Beth Kirkpatrick, MD; Donna Rizzo and Kimberly Vannest named University Scholars for 2021 – 2022 academic year.
The University of Vermont Graduate College is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 University Scholars. The University Scholars program recognizes distinguished UVM faculty members for sustained excellence in research, scholarship and creative arts.
Basic and Applied Sciences
Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Dr. Kirkpatrick is Professor and Chair in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the University of Vermont (UVM) Larner College of Medicine. She holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and is an attending physician at the UVM Medical Center. She received her M.D. at Albany Medical College and performed an Internal Medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Rochester. She completed subspecialty and research training in Infectious Diseases
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Arlington, Va. (March 12, 2021) A new supplement offering guidance on severe COVID-19 management in resource-limited settings is now available on the
American Journal of Tropical Medicine (AJTMH) website. Pragmatic Recommendations for the Management of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Low- and Middle-Income Countries was coordinated by a COVID-LMIC Task Force headed by Alfred Papali, MD, of Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, and Marcus Schultz, MD, PhD, of Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; University of Oxford, United Kingdom; and Amsterdam University Medical Centers, The Netherlands. We ve been working with an international group of healthcare workers from or with experience in LMICs to provide readers a series of sets of recommendations for care of critically ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients, Dr. Schultz said. This partnership allowed us to come up with helpful and pragmatic advice, and the articles give us great insights into what might be needed to improve th
AJTMH) by a team of social scientists and infectious disease experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the University at Albany - SUNY, Northeastern University, HealthPartners Institute, and the University of Minnesota.
The researchers reported that the percentages of patients prescribed the appropriate standard of care treatment with private insurance for all three infections during the study period was consistently less than 70%, and in the case of hookworm diagnosed in those with private insurance, less than 30% of patients received the standard of care prescription drug. This rate of appropriate treatment is disturbingly low.
While these neglected parasitic worm infections are relatively uncommon across the U.S., there are pockets where the diseases are more prevalent, particularly rural areas with limited plumbing and poor sanitation. A study published in 2017 in
7 Women Scientists Who Defied the Odds and Changed Science Forever
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As with many industries, science has a woman problem. Only around 30 percent of researchers around the world are women according to UNESECO, and those who do work in science, technology, engineering and mathematical (STEM) fields are often paid less than their counterparts.
Women who excel in STEM subjects defy the odds stacked against them. To mark International Women s Day, let s take a look at just a handful of women who have changed our world for the better.
Rachel Carson, marine biologist and writer
Rachel Louise Carson pictured at around age 55 in 1961.
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