School of Medicine
Top Honors in Cardiovascular Care for UConn Health
Top honors continue to roll in for UConn Health for its patient care excellence across cardiovascular medicine in the clinical care areas of heart attack, heart failure, stroke, diabetes and pulmonary hypertension.
June 8, 2017 | Lauren Woods
MD/PhD Students Attend Premiere Meeting for Physician Scientists
Four UConn MD/PhD students attended the nation's premiere meeting for physician-scientists in Chicago last month. The Joint Meeting brings together the two major honorific societies for mid-career and senior physician-scientists leaders plus in-training early career members of the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA).
June 7, 2017 | Maria Xu, third-year UConn MD/PhD student and Institutional Representative to APSA
Successful Genomics and Ethics Congress at UConn Health/JAX: Photos
This week nearly 300 people attended the three-day 2017 ELSI Congress on “Genomics and Society: Expanding the ELSI Universe” on the campus of UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.
June 7, 2017 | Lauren Woods
Love of Nature and Animals Now on Display at UConn Health
The art exhibits of both Lori Racicot-Burrous and Peter Simard will be shown at the Celeste LeWitt Gallery at UConn Health until Sept. 7, 2017.
June 7, 2017 | Carolyn Pennington
UConn Health Builds Careers for Project SEARCH Interns
UConn Health once again teamed up with Favarh to help supply internship opportunities for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities for Project SEARCH. The second class of interns graduated on June 2.
June 5, 2017 | Lauren Woods
Genomics: At the Heart of ‘All of Us’
The 2017 ELSI Congress begins June 5 at UConn Health and the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine. Read the new Q & A with keynote speaker Stephanie Devaney, Ph.D., deputy director of the NIH 'All of Us' Research Program discussing how the new frontier of precision medicine, fueled by genomics, is at the heart of all our future health and healthcare.
June 1, 2017 | Lauren Woods
UConn Med Students Pedaling for Public Health, Coast to Coast
Two UConn medical students are spending the summer on a cross-country bicycle tour to raise money for public health.
June 1, 2017 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Destination Plastic Surgery: Why Staying Domestic is Safer
Dr. Andrew Chen, UConn Health's chief of plastic surgery, shares the latest trends in plastic surgery, how to choose a qualified surgeon and why it's so important to avoid the potential dangers of overseas destination plastic surgery.
May 31, 2017 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health June 2017 Programs, Events
Here is a list of UConn Health programs scheduled for June and early July 2017. This information will be updated with any additions or other schedule changes. Breast Cancer Support Group Thursday, June 1, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., UConn Health, Onyiuke Dining Room This is a support group intended for women under the age of […]
May 30, 2017 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
New Neurosurgery Chief Brings Elite Expertise to UConn Health
"The focus of my division is to optimize patient outcome. We’ll build a team that’s tailored and personalized for every single patient.," says Dr. Ketan Bulsara, UConn Health's new chief of neurosurgery.
May 25, 2017 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)