School of Medicine
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Receives Bioactive Materials Lifetime Achievement Award
The Bioactive Materials Lifetime Achievement Award serves as a catalyst for advancing the field, fostering international collaboration, and inspiring innovation.
CT AHEC Offers Clinical Nurse Preceptor Training Conference in Hartford
The free event provided 30 Connecticut nurses with a one-day conference on clinical nurse precepting skills on May 14.
Taking on Period Poverty
UConn public health, medical, dental students address menstrual inequity in Hartford
2025 Dr. Cato T. Laurencin ScHOLA²RS House Award Recipients
Professor Sir Dr. Cato T. Laurencin awarded three outstanding students the ScHOLA2RS House/ Cato T. Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D. Award at the graduate convention banquet.
2025 Dickson Prize in Medicine Goes to Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn
Sir Cato T. Laurencin, Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Connecticut, is the recipient of the 2025 Dickson Prize in Medicine, the University of Pittsburgh’s highest honor.
First Stem Cell Medicine Course for Clinicians Available for Free
UConn School of Medicine Expertise and Leadership Contributes to International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) and Harvard Medical School’s First Global Continuing Education Course for Clinicians and Medical Students.
Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit: Dr. Cato Laurencin and Dr. Samuel Laurencin
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin and his nephew Dr. Samuel J. Laurencin participated in the Waterbury, Connecticut event.
Regular Screening for Depression May Benefit High Schoolers
Symptoms of depression, suicidal thoughts, and suicide attempts have steadily increased among high school students in the U.S. over the past decade and a half
UConn’s Dr. Denis Lafreniere Inducted into the Honor Society for Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
Lafreniere has been prestigiously selected to be a fellow of the Triological Society.
UConn’s Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger Appointed to Two National Education Committees
Olsen Jaeger of the UConn Center on Aging will serve on the Education Committees of both the ACP and PALTmed