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‘I Was Dead’: How a Perfectly Timed Tennis Match Saved a Farmington Man’s Life
Norm survived cardiac arrest on the tennis court thanks to CPR performed by two friends, and the quick response of the Farmington Police and Fire departments, AMR ambulance paramedics, and the UConn Health multidisciplinary medical team
December 18, 2024 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health Joins The Value Care Alliance
The VCA, a consortium of Connecticut healthcare systems founded by Middlesex Health and Griffin Health, is committed to lowering healthcare costs for employers and improving the health of their workforce.
December 16, 2024 | Value Care Alliance
UConn Health Celebrates Outgoing Board Chair Sandy Cloud, Jr.’s Two Decades of Leadership
Chair of the Board of Directors at UConn Health, Sandy Cloud, Jr., Stepping Down, along with Longtime Board Members Tim Holt, Teresa Ressel, and Wayne Rawlins
December 11, 2024 | Lauren Woods
UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Speaks on Women in STEM and Environmental Crises in Africa
University Professor Cato T. Laurencin, representing the Galien USA, was a speaker for a panel that focused on the role of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in addressing the climate and environmental crisis in Africa at the Galien Forum in Dakar, Senegal.
December 9, 2024 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health Takes Center Stage at Connecticut Public Health Association Annual Conference
Experts from the Department of Public Health Sciences at UConn School of Medicine showcase the importance of community-based research.
December 3, 2024 | Lauren Woods
Rock Stars of Regenerative Engineering: American Chemical Society Hosts Annual Conference
Regenerative Engineering Society, founded by UConn's Cato T. Laurencin, held its annual conference this fall in Denver.
November 27, 2024 | Emily Touch
Giving Back with Gratitude
Chief of Vascular Surgery at UConn Health giving back to Hartford middle school students with fun, educational hands-on teachings about health and medicine.
November 26, 2024 | Lauren Woods
ICU Nurse Still Beating Multiple Myeloma 16 years Later, and a Burst Aneurysm Too
This Thanksgiving season a grateful UConn Health patient shares how Vascular Surgeon Dr. Tina Kariya saved her life
November 22, 2024 | Lauren Woods
Women’s Health Research Efforts of UConn Health Spotlighted at AAMC
UConn Health's Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS) were honored for their successful inaugural Women’s Health Clinical, Health Disparities, Basic Science Research Poster Symposium.
November 21, 2024 | Lauren Woods
UConn Professor Cato T. Laurencin Presents at Dreyfus Foundation’s 2024 Teacher-Scholar Symposium
The Teacher-Scholar Symposium highlights emerging areas in the chemical sciences, with many Teacher-Scholars presenting posters of their research while also featuring talks from senior scientists.
November 21, 2024 | Emily Touch, Cato T. Laurencin Institute for Regenerative Engineering