School of Medicine
Aneurysm Awareness
An aneurysm can be a life-threatening condition but may be hard to detect. Dr. Kwame Amankwah, chief of endovascular and vascular surgery at UConn Health, say that's why it’s important to know whose most at risk since often doctors can stop aneurysms from rupturing if they find and treat them early.
On the Ground in the Hurricane-ravaged Bahamas
Dr. Natalie Moore and nurse Amannda Ramsdell from the UConn Health Emergency Department were part of a relief mission to the Bahamas with the International Medical Corps. (Updated Sept. 23)
Operating, Though Outnumbered, in Orthopedics
UConn Health's female orthopedic surgeons share their experiences training and practicing in a male-dominated specialty, and describe the landscape for the the young women who may follow them.
‘I’m a Nurse… I Can’t Let You Do This’
UConn Health nurse practitioner shares her story of how she talked a disturbed patient off the ledge.
World’s First Gene Therapy for Glycogen Storage Disease Produces Remarkable Results
The clinical trial originally set out to simply test the safety and dosage of the gene therapy for three patients with GSD Type Ia. The dramatic improvement in their lives was unexpected.
UConn Health October 2019 Programs, Events
What's on the schedule at UConn Health in October and early November 2019?
New Grant Helps Manage Pain and the Opioid Crisis
A research team from the Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering has received $1.8 million from the NIH to work towards the development of a non-opioid treatment for acute pain flare-ups.
START Preliminary Proof of Concept Fund Recipients
Through a generous grant from the CTNext Higher Education Fund last year, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) has been administering an early stage translational research funding program called the START Preliminary Proof of Concept Fund. Under the grant, funding is provided to investigators at Central Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State […]
Sepsis: When Infection Leads to Critical Illness
UConn Health’s hospital epidemiologist explains sepsis and what UConn Health is doing to prevent, recognize, and treat it.
Home-based Treatments Improve Mobility in Older Adults With Fractured Hips
Patients recovering from hip fractures achieved success with regular weekly home visits by a physical therapist over a 16-week period, according to the study in JAMA.