School of Medicine
Living and Working with a Neurological Disease
Peter Frost of the Department of Pharmacy sheds light on what it’s like living and working with a neurological condition such as epilepsy, which can often at times be invisible to his fellow employees and the outside world.
Divining Tumor Markers from DNA
UConn Health researchers are part of a cutting-edge initiative to discover cancer markers known as neoantigens, that will further the search for cancer immunotherapies.
Florida Woman Heals at UConn Health, Stays in Connecticut
UConn Health physicians were able to diagnose and correct in two months the severe stomach pain a Florida woman's previous physicians could not figure out for nearly a year.
Mind Over Bladder: The Brain-Organ Connection
UConn Health's Dr. Phillip P. Smith is conducting research on the brain's connection with bladder function as we age.
Mind Over Bladder: Research Explores the Brain-Organ Connection
UConn Health’s Dr. Phillip P. Smith has been awarded a large research grant award called the Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging from the NIH’s National Institute on Aging.
Coping Through Holiday Season Anxiety
A UConn Health psychiatrist offers tips for getting through potentially stressful holiday activities, including family get-togethers and post-election debates.
Patient Navigator Offers Resources, Emotional Support
Amber Tillinghast is UConn Health’s American Cancer Society patient navigator. She helps connect patients with programs and services and tries to take at least some of the fear and uncertainty out of what lies ahead.
A Step Closer to Dancing Again Thanks to UConn Health Rehab Services
After years of mainly relying on a wheelchair, Marybell Lugardo recently received two computerized, prosthetic legs. Thanks to UConn Health’s Rehabilitation Services Department, Marybell is a step closer to realizing her dream of dancing again.
UConn Health Physicians Back From Relief Work in Haiti
Dr. Susan Levine, UConn Health primary care physician, and Dr. Jessica Lozier, an internal medicine resident, spent nearly two weeks in the Haitian city of Jeremie, which was devastated by Hurricane Matthew.
Internationally Renowned Neuroimager to Chair Radiology at UConn Health
UConn Health has appointed Dr. Leo Wolansky, an internationally renowned neuroimaging expert, to lead its radiology enterprise as the new chair of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics.