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New Concussion Guidelines Focus on Youth Sports
Dr. Anthony Alessi, UConn Health neurologist and director of the UConn NeuroSport program, has the latest on recognizing and treating mild traumatic brain injury.
Avoiding West Nile Virus… and Associated Fears
Human cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus are starting to turn up in Connecticut. A UConn Health expert in insect-borne illness shares some facts to help prevent infection... and anxiety.
News You Can Use to Beat the Back-to-school Blues
UConn Health experts weigh in on some of the more common back-to-school challenges that parents can help their children navigate.
Record Participation in UConn Health Coast to Coast Ride
This year, 10 first-year medical and dental students are setting out to cycle cross-country to raise money for Mental Health Connecticut.
UConn’s Laurencin Leads National Conversation on Black Men in Medicine
Nationally renowned physicians of color—led by UConn Health’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin—are calling for action to address what they refer to as an American crisis that threatens the quality of our health care system: a decline in the rate of Black males going into medicine and science. According to some measures, approximately 2 percent of […]
UConn Health Offers the Latest in Aneurysm Treatment Options
A new minimally invasive procedure has emerged as a safe way to treat certain brain aneurysms, and UConn Health’s Division of Neurosurgery is among its earliest adopters.
Board of Directors Honors Dr. Douglas Peterson
Dr. Douglas Peterson, member of the UConn School of Dental Medicine faculty since 1989, will accept the UConn Health Board of Directors Faculty Recognition Award during Monday’s commencement exercises. Peterson is a professor of oral medicine and co-chair of the Head and Neck Cancer/Oral Oncology Program in UConn Health’s Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center. His primary […]
Andrew Emery, School of Dental Medicine 2018 Commencement Speaker
Andrew Emery is a lifelong New Englander who wouldn’t be surprised if his career path led him back to his native Maine. That path would go through Boston first, and with it comes a lot of time to explore other options. This summer he starts a six-year residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the […]
Graduate School Commencement Speaker: No Time for Complacency
UConn Health’s 2018 commencement exercises are Monday, May 7, at the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs. This year’s graduating classes include 43 candidates from the UConn School of Dental Medicine and 85 candidates from the UConn School of Medicine, including four M.D./Ph.D. candidates and four M.D./MPH candidates. An additional 47 master’s students […]
Power of Possible: Parkinson’s Disease
Dr. Bernardo Rodrigues, director of UConn Health's Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, shares his expertise during Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month.