Dog owners who routinely vaccinate their pets against common canine maladies have probably wondered,
Why can my pup get a shot to prevent Lyme disease, but I can t? We ve all just experienced a year when drug manufacturers developed, mass-produced and distributed new vaccines in record time, slowing the spread of a virus that was unknown just two years earlier. So why haven t they figured out how to prevent a rapidly spreading disease that s been around for decades? Short answer: They already did. But, as is often the case with Lyme disease, the reason a vaccine isn t available has less to do with science than with the fears, misconceptions and controversies surrounding this illness.
Luke Awtry From left: Sarah Vandal; Katie Queen; Hannah Poquette; Katie Schutt, PhD; Alex Thompson; Jason Stumpff, PhD; Carolyn Marquis; Leslie Sepaniac; and Cindy Fonseca, MS Significant advances in the fight against cancer aren t always made by a single inspired scientist; often they re accomplished by a team. The University of Vermont Cancer Center excels at supporting and promoting team science. Sometimes, those teams even include undergraduate students at UVM. During their time at Groovy UV, alumnae Lisa Wood, 18, and Carolyn Marquis, 19, contributed to foundational scientific research that could someday lead to new ways of fighting triple negative breast cancer. Both worked in a molecular physiology and biophysics lab run by UVM Larner College of Medicine associate professor Dr. Jason Stumpff. He s one of more than 210 members of the
The Society of American Asian Scientists in Cancer Research May 17 announced that it has recognized eight Indian American scientists for their superb cancer research.
DPT Students and Special Olympics Athletes Collaborate
Physical Therapy Video Takes First Place in National Contest -
Faculty Publications and Projects
Mathew Failla, PT, Ph.D., SCS, assistant professor, received a NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases grant for the project, Biomechanical Factors After Rehabilitation Following ACLR With Meniscal Resection (co-investigator)
Susan L. Kasser, Ph.D., associate professor and exercise science program director,
published the following with student and faculty co-authors:
Sierra Martin, B.S.,
Susan L. Kasser, Ph.D. The role of resilience: Physical activity continuation after falling in adults with multiple sclerosis.
Disability and Health Journal, Volume 14, Issue 2, 2021, 101046, ISSN 1936-6574, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.101046.
How can we improve treatment for lung cancer? Dr. Matt Kinsey and a collaborative, multidisciplinary team at the University of Vermont Cancer Center are a new technique: delivering treatment directly to the tumor using a state-of-the-art robotic device. (Paid Post)