VCCBH Events

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.

Recent Presenters

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Clockwise from top left: Mansour Gergi, M.D., Nanette K. Wenger, M.D., Debora Kamin Mukaz, PhD, MS, Adam Sprouse-Blum, M.D, PhD
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Events

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VCCBH Conference Schedule Occurs: 3rd Friday of every month

Friday, April 18, 2025
Presenter: Adam Straub, PhD, Professor with tenure and Vice Chair for Research, Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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VCCBH Symposium

Annual VCCBH Symposium
Date to be Announced!

Registration: Upcoming
Final schedule: Pending
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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

Prior Conferences and Events

2024
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PresenterPresentation Title (Highlighted text links to video or program.)Date of Presentation
Ruth Fabian-Fine, PhD, St Michael’s CollegeTau Tangles, Neuritic-and Amyloid Beta Plaques and their Proposed Role in Waste Uptake from the Mammalian BrainDecember 13, 2024
Mary Cushman, MD, MSc, University of Vermont Larner College of MedicineStroke and Cognitive Impairment in a National Biracial Cohort the Regards StudyNovember 15, 2024
VCCBH Researchers and Visiting ProfessorsVCCBH 4th Annual Symposium June 6-7, 2024
W. Jonathan Lederer, MD, PhD, University of Maryland School of MedicineDeath by Heart FailureMay 6, 2024
Virginia Howard, PhD, University of Alabama at BirminghamPlace Matters in StrokeApril 17, 2024
Laura Raffield, PhD, UNC School of MedicineGenomic and Multi-Omic Analysis of Inflammation in Diverse Cohort StudiesApril 12, 2024
Leigh-Anne Cioffredi, MD, University of Vermont Larner College of MedicinePrenatal Cannabis Exposure- Identifying Mechanisms of Impact on the Developing BrainMarch 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 MedicineLow Frequency Electroacupuncture: A Potential Treatment for Uteroplacental Fetal Growth RestrictionJanuary 19, 2024

2023
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PresenterPresentation Title Date of Presentation
Stephen L. Seliger, MD, MS, University of Maryland School of MedicineChronic Kidney Disease and Cognitive Impairment - Role of Accelerated Cerebrovascular DiseaseDecember 15, 2023
 
Hyacinth I. Hyacinth, PhD, MPH, MBBS, University of Cincinnati College of MedicinePost-GWAS Functional Genomics Analysis of HNF1A Locus to Define Novel Pathogenic Mechanism for Ischemic StrokeNovember 10, 2023
 

William W Pendlebury, MD, University of Vermont  &

Steele Taylor, MD, University of Vermont

Alzheimer’s Disease: The Old and the NewOctober 13, 2023
 
Osama Harraz, PhD, University of VermontVascular Interoception: A Built-in Mechanism for Brain Blood Flow ControlSeptember 15, 2023
 
Baptiste Lacoste, PhD, The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Non-neuronal Determinants of Neuronal Development May 19, 2023
 
Tanvi Bhatt, PhD, University of Illinois ChicagoEvidence-Based Balance Training: Slips, Trips and BeyondMarch 17, 2023
 
Emmett E. Whitaker III, MD, University of Vermont Larner College of MedicineCerebrovascular Function, Disease, and the Quest for the Ideal Anesthetic in Neonates and InfantsFebruary 17, 2023
 
Nicholas Klug, PhD, University of VermontEmerging contractile and electrical properties of CNS capillary pericytesJanuary 20, 2023

2022
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PresenterPresentation TitleDate of Presentation
Matthew Caporizzo, PhD, University of Vermont Larner College of MedicineThe Molecular Underpinnings of Diastolic DysfunctionDecember 16, 2022
 
Manuel Navedo PhD, F.A.H.A, University of California DavisSpatiotemporal control of vascular CaV1.2 channels by a single amino acidOctober 21, 2022
 
Eliza Miller, MD, Columbia University, NYNeuro-Obstetics: Partnering to Prevent Maternal Neurological Morbidity and MortalitySeptember 9, 2022
 
Costantino Iadecola, MD, Weill Cornell Medical CollegeNeurovascular Pathology of Amyloid-Beta and Tau: From Bench to BedsideMay 20, 2022
 
Iris Jaffe, MD, PhD, Tufts UniversityVascular Mineralocorticoid Receptors in Cardiovascular DiseaseMarch 18, 2022
 
Catherine Lang, PT, PhD, FAPTA, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisTranslation of in-clinic gains to gains in daily life after strokeFebruary 18, 2022
 

Neil Zakai, MD, MSc, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine &

Peter Durda, PhD, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

How can the Study Design and Molecular Epidemiology Core help your research?January 21, 2022

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