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BIO
Rebecca Wilcox, M.D., serves as the associate dean for faculty affairs at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. Dr. Wilcox joined the UVM faculty in 2009 and held the positions of Vice Chair for Education and Section Leader of the Gastrointestinal/Liver Pathology Service at the UVM Health Network. She directed the first-year medical school course "Nutrition, Metabolism and Gastrointestinal System in Health and Disease" for five years and oversaw the Advanced Integration Surgical Pathology Elective for two years. Additionally, she has been a faculty coach for the Association of American Medical Colleges' Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) certificate program and is an alumna of the LEAD program.
Dr. Wilcox has received numerous accolades, including four Foundations Course Director Awards and two Foundations Teaching Awards. In 2014, she was honored with the UVM Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award. She has also been recognized twice with the American Medical Women’s Association Gender Equity Award and was selected by the Larner medical Class of 2019 to deliver the keynote address at their commencement ceremony.
She earned her medical degree from Oregon Health Science University and completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Chicago Hospitals, where she also served as Chief Resident and completed a fellowship in gastrointestinal and hepatology pathology.
To date, Dr. Wilcox has authored 39 peer-reviewed articles, eleven book chapters, and has delivered 30 national and international presentations. She is currently serving as the editor of Gray’s Integrated Medical Sciences for Students: A Foundation for Clinical Practice, published by Elsevier. Moreover, she is a subcontract principal investigator on a National Cancer Institute R25 education grant that has facilitated the development of an international genomic medicine curriculum for medical students. Dr. Wilcox also co-chairs the interprofessional Undergraduate Teaching in Genomics (UTRIG) Work Group associated with this grant.
Bio
Rebecca Wilcox, M.D., serves as the associate dean for faculty affairs at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont. Dr. Wilcox joined the UVM faculty in 2009 and held the positions of Vice Chair for Education and Section Leader of the Gastrointestinal/Liver Pathology Service at the UVM Health Network. She directed the first-year medical school course "Nutrition, Metabolism and Gastrointestinal System in Health and Disease" for five years and oversaw the Advanced Integration Surgical Pathology Elective for two years. Additionally, she has been a faculty coach for the Association of American Medical Colleges' Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) certificate program and is an alumna of the LEAD program.
Dr. Wilcox has received numerous accolades, including four Foundations Course Director Awards and two Foundations Teaching Awards. In 2014, she was honored with the UVM Kroepsch-Maurice Excellence in Teaching Award. She has also been recognized twice with the American Medical Women’s Association Gender Equity Award and was selected by the Larner medical Class of 2019 to deliver the keynote address at their commencement ceremony.
She earned her medical degree from Oregon Health Science University and completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology at the University of Chicago Hospitals, where she also served as Chief Resident and completed a fellowship in gastrointestinal and hepatology pathology.
To date, Dr. Wilcox has authored 39 peer-reviewed articles, eleven book chapters, and has delivered 30 national and international presentations. She is currently serving as the editor of Gray’s Integrated Medical Sciences for Students: A Foundation for Clinical Practice, published by Elsevier. Moreover, she is a subcontract principal investigator on a National Cancer Institute R25 education grant that has facilitated the development of an international genomic medicine curriculum for medical students. Dr. Wilcox also co-chairs the interprofessional Undergraduate Teaching in Genomics (UTRIG) Work Group associated with this grant.