School of Medicine
Leading Alzheimer’s Disease Expert Named Chair of Neuroscience at UConn Med School
UConn School of Medicine has named Dr. Riqiang Yan of the Cleveland Clinic its new new chair of the Department of Neuroscience. Yan, a leading Alzheimer's disease researcher, will join UConn in Spring 2018 to establish the medical school's first laboratory dedicated to studying and finding new treatments for Alzheimer's.
50 Minutes That Saved a Life
It's an improbable story of survival thanks to unrelenting clinicians and paramedics at UConn Health.
UConn Health Foot Care Specialists Deliver New Shoes to Homeless
The annual Thanksgiving tradition continued this year with volunteers from the UConn Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine team helping distribute footwear and socks at two local homeless shelters.
The 411 on the New Blood Pressure Guidelines
UConn Health Calhoun Cardiology Center's Dr. William B. White, past president of the American Society of Hypertension, sounds off on the large impact the AHA/ACC's newly issued blood pressure guidelines may have on you and millions of other Americans.
Sprouting Healthy Food Habits Early in Kids
Little City Sprouts is a year-round gardening and nutrition education program for 2-to 5-year-old preschoolers in Hartford child care centers. The initiative is one of the programs that is helping reduce childhood obesity rates in Hartford.
Influencing School Start Times With Science
As we near the end of daylight saving time and gaining an extra hour of sleep comes to mind, physicians from the UConn Health Sleep Disorders Center discuss efforts to modify school start times in recognition of adolescents’ sleep habits. Drs. Jennifer Kanaan and Daniel McNally have been to several towns in recent years to […]
UConn John Dempsey Hospital Top-Ranked in Patient Safety for Three Years
UConn John Dempsey Hospital has been awarded the highest A-rating in patient safety by The Leapfrog Group three years in a row.
In the ‘VAL’ – Learning the Virtual Way
UConn Health’s Virtual Anatomy Lab, the “VAL,” allows medical and dental students to solidify their learning of anatomy along with introducing them to new imaging technology. Step into the lab to observe first-hand how the students – and ultimately their patients - benefit from what the VAL has to offer.
Effort to Draw Women Into Orthopedics Comes to UConn Health
Most years, men outnumber women in orthopedic residencies by a 6-to-1 margin. UConn Health is part of a national effort to balance that.
Cooling Off Chemotherapy’s Side Effects
UConn Health’s Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center now offers its breast cancer patients scalp-cooling therapy to reduce their chances of hair loss from chemotherapy.