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At UConn Health 150 high school students from thirty-five schools attended the annual 54th Connecticut Regional Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (CT-JSHS). The CT Area Health Education Center (AHEC) of UConn Health organized the March 11 event.

High School Science Students Shine at UConn Health Symposium

High School science students from across Connecticut attended a prestigious UConn Health symposium in March to show off their research findings and compete for college scholarships.

Addressing a Need in Autism Care

At UConn Health's child and adolescent psychiatry practice in West Hartford, Dr. Asima Zehgeer offers a specialty clinic for children with autism.

Supporting American Heart Association and Go Red for Women

UConn Health was a proud sponsor of the recent Greater Hartford Go Red for Women Luncheon and Wellness Showcase at CT Convention Center April 4, 2017.

High School Students Prepare for Possible Health Care Careers

A UConn Health lecture series designed to expose high school students to career paths they previously may not have considered is now in its third decade.

Painful shoulder, computer artwork. (Getty Images)

Stem Cell Fabric Innovation Regrows Rotator Cuffs

A team of researchers from UConn Health has found a way to regenerate rotator cuff tendons after they’re torn, using a nano-textured fabric seeded with stem cells.

UConn Health April 2017 Programs, Events

Here's what's on the schedule at UConn Health in April and early May.

Thirty-four physicians at UConn Health are on the 2017 'Top Docs' list of Connecticut Magazine including Dr. Patrick Coll, medical director of senior health and the James EC Walker M.D. Memory Disorders Program at the UConn Center on Aging (Photo: Paul Horton).

Connecticut Magazine Names 34 UConn Health ‘Top Docs’

Connecticut Magazine's 'Top Docs' list is out and 34 physicians across medical specialties at UConn Health are on the list.

Nancy Petry, Ph.D., winner of the Connecticut Technology Council's Women of Innovation Award for Research Innovation and Leadership. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo).

Nancy Petry: Woman of Innovation

Dr. Nancy Petry has been honored by the Connecticut Technology Council with its 2017 Women of Innovation Award for her research, innovation and leadership.

UConn Health Continues to Grow Its Clinical Faculty

Meet another six clinicians who recently joined UConn Health. Hillary Siddons is a UConn-trained audiologist who sees patients in Farmington at the Outpatient Pavilion and in Southington. She performs hearing tests and balance tests in patients of all ages, and additional clinical interests include cochlear implants, bone-anchored hearing aids, vestibular evaluations and adult amplification. Siddons […]

This study built upon earlier research by Dr. Andrew Arnold of UConn, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Scientists Pave Path for Tackling Rare Cancers Without Effective Treatments

Genomic analysis is opening the doors to diseases that could never have been understood through traditional biomedical research because there simply aren’t enough patients to observe.