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Lost Your Sense of Smell? Suspect COVID-19
Dr. Denis Lafreniere, Chief of the Division of ENT at UConn Health, discusses one of the most common symptoms of COVID-19.
UConn LENDs a Hand to Those with Disabilities
UConn's Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service is devoted to helping those with disabilities and their families.
MD Anderson Cancer Center Honors Dr. Cato T. Laurencin
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has announced Dr. Cato T. Laurencin as the recipient of the 2020 Mike Hogg Award and Lecture, the institution’s most prestigious award that is granted to practicing scientists and physicians who have made and continue to make exceptional transformative contributions to the field of biomedical research.
New Direction for The Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling (CCAM)
The longtime leader of UConn School of Medicine’s Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling (CCAM), Dr. Leslie Loew, is stepping down as its director to turn his attention to his research. Dr. Pedro Mendes has just been named the next CCAM director.
UConn Health is First ‘HEARTSafe Campus’ Medical Center in Connecticut
UConn Health has been designated the first 'HEARTSafe' medical center campus in the state, thanks to an extended effort to make life-saving medical equipment readily available throughout the campus.
New Report Shows Impact of Connecticut Overdose Tracking Program Fighting Opioid Epidemic
A statewide tracking system to measure the extent of the opioid crisis in Connecticut is already yielding benefits in its first year of operation.
37th Annual Graduate Student Research Day Carries On Virtually
Graduate Student Research Day (GSRD) is an annual celebration of the research accomplishments of students in The Graduate School programs at UConn Health, with a primary focus on the Biomedical Science Ph.D. program. Like so many activities in 2020, the decades old gathering traditionally held in June of each year, could not take place in […]
UConn Health Remembers 9/11 Nineteen Years Later Virtually
This year on September 11 the UConn Health community gathered virtually together online to mark the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The remembrance ceremony was livestreamed of the event participants and guest speakers social-distancing in-person in the large Academic Rotunda at UConn Health paying their annual tribute to the thousands of lives lost that day.
Highest Honor of Materials Research Society Awarded to UConn Health Professor Cato T. Laurencin
The Materials Research Society has named UConn Health’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin as the recipient of the 2020 Von Hippel Award, the society’s highest and most prestigious honor.
UConn Health Report: Occupational Illnesses Impact 25,000 Connecticut Workers, COVID-19 Shows Importance of Prevention
A UConn Health report on occupational-related ailments in Connecticut arrives just as the COVID-19 pandemic is putting worker health in a more urgent light.