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Rethinking Long-Term Care
In these lean economic times, when state funding is being reduced for a broad range of projects and needs, one area where Gov. Dannel P. Malloy wants to significantly increase funding is linked to the research of Julie Robison, associate professor of medicine at the UConn Center on Aging. The governor has proposed increasing funding […]
April 4, 2011 | Lisa Catanese
Students Observe MLK Day by Volunteering to Help Those in Need
UConn students were among those volunteering their time for a day of service on Martin Luther King Day at South Church in Hartford. The event, organized by the Connecticut Area Health Education Center Program (AHEC) and Hands on Hartford, engaged dozens of AmeriCorps members and 100 Youth Health Service Corps (YHSC) students from across the […]
January 27, 2011 | Celia Tvrdik
Urban Service Track Update
A novel interdisciplinary program for UConn medical students and their health professions peers is offering students valuable insight into the plight of underserved patients, who often lack access to high-quality health care. Now in its fourth year, the Urban Service Track (UST) program exposes the next generation of health care providers to the unique challenges […]
January 26, 2011 | Kathleen Keegan
Training Tomorrow’s Experts in Aging
There is one patient Gail Sullivan will never forget – the elderly man through whom she unexpectedly came to realize her fascination with the field of aging. Early in her medical career, Sullivan encountered an older man in her unit who had recently been diagnosed with dementia and prescribed a tranquilizer typically used for schizophrenics. […]
January 21, 2011 | Stefanie Dion Jones
The 19th Century Goes Digital
The Hartford Medical Society Historical Library has its first five titles digitized and available for viewing through the Internet Archive. Librarian Jennifer Miglus says the words in the titles are somewhat jarring to 21st century sensibilities: Human Monstrosities (4 volumes) The Pathology of Drunkenness Report on the Condition of the Insane Poor in the County […]
January 10, 2011 | Tara Rousseau