
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 Center December Programs, Events
Here’s what’s happening in December 2013 and early January 2014.
November 22, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
New Imaging Tool Bypasses Blade to Check for Skin Cancer
The UConn Health Center’s dermatology chair is the only dermatologist in Connecticut trained on confocal microscopy, enabling her to analyze skin lesions on a cellular level without a biopsy.
November 19, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Panel on Memory Disorders Calls on UConn Health Center
Experts from the UConn Center on Aging presented to the Task Force on Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia.
November 19, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Garage 1 Brings Parking Relief to UConn Health Center
Employees and patients will have more than 1,400 spaces available on lower campus.
November 13, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Health Center Premieres Clinical Support Services Week
The UConn Health Center is dedicating this week to employees in support departments whose contributions to clinical care may not be as noticeable as those of doctors and nurses.
November 5, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Bioscience Connecticut’s Role in Economic Recovery
The building activity on the UConn Health Center campus is part of the rebuilding of Connecticut’s economy.
October 25, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Health Center November Programs, Events
Here’s what’s happening in November and early December 2013.
October 25, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Flu Shot Options Grow
Laura Haynes from the UConn Center on Aging explains how different versions of the influenza vaccine give us more of a fighting chance against the flu.
October 22, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Rx Take Back at UConn Health Center Oct. 26
UConn pharmacists, pharmacy students, nursing students and other staff will collect expired or otherwise no-longer-needed medications for proper disposal Saturday.
October 22, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Once a Patient, Now the Patient Navigator
Kim Hackett, a breast cancer survivor, is back at the UConn Health Center—not as a patient, but as the William Raveis-American Cancer Society Patient Navigator.
October 4, 2013 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS), and Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)