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‘Campeonas’/Champions Encourage Discussion of Breast Cancer Screening Among Women

The Campeonas Program at UConn Health provides training that prepares women, through a peer group program to encourage early detection through annual screening.

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UConn’s Promising Stroke Medicine One Step Closer to Clinical Trial Testing

NIH awards $2 Million more to UConn School of Medicine to advance its research for a new medicine healing stroke damage inside the brain

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Podcast: Excellence in Huntington’s Disease Care

Experts from UConn Health’s Huntington’s Disease Program describe the path to its designation as a Center of Excellence and discuss the 2024 Huntington’s Disease Education Day, happening Oct. 26 at UConn Health

Breast Cancer Survivor is an Inspiration for Others

In the United States, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, aside from skin cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2024, there will be about 310,720 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women. But there is hope.

Giving Back in Hartford

UConn Health Students Volunteer at the Ollie M. Williams Health and Wellness Fair

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A Flash In the Pan

Measuring a thought has always been difficult

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UConn Health’s Dr. Rebecca Andrews Honored for Inspiring Peers

Accolades From American Medical Association, American Medical Women’s Association

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UConn’s Dr. Andrew Arnold Awarded Highest Honor of The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Dr. Andrew Arnold of UConn School of Medicine is recipient of the ASBMR’s 2024 William F. Neuman Award

Dr. Leslie Loew Named 2025 Biophysical Society Fellow

The Biophysical Society announced Leslie M. Loew, R.D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, is named a 2025 Biophysical Society Fellow for inventing fluorescent sensors of membrane potential and leadership in the development of computational cell biology.

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Bringing Emphasis on Lab Quality to the World

UConn Health’s Anu Maharjan shares her experience leading workshops before an international audience in Mongolia