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UConn National Match Day 2026

UConn Medical Students Meet their Match

Over 100 future doctors enjoyed the exhilarating thrills of National Match Day revealing where they will train next for residency across Connecticut and the U.S.

Members of the graduating School of Medicine Class of 2026 presenting

Graduating Medical Students Present their Research Findings

Over 100 fourth-year medical students presented their Capstones at the annual Clinician Scholar Symposium of UConn School of Medicine.

The future Dr. Parth Patel SOM Class of 2026 in Academic lobby sitting.

Medical Minds Matter Nonprofit Founded at UConn Growing Nationally

Medical Minds Matter is destigmatizing the discussion of mental health in medicine especially early-on for the next generation of the health care workforce

Grad student Kai Clarke presenting her poster to judge.

Women’s Health Research Advancing at UConn

40 research abstracts presented at 3rd annual women’s health-focused research symposium of The Group on Women in Medicine and Science of the UConn School of Medicine.

Department of Public Health Sciences of the UConn School of Medicine at the 2026 CPHA Annual Conference (UConn Photo/Tharun Palla).

Public Health Matters: UConn Faculty and Students Champion Equity and Community Voices at CPHA

The UConn Health Disparities Institute and the Department of Public Health Sciences shine at the 2026 Connecticut Public Health Association Annual Meeting.

Panel discussion The Because of UConn Conversation Series: Shredding the Silence on Menopause (Photo by UConn Foundation/Desiray Green).

UConn Health Disparities Institute Leads the Way: Making Moves for Menopause Equity

From the State Capitol to campus, the UConn Health Disparities Institute (HDI) is accelerating a statewide movement to make menopause visible in policy, practice, and everyday conversations.

BMT team at Tandem Meetings in front of poster

BMT Nurses Shine at 2026 Tandem Meetings

Three nurses of The Blood and Marrow Transplantation team at UConn Health presented the program’s latest research findings in Salt Lake City, Utah.

AdobeStock Image of older adult and dna strand

Aging Research in U.S. Accelerated by Major ARPA-H Contract

UConn Center on Aging is Part of a National Research Consortium Testing a Drug Originally Developed for HIV Treatment as a New Possible Gerotherapeutic Therapy for Biological Aging

Human bladder anatomy shown by AdobeStock Image.

Polyploidy-Induced Senescence May Drive Aging, Tissue Repair, and Cancer Risk

“Our work highlights the need to study polyploidy and senescence in concert to understand their roles in aging, cancer, and therapeutic resistance.”

AdobeStock Image of brain inflammation and medication

A Pill Explores New Frontier in Early Parkinson’s Disease Treatment

UConn School of Medicine offering innovative clinical trial testing novel pill’s impact for reducing inflammation to treat Parkinson’s disease