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CT AHEC

CT AHEC’s Healthcare Workforce Interagency Symposium Emphasizes a Unified Strategy and Financial Incentives, hosted by CT SLRP

The Connecticut Area Health Education Center (CT AHEC), based at UConn Health, has long played a leading role in strengthening the healthcare workforce pipeline.

UConn SOM Class of 2030

The 4-1-1 on the Impact of Lowering Federal Student Loan Limits for Healthcare Workforce Students

The Public Issues Council is made up of faculty at UConn School of Medicine as well as community partners. This Q & A article is the first in a series by faculty aiming to raise awareness to the public of the impact of various important public health topics such as new federal student loan caps.

Naliah Grannell instructs teens on the role of an epidemiologist in a foodborne illness outbreak. (CT AHEC Photo).

CT AHEC and Public Health Department Sanitarians Team Up With Teens for Workshop to Solve a Food Illness Outbreak

CT AHEC's Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) program in action.

Menopause Equity Collective (MEC) members

From Silence to Systems Change: Connecticut Moves Menopause Equity Forward

UConn Health Disparities Institute’s Menopause Equity Initiative (MEI) contributes to policy changes bringing real change to people’s lives.

Image shows patient tumor cell growth in Encapsulate's Biochip System

Exploring Precision Medicine for Pancreatic Cancer

UConn School of Medicine is advancing the future of pancreatic care with Encapsulate, Inc., a precision medicine start-up company at the UConn Technology Incubation Program (TIP).

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Training Connecticut’s Next Generation of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Disease Researchers

The future healthcare workforce to help advance critical research in nephrology, urology, and hematology is being built right here in Connecticut.

(Photo courtesy of Westminster School).

UConn School of Medicine Grows its Career Mentorship of Hartford Youth

More and more UConn faculty have been mentoring middle school students weekly this summer at Horizons at Westminster School.

SOM White Coat 2026

UConn’s Largest Medical School Class Yet Dons 117 New White Coats

August 14 marked the annual White Coat Ceremony milestone for the incoming Class of 2030 at UConn School of Medicine.

UConn resident in anesthesiology Dr. Jack Wolf with a patient in ED.

For the Love of UConn

UConn School of Medicine 2026 Annual Report

The academic rotunda entrance at UConn Health (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health).

School of Medicine 2026 Faculty Appointments

The Academic Affairs Subcommittee of the Board of Directors at UConn Health announced this August the new senior rank appointments for UConn School of Medicine faculty.