Michelle Shepard, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP

Michelle Shepard, M.D., Ph.D., FAAP

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Contact Information
E-mail: Michelle.Shepard@uvmhealth.org
Office Location:
The University of Vermont Children's Hospital, Pediatric Primary Care, 353 Blair Park Rd., Williston, VT 05495

Education

Pediatric Resident, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH (2014)

M.D., University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT (2011)

Ph.D., Cell & Molecular Biology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT (2010)

B.S., Science in Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2002)

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2017-present)

Clinical Appointments

Attending Physician, Pediatrics, The University of Vermont Children's Hospital, Burlington, VT (2017-present)

Other Professional Appointments

Faculty, Vermont Child Health Improvement Program, Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (2017-present)

Awards and Honors

Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Pediatric Residency Program Lamonica Advocacy Award (2013-2014)

Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Pediatric Residency Program Continuity Clinic Award (2013-2014)

APSA Travel Award, American Physician Scientists Association 5th Annual Conference and ASCI/AAP joint meeting (2009)

Wyeth's President's Presenter Award, Society for Gynecologic Investigation International Conference (2007)

Lucille P. Markey 2002 Outstanding Senior of the Year in Molecular Genetics (2002)

Golden Key International Honor Society (2000)

Richard T. Fischer Scholar (1999-2002)

Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Honor Society (1999)

Horatio Alger National Scholar Representing Vermont (1997)

Publications (Peer Reviewed)

Harder VS, Shaw JS, McCulloch CE, Kill L, Robinson KJ, Shepard MT, Cabana MD, Bardach NS. Statewide Asthma Learning Collaborative Participation and Asthma-Related Emergency Department Use. Pediatrics. 2020 Dec;146(6)

Shepard MT, Bonney EA. PD-1 regulates T cell proliferation in a tissue and subset-specific manner during normal mouse pregnancy. lmmunol Invest. 2013;42(5):385-40ij

Bonney EA, Shepard MT, Bizargity P. Transient modification within a pool of CD4 T cells in the maternal spleen. Immunology. 2011 Nov;134(3):270-80

Norton MT, Fortner KA, Oppenheimer, KH, Bonney EA. Evidence that CD8 T­ cell homeostasis and function remain intact during murine pregnancy. Immunology. 2010 Nov;131(3):426-37

Norton MT, Fortner KA, Bizargity P, Bonney EA. Pregnancy alters the proliferation and apoptosis of mouse splenic erythroid lineage cells and leukocytes. Biology of Reproduction. 2009 Sep;81(3):457-64