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Med Student Interns at World’s Largest Biomedical Research Agency
Tiahna Spencer spent the summer at the National Institutes of Health engaged in research on systemic autoimmune diseases.
Convocation for Incoming Medical, Dental Students
The 2016-17 academic year is underway at UConn Health, with the first-year students undergoing orientation this week. Thursday, the UConn Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine held a convocation for the 149 medical and dental students making up the newest incoming classes. The convocation carries a dual theme of viewing medicine and dental medicine as […]
Med Student Finishes Cross-country Bike Tour Solo
Four started, one finished. Rising second-year medical student Emily Wilkins is home after bicycling coast-to-coast to raise money for The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp. Wilkins pedaled nearly 3,500 miles this summer, capping the 11th cross-country bike tour that has become a UConn School of Medicine tradition. What was different this year, in addition […]
UConn Women’s Center Opens Next Week in Outpatient Pavilion
The relocation of women’s health services at UConn Health to their new home starts this weekend. The new UConn Women’s Center opens for business Tuesday on the eastern side of the eighth floor of the Outpatient Pavilion, and will offer six primary services: Maternal-fetal medicine (high-risk pregnancies) Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery Obstetrics and gynecology Prenatal […]
Why You Should Ride Your Bike to Work
Once a month from May through September, Joyce Fritz puts out a breakfast spread for those who bike to work. It’s a way to combine two of her passions – baking and biking. “I’ve always loved to bike and it’s so wonderful to share this passion with other people,” she says. “Personally, I bike to […]
Academic Addition on Track for Start of Academic Year at UConn Health
A new era in education at UConn Health starts next month, when medical, dental and graduate students start using new space in the academic building.
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.
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.
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.
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.