News and Events

06/16/2026

Meet Cancer Cell Member Brian Eckenroth, PhD

The UVM Cancer Center Cancer Cellresearch program has many incredible members. Today we are excited...

06/11/2026

Cancer Center Members Awarded American Cancer Society Research Grants

Two UVM Cancer Center members received Institutional Research Grants from the American Cancer...

06/10/2026

UVM Cancer Center Hosts 2nd Annual Rural Health and Cancer Conference

The University of Vermont Cancer Center (UVMCC) hosted its second annual Rural Health and Cancer...

06/04/2026

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...

05/12/2026

Meet the New Cancer and Host Interactions Member Haicen Yue, PhD

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

05/04/2026

New research identifies covalent inhibitors as a potential cancer therapy

Like a growing kid, rapidly growing tumor cells require significant energy, and this rapid growth...

04/29/2026

Bringing care to our rural communities: a new grant will identify key factors to support high quality telehealth care

Roughly 3 million of the nation’s 15 million cancer survivors reside in rural areas, and...

04/22/2026

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...

04/17/2026

UVM Cancer Center Welcomes 90 High School Students for Careers in Cancer Program

What does a future in cancer research or medicine actually look like? And how does a student begin...

04/06/2026

Madison Guyette is Awarded the Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

04/01/2026

UVM Cancer Center Publishes 2025 Annual Report

The UVM Cancer Center’s 2025 Annual Report is here! From continued progress toward NCI...

03/21/2026

Caledonian Record Highlights Visit by UVM Cancer Center BioMobile Research Lab to Lyndon Institute

On March 6, the University of Vermont Cancer Center’s new Outreach and Education Van, with its...

03/19/2026

UVM Cancer Center Hosts Third Annual Scientific Retreat

The UVM Cancer Center’s third annual Scientific Retreat, held March 13, 2026, at UVM’s Dudley...

02/26/2026

Skin Deep—Tracing the DNA Clues Behind Skin Cancer

UVM Health dermatologist and Larner Associate Professor Melanie Bui, M.D., Ph.D., spends a lot of...

02/17/2026

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

Elise Tarbi, PhD, AGPCNP-BC, recently co-authored a Lancet Oncology article titled “The power of...

02/17/2026

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...

01/22/2026

Four Larner Faculty Awarded Project Grants by UVM Cancer Center

The University of Vermont Cancer Center has announced the recipients of its 2026 pilot and...

01/21/2026

Rally Against Cancer Winter 2026

“Rally Against Cancer” is an annual campaign to raise awareness for cancer research taking...

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

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...