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Wishing You Greater Wellness this New Year
Happy New Year! The people working at UConn Health are beloved. Now a new Wellness Committee's work is underway to grow support for our great people's wellness with new programs and tools.
UConn Health’s First Baby of 2024 Arrives Fast and Unexpectedly
Connecticut Mom Delivers Baby in Car Right Outside UConn John Dempsey Hospital
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Delivers Keynote Speech at University of Virginia Diversity Conference
Laurencin’s keynote address challenged the conference's audience to consider adopting his concept called the IDEAL Path (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism and Learning).
A Very ‘Holley Family’ Christmas, Now Cancer-Free
Connecticut Man Now Cancer Free Thanks to Powerful Immunotherapy Care He Received at the UConn Health Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
Connecticut Surgeons at UConn Bring Brazilian Man Pain Relief
'You saved my life': After a decade of suffering from unbearable facial and ear pain caused by a rare disease, Rafael Azevedo of Brazil found UConn Health and its skilled surgeons
Periop 101: UConn Health Addressing the National Operating Room Workforce Crisis
The first cohort of the new Periop 101 operating room nurse training program kicked-off at UConn Health this fall.
UConn Making Future Careers in Primary Care Possible
This Thanksgiving UConn-trained future primary care physicians are sharing their gratitude for the Primary Care Incentive and Scholarship Program. "This program is the ultimate way for UConn and our medical trainees to give back to Connecticut,” shares Dr. Anton M. Alerte, associate dean for primary care at UConn School of Medicine.
UConn Health Employees Named 2023 Connecticut Healthcare Heroes
Marina Creed, APRN and Barbara Pelletier, PA have both been prestigiously named 2023 Healthcare Heroes by the Hartford Business Journal.
UConn John Dempsey Hospital Gets Another ‘A’ Rating for its Patient Safety Excellence
UConn’s teaching hospital has repeatedly earned an ‘A’ for highest patient safety by The Leapfrog Group.
Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez Named Director of the Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health
The Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health is now led by Director Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez, also a newly appointed affiliate faculty member in the UConn School of Social Work.