Office of Medical Communications

(APRIL 12, 2024) UVM Cancer Center director Randall Holcombe, M.D., M.B.A., welcomed more than 75 students from five Burlington-area high schools to the second Careers in Cancer event at the UVM Cancer Center on April 12, WCAX-TV reported.

(APRIL 11, 2024) Marissa Coleman, Psy.D., Larner clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and UVMMC vice president of diversity, equity, and inclusion, was interviewed by NBC5 for a story on the importance of quality care to meet needs across diverse backgrounds.

(APRIL 10, 2024) Kalev Freeman, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of emergency medicine and pharmacology, discussed traumatic brain injury, or TBI, in a WCAX-TV interview.

(APRIL 10, 2024) Kae Ravichandran, Larner Class of 2025, spoke with NBC5 about gearing up for another run at glory in this year’s Boston Marathon on April 15. Ravichandran won last year with a time of 2:39:06—in the race’s first-ever nonbinary division.

(APRIL 5, 2024) Linda Klumpers, Ph.D., M.Sc., research assistant professor of pharmacology, commented in an SFGATE article about the first clinical evidence that terpenes can change the effects of THC.

(APRIL 5, 2024) Brian Sprague, Ph.D., M.S., professor of surgery, was quoted in an article in Radiology Business about a historic low in mammography screening in Vermont.

(APRIL 5, 2024) Cardiologist Tanush Gupta, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, commented in a TCTMD story on a new study that echoes previous studies showing that about half of patients with severe aortic stenosis under the age of 65 are receiving TAVI, contrary to current guidelines that preferentially recommend surgery.

(APRIL 3, 2024) Critical care pediatrician Rebecca Bell, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, was quoted in a Concord Monitor article about the first school district in New Hampshire to adopt a secure firearm storage resolution.

(APRIL 2, 2024) Elias Klemperer, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and psychological science, was interviewed by WVNY-TV about his research looking to help update the FDA’s regulation on nicotine levels.

(APRIL 2, 2024) Primary care physician Michael Latreille, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, discussed the impact of the climate crisis on our health in a VT Digger commentary urging support for a renewable energy bill.