School of Medicine
Why Whooping Cough Now?
Resurgence of pertussis is relative, says Dr. Timothy Lishnak from UConn Health’s family medicine faculty
August 27, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS) - UConn Health
Mpox ‘Global Emergency’ Not an Imminent Threat in US
Dr. Kevin Dieckhaus monitors from UConn Health’s International Traveler’s Medical Service
August 26, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS) - UConn Health
UConn Welcomes School of Medicine’s Class of 2028
112 future doctors have arrived at UConn Health in Farmington and are now equipped with their white coats to give back to the people of Connecticut.
August 23, 2024 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine
Summer Scientific Research by Connecticut Youth at UConn Health
The High School Student Research Apprentice Program is one of the many programs of UConn Health’s Aetna Health Professions Partnership Initiative
August 21, 2024 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine
Patient Pain Free and Swinging a Golf Club After Cervical Disc Replacements
Tysen Kendig admits the idea of spinal surgery was undoubtedly scary, but he knew going in that he had one of the very best surgeons in the business to fix his cervical stenosis leading to extreme confidence going into surgery but after the fact is even more impressed with the quality of care.
August 15, 2024 | Jennifer Walker - UConn Health
B-cell, Begone! This Protein May Protect Against Immune Malfunction
Researchers at UConn Health look for ways to defuse B-cells gone bad
August 14, 2024 | Kim Krieger - UConn Communications
Porcine Hydrogels Hold Potential Key for Regenerative Engineering
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin leads team researching a gap in regenerative engineering that could be solved with material collected from pig skeletal muscle
August 13, 2024 | Matt Engelhardt
$1 Million and Counting in Free Community Care by UConn Students
Since 2007 the Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars at UConn have been providing critical health care access to underserved Connecticut citizens directly inside their communities as they train together to be the next generation of well-rounded primary care and health care professionals
August 7, 2024 | Lauren Woods - UConn School of Medicine
Of Mice and Machine Learning
Varun Chamarty ’26 (ENG) hopes that machine learning will help researchers make discoveries that they might otherwise not be able to see, using new tools to build on a growing body of neuroscientific research
August 7, 2024 | Jaclyn Severance
MS Changes the Microbiome Subtly but Similarly, Whether in US or Asia
Multiple sclerosis affects about a million people in the US, and millions more elsewhere in the world
August 6, 2024 | Kim Krieger - UConn Communications