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Connecticut Women of Innovation® Honors Dr. Laurie Caines of UConn Health
Dr. Laurie Caines was awarded for her academic innovation and leadership at the 18th annual Women of Innovation® awards of the Connecticut Technology Council.
EPA Testing Shows the Power of DIY Air Filters to Trap Viruses
The results are in: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research testing of do-it-yourself ‘Corsi-Rosenthal Box’ indoor air filters shows they are 99% effective in removing airborne virus. The 'Owl Force One' device tested by the EPA was built by UConn Indoor Air Quality Initiative researchers with Middletown, Connecticut public school children.
Can Brain Training Computerized Games Help Evaporate Brain Fog from Long COVID?
UConn Center on Aging and the Department of Psychiatry researchers are working to answer this public health threat question by launching a clinical trial for older adults using at home, brain-training games on computer tablets as a Long COVID patient therapy
Research into Responsible Gaming
UConn School of Medicine researchers will now examine responsible gaming and its best practices for Connecticut’s rapidly changing gaming landscape including growth of online gambling.
Teamwork Keeps UConn Health Moving
Meet UConn Health Storekeeper Antoinette Santiago who is “the face” of UConn Health for many as she is the receiver of the academic medical center’s numerous deliveries to the West Dock
Hospital OB/GYN Residents from Across the State Gather at UConn to Share Their Research Findings
On September 28 UConn Health and its UConn School of Medicine hosted the 11th Annual State of Connecticut Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents’ Research Day.
UConn’s First Global Oncology Program
The program's leader is UConn Health Hematologist/Oncologist Dr. Victoria Forbes of the Carole & Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center who is working to ensure cancer care is available to all, no matter where they live.
Dr. Kevin Staveley-O’Carroll Named Next UConn Health Chair of Surgery
Dr. Staveley-O’Carroll, an NIH-funded oncology surgeon-scientist, joins UConn this December.
UConn School of Medicine and Hartford HealthCare Renew and Grow Their Longstanding Academic Training Collaborations
Hartford HealthCare and UConn have had a nearly 60 year academic clinical training relationship, and just renewed another five-year academic affiliation
It’s Hispanic Heritage Month: Meet Neurologist Dr. Amanda Hernandez
“UConn Health is here for the Latinx community," shares Dr. Amanda Hernandez during Hispanic Heritage month September 15 to October 15 and always whether for your health care or your medical education training.