Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (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. Chris also 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

AMA: Health Implications of Light at Night ‘Serious’

UConn Health Center cancer epidemiologist Richard Stevens contributed to a report acknowledging artificial light's adverse health effects and recommending further study.

Graduate student (Storrs) Nate Windon (center) and rising first-year medical students Melina Benson and Sean Burn make up the Coast to Coast for a Cure 2012 team on May 25, 2012. (David Burn for UConn Health Center)

Students Hope 4,000-mile Bike Path Leads to Leukemia Cure

Two UConn medical students and a graduate student are preparing to embark on a cross-country bicycle trek to raise money for leukemia research.

Dr. Peter Schulman, member of the Calhoun Cardiology Center riding team, rides with Jim Calhoun. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant, used with permission)

Calhoun Draws Hundreds to Raise Money to Fight Cancer

An estimated 1,000 riders, walkers, and supporters joined the UConn men’s basketball coach for his annual Cancer Challenge Ride and Walk.

From left: UConn Health Center Board of Directors Chair Sanford Cloud, State Sen. Gary LeBeau, Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, UConn President Susan Herbst, UConn Health Center Executive VP for Health Affairs and Medical School Dean Frank Torti, and UConn School of Dental Medicine Dean R. Lamont MacNeil join in the groundbreaking...

Malloy Leads Bioscience Connecticut Groundbreaking

The first of the Bioscience Connecticut construction projects at the UConn Health Center is now under way.

‘Remarkable’ First Year for Bioscience Connecticut

In less than a year, the UConn Health Center went from having an uncertain future to being on the verge of a series of major expansion projects.

Jennifer Stroop, certified genetic counselor, at UConn Health with a patient. (UConn Health Photo)

UConn Health Center Genetic Counselors Make the Rounds

Jennifer Stroop and Robin Schwartz are speaking at hospitals throughout the state about best practices in cancer genomics.

June Events

UConn Health Center June Programs, Events

Here’s what’s happening in June and early July.

Dr. William White

UConn Hypertension Specialist Begins National Leadership Role

Dr. William B. White is now president of the American Society of Hypertension.

A prefabricated building now in Lot L will be used by the valet parking staff starting May 21. (Chris DeFrancesco/UConn Health Center Photo)

Parking: A Briefing for Health Center Employees

The UConn Health Center’s parking advisors held a town hall meeting on the upcoming changes to campus parking, including a free valet service for patients and clinical visitors starting Monday, May 21.

Parking update (Shutterstock Photo)

What You Need to Know About Parking at UConn Health Center

In advance of Thursday’s town hall meeting on changes in campus parking, Assistant Police Chief Ray Bouchard provides some important information.