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

December 2013

UConn Health Center December Programs, Events

Here’s what’s happening in December 2013 and early January 2014.

Medical assistant Jody D'Antonio

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.

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.

Garage 1 Brings Parking Relief to UConn Health Center

Employees and patients will have more than 1,400 spaces available on lower campus.

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.

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.

November 2013

UConn Health Center November Programs, Events

Here’s what’s happening in November and early December 2013.

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.

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.

Kim Hackett

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.