The VCCBH hosts multiple yearly events, including a monthly Conference, a bimonthly Journal Club, and an Annual Symposium that provides a multidisciplinary forum for addressing critical health issues across basic, clinical, and population research.
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VCCBH Conference Schedule Occurs: 3rd Friday of every month
Friday, May 16, 2025
Presenter: Kalev Freeman, MD, PhD
Emergency Medicine Physician Director at UVMMC,
Associate Professor for the Department of Pharmacology and Emergency Medicine at LCOM
Presenter: Kalev Freeman, MD, PhD
Emergency Medicine Physician Director at UVMMC,
Associate Professor for the Department of Pharmacology and Emergency Medicine at LCOM
VCCBH Symposium
Annual VCCBH Symposium
Date to be Announced!
Registration: Upcoming
Final schedule: Pending
Date to be Announced!
Registration: Upcoming
Final schedule: Pending
VCCBH Journal Club Schedule Occurs: 3rd Tuesday every other month
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Presenter: Maria Bravo, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Larner College of Medicine
Presenter: Maria Bravo, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Larner College of Medicine
Prior Conferences and Events
2024
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| Presenter | Presentation Title (Highlighted text links to video or program.) | Date of Presentation |
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| Ruth Fabian-Fine, PhD, St Michael’s College | Tau Tangles, Neuritic-and Amyloid Beta Plaques and their Proposed Role in Waste Uptake from the Mammalian Brain | December 13, 2024 |
| Mary Cushman, MD, MSc, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine | Stroke and Cognitive Impairment in a National Biracial Cohort the Regards Study | November 15, 2024 |
| Wen Ma, PhD, University of Vermont Engineering and Mathematical Sciences | Multiscale Models of Myosin Modulation: Insights for Treating Cardiomyopathy | October 18, 2024 |
| Kathryn Morelli, PhD, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine | RNA Binding Proteins: The next generation of macromolecular biomarkers and therapeutics for neurodegenerative disease | September 20, 2024 |
| VCCBH Researchers and Visiting Professors | VCCBH 4th Annual Symposium | June 6-7, 2024 |
| W. Jonathan Lederer, MD, PhD, University of Maryland School of Medicine | Death by Heart Failure | May 6, 2024 |
| Virginia Howard, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham | Place Matters in Stroke | April 17, 2024 |
| Laura Raffield, PhD, UNC School of Medicine | Genomic and Multi-Omic Analysis of Inflammation in Diverse Cohort Studies | April 12, 2024 |
| Leigh-Anne Cioffredi, MD, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine | Prenatal Cannabis Exposure- Identifying Mechanisms of Impact on the Developing Brain | March 15, 2024 |
| Robert Tycko, PhD, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | Initial and Final Stages of Amyloid-b Self-Assembly Probed by Solid State NMR and Electron Microscopy | February 16, 2024 |
| David J. Coggin-Carr, MD, PhD, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine | Low Frequency Electroacupuncture: A Potential Treatment for Uteroplacental Fetal Growth Restriction | January 19, 2024 |
2023
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| Presenter | Presentation Title (Highlighted text links to video or program.) | Date of Presentation |
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| Stephen L. Seliger, MD, MS, University of Maryland School of Medicine | Chronic Kidney Disease and Cognitive Impairment - Role of Accelerated Cerebrovascular Disease | December 15, 2023 |
| Hyacinth I. Hyacinth, PhD, MPH, MBBS, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine | Post-GWAS Functional Genomics Analysis of HNF1A Locus to Define Novel Pathogenic Mechanism for Ischemic Stroke | November 10, 2023 |
| Alzheimer’s Disease: The Old and the New | October 13, 2023 | |
| Osama Harraz, PhD, University of Vermont | Vascular Interoception: A Built-in Mechanism for Brain Blood Flow Control | September 15, 2023 |
| VCCBH Researchers and Visiting Professors | VCCBH 3rd Annual Symposium | June 15-16, 2023 |
| Baptiste Lacoste, PhD, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute | Non-neuronal Determinants of Neuronal Development | May 19, 2023 |
| Tanvi Bhatt, PhD, University of Illinois Chicago | Evidence-Based Balance Training: Slips, Trips and Beyond | March 17, 2023 |
| Emmett E. Whitaker III, MD, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine | Cerebrovascular Function, Disease, and the Quest for the Ideal Anesthetic in Neonates and Infants | February 17, 2023 |
| Nicholas Klug, PhD, University of Vermont | Emerging contractile and electrical properties of CNS capillary pericytes | January 20, 2023 |
2022
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Video Archive
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- Power and Sample Size 101, Neil Zakai & Andrew Sparks
Interactive Case-Based Virtual Workshop with our Study Design and Molecular Epidemiology Core- Session 1- October 13, 2022
Session 2- October 25, 2022 Passcode: JJ.GqC1
- Session 1- October 13, 2022
- May 2022 VCCBH Conference Dr. Iadecola
- December 2021 Role of the blood-brain barrier and microvascular function in brain injury during preeclampsia and eclampsia Marilyn Cipolla, PhD
- November 2021 Infection as a Stroke Risk Factor, Trigger, and Determinant of Outcome Mitchell S. V. Elkind, MD, MS
- October 2021 Developing Adaptive Chemical Sensing Technologies for Determining the Etiology of Brain and Cardiovascular Disorders Yangguang Ou, PhD
- September 2021 Mini COVID Research Slam Neil Zakai, MD, Mary Cushman, MD, MSc and Andrew Wilcock, PhD
- June 2021 Off the Charts: Discussion of Research at the VCCBH and UVM
- June 2021 Neurovascular Signaling Pathways in Health and Disease: Mechanistic Insights and Therapeutic Opportunities Visiting Professor, Teresa Sanchez, PhD
- June 2021 Welcoming Ceremonies & PD Presentations VCCBH Symposium
- June 2021 Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: White Matter Pathology and Cardiovascular Therapy Keynote Speaker Edith Hamel, PhD
- June 2021 Heed Their Rising Voices—a Cognitive Approach Keynote Speaker Warren Lockette, MD