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UConn Health 51st Commencement Adds 260 to Health Care Workforce

More than 260 new physicians, dentists, scientists, and public health professionals graduated at UConn Health's 51st Commencement on May 9 and are ready to enter the state and nation's health care workforce.

Commencement around the Corner for Soon-to-be Masters of Public Health

UConn Graduate School’s Program in Applied Public Health Sciences at UConn Health celebrated both its graduating MPH students and faculty with a special research poster session and awards ceremony on April 29.

UConn Health Physicians Recognized as ‘Top Doctors’

Connecticut Magazine's 2022 ‘Top Doctors’ list is out and 39 UConn Health doctors are on the list

3D Illustration of shoulder joint.

Science of a Successful Shoulder Surgery

Understanding how orthopedic surgeons fix the most mobile joint in your body when it's injured

2022 Diversity Award of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Goes to UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin

At its prestigious annual meeting The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) presented its 2022 Diversity Award to Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of the University of Connecticut for his outstanding commitment to making orthopaedics more representative of, and accessible to, diverse patient populations.

UConn-Trained Future Doctors Meet Their Match

This is the day UConn School of Medicine students find out where their journey will take them next

Dr. Kwame S. Amankwah, Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery performing a bypass surgery.

Newsweek Names UConn’s Hospital to World’s Best Hospitals List

UConn John Dempsey Hospital is one of only four in Connecticut to make the list

Voices of Our Ukrainian-American Community

Hear straight from the Ukrainian-Americans working and learning at UConn Health, along with their suggested ways you can help lend your support for the people of Ukraine's health and humanitarian crisis.

Dr. Emily Germain-Lee with a patient at the Albright Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center. (CCMC Photo)

Rare Disease Patients, Families and Researchers Join Together

In honor of Rare Disease Day, Feb. 28, 2022, Connecticut Children’s, The Jackson Laboratory and UConn Health co-hosted a virtual event entitled Voices of Patients, Researchers and Resources – a Rare Disease Day Forum. Watch the replay to learn more about how the researchers across these three collaborating institutions are truly transforming the lives of patients.

Ukrainian-American Radiologist Shares a Call to Action

Dr. Leo Wolansky, chair of the Department of Radiology at UConn School of Medicine, shares his personal story and connection to Ukraine to raise awareness of the country’s critical health and humanitarian needs due to the tremendous crisis resulting from the Russian invasion.