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UConn in the Conversation
In print, online, and on air, UConn faculty inform public dialogue about the major issues of the day. Here's what they said this year.
UConn Health Tour Impresses Lawmakers
A group of lawmakers – some new, some returning – visited UConn Health Thursday to meet with leadership and tour academic and research areas. They met with President Susan Herbst and other University leaders in the academic rotunda. On their way in and out, the visiting legislators met with representatives of the Health Career Opportunities Programs. […]
Next Chair of Community Medicine and Health Care Named
Doug Brugge from Tufts University joins the UConn School of Medicine as chair of the Department of Community Medicine and Health Care in March.
Disrupting Alzheimer’s Protein BACE
Dr. Riqiang Yan, chair of the UConn Health Department of Neuroscience, has received a competitive renewal grant of $3.2 million from the National Institute on Aging to study a potential treatment that gets to the core of the physiological processes responsible for Alzheimer’s.
UConn Med Students First to Learn with New Handheld Ultrasound
The UConn School of Medicine is the first to receive and include in its curriculum a new portable ultrasound device that is expected to revolutionize the industry.
UConn-Wesleyan Stem Cell Core: Past, Present, and Future
Established in 2006, the UConn-Wesley Stem Cell Core aims to advance stem cell research throughout the state.
UConn Startup Wins R&D Grant for Voltage-Sensitive Dyes
Potentiometric Probes, a biotech startup based on UConn Health technology, has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new class of voltage-sensitive dyes.
The Family Medicine Advantage
The family medicine team at our Canton medical office provides complete care through all stages of life. Beth Dickens, her husband and four children all receive care at Canton Family Medicine and are happy with the convenience and quality of care the entire family receives all in the same office.
$3.8 Million Grant to Study Interpersonal Violence Exposure and Young Children
With the $3.8 million grant from NIMH, the UConn Health research team will look at several measures of threat reactivity to explain the diversity in outcomes observed in young children exposed to interpersonal violence.
The Blitz of Neuroscience
UConn neuroscience researchers from across departments and campuses came together this week for a "datablitz," where several graduate students presented fast-moving summaries of their research to a live audience.