University of Vermont

Modeling the heterogeneity of cognitive dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease using partially ordered set models

Abstract Traditional binary classifications of Parkinson’s disease (PD) cognitive dysfunction fail to capture its inherent heterogeneity. This study introduces the Partially Ordered Set (POSET) model, a Bayesian framework, to analyze cognitive heterogeneity using Parkinson’s Prec...

Broadly Accessible and Highly Active Hydrophosphination Catalysis With Simple Calcium Compounds in DMSO Solution

Highly earth-abundant and simple calcium precatalysts are reported that address the long-standing challenge of broad scope in hydrophosphination catalysis. With more than 120 examples of hydrophosphination reactions, calcium catalysts are the broadest in scope, including traditio...

Association Between Interhospital Transfer, Readmission, and Inpatient Mortality Among Older Adults

ABSTRACT Background Interhospital transfer (IHT) is a key strategy for providing access to specialty care; however, it is associated with multiple adverse outcomes, including prolonged length of stay, increased risk of inpatient mortality, and reduced rates of discharge home, par...

Studying the effectiveness of the integration of artificial intelligence into Occupational Therapy education through intentional use of case studies.

Date presented: April 24, 2026 Primary Author and Speaker: Margaret Maynard, margaret.maynard@med.uvm.edu

3D articular knee shape drives increased anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) loading in young, active individuals with ACL injury and females

Abstract Background ACL rupture is a common, debilitating injury in young, active individuals. Some individuals sustain ACL injury while others do not, despite similar activity exposure. Young, active females have more than twice the ACL injury risk of males. Interactions among t...

Distant water fishing and its effects on domestic food security

Governments around the world have identified distant water fleets (DWFs) as a key threat to ecosystem health, domestic economic opportunities, and food security. With a high prevalence of undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in countries where DWFs operate, the aquatic f...

Enabling climate action: A nexus approach for delivering co-benefits across biodiversity, water, food, and health

Climate response options rarely affect biodiversity, water, food, and health in uniform ways. This comparative analysis examines why technically viable response options generate uneven cross-nexus outcomes, and how governance and justice conditions shape whether these outcomes be...

Decreasing Ghost Scanning in Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Impact of a Visual Prompt to Save Images.

BACKGROUND: Ghost scanning, performance of point-of-care ultrasound without image archival, can adversely affect patient care, billing, quality assurance, and result in medicolegal concerns. This study evaluated the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (eFAST) gh...

Big data and psychiatry: advances, constraints and future directions.

Early work in psychiatry research, often involving single sites, small samples, and limited variables, has shifted to contemporary research involving multiple sites, large samples, and many variables. Such research raises important questions, including concerns about data quality...

158. Evaluation of Feed Additives Combinations with Monensin on Performance of Finishing Beef Cattle.

Abstract Strategies combining multiple feed additives have been explored to enhance performance and feed efficiency in finishing beef cattle. Therefore, a large-pen trial was conducted to evaluate the effects of combining monensin, essential oils, yeast culture, and chromium supp...

Tau hyperphosphorylation impairs cooperative binding to microtubules and perturbs organelle trafficking in neurons

Tau, a neuronal microtubule-associated protein (MAP), organizes the axonal cytoskeleton, and regulates intracellular transport. Tau hyperphosphorylation is linked to neurodegeneration in tauopathies, including Alzheimer’s disease. Tau binds microtubules cooperatively to form cohe...

Habitual non-rearfoot strike pattern attenuates impact loading during level and uphill running but not during downhill running

This study aimed to investigate the effects of uphill running (UR) and downhill running (DR) on impact loading and lower extremity biomechanics in runners with different habitual foot strike patterns (FSPs). Twenty-one habitual non-rearfoot strike pattern (NRFS) runners and 21 ha...

Fish Epigenetics: Molecular Mechanisms, Environmental Adaptation, and Emerging Computational Approaches

Epigenetic regulation has transformed our understanding of how fish adapt to changing environments by modulating gene expression without altering the underlying DNA sequence. This review explores the “dark mastery” of fish epigenetics by providing mechanistic insights into the pr...

Evaluating Regional Corn Crop Coefficients with Satellite Evapotranspiration

Regional crop coefficients are widely used to estimate agricultural consumptive use, but their ability to represent water use across commercial fields is rarely tested. This study evaluated regional corn crop coefficients in Colorado’s South Platte River Basin against six years (...

Genetic Diagnosis in Epilepsy: Implications for Clinical Management

Purpose of Review To describe the clinical implications of genetic diagnoses in epilepsy and the recent advancements in this field. Recent Findings A genetic diagnosis in epilepsy has been shown to impact clinical management in almost half of individuals, often within three month...

Prenatal exposure to wildfire fine particulate matter and fetal growth outcomes in the United States: Findings from the ECHO Cohort

Background: Increasing exposure to wildfire fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) may pose unique risks to fetal development. We assessed associations between prenatal wildfire PM 2.5 exposure and fetal growth outcomes, including birth weight at term, birth weight for gestational age...

Best Case/Worst Case: A Multisite Randomized Trial of Scenario Planning for Patients With Late‐Stage Kidney Disease

BACKGROUND: Best Case/Worst Case (BC/WC) is a communication tool to support nephrologists and older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease with decisions about dialysis. We compared the effectiveness of training nephrologists to use BC/WC versus usual care on receipt of pall...

Omic risk scores are associated with COPD-related traits across three cohorts

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exhibits marked heterogeneity in lung function decline, mortality, exacerbations, and other disease-related outcomes. Omic risk scores (ORS) estimate the cumulative contribution of omics, such as the transcriptome, proteome...

Reproducible human reward imaging phenotypes exhibit differential sensitivity to dopamine D2 receptor antagonism

Abstract Human reward processing varies along cue-centric and outcome-centric axes, but a reproducible mechanistic account of individual variation in incentive salience attribution has been lacking. Using fMRI across five cohorts (N-total=1,251; N1=890; N2=245; N3=34; N4=48; N5=3...

Understanding the Creation and Teaching of Middle School Nutrition Curricula in Vermont

Background School-based nutrition education is a critical source of information for students, yet limited research explores how middle school health educators shape nutrition curriculum and pedagogy.Purpose The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how health teache...