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.

Email: christopher.defrancesco@uconn.edu

Author Archive

Dr. Thomas Devers (standing) provides biopsies from dozens of colonoscopies a year – and demographic data from about 1,000 colonoscopies a year – to the laboratory of Daniel W. Rosenberg (left). The collaboration has led to several studies that are on track for publication. Allen Mo (right) is first author of a paper that was just accepted by a major scientific journal. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

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

An imaging technique now available at UConn Health is reducing the need for biopsies in patients who may have chronic liver disease.

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

UConn medical students bicycling across country to support The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp. From left, Emily Wilkins, Abbie Doelger, Gerard Kerins and Dan Prior. (Photo by Janine Gelineau)

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)

Gold for UConn Health Heart Failure Team, EMS

The American Heart Association recognizes the UConn Health Heart Failure Team and Emergency Medical Services for outstanding patient care.

May 20, 2016 | Christopher DeFrancesco

Dr. Lauren Geaney and patient Tyler Kozaczuk who was the first patient to undergo a surgical procedure in the new UConn John Dempsey Hospital operating room.

First Surgery in New UConn Health Patient Tower

Dr. Lauren Geaney, UConn Health orthopaedic surgeon, performed a successful ankle arthroscopy on Tyler Kozaczuk of Stafford Springs May 12 - making him the first patient to undergo a surgical procedure in the new UConn John Dempsey Hospital operating room.

May 17, 2016 | Christopher DeFrancesco