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UConn Health Researchers Study Cell Regulation in Obesity

Researchers from UConn's School of Medicine investigate regulators of a cell type that plays a critical role in metabolic diseases for future drug development.

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Help From All Over the World

Donations of personal protective equipment and other supplies have been coming to UConn Health from near and far.

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‘White Coats for Black Lives’ Movement

UConn medical and dental students, alumni, residents and faculty are among the estimated 1,000 demonstrators who recently marched in Hartford.

Songs of Hope for COVID-19 Front Line Workers

Sing for Hope has lended the voice of one of its singers to help further inspire UConn Health’s front line health care workers battling COVID-19 at UConn John Dempsey Hospital.

National Recognition for UConn Health Faculty

UConn Health and its faculty have been applauded on the national stage for their accomplishments. The most recent accolades include: Dr. Marja Hurley elected to Positions within Multiple Associations Dr. Marja, Hurley, Professor of Medicine and Orthopedics, has been elected 2020 Chair of the Oversight Board of the National Institutes of Health/ National Institutes of […]

Dr. Murali Dharan MD is an assistant professor of gastroenterology and director of advanced endoscopy, and is one of the UConn Health physicians in Connecticut Magazine's 2020 list of best doctors in the state. January 8, 2020

2020 Best Doctors Named by Connecticut Magazine 

Forty seven UConn Health physicians have been named to Connecticut Magazine's 2020 Best Doctors list.

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Graduating to New Goals This Season

Dr. Rebecca Andrews, UConn Health primary care physician, is among those running the UConn Health Half Marathon. She shares how running fits into her life as a health care provider and parent.

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Coming out of COVID: Mental Health

UConn Health psychiatry experts discuss some of the challenges associated with our gradual return to some kind of normal, and how they vary by stage of life.

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Examining the COVID-19 Clinical Trial Landscape

The rush for new promising therapeutics and treatments led Dr. Aakash Desai, an internal medicine resident at UConn School of Medicine, to evaluate the current clinical trial landscape for COVID-19. Read more about his research study published on June 2 by The Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine.

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UConn Med Students: ‘Why I Run’

While it may be one of the busiest periods of their lives, an important part of the lives of these medical students is running. Leading up to the UConn Health Half Marathon, 10K and 5K June 4-7, four of them share their stories.