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Federal Funding Renewed for UConn’s Cross-Campus Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service
UConn's UCEDD is on the front lines in Connecticut helping those with disabilities and their families and building the capacity of the future workforce to conduct research and deliver evidence-based intervention practices.
Remembering Dr. Naomi F. Rothfield
As one of UConn School of Medicine’s first women faculty, legendary internationally-renowned rheumatologist Dr. Naomi Rothfield had a nearly 50 year career at UConn Health retiring in 2016. She passed away on Sunday, July 2.
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Elected to the Council of the National Academy of Medicine
This July Dr. Laurencin begins his 3-year term for the Academy’s governing and oversight body.
Innovation at UConn Health: Meet Basic Scientist Kimberly Dodge-Kafka, Ph.D.
“My big hope is to develop a new type of beta-blocker drug for humans that can block or reverse heart disease progression so patients can live a better, fuller, and longer life,” says Dodge-Kafka, a recent recipient of a large multimillion dollar NIH grant to grow her novel cardiac cell signaling research.
UConn Student Makes Life-Saving Phone Call
'It’s hard to know over the phone if you are really making a difference or an impact on patient lives, but now I know'
UConn Health Simsbury Celebrates Grand Opening
UConn Health with the Town of Simsbury’s Leadership Hosted a Celebratory Ribbon Cutting and Facility Tours on June 13
UConn Gifts Clean Air: 150 DIY Indoor Air Filters Distributed to Connecticut Community for Protection from Wildfire Air Particles
You can learn online from UConn how to build your own DIY air purifier device with just $60 worth of hardware store supplies and 30 minutes of your time.
UConn Health Giving Away 100 DIY Indoor Air Filters to Public for Protection from Wildfire Air Particles
Today's distribution of the inexpensive DIY air filters on June 8 will be first-come, first-serve from 4:30pm to 6:30pm at the Outpatient Pavilion's ground floor COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic. Can't make it? Learn from UConn how to build your own device at home with just $60 worth of hardware store supplies and in 30 minutes.
Get to Know Endocrinologist Dr. Francesco Celi, New Chair of the Department of Medicine
NIH-funded Physician-Scientist Francesco S. Celi, MD, MHSc is the new chair of the Department of Medicine at UConn School of Medicine and UConn Health
UConn Health Faculty and Students at the Inaugural Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Research Day
The University of Connecticut celebrated its first cross-campus TRHT Research Day.