Lauren Woods


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Examining the COVID-19 Clinical Trial Landscape

The rush for new promising therapeutics and treatments led Dr. Aakash Desai, an internal medicine resident at UConn School of Medicine, to evaluate the current clinical trial landscape for COVID-19. Read more about his research study published on June 2 by The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine.

A Powerful ‘Look-Back’ for COVID-19 Antibodies in Health Care Workers

A UConn Health study is looking at the presence of COVID-19 antibodies in health care workers.

UConn Health Nurse Finds New Perspective After Running Injury

One avid runner bouncing back from a debilitating injury, ironically, is also a nurse practitioner specializing in treating patients at UConn Health with the same injury she experienced.  Learn more about Jocelyn Libros' injury recovery and her plans to run the UConn Health Half Marathon, 10K & 5K on June 4-7.

A Running Obstetrician Adjusts to COVID-19’s New Normal

UConn Health OB/GYN Dr. Chris Morosky is an avid runner training with his kids to run the virtual June 4-7 UConn Health Half Marathon's 10k race. Learn more about Morosky's love of running and how he's been adapting during the COVID-19 pandemic to keep moms, babies and staff as safe as possible and also help medical students learn.

A Stroke Patient’s Meaningful Return to Running 13.1 Miles

May is National Stroke Awareness Month. Read the inspiring patient success story of a UConn Health stroke survivor patient named Kevin Verge. He will be running the virtual UConn Health Half Marathon June 4-7. 

Run the Virtual UConn Health Half, 10k, and 5k June 4-7

While we can’t run or walk together this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tradition of the UConn Health Half Marathon, 10k and 5k, will carry on virtually, along with the race’s Ironhorse Challenges (taking on all three race distances). Register to join.

Elective Surgeries Start to Resume at UConn Health

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic May 13 was a special milestone for UConn Health with some elective low-risk surgical procedures beginning to resume at the UConn Health Surgery Center.

Alternative to the Handshake Developed by UConn Doctors

In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic in the journal Science UConn Health doctors are recommending a new alternative to the handshake to diminish the spread of the coronavirus.

UConn Health Commencement Goes Virtual in a COVID-19 World

Even during the COVID-19 pandemic UConn Health found a way to honor its graduating Class of 2020 of 236 new physicians and scientists headed to health care’s frontlines.

Little Girl Gives Back to COVID-19 Nurses at UConn Health

It's National Nurses Week! In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic a toddler from West Hartford has decided to spend her extra time doing some good for the nurses on the frontlines caring for patients at UConn John Dempsey Hospital