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UConn and Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Celebrated by St. Lucia
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of UConn and UConn Health was honored this November by St. Lucian officials with high honors.
November 29, 2022 | Jini Davis, Connecticut Convergence Institute
Season of Thanksgiving: UConn Health Cares for Refugees and Immigrants in Need
To date, 1,000 people from roughly 40 countries have been assisted by UConn Immigrant Health, which provides health care, education, and advocacy
November 21, 2022 | Lauren Woods
Battling Stage 4 Breast Cancer for 4 Years: ‘I Have Cancer, But Cancer Does Not Have Me’
UConn Health's Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, a world leader in cancer vaccines, is researching innovative vaccines against aggressive breast cancer and teaming with the V Foundation to raise more research funding for this game-changing research
November 18, 2022 | Lauren Woods
UConn Set to Compete in the Jimmy V Classic and Raise Funds to Fight Cancer
UConn is uniting with other universities and the V Foundation to raise money for impactful cancer research
November 17, 2022 | UConn Foundation
Free Diapers Can Really Help Connecticut Moms, Dads, and Children in Need
The Connecticut Hospital Association and the Diaper Bank of Connecticut are taking statewide the successful Diaper Connections pilot program of UConn Health’s Women’s Center and Family Medicine Clinics
November 16, 2022 | Lauren Woods
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America Awards UConn Health’s Dr. Genice Nelson
For more than two decades, Genice Nelson has been providing a voice, respect, and high quality care to sickle cell patients: “I saw that patients with sickle cell really need a voice. I felt like I could be that voice.”
November 10, 2022 | Lauren Woods
UConn’s Greg Rhee Named Fellow of American College of Epidemiology
Rhee's ACE fellow election is in honor of his significant contributions to the field epidemiology.
November 3, 2022 | Lauren Woods
UConn Researchers Study Mind-Healing Powers of Ketamine Derivatives for Severe Depression
Trials aim to treat the most intractable cases of depression
October 27, 2022 | Lauren Woods
UConn Professor Cato T. Laurencin Delivers the Robert A. Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award Address at the Biomedical Engineering Society
On October 15 Dr. Cato T. Laurencin was awarded the Biomedical Engineering Society’s highest honor.
October 27, 2022 | Jini Davis, CT Convergence Institute
UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Provides Opening Remarks at the First U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium
The historic inaugural symposium was held on October 12 –14 in Nairobi, Kenya.
October 20, 2022 | Lauren Woods