A group of lawmakers – some new, some returning – visited UConn Health Thursday to meet with leadership and tour academic and research areas. They met with President Susan Herbst and other University leaders in the academic rotunda. On their way in and out, the visiting legislators met with representatives of the Health Career Opportunities Programs. […]
Dental students Katherin Merrick (left) and Marina Zoghbi demonstrate the Anatomage table in the Virtual Anatomy Lab to Rep. William Petit, Rep.-elect Maria Horn, and Rep. Tom Delnicki. “I applaud UConn for adapting the teaching techniques to the modern student,” Petit says. “You have all these very robust, very educated, very diverse classes here.” (Photo by Kristin Wallace)
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Rep.-elect Lucia Dathan and Rep. Michelle Cook (right) visit one of the UConn School of Dental Medicine’s simulation labs. “I think it’s important the people understand the great work that’s being done here to generate an educated workforce of people who are going stay here,” Cook says. (Photo by Kristin Wallace).
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State lawmakers, including (from left) Rep.-elect Maria Horn, Rep. Tom Delnicki, Rep.-elect Pat Wilson Pheanious, and Rep.-elect Gale Mastrofrancesco tour the lab of Anthony Vella, professor and chair of Immunology. “What an incredibly impressive facility it is – modern, up to date, the people who work here are dedicated to their work,” Horn says. “Among other things, the commitment to basic science that underlies so much of what we do both medically and commercially, the whole spectrum, I was very impressed.” (Photo by Kristin Wallace)
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Rep. Jeff Currey, wearing 3D glasses, gives the virtual reality dental simulation lab a try. (Photo by Kristin Wallace)
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Caroline Dealy, associate professor in the Center for Regenerative Medicine and Skeletal Development, speaks to lawmakers in her lab. “I think UConn, especially UConn Medical and UConn Storrs, vis-à-vis engineering and biosciences, can be big drivers of the economy and new jobs in Connecticut,” says Rep. William Petit (pictured right). (Photo by Kristin Wallace)
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Dr. Sharon Gordon, dean of the UConn School of Dental Medicine, with Rep. Tom Delnick in the 3D virtual reality simulator lab (Photo by Kristin Wallace)
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Medical student Klair Lubonja describes his experience in the Health Career Opportunities Programs to President Susan Herbst, Reps. Mike Demicco and Tom Delnicki, and fellow medical student and HCOP alum Moe Uddin. (Photo by Chris DeFrancesco)
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Dr. Steven Lepowsky, senior associate dean for education and patient care in the UConn School of Dental Medicine, answers lawmakers questions after touring the dental simulation labs. (Photo by Kristin Wallace)
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Dental students Katherin Merrick (left) and Marina Zoghbi demonstrate the Anatomage table in the Virtual Anatomy Lab to Rep. William Petit, Rep.-elect Maria Horn, and Rep. Tom Delnicki. “I applaud UConn for adapting the teaching techniques to the modern student,” Petit says. “You have all these very robust, very educated, very diverse classes here.” (Photo by Kristin Wallace)
A group of lawmakers – some new, some returning – visited UConn Health Thursday to meet with leadership and tour academic and research areas.
They met with President Susan Herbst and other University leaders in the academic rotunda. On their way in and out, the visiting legislators met with representatives of the Health Career Opportunities Programs.
Tour stops included the Virtual Anatomy Lab, the research labs of Caroline Dealy and Anthony Vella, and the dental simulation labs.
