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Contingent Management is an effective bridge therapy for patients during their early addiction recovery journey. (AdobeStock image.

Increasing Contingency Management Incentives Will Help More Patients Recover from Addiction

JAMA Psychiatry study recommends nationwide Contingency Management care guardrails with data-driven, evidence-based reward amounts to ensure effective and better care outcomes

Bruce T. Liang, MD is embarking on this third five-year term as dean of UConn's medical school (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo).

Dr. Bruce T. Liang Reappointed Dean of UConn School of Medicine

Dr. Liang begins his third term as dean of UConn’s medical school this July. He has served as dean since 2015

Damion Grasso Ph.D. of UConn School of Medicine (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Photo)

Next President of Society of Clinical Psychology is from UConn

President-Elect of the Society of Clinical Psychology is Damion Grasso, Ph.D. of UConn School of Medicine.

James Marks and Zach Giguere

UConn Medical Students Riding Coast-2-Coast to Prevent Suicide

Two rising second-year UConn School of Medicine medical students are on a once-in-a-lifetime coast to coast bicycle ride, in honor of a lifesaving cause – suicide prevention.

“Chia-Ling Kuo et al. demonstrate the Healthspan Proteomic Score (HPS), derived from chronological age and the expression levels of 86 proteins, is a strong predictor of disease and mortality risk. Lower HPS values are associated with higher risks of disease and mortality. Pictured is a “biological clock” representation hinting that proteins inform the HPS, which can inform our healthspan. Here, the clock’s hand is a 3D rendering of growth/differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), a protein predictor of healthspan. Image credit: Bernard L. Cook III, PhD, who conceptualized, illustrated, and composed the final image, and Illustrate, the software used to render GDF15 (Goodsell DS, Autin L, Olson AJ (2019) Illustrate: Software for Biomolecular Illustration. Structure 27, 1716-1720).”

Scientists Develop New Blood-Based Proteomic Score to Predict Healthspan and Disease Risk

UConn School of Medicine study published in PNAS introduces Healthspan Proteomic Score as a biomarker for healthy aging

Attendees at the May 14, 2025 event.

CT AHEC Offers Clinical Nurse Preceptor Training Conference in Hartford

The free event provided 30 Connecticut nurses with a one-day conference on clinical nurse precepting skills on May 14.  

Imitola Lab image shows the inside of a 3D brain organoid formation's layers of stem cells. Blue is nuclear staining, red is SOX2, a stem cell marker, and green is a cortical neuron progenitor marker (CITP2).

First Stem Cell Medicine Course for Clinicians Available for Free

UConn School of Medicine Expertise and Leadership Contributes to International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) and Harvard Medical School’s First Global Continuing Education Course for Clinicians and Medical Students.

Dr. Denis Lafreniere

UConn’s Dr. Denis Lafreniere Inducted into the Honor Society for Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

Lafreniere has been prestigiously selected to be a fellow of the Triological Society.

Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger is a geriatrician at UConn Health and educator at UConn School of Medicine (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo).

UConn’s Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger Appointed to Two National Education Committees

Olsen Jaeger of the UConn Center on Aging will serve on the Education Committees of both the ACP and PALTmed

On May 21, HDI and the Commission shared a preview of the Commission’s statewide strategic plan’s recommendations at the Connecticut State Capitol.

Connecticut Addressing the Impact of Racism on Health

State Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health and UConn Health Disparities Institute Debut its Recommendations for Connecticut Legislators