Matt Owens is a Ph.D. candidate in the Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences Program and the winner Larner’s preliminary round of UVM’s 2026 Three-Minute Thesis Competition.
In the following blog post, Owens describes his approach in explaining his research in three minutes or less.
Three Minutes. Two Goals. One Cellular Grand Theft Auto. Read More »
Althea Tapales is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine.
In the following blog post, she reflects on having recently returned from volunteering at a one-week medical mission in Jamaica working with a team who completed 15 congenital cardiac surgeries for children, and the impact it had on her.
Mending Hearts in Jamaica: How I Rediscovered My Why Read More »
Kara Pflaster is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Vermont’s Larner College of Medicine.
In the following blog post, as one of tens of thousands of graduating medical students nationwide waiting to learn on Match Day where they will continue their training after earning their degrees, she reflects on what the waiting period is like for students on the cusp of this milestone.
Match Day: The Last Mountain of Medical School Read More »
