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R1 Larner Spotlight: Skin Deep—Tracing the DNA Clues Behind Skin Cancer

Why Qualitative Research Matters: Q&A With Elise Tarbi, PhD, AGPCNP-BC

UVM Cancer Center’s Rural Cancer Care Initiatives

Four Larner Faculty Awarded Project Grants by UVM Cancer Center

Rally Against Cancer Winter 2026

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01/16/2026

Brian Cunniff, Ph.D., Named Inaugural Juckett Faculty Scholar at the UVM Cancer Center

The University of Vermont Cancer Center (UVMCC) is proud to announce the appointment of Brian...

01/14/2026

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...

01/08/2026

R1 Larner Spotlight: Can Less Treatment Still Cure HPV+ Cancer?

Among the human papilloma virus (HPV)–related cancers on the rise is oropharyngeal cancer, a kind...

01/08/2026

UVM Cancer Center Researchers Awarded American Cancer Society Discovery Boost Grant

The University of Vermont Cancer Center (UVMCC) is proud to share that Frances Carr, PhD, has...

01/07/2026

Meet Your New Oncologists

We’re excited to introduce three outstanding physicians who have recently joined the University...

12/16/2025

UVM Cancer Center Announces 2026 Pilot and Award Grantees

The UVM Cancer Center is proud to announce the recipients of its 2026 Pilot and Pre-Pilot Project...

11/25/2025

Honoring Vermont’s Caregivers: The Unseen Backbone of Cancer Care

November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to recognize individuals who provide essential...

11/24/2025

VT Digger Op-Ed by Randall Holcombe, MD, MBA: The Vermont cancer care model, a rural cancer care revolution

This commentary is by Randall Holcombe, M.D., M.B.A., of Burlington. He is the associate dean for...

11/18/2025

UVMCC Launches Emerging Leaders Corps

The UVM Cancer Center (UVMCC) is excited to announce the Emerging Leaders Corp (ELC)—a new...

11/17/2025

Hospitals Across the Region Host Lung Screening Events

Clinicians across Vermont and northern New York hope to expand lung cancer screening efforts this...

10/22/2025

Graduate Trainee, Maggie Trout, Receives ChadTough Defeat DIPG 2025 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

UVM Cancer Center pre-doctoral candidate, Maggie Trout, was recently awarded a Pre-Doctoral...

10/20/2025

New Publication Reveals Mechanical Forces Drive Stem Cell Differentiation

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)—adult cells reprogrammed to behave like embryonic stem...

10/17/2025

Meet Tom Ahern, PhD, MPH: One of the UVMCC’s Breast Cancer Researchers

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we are excited to introduce you to one of the University...

10/14/2025

Meet the New Cancer Host and Environment Member Jeremy Logue, PhD

The UVM Cancer Center Cancer Host and Environmentresearch program recently welcomed new member,...

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...

09/11/2025

Generous Gift Establishes the Susan Lewis Levy Whole Health Cancer Program

Richard (Dick) Levy has made a transformative gift to write a new chapter in cancer care at...

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...

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...

03/11/2025

Convenience and Connection

One of the first documented instances of a physician advising a patient over the telephone is...

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...

08/01/2024

UVM Cancer Center Awarded $9 Million Grant to Investigate Epigenetics of Breast Cancer

A team of University of Vermont scientists and physician investigators at the UVM Cancer Center and...

07/25/2024

Chris Holmes, M.D., Ph.D. appointed Medical Director for Cancer Clinical Programs at the UVM Health Network

The University of Vermont (UVM) Cancer Center and the UVM Health Network is pleased to announce the...

04/11/2024

75 Students from Five Area High Schools Learn About Careers in Cancer

Senator Welch Addressed Students at April 12 Event; Noted Researcher Spoke on Cancer Research in...

04/04/2024

Cancer Center Trainees Receive Awards to Present Their Research at AACR

UVM Cancer Center, Cancer Cell, trainee members,Shannon PriorandGopika Nandagopal, have each...

04/01/2024

Glass Secures UVM’s First NSF Mid-Career Advancement Award

The National Science Foundation’s Mid-Career Advancement (NSF MCA) program is a prestigious award...

02/26/2024

Innovative Program Incorporates a Dietician into Every Step of a Cancer Patient’s Journey

Thomas Whalen was devastated to be battling cancer for the second time, but a nutritional...

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...

02/02/2024

New study finds risk of T-cell lymphoma from CAR T-cell therapy minimal

CAR T-cell therapyis an innovative treatment for some types of blood cancers that engineers a...

01/30/2024

Nimrat Chatterjee, M.Sc., Ph.D., receives the prestigious NIH MIRA award

NimratChatterjee,M.Sc., Ph.D., assistant professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the...

12/19/2023

Study Indicates Some Cancer Treatments Increase the Abundance of a Protein Known to Cause Tumor Mutations

Thirty percent of all human tumor samples have mutations caused by several enzymes called...

12/13/2023

UVM Cancer Center Announces 2023 Pilot Project Grantees

The UVM Cancer Center has announced the recipients of its 2023 Pilot and Pre-Pilot Project Grants....

10/16/2023

UVMCC partners with Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation

The University of Vermont Cancer Center partners with the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki...

09/25/2023

26th Annual Women’s Health and Cancer Conference

UVM Cancer Center’s 26thAnnual Women’s Health and Cancer Conference Attracted Over 600 from 35...

09/13/2023

New study in Science Advances reveals insights into the regulation of glutathione

Glutathione, a prominent player in humans’ antioxidant defense system against oxidative stress,...