
Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Chris DeFrancesco has been writing for UConn Health since 2007. He is a proud graduate of UConn’s journalism program. As an undergraduate in Storrs he was one of the play-by-play voices of UConn men’s and women’s basketball on WHUS-FM, a writer for the Daily Campus, and a campus shuttle bus driver. He’s been a freelance writer, editor of two weekly newspapers (Bloomfield Journal and Windsor Locks Journal), and most notably a reporter and anchor on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. He is a four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcasters Association Walt Dibble Award for Personal Excellence in Radio. His work also has earned recognition from the Connecticut pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Chris is an elected officer in his union (UHP Local 3837) and serves on the board of the Newington Children’s Theatre Company, Connecticut’s longest-running youth theatre program. He lives in Newington with his wife, Caroline, daughter, Audrey, and their dogs, Spot and Alex.
Author Archive
UConn Health August 2016 Programs, Events
This August plan to attend one of UConn Health's many series of community events or programs it will be hosting.
July 12, 2016 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Geriatrician Follows Patients to Their (Nursing) Home
UConn Health is developing a care plan in which it sends a geriatrician to a community nursing home to care for patients following their discharge from UConn John Dempsey Hospital.
June 30, 2016 | Christopher DeFrancesco
Bookstore Reopens Under New Management
The UConn Bookstore at UConn Health opened earlier this month. Additional inventory is expected to arrive over the course of the next several weeks.
June 30, 2016 | Christopher DeFrancesco
UConn Health Colorectal Cancer Researchers Redefining ‘Early Detection’
Thanks to a large volume of accumulated data, high-definition microscopy, and a skilled surgeon's experience, researchers are closing in on ways to identify who’s most at risk for colorectal cancer.
June 28, 2016 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Health Colorectal Cancer Researchers Redefining ‘Early Detection’
Thanks to volumes of epidemiological data they've amassed, UConn Health researchers are closing in on ways to identify who’s most at risk for colorectal cancer.
June 24, 2016 | Christopher DeFrancesco
UConn Health July 2016 Programs, Events
This July UConn Health will be hosting a series of programs and events. Check the online schedule to join us soon.
June 22, 2016 | Christopher DeFrancesco
MRI Replacing Biopsy to Detect Liver Disease
The recently installed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine at UConn Health has a capability known as elastography, which measures the stiffness of the liver using mechanical waves.
June 17, 2016 | Christopher DeFrancesco
New Twist to UConn Med School’s Cross-country Cycling Tradition
Four UConn medical students are gearing up to spend their last free summer bicycling cross-country to raise money for The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp.
June 10, 2016 | Christopher DeFrancesco
Meet Recent Additions to Medical, Dental Faculty
Three physicians who did some of their postdoctoral training at UConn Health and a veteran dental surgeon are among those who recently joined the UConn Health faculty.
June 10, 2016 | Christopher DeFrancesco
UConn Health June 2016 Programs, Events
This June and early July UConn Health will be hosting a series of programs and events. Check the online schedule to join us soon.
May 26, 2016 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)