Vermont Biomedical Research Network

UVM Vermont Center for Immunology and Infectious Disease (VCIID) Research-in-Progress Meeting
2023-02-02 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)
9:00-10:00 AM – Join the meeting, or in-person in HSRF 300, UVM campus
“TBD”
Emily Bruce

“Vaccine Immunity”
2023-02-02 10:00 - 11:30
UVM Translational Global Infectious Disease Research (TGIR) Seminar
10:00 11:30 AM – On-Campus, in-person in Health Science Research Facility (HSRF) 400
“Vaccine Immunity”
Dr. Betzi Norton, Tulane University School of Medicine

"A familiar stress in an unfamiliar place: cell wall stressors and bacterial countermeasures in the cytosol"
2023-02-02 10:30 - 12:00
Dartmouth College Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar
Online 10:30-12:00 – Join the seminar (Passcode: [REDACTED]
Jessica Kelliher, Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin “A familiar stress in an unfamiliar place: cell wall stressors and bacterial countermeasures in the cytosol”

“Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: An Introduction”
2023-02-03 08:00 - 09:00
UVM Department of Medicine Grand Rounds Seminar
8:00-9:00 AM, Davis Center Auditorium
“Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy: An Introduction”
Robert Gramling, MD, DSc. Professor, Department of Medicine
Division Chief, Division of Palliative Medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine
Jon Porter, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Comprehensive Pain Management, Medical Director, Comprehensive Pain Program, Director, Osher Center for Integrative Health, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

“Brain cell metabolism and excitability: a two-way street”
2023-02-03 09:00 - 10:00
UVM Department of Pharmacology Seminar
9:00 AM, in-person HSRF 400
“Brain cell metabolism and excitability: a two-way street”
Gary Yellen, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Director PhD Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School

“MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD”
2023-02-03 10:30 - 11:45
UVM Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Seminar
10:30-11:45 AM – Join online (Passcode: [REDACTED] – Zoom only
“MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD”
Maxine Dudek, MD, Department of Psychiatry
University of Vermont

"Cognitive Biases: Can We Stop the Train From Leaving the Station?"
2023-02-07 07:30 - 08:30
UVM Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds
Online 7:30-8:30 AM – Join the seminar
“Cognitive Biases: Can We Stop the Train From Leaving the Station?””
Melissa Davidson, MD, Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology
Designated Institutional Official
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Office of Graduate Medical Education
University of Vermont Medical Center and Larner College of Medicine

UVM Department of Chemistry Seminar
2023-02-07 10:00 - 11:00
10:05am – 11:00am, Innovation E105
Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech
Host: Michael Ruggiero

“Organoid based approaches to decrypting fertilization requirements for Cryptosporidium”
2023-02-07 11:30 - 12:30
UVM Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) Seminar Series
11:30-12:30 PM, Join the seminar, or in-person Sullivan Classroom, Room 200 “Organoid based approaches to decrypting fertilization requirements for Cryptosporidium”
Bethany Korwin-Mihavicsm
Advisor: Dr. Christopher Huston
CMB Program/ Medicine

UVM Pediatric Grand Rounds
2023-02-08 08:00 - 09:00
UVM Pediatric Grand Rounds
8:00-9:00 AM – Join online (Passcode: [REDACTED] or in person in the Davis Auditorium, UVM campus
“Finding the Needle in the Haystack – Tales from the Pediatric ED”
David Nelson, M.D., Associate Professor Departments of Surgery & Emergency Medicine, UVM Larner College of Medicine
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician, UVM Children’s Hospital

UVM Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Seminar
2023-02-08 09:30 - 10:30
9:30-10:30 AM – Join the seminar, or in-person in MedEd 200, UVM campus
“TBD”
Dr. Suzannah Rihn, Center for VIrus Research, University of Edinburgh

“Studies of selenoporoteins in redox biology - methodologies and novel insights."
2023-02-08 11:00 - 12:00
UVM Redox Biology and Pathology Program Seminar
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Join the seminar
“Studies of selenoporoteins in redox biology – methodologies and novel insights.”
Elias Arner, MD, PhD, Professor of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

"Finding & Evaluating Funding Opportunities"
2023-02-08 15:00 - 17:00
KY-INBRE/NIH SuRE Resource Center Workshop
Online 3:00 PM – Register for workshop
“Finding & Evaluating Funding Opportunities”
Review of best practices for finding, vetting, and reading funding opportunities (FOAs) to develop responsive research proposals. While the information learned will be relevant to all funders, this presentation will emphasize NIH opportunities, and specifically the SuRE R16 mechanism.

UVM Surgical Grand Rounds - John H. Davis Lectureship
2023-02-09 07:30 - 08:30
7:30-8:30 AM
“TBD” Constantinos Lovoulos, MD, Associate Professor , Gen. Surgery Chief Resident University of Vermont

"(1) mRNA/LNP adjuvancy studies in muscle, (2) proposed studies using mRNA/LNPs to target terminally differentiated B cells"
2023-02-09 09:00 - 10:00
UVM Vermont Center for Immunology and Infectious Disease (VCIID) Research-in-Progress Meeting
9:00-10:00 AM – Join the meeting, or in-person in HSRF 300, UVM campus
“(1) mRNA/LNP adjuvancy studies in muscle, (2) proposed studies using mRNA/LNPs to target terminally differentiated B cells”.
Dev Majumdar PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, UVM

“Post-Colonoscopy Colorectal Cancer and an Update on an Endoscopy Quality Program”
2023-02-10 08:00 - 09:00
UVM Department of Medicine Grand Rounds Seminar
8:00-9:00 AM, Davis Center Auditorium
“Post-Colonoscopy Colorectal Cancer and an Update on an Endoscopy Quality Program”
Eric Ganguly, MD, Director of Endoscopy, Chair of the UVMHN Endoscopy Quality Committee, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

“Paradise Lost: The Neurobiology of Child Abuse and Neglect”
2023-02-10 10:30 - 11:45
UVM Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Seminar
10:30-11:45 AM – Join online Meeting ID: 929 273 94040, (Passcode: [REDACTED]
“Paradise Lost: The Neurobiology of Child Abuse and Neglect”
Charles B. Nemeroff, MD, PhD, Matthew P. Nemeroff Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

“Life Sciences & Medical Research Opportunities with the Roux Institute”
2023-02-10 12:00 - 13:00
Northern New England Clinical & Translational Research Network Seminar Series
12:00-1:00 PM, Join the seminar
“Life Sciences & Medical Research Opportunities with the Roux Institute”
Raimond L . Winslow, Director, Roux Institute at Northeastern University

"Oh Baby! Pregnancy and the Pulmonary/Critical Care Consult"
2023-02-10 12:00 - 13:00
UVM Vermont Lung Center Seminar – UVMMC PCCM faculty candidate
Online 12:00-1:00 PM in-person in HSRF 300, UVM campus
“Oh Baby! Pregnancy and the Pulmonary/Critical Care Consult”
Elizabeth Batchelor, MD MME, Clinical Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, AZ
Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix, AZ

"Dolphin communication: fact and fiction"
2023-02-13 12:00 - 13:00
UVM Department of Biology Seminar Series
Online 12:00-1:00 PM – Teams link, or in person, Aiken 102
“Dolphin communication: fact and fiction
“Laela Sayigh, PhD, Associate Professor of Animal Behavior,Hampshire College, Research Specialist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

“Protein Expression Regulation in Health and Disease”
2023-02-13 13:00 - 14:00
Dartmouth College Department of Molecular and Systems Biology Seminar
1:00 PM, in-person, Auditorium E, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine
“Protein Expression Regulation in Health and Disease”
Christine Vogel, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University

“The History of Sterilization and the Modern Consent Process in Vermont”
2023-02-14 07:30 - 08:30
UVM Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds
Online 7:30-8:30 AM – Join the seminar
“The History of Sterilization and the Modern Consent Process in Vermont”
Britta Hjalmarsson, MD, Chief Resident, Clinical Instructor, Ob/Gyn, UVMMC / UVM LCOM

“Human Heart Tissue as a Translational Research Platform"
2023-02-14 09:00 - 10:00
UVM Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Seminar
9:00 AM, Medical Education, Room 200
“Human Heart Tissue as a Translational Research Platform”
Kenneth B. Margulies, MD, Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaPerelman School of Medicine, Univ. Pennsylvania

“Profiling epigenetic landscape of a breast cancer progression model by integrative multi-omic analysis”
2023-02-14 11:30 - 12:30
UVM Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) Seminar Series
11:30-12:30 PM, Join the seminar, or in-person Sullivan Classroom, Room 200 “Profiling epigenetic landscape of a breast cancer progression model by integrative multi-omic analysis”
Cong Gao, CMB Student
Advisor: Seth Frietze, CMB Program/Department of Biomedical and Health Sciences

UVM Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Seminar
2023-02-15 09:30 - 10:30
9:30-10:30 AM – Join the seminar, or in-person in MedEd 200, UVM campus

"Protein structure and function analysis of Branched Chain Aminotransferase"
2023-02-15 11:00 - 12:00
UVM Redox Biology and Pathology Program Seminar
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Join the seminar,
“Protein structure and function analysis of Branched Chain Aminotransferase”
Ming Dong, PhD, Associate Professor of Chemistry,, North Carolina Agricultural & Tech State University

"Mammography Screening Utilization in Vermont and Beyond: Long-term Trends and COVID-19 Impacts"
2023-02-15 12:00 - 13:00
UVM Vermont Center on Behavioral Health (VCBH) Community Rounds Workshop
Online 12:00-1:00 PM – in-person, UVM Davis Center Auditorium,
“Mammography Screening Utilization in Vermont and Beyond: Long-term Trends and COVID-19 Impacts”
Brian Sprague, PhD, Professor of Surgery, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

UVM Surgical Grand Rounds - John H. Davis Lectureship
2023-02-16 07:30 - 08:30
7:30-8:30 AM
“TBD”
Brett Giblin, MD, Urology Chief Resident, Department of Surgery, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

“Infrequent and novel fungal infections”
2023-02-16 10:00 - 11:30
UVM Translational Global Infectious Disease Research (TGIR) Seminar
10:00 11:30 AM – On-Campus, in-person in Health Science Research Facility (HSRF) 400
“Infrequent and novel fungal infections”
Alvaro C. Laga Canales, MD, MMSC, Harvard

​​"So, What Does The Ovary Do?”
2023-02-21 07:30 - 08:30
UVM Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds
7:30-8:30 AM – Join the seminar
​​”So, What Does The Ovary Do?”
Elizabeth McGee, MD, Professor of Obstertics and Gynecology & Director, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
University of Vermont Medical Center and UVM Larner College of Medicine
