School of Medicine
Society of Internists Invites Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger
UConn Center on Aging physician elected fellow of the American College of Physicians
October 25, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Health Nurse Beats Breast Cancer and Reminds Others to Get Their Mammogram
Shannon Egan, a nurse in the Internal Medicine Unit at UConn Health beat breast cancer because she found it early and now she advocates for others to make sure they get their annual mammogram. Early detection saves lives.
October 24, 2023 | Jennifer Walker
Move for UConn Center on Aging Creates a Program for Coordinated Multidisciplinary Care of Older Adults – A First for the Region
On October 23, the UConn Center on Aging moved its clinical services to 21 South Road in Farmington. The move provides the opportunity to add a multifaceted subspecialty component to its nationally recognized clinical programs in geriatrics, thus creating a Geriatrics and Healthy Aging Program.
October 23, 2023 | Jennifer Walker
UConn Medical Students Invite Public to ‘Walk With a Future Doc’
Monthly walks in Elizabeth Park feature discussion of health topics with students and physicians
October 19, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
You Snooze, You (Still) Lose
UConn Health sleep disorders specialist warns of misleading takeaway from study suggesting snooze button benefits
October 19, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Can Brain Training Computerized Games Help Evaporate Brain Fog from Long COVID?
UConn Center on Aging and the Department of Psychiatry researchers are working to answer this public health threat question by launching a clinical trial for older adults using at home, brain-training games on computer tablets as a Long COVID patient therapy
October 19, 2023 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health Researchers Find that Youthful Proteins Help Nerves Regrow
'We are deciphering the mechanism of axon regeneration piece by piece'
October 19, 2023 | Kim Krieger
Dr. George Kuchel Elected to Elite Group of Researchers
Dr. George Kuchel, director, UConn Center on Aging and chief, Geriatrics, UConn Health has the honor of being elected to the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research.
October 17, 2023 | Jennifer Walker
UConn Health Graduate School DEI Committee Launches New Seminar Series
Dr. Renata Schiavo from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health delivered the inaugural lecture
October 12, 2023 | Stephanie Rauch
UConn to Participate in First Ever Clinical Trial of Ketogenic Supplements and Healthy Aging
UConn Center on Aging will participate in a multi-site trial of older adults in the first-ever clinical study of its kind to evaluate the use of ketogenic supplements and frailty.
October 11, 2023 | Jennifer Walker