It’s Friday & I’m sporting my @uvmvermont.bsky.social green!

The blood tests measure tiny amounts of proteins that have leaked from damaged brain cells. These so-called "biomarkers" can show up years before people notice any memory problems.

Proud of Sarah Krumholz, med student in our lab, for winning the award for Outstanding Research Publication by a Medical Student! Her mentor is my former mentee @tbplante.bsky.social, so that makes her my ‘granddaughter’?? 🤣 @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social Research Week

1/ 📣 New risk calculator for stroke prediction in #AFib ♥️ Two #REGARDSStudy manuscripts in @jthjournal.bsky.social ♥️ One Identified biomarkers for breakthrough stroke ♥️ In the other we developed a new CHADS-VASc-Biomarkers score @samnotshort.bsky.social go.uvm.edu/strokecalc

I ♥️ our Farm Share from the @uvmvermont.bsky.social farm! They have a farmer training program supporting a CSA This week’s box is particularly wonderful - and no kale! 🥬 So healthy!

Adirondacks. Happy Wednesday!

Please see my feed on Twitter for #ISTH2025 through my eyes. I couldn’t duplicate everything here in the sky! x.com/marycushmanm...

Publications Session at #ISTH2025 - welcome by Publications Committee Chair Dr Donna DiMichele @isth.org

Good morning! So much stress in the world. Remember the beauty of nature.

The complex association of adiponectin with risk of hypertension. @tbplante.bsky.social @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social #REGARDSStudy journals.lww.com/jhypertensio...

Wonderful hematology oncology grand rounds in 30 minutes with our colleague, Dr. Gangaraju! Thrombosis in Hematologic Malignancies. DM if you would like the Zoom link

Karlyn with her fish!! @diegoah66.bsky.social

What a way to make a girl feel welcome when she’s giving Medicine Grand Rounds! Thanks Northwestern Univ Dept of Medicine! #REGARDSStudy

Mentors can fundamentally shape the lives and careers of mentees. We still have twice as many mentees waiting to connect with experienced leaders. This is your chance to support the nextgen of leaders in T&H! Learn more & apply at my.isth.org/mentoring @isth.org #ISTHearlycareer

📢OPEN CALL FOR APPLICATIONS! @ISTH.org @rpth.bsky.social is seeking a colleague w/expertise in epidemiology & clinical thrombosis to join as an Associate Editor! Learn more, apply today, & shape the future of the journal and the field of T&H! ➡️https://bit.ly/4ka9h4U

Showery sunset

NIH Guide is stuck.

I’m really looking forward to this trip! Many NWU connections. Nothing is better than being a scientist - even in these times.

Happy Spring. #Vermont

Spring organizing! ♥️ Sorting through PINS collected over the decades. 💙 Largest pile = Patriots (& had to buy these) ♥️ Most numerous = @americanheart.bsky.social from many themes related to science & advocacy. Do you recognize any??

Pink sunset.

There will be a mock funeral every week starting tomorrow (Sat May 3) for all that has been lost at the NIH. Anyone is welcome to come and say a few words about what the NIH has meant to them. If you can’t be there, email yours to [email protected].

Check out our new article in @jama.com ! Practical advice on Factor V Leiden testing. When to test —- or not! tinyurl.com/mt3f83ah

Perfect spring day in #Vermont

Welcome Dr Michelle Odden - our Nancy Jenny Memorial Lecturer on Cardiovascular & Aging Research. @michelleodden.bsky.social

Join us today at 1:00! @michelleodden.bsky.social

Wonderful dinner welcoming @michelleodden.bsky.social from Stanford to Vermont as our Nancy Jenny Lecture recipient! @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social

So excited to have Dr Michelle Odden here as the Nancy Jenny Visiting Professor. A great person reflecting Dr Jenny’s approach to science. @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social

77% of Americans do not approve recent reductions in federal funding for research. Restore the Cuts!

Now it’s RURAL. This important study focused on health of rural people in the southeast —-> CANCELED! Please stop. I thought they wanted to Make America Healthy Again and combat chronic disease, which this study is doing. www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/r...

Now it’s RURAL. This important study focused on health of rural people in the southeast —-> CANCELED! Please stop. I thought they wanted to Make America Healthy Again and combat chronic disease, which this study is doing. www.statnews.com/2025/04/25/r...

Another Go Red for Women dinner in the books! Thanks to all for attending! #GoRedVT Powerful to have many diverse & amazing people to work with! These photos have psychologst, nurse, MDs, students, epidemiologists, physiologist/ biophysics - & from varied backgrounds! Majority URM.

Aweful. We are being dismantled. Prepare for more.

Can't wait to see all of the pictures from #ISTH2025. It's going to be a blast!

Wonderful @isth.org memory. I’m so grateful for the opportunities provided by ISTH for my career development and for all the people in this photo from an @rpth.bsky.social celebration at the Montreal Congress! See you in Washington DC in June!

Veritas ♥️ Thank you Harvard. ♥️ Proud to be an alumna. ♥️ Please stand firm and resist the takeover of academic freedom Seeking truth is a journey without end. www.cnn.com/2025/04/14/u...

Join us Friday with Dr Adam Straub from Pitt #UVMHeartBrain

Now the D-team has chainsawed the CDC Division of Blood Diseases... Thanks @ash.hematology.org 90+ other organizations for speaking up! This action has immediate harms to the health of Americans. www.medpagetoday.com/hematologyon...

Beautiful Vermont sunset with Whiteface Mt framing it on the left!

Great trip to Versiti Blood Research Center as the Mosesson Visiting Professor. Wonderful host Alan Mast brought me to a Brewers game - 1st win of the year! Met lots of people doing great science. Learned a lot!

Good morning to spring in Vermont! The good thing is that it will be in the 60s in 2 days (18C) so it’ll all go away!

Nice chat with @apnews.bsky.social today. I love the intersection of sports & #hematology @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social @isth.org @worldthrombosisday.bsky.social apnews.com/article/bloo...

Sharing a video made with our trainees at #Epifestyle25! They report on abstracts presented at the conference. I think they did a great job! @uvmlarnermed.bsky.social youtu.be/eH5kuCy-4Ms?...

So exciting to see UVM women in #MarchMadness2025 Down only 2 at the half against the #2 seed!!

Science drives innovation which helps to make a community great. No matter the scale. The academic environment also supports teaching students how to think critically and logically about pressing problems facing humanity.

Exciting news! 🎉We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2025 Outstanding Mentor Awards: Denisa Wagner & Robert Medcalf. These awards honor mentors who go above and beyond to inspire, guide & empower early career professionals in thrombosis & hemostasis. Learn more: bit.ly/41FIZQz

Did you see us making movies at #EPILifestyle25? Did you wonder? Check out our student’s video, fully produced now! @ahascience.bsky.social

All we can do is focus on what we do. Of course, if these policies continue much longer there will absolutely be fewer advances in knowledge.

Great interview on Across the Fence with Dr Karlyn Martin from our clinical group - the UVM Thrombosis and Hemostasis Program! DYK March is DVT Awareness Month? Please learn about it. @worldthrombosisday.bsky.social #KnowThrombosis ♥️♥️💙💙 youtu.be/5-kOO47PJso?...