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UConn Working to Improve the Lives of Those with an Underactive Thyroid

NIH Grant Award Fueling New Clinical Trial Testing Novel Treatment Approaches for Patients Affected by Hypothyroidism.

Smokers and Never Smokers are at Risk for Lung Cancer and UConn Health is on the Forefront of Finding it Early

It's lung cancer awareness month and UConn Health is on the forefront of technology to find it before it is even detectable or in the early stages leading to treatment and cures.

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Colonoscopies Are Good; New Tech Makes Them Better

UConn Health now has its most advanced technology for GI procedures

Growing Palliative Care Team Expands Access into Ambulatory Setting

November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and we celebrate the first anniversary of the palliative care inpatient program and launch a new outpatient palliative care program at UConn John Dempsey Hospital.

Nivedha Natchiappan

Meet a Health Care Hero and UConn Medical Student

The Hartford Business Journal honors fourth-year UConn medical student Nivedha Natchiappan of Avon for creating a new social determinants of health screening for newly diagnosed gynecologic cancer patients.

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin with Lifetime Research awardee Dr. Selwyn M. Vickers and Dr. Randall C. Morgan, W. Montague Cobb Institute President/CEO.

Cato T. Laurencin Lifetime Research Award Given to Dr. Selwyn M. Vickers, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center President and CEO

The Cato T. Laurencin M.D., Ph.D. Lifetime Research Award is one of the highest honors bestowed by the W. Montague Cobb/ National Medical Association Health Institute and the National Medical Association.

Students, Trainees Shine at Symposium

Showcasing the achievements of trainees of the T90/R90 research training grants, Skeletal Biology and Regeneration, and biomedical engineering programs

SOM 2024 Annual Report cover

Innovators

UConn School of Medicine Annual Report 2024

old-fashioned alarm clock with fall leaves around it

Is Sleep Cool Now?

UConn Health’s Dr. Jennifer Kanaan weighs in on trending topics in sleep health

Dr. Leo Wolansky in Ukraine.

Through Medical Education UConn Professor Helps Maintain Normalcy in War-Torn Ukraine

Chair of Radiology Dr. Leo Wolansky Co-Chairs Three-Day Medical Conference in Lviv, Ukraine