School of Medicine

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.

UConn Health Chefs Offer Grilling Guidelines and Delicious Dessert for Next BBQ

Just in time for your July 4 barbeque, UConn Health Chefs have created a delicious dessert designed to cook on your grill and also offer some grilling guidelines for your next cookout.

The new Academic Rotunda at UConn School of Medicine (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Photo).

Medical School Awards & Honors

UConn School of Medicine faculty, staff, and students have recently received several prestigious awards and honors.

Anne Diamond, CEO of UConn John Dempsey Hospital.

Hospital CEO Departs for New Challenge

After seven plus years of leadership and a long record of accomplishments, Anne Diamond announced this week she will be stepping down in August as CEO of UConn John Dempsey Hospital to pursue a new career challenge.

UConn Health Clinical Faculty Continues to Expand

Meet six more clinical providers who joined UConn Health in the last several months.

Consumer Reports has given UConn John Dempsey Hospital one of the highest patient safety scores in Connecticut (UConn Health Photo/Janine Gelineau).

Consumer Reports: UConn is Home to High Patient Safety

Consumer Reports has recognized UConn John Dempsey Hospital with one of the highest patient safety score ratings in Connecticut.

Men’s Health: What the Clinicians Are Saying

Following are some tips from the experts in various fields of men’s health, just in time for Father’s Day: Prostate cancer: management vs. treatment “About half of all men over 70 have microscopic evidence of prostate cancer, but this never becomes clinically significant,” says Dr. Peter Albertsen, chief of UConn Health’s Division of Urology. “Most […]

Nurse Courtney Hurlbert cares for a patient at the new hospital tower of UConn John Dempsey Hospital at UConn Health (Photo: UConn Health/Janine Gelineau).

Magnifying Nursing Excellence

UConn Health and its UConn John Dempsey Hospital have launched their journey to Magnet nursing excellence recognition.