Kalev Freeman
@uvmtraumalab.bsky.social
Can we resuscitate damaged endothelium after injury? | Physician-scientist studying small blood vessels and trauma physiology at the University of Vermont 🚑 | Father, dog-lover, snow-sport enthusiast, and bluegrass fiddle player 🎻
Using cookie cutters to watch beautiful ice crystals form! ❄️❄️❄️ #Brrrrrr #ScienceIsCool #STEM #Vermont
Breathtaking beauty with Camel’s Hump towering over the snow covered hills and Mansfield socked in by clouds to the North. It’s been an amazing #ski season already, and the next big storm is just around the corner … ❄️❄️❄️ #Vermont #Greenmountains #Skiing #LetItSnow
Great science, great people, great conversations. Sharing our work and some laughs with our research team and senior leadership at the poster session in Stowe. This is what a thriving research community looks like. 🧪🏔️ @K8Tracy.bsky.social @UVMLarnerMed.bsky.social @uvmvermont.bsky.social
How do you explain to your kid why one of his hero’s #BélaFleck cancelled his #Kennedycenter performances? We don’t do art for the money, or for political gain. The focus should be on the music. Thank you Béla for doing the right thing and being a role model for the next generation. #music #art
Great way to start the final month of the year with the publication of this collaborative work on how dopamine regulates L-type channels in #neurons. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... And we got the cover!!! @ucdavis.bsky.social, @ucdavishealth.bsky.social
Stimulation of Ca2+ channel CaV1.2 activity by dopamine signaling augments spatial working memory
Dopamine-induced phosphorylation of an L-type Ca2+ channel supports working memory in mice.
science.org
🧵Excited to share our work with the Bracko @bloodflowlab.bsky.social lab published in Alzheimer's & Dementia @alzassociation.bsky.social : Systemic Piezo1 activation improves cerebrovascular function in Alzheimer’s disease 🔗https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.71016
My thoughts on ABC news- Scientists, not political appointees, should be who advises the public on clinical guidance. RFK needs to meet with CDC career leaders and learn about the agency's responses to outbreaks and overall programs vs directing CDC website changes based on ideology not science
Video Former CDC chief on agency webpage saying autism, vaccines link ignored
Dr. Debra Houry, who resigned from her position as chief medical officer of the CDC in 2025, called the change on the CDC’s website "disturbing."
abcnews.go.com
Study abroad in the #Galápagos Islands for spring break 2026! Earn 3 credits & travel to spectacular locations with #UVM faculty for hands-on exploration of the unique biodiversity in #Ecuador. Spots are limited, inquire today at goabroad.uvm.edu/index.cfm?Fu... @uvmvermont.bsky.social
In their juvenile stage, terrestrial Eastern Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens), also known as red efts, produce tetrodotoxin, the same NaV channel blocking-neurotoxin as pufferfish. The striking coloration is an aposematism. #Toxicology #toxsky #emsky #NeuroSky #ionchannels #electrophysiology
Chillin’ out! Even border collies need to take a break sometimes. #bordercollies #dogsofbluesky #chillaxing #vermont
Emergency medicine physician-scientist superstar Debra Houry resigned her post as Chief Medical Officer of the CDC yesterday, along with other top officials. This is terrible news. American public health is being completely gutted by this administration. #emsky #emedsky #medsky #nih #cdc
Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer.com · 11mo ago“I am not able to serve in this role any longer because of the ongoing weaponization of public health.” Firings and resignations of top CDC leadership today. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...
New York Times story with profiles of researchers whose grants were terminated. [Gift Link] www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Opinion | America First? Not When It Comes to Your Health.
nytimes.com
The official release of our manuscript examining arterial myocyte Panx1 role in diabetic vascular dysfunction is out! Massive effort to uncover new mechanisms underlying vascular disease. Power of science! @ucdavis.bsky.social, @ucdavispharm.bsky.social www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
Arterial Myocyte Pannexin 1 Channel Controls Vascular Reactivity in Diabetic Hyperglycemia | Circulation Research
BACKGROUND: Diabetic hyperglycemia promotes vasoconstriction by activating an ATP-dependent P2Y11L (P2Y11-like receptor)/AC5 (adenylyl cyclase 5)/AKAP5 (A-kinase anchoring protein 5)/PKA (protein kina...
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VIP guests visiting the lab and my all-star team of scientists today. #MedSky #AcademicSky #Scienceiscool #UVMLarnerMed
Just took to the House Floor to speak in support of a country where everyone can afford to live the good life. And in strong opposition to Trump’s One Big Ugly Bill that is devastating to everyday Americans. We will not be silenced. www.youtube.com/live/3pbFrch...
House Democrats are voting HELL NO
YouTube video by Rep. Jeffries
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Another reason why I love #Vermont: Our first-of-its kind law that bars schools from using social media platforms to communicate or engage in academic and extracurricular activities with students, along with banning cell phones in schools. #Bipartisan #Publicpolicy #Goodideas #Greenmountains
No Kings! Hands off our medical research. What they are trying to NIH is totally illegal and democracy will prevail. #MedSky #EMSky #NIH 🧪 Judge orders NIH to restore hundreds of grants cut under Trump | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Judge orders NIH to restore hundreds of grants cut under Trump
William Young calls terminations illegal, berates agency for discrimination
science.org
Kalev Freeman, M.D., emergency medicine physician at the UVM Medical Center and #UVMLarnerMed assistant professor of emergency medicine attends the #SHOCKCON25 with UVM pre-med and grad students @uvmvermont.bsky.social
Kalev Freeman@uvmtraumalab.bsky.social · last yr.It’s great to be back in Boston for 48th Annual Conference on Shock, with talented pre-med and grad students from @uvmvermont.bsky.social. Continuing our tradition of sushi dinner with the lab and friends at the meeting. #SHOCKCON25 #UVMLarnerMed
Courage. Now more than ever. These NIH staffers just stood up to Trump, RFK Jr., Bhattacharya. We need to have their backs. The administration will come for each of them, one and all now. apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists go public to criticize Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
Now they are purging top scientific advisors to the NIH. This same letter went out to others on the committee today. #NIH #MedSky #fundscience
Elizabeth Villa@thevillalab.bsky.social · last yr.
In their joint blog post (link below), #UVMLarnerMed alumni Dr. Vinh Le, M.D.’25, and his father, Dr. Phil Le, M.D.’90, reflect on what led each of them to study medicine. Dr. Vinh Le's research mentor is @marycushmanmd.bsky.social
Father and Son: Inspiring Med Student Journeys at Larner
Discover Vinh Le's inspiring journey from medical student to researcher at Larner, shaped by his father's legacy and a passion for healthcare.
uvmlarnermedblog.com