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I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career

Finlay Pilcher is a medical student in the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine Class of 2024 and a 2021-2022 VT/NH Schweitzer Fellow.

In the second of a two-part series, Pilcher explores how her experience trying, and by some measures, failing to improve Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in Lamoille County, Vermont reinforced her choice to leave her job as a geotechnical engineer (six years ago) to pursue a career in medicine.

Commencement Address by Francis Mtuke, M.D.’22

Fourth-Year, Medical Alumni, Medical Education

On Sunday, March 22, 2022 Francis Mtuke, M.D.’22, delivered the student address at the Larner College of Medicine Commencement Ceremony. It was the second time he’s given a commencement address; the first time was at his graduation from Texas A&M University in 2017. Dr. Mtuke will be starting his anesthesiology residency program at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington in June.

Dr. Wheat in a winter coat and hat, fits a colleague who is "playing the patient" with a neck brace as he lies in the snow. Another colleague helps while someone watches in the background.

Climate Medicine: Inspiring a New Generation of Climate Conscious Clinicians

Community, Medical Alumni

Health is increasingly recognized as an important lens through which to measure the effects of climate change. Yet, despite years of sobering warnings of this very real threat and the clear human health implications posed by climate change, the medical community has been slow to respond.