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Dr. Marc Lalande, founding chairman of the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences. (Lanny Nagler for UConn Health).

Genetics and Genome Sciences Chair Dr. Marc Lalande Stepping Down

Marc Lalande, PhD, the founding chair of the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at UConn School of Medicine, will be stepping down Aug. 4 from his role after over 19 years of service to UConn Health.

Nurse Practitioners Part of UConn Health’s Provider Expansion

Meet six nurse practitioners who’ve joined UConn Health in the last several months.

UConn John Dempsey Hospital has the highest newborn vaccination rate in the state against Hepatitis B (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo).

UConn John Dempsey Hospital Protecting Newborns from Hepatitis B

UConn John Dempsey Hospital leads the state of Connecticut with the highest rate of newborn Hepatitis B vaccinations.

Sports medicine surgeons and researchers from around the globe gathered for UConn Health’s first International Sports Medicine Symposium on July 14. Some attendees included in photo include: Dr. Katherine Coyner, Dr. Augustus D. Mazzocca, Dr. Andreas Imhoff, Dr. John Fulkerson, Dr. Corey Edgar (Row 1), Dr. Kevin Shea, Mary Beth McCarthy, and Dr. Knut Beitzel (Row 2), Dr. James Wiley, Dr. Daichi Morikawa, Dr. Bastian Scheiderer, Dr. Florian Imhoff and Dr. Robert Arciero (Row 3).

UConn Health Hosts International Sports Medicine Symposium

Surgeons and researchers traveled from around the globe to attend UConn Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine's first International Sports Medicine Symposium on July 14.

UConn Med Students Halfway Home From Cross-country Cycling Tour

The two UConn medical students who are spending their last free summer bicycling across the country are more than halfway home. Sonali Rodrigues and Brett Lehner, have been averaging about 64 miles a day since they started pedaling east from Anacortes, Washington, June 10. They are the 12th team of rising second-year students to take […]

New Health Disparities Institute Director Arrives Next Month

Former White House appointee Wizdom Powell brings professional aspiration driven by personal motivation.

UConn Health Furthering Discussion of State Health Information Exchange

A series of health information technology community stakeholder roundtables is taking place next week at UConn Health and five other locations throughout the state. Allan Hackney, Connecticut’s health information technology (HIT) officer, will lead the discussions and review the findings of a report prepared for the Health IT Advisory Council. The UConn Health roundtable is […]

Graduate Student Research Day Awards 2017

Graduate students at UConn Health celebrated their research at the 34th annual Graduate Student Research Day on June 26.

The WNBA Connecticut Sun has named a few doctors from UConn Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicine to be Team Physicians to care for the players on and off the basketball court (Copyright 2013 NBAE. Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images).

WNBA Connecticut Sun Teams with UConn Health Doctors

The WNBA Connecticut Sun has named a few UConn Health Orthopedics & Sports Medicine doctors as team physicians to care for its professional women’s basketball players on and off the court.

Summer Sun Not Easy on the Eyes

Summer is here and with that come some reminders about protecting ourselves from sun exposure and damage, particularly to the eyes and face.