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UConn Health researcher Wendy Mok has received the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award for her research involving bacterial interactions and antibiotic persistence..

UConn Health Researcher Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award for her Work on Antibiotic Treatment Failure

Exploring new technologies and methods for reducing antibiotic treatment failures could lead to significant breakthroughs in responding to this worsening global public health challenge.

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UConn Health Researcher Focuses on Enhanced N95 Mask Protection

A UConn Health researcher has won a federal grant to develop respirator masks that could help mitigate the spread of airborne illnesses like COVID-19

Federal Funding Renewed for Center of Excellence Dedicated to Worker Health and Wellbeing

An interdisciplinary team has received renewed federal funding to explore the complex factors that influence employee health, safety and well-being, developing and testing participatory methods within organizations to promote worker health and safety.

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UConn Health Commemorates 20 Years Since 9/11 Attacks

Reflecting on a generational trauma, two decades later

Cancer Research Award for UConn Internal Medicine Resident

The American Society of Hematology selects Dr. Joshua Fein among the recipients of its 2021 HONORS Award.

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Students Serving Community With Screenings, Vaccinations

A multidisciplinary force including UConn faculty and students came together last weekend in Hartford’s Keney Park and North End neighborhoods to offer free health screenings, COVID-19 information, and door-to-door vaccinations.

UConn School of Medicine and UConn School of Dental Medicine students receiving their white coats in a ceremony on Aug. 20.

UConn Medical and Dental Students Don their First White Coats at Annual Ceremony

Students from UConn's Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine received their first white coats at the 2021 White Coat ceremony held August 20 in Farmington

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UConn Center on Aging Awarded $7 Million NIH Grant to Support Older Adults Initiative

The grant will establish a center focused on helping older adults maintain their independence

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HCOP Celebrates New Graduates at 2021 Closing Ceremony

More than 200 high school and college students are now graduates of UConn Health's summer Health Career Opportunity Programs.

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Not Just Another Day in the Park

UConn dental and medical students continue a series of free community health care clinics, offering health screenings and education both within and beyond Connecticut.