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The EndoRise team are: government and community relations director for The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX) Lisa Roy, co-director and JAX senior research scientist Elise Courtois, PhD, JAX program manager Jasmina Kuljancic, UConn Health OB/GYN Alexis Newmark, MD, UConn Health research coordinator Kayceety Mullaj, and co-director and UConn Health minimally-invasive gynecological surgeon Danielle Luciano, MD, in the Outpatient Pavilion, on Febuary 20, 2025.

Raising Awareness, Changing Lives: Transforming Endometriosis Education and Care in Connecticut

UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratories are leading the way with diagnosing, treating, researching and now teaching about Endometriosis. School nurses are now learning how they can help students with identifying and supporting those with Endometriosis.

AdobeStock image of Alzheimer's disease patient brain scans.

UConn Uncovers New Clue on What is Leading to Neurodegenerative Diseases Like Alzheimer’s and ALS

Decreased levels of TDP-43 gene inside the nucleus of endothelial cells is disrupting blood-brain barrier’s protection

Katherine Coyner MD orthopedic surgeon, one of the ten 2025 Exceptional Women in Medicine works with a patient at the UConn Musculoskeletal Institute at UConn Health in Farmington

UConn Health 2025 Exceptional Women in Medicine

Ten of UConn Health's female doctors named to Castle Connolly 2025 Exceptional Women in Medicine distinction

An older person wearing a green shirt in a wheelchair speaks to a doctor who is sitting behind a desk wearing a lab coat and stethoscope.

CRISP Award Funds Study on Immunotherapy’s Impact on Cognitive Function

This research by Gee Su Yang will evaluate how immunotherapy treatment may impact cognitive functioning in older cancer patients

Researcher working with a micropipet

When Fighting Cancer From Space, Form is Function

Experiments aboard the International Space Station may offer promising advancements in fighting cancer

Dr. Marja Hurley on March 7, 2025 at GWIMS' Second Annual Women’s Health Clinical, Health Disparities, Basic Science Research Symposium with EndoRISE's (left) Kayceety Mullaj, OB/GYN clinical researcher at UConn Health and (right) Jasmina Kuljancic, EndoRISE program manager at The Jackson Laboratory (UConn Health Photo by John Atashian).

Women’s Health Research on the Rise at UConn School of Medicine

This Women’s History Month marks the Second Annual Women’s Health Clinical, Health Disparities, Basic Science Research Symposium at UConn Health

Future radiologist Maxime Braun presenting her capstone project findings on March 7 at UConn School of Medicine on the hot topic of the use of Artificial Intelligence in the field radiology in the Academic Rotunda.

Future Doctors Present Scholarly Capstone Projects

Clinician Scholar Symposium for graduating medical students hosted at UConn School of Medicine

Snow falls around the UConn Health campus

Grateful Heart Attack Survivor Gives $1.5 Million to UConn School of Medicine

Donald and Jean Reefe’s bequest will support technology, education, and research at the Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center

Portrait Dr. Richard Simon and Peter Canning by a stroke poster in the UConn John Dempsey Hospital emergency department

Peter Canning Recognized for EMS Role in Stroke Care

UConn Health’s 6th annual Dr. Richard Simon Excellence in Clinical Neurosciences Award

Health Equity Scholars Program of UConn Health Disparities Institute for Rising Ninth Graders

Waterbury Teens Research Ways to Improve Public Health in their Hometown

Successful Health Equity Scholars Program of UConn Health Disparities Institute for Rising Ninth Graders Hopes to Expand Statewide to Tackle Public Health Issues