholars Award Brian Sprague, PhD, co-leader of the UVM Cancer Center Population Sciences and Cancer Outcomes... 05/15/2025 What’s It Like to Be on a Cancer Clinical Trial? We Asked a Patient. Clinical trials at UVMCC offer cancer patients access to groundbreaking medicine—but what’s it... 05/15/2025 New Article in The American Journal of Nursing Distinguishes Between Human Subjects Research and Quality Improvement Projects In the evolving landscape of healthcare and research, distinguishing between human subjects... 05/15/2025 Q&A with "Master Trialist" Alissa Thomas, M.D. Neuro-oncologist Alissa Thomas, M.D. understands the importance of clinical trials for advancing... 05/12/2025 A New Expert Review Provides Guidelines for Use of PSMA PET Scans for Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and is often hard to detect once it... 05/02/2025 The Cancer Center’s Outreach and Education Van Launches in Montpelier At the Vermont State House in Montpelier,UVM Cancer Center (UVMCC) launched its new Outreach and... 04/28/2025 “SciArt”: Can Art Connect Us to Cancer Science? In academia, science and art departments rarely overlap. But they do share common ground. Both... 04/18/2025 Wrap-up: 2025 Careers in Cancer Day On April 15, 90 high school students gathered at the Larner College of Medicine’s Medical... 04/04/2025 UVM Cancer Center Announces 2025 Pilot and Pre-Pilot Award Grantees The UVM Cancer Center has announced the recipients of its 2025 Pilot and Pre-Pilot Project Grants... 04/02/2025 New Publication Raises Awareness for the Advantages and Potential Harms of AI Analyses of Clinical Visits Driven by the capacity to automate medical record documentation, nearly one billion healthcare... 04/01/2025 Reem Aboushousha, PhD, Receives Parker B. Fellowship to Study the Role of GSTP in Chemotherapy Resistance Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with non-small cell lung... 03/29/2025 Q & A: Steve Lidofsky, MD, PhD on preventing liver cancer By 2030 liver cancer is projected to be third highest cause of cancer-related death in the US.... 03/28/2025 UVM Cancer Center and UVM Children's Hospital Offer Promising Pediatric Oncology Trial Few oncology subspecialities practice at the cutting edge of science like pediatric oncology, a... 03/24/2025 Meet the new UVM Cancer Center ‘Cancer Host and Environment’ Member — Kaitlin McCreery, Ph.D. What brought you to UVM?I grew up in the rural mountain community of Brevard, North Carolina, so... 03/24/2025 Q&A With Chris Anker, M.D., on Colorectal Cancer For Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, we talked with radiation oncologist and Cancer Center... 03/05/2025 Rally Against Cancer Winter 2025 Rally Against Cancer games are an annual campaign to raise awareness for cancer research taking... 02/21/2025 Broad panel genetic testing in patients with cancer finds unexpected variants Broad panel genetic testing in patients with cancer finds 2.8% of variants are unexpectedHereditary... 02/20/2025 Multiple factors impact oxidation-induced mutational landscapes New study from Roberts lab identifies multiple factors that impact oxidation-induced mutational... 02/20/2025 Klemperer Recognized For Nicotine and Tobacco Research Elias Klemperer, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Associate Director of the Vermont Center... 02/05/2025 Are Supplements Safe? An Integrative Oncology Expert Weighs In. Turkey tail, green tea, magnesium – these are just a few of the supplements that factor into... 02/05/2025 Skin Checks for South Burlington Firefighters Vermont has one of the highest rates of melanoma in the nation. The UVM Cancer Center's Community... 02/05/2025 In a New Publication, the Majumdar Lab Shows Vaccine Inflammatory Responses can be Tailored for Specific Therapeutic Purpose Much like an alarm clock wakes you up in the morning, the components in vaccines wake the immune... 01/31/2025 Meet the new UVM Cancer Center 'Cancer Cell' Member – John Salogiannis, PhD The UVM Cancer Center Cancer Cell research program recently welcomed new member, John Salogiannis,... 01/03/2025 The Vermont Model - A Blood Clot Prevention Program Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) refers to the occurrence of blood clots in veins, which can lead to... 10/10/2024 Innovative Program Aims to Diversify Cancer Center Leadership Early career faculty rarely get invited to participate in leadership-related activities within a... 02/05/2024 Novel therapy uncovered at the University of Vermont Cancer Center enters Phase 2 Clinical Study Since 2017,the Cunniff Lab at the University of Vermont (UVM) Cancer Center with support from... 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