School of Medicine

Senescent Cell Tissue Mapping Will Facilitate Study of Aging and Chronic Diseases

UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine assume key roles, share in $13.5 million NIH grant with top medical centers

UConn Immunology Researcher Unraveling Relationship Between Cytokines and Colorectal Cancer

Kepeng Wang is paving the way to better colorectal cancer treatments by interrogating the multifaceted relationship between cytokines and colon tumors.

UConn Health Recognized Nationally for Digital Advances in Ambulatory Tools

UConn Health’s successful deployment of technologies and strategies is being recognized nationally, and reflects meaningful clinical and efficiency outcomes.

A younger man holds an older man's hands on a bed. UConn Health researchers have received a grant to investigate new methods of addressing health complications that come with aging.

Training the Next Generation of Health Providers and Scientists in Aging and Geroscience

National Institutes on Aging award reflects the growth and maturity of UConn's multidisciplinary aging research efforts and leadership in geroscience

Article Published in Nature Aging Journal Features Work by UConn Center on Aging Researchers

Article documents studies on the biology of aging and longevity, examining aging at a biological level and exploring efforts at harnessing those biological processes to prolong life span and health span.

Dr. Fuller outside an International Medical Corps medical tent

View From the Ground in Quake-Ravaged Haiti

Dr. Robert Fuller, UConn Health’s chair of emergency medicine, is back after spending three weeks in Haiti running a medical clinic and preparing local providers to sustain it.

Brain cancer concept and malignant tumor symbol as a neurology and neuroscience symbol of malignant cells spreading inside a human head as a 3D illustration render.

Stress Pushes Brain Cancer Cells to Adapt

Glioblastoma multiformes are aggressive brain tumors with evasive properties. UConn Health is collaborating with The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine to study them, and have published evidence that potentially could provide insight leading to more effective treatment.

A group of surgeons operating on a patient.

Startup ‘InPrint Bio’ Offers Reconstructive Breakthrough After Breast Surgery

'As scientists, we want to address medical problems with viable solutions that can change people’s lives'

An older couple holding hands. Research at UConn enabled by a new endowment is aimed at alleviating illnesses common to the aging process.

Newton Fellowship Seeks to Expand Medical Education to Include Nutritional Interventions in Patient Care

An innovative partnership linking the School of Medicine and the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

‘No Brain, No Pain’: UConn Researcher Develops Novel Neural Stimulation Protocol for Treating Chronic Pain

With the goal of relieving chronic pain symptoms, Bin Feng has developed a novel method of using electrical stimulation to block pain signals to the brain.