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
Aging Research Day Returns for Second Year
A nationally renowned researcher who’s been the brains behind three decades of research known as “The Baltimore Hip Studies” headlined UConn’s Aging Research Day April 18. Jay Magaziner, professor and chair of the University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and director of its Division of Gerontology, detailed how hip […]
April 18, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
‘Dream Wedding’ Caps Whirlwind Journey for Health Center Nurse
Rebecca Green was going to get married this fall, exactly three years after her gastric bypass surgery. Instead, she was married by a TV news anchor last Friday on live television. Green, an assistant nursing manager for Surgery 7, and Jason Whiting, chief marketing officer at Aeon, Inc. in Wallingford, were the winning couple in […]
April 18, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center Aces Latest Accreditation Site Survey
The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center once again has received a three-year accreditation with commendation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. It’s the highest possible overall rating from the surveyor conducting an on-site review. “This is the second such award in the past two surveys,” says Dr. John Taylor, who […]
April 15, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Auxiliary Working to Help Survivors Cast Away Their Cancer
Marcia Reid Marsted believes a positive attitude and a calming environment can do wonders for a healing body. The former UConn Health Center employee and volunteer would know. She’s beaten two cancers. Two hobbies helped her through those battles. One was photography. “I found that using my photography to document what was going on with […]
April 13, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Colonial History Expert Giving April Massey History of Medicine Talk
The Robert U. Massey History of Medicine and Medical Humanities Lecture Series continues Thursday, April 14, with “Disease and Environmental Thinking in the Early Colonies.” New York University history professor Karen Ordahl Kupperman will present at 7 p.m. in the Low Learning Center. She is the author of several books on American colonial history, including: […]
April 11, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
New Football Coach Is Special Guest at Sports Injury Program
Having joined UConn as its 28th head football coach earlier this year, Paul Pasqualoni may be new to the school, but he’s no stranger to the game. And anyone who coaches a collision sport like football for four decades is bound to pick up a thing or two about sports injuries. On Monday, April 11, […]
April 7, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
New Football Coach to Speak at Sports Injury Program
Head coach Paul Pasqualoni will discuss collision injuries at a free event at the Health Center.
April 7, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
UConn Health Center Upcoming Programs
The following programs are scheduled at the University of Connecticut Health Center in April and early May. Free IVF Information Session Thursday, April 7, 6 to 8:30 p.m., UConn Health Center, Conference Room EG-013 Specialists with the Center for Advanced Reproductive Services lead an informational session about current treatments for infertility, specifically in vitro fertilization (IVF). […]
March 30, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
More Health Center Research on Colorectal Cancer Link to Tobacco Use
Researchers at the UConn Health Center are learning more about different types of hard-to-detect indicators of colorectal cancer. In an article published in the February 2011 Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Dr. Joseph Anderson, associate professor of medicine, addresses different characteristics and classifications of lesions in the colon that can become cancerous. “The ones we call […]
March 9, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Health Center March Programs, Events
Following is a rundown of UConn Health Center events in March: Nutrition for a Healthy Heart Wednesday, March 2, 2 to 4 p.m., UConn Health Center, Dowling North Building The UConn Health Center’s Healthy Nutrition program invites you on a journey to a lower blood pressure, reduced cholesterol and healthier weight. This group meets on […]
March 1, 2011 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)