UVM Community Medical School
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Designed to share the medical learning experience with our greater community, Community Medical School was a public lecture series featuring relevant topics presented by University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine/University of Vermont Medical Center faculty experienced with delivering scientific information in an engaging, easy-to-understand manner.Programs in this Series
Stem cell therapy is being touted as a new miracle treatment for a wide range of diseases by a growing for-profit industry in the U.S and worldwide. But what is it really, and is it safe? Learn what evidence-based research has discovered about stem...
Why do treatments for some diagnoses change over time? What drives this change in medical practice? This presentation will explore how medical knowledge is derived and how it guides a doctor’s clinical decision-making during a patient visit....
What is chronic—versus acute—pain and how is it treated? Gain an understanding of how opioids work, how they can be used safely, and how addiction develops. Discuss what the evidence shows about potential alternative pain treatments,...
Why does the amount of sleep you need change from childhood into adulthood? Do sleep apps really work? Learn about the basics of sleep physiology, developmental changes in sleep needs and patterns, health risks of inconsistent bedtime habits, and...
Presented by Marilyn Cipolla, Ph.D., UVM Larner College of Medicine Professor of Neurological Sciences and Evadne Marcolini, M.D., UVM Larner College of Medicine Assistant Professor of Surgery.
Designed to share the medical learning experience with...
Presented by Andrea Villanti, M.P.H., Ph.D., UVM Larner College of Medicine Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Designed to share the medical learning experience with our greater community, Community Medical School is a public lecture series featuring...
Presented by Peter Weimersheimer, M.D., UVM Larner College of Medicine Professor of Surgery.
Designed to share the medical learning experience with our greater community, Community Medical School is a public lecture series featuring relevant topics...
Presented by David Warshaw, Ph.D., UVM Larner College of Medicine Professor and Chair of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and Jonathan Flyer, M.D., UVM Larner College of Medicine Assistant Professor of Pediatrics.
Designed to share the medical...
Well over 30 million Americans currently have a diabetes diagnosis, including more than one million children and adults with type 1 diabetes and with the majority being adults with type 2 diabetes. With a reported $327 billion in total costs...
Since July 1, 2018, recreational marijuana has been legal in Vermont, but what do we know about the positive and negative effects of cannabis in the body and the brain?
Peter Jackson, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, and Karen Lounsbury, Ph....
During the 2016-17 flu season in Vermont, 47.3 percent of residents received flu vaccines to prevent the annual dreaded virus that wreaks havoc in the upper respiratory system. Benjamin Lee, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Investigator...
The Community Medical School enters its 20th year. This talk features Jessica Crothers, M.D., UVM Research Fellow, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine.
This is a special panel presentation featuring A. Evan Eyler, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Family Medicine; Kate Jerman, M.P.H., Director, LGBTQA Center at UVM; Eli Goldberg, Medical Student, Class of 2020; and Lola Houston, UVM...
Community Medical School entered its 20th year with the kick off of the Spring 2018 series on March 6, which featured a discussion led by University of Vermont Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology...
Featured Story
CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives
CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!