Lauren Woods
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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.
March 12, 2026 | HDI & Public Health Sciences
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.
March 9, 2026 | Trisha Pitter, MS, Malia Hunt, BSW & Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD, UConn Health Disparities Institute
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.
March 2, 2026 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine
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
February 27, 2026 | Combined Reports
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.”
February 20, 2026 | Ryan Braithwaite of Impact Journals LLC
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
February 18, 2026 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine
UConn Participating in Novel Clinical Trial for Curbing the Most Common Type of Kidney Inflammation
Clinical Research Center of UConn School of Medicine teaming with Connecticut’s Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. for innovative clinical trial targeting the root cause of IgA Nephropathy (IgAN).
February 9, 2026 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine
UConn Med Students Match Early to Prestigious Residency Training Programs
It is an early Match for two students entering the fields of ophthalmology and urology.
February 4, 2026 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine
Urban Health/AHEC Scholars Spark Transformation in Individuals and Communities
Students bring their passion and talents to more than 4,000 community members statewide annually.
February 2, 2026 | Barbara O’Neill, PhD, RN
Newly Endowed Chairs and Professors Celebrated at UConn School of Medicine
Transformative research of UConn medical school faculty Danielle Luciano, Pedro Mendes, Sarah Feldstein Ewing, Guangfu Li, Patrick Murphy, and Xiaoyan Guo, being fueled with generous philanthropic support.
January 28, 2026 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine