School of Medicine
Regenerative Engineering Society Names Award for Founder Cato T. Laurencin
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers Foundation and the AICHE Regenerative Engineering Society have established an award in honor of the society's founder.
Insight on President Biden’s COVID-19 ‘Rebound Positive’
UConn Health’s Dr. David Banach explains how a fully vaccinated and boosted person could test positive, negative, and positive again for COVID-19 within a 10-day span
Biden Administration Appoints Dr. Cato T. Laurencin to Selection Panel
Laurencin has been reappointed to the National Medal of Technology and Innovation (NMTI) Nomination Evaluation Committee.
Creating an “Adult-like” Mature Human Cardiac Tissue
Model developed by UConn and UCSF researchers to be used for myriad of applications, most notably to evaluate safety and efficacy of drugs on the cardiovascular system
UConn Health/JAX Study Gives Better Understanding of Endometriosis and How it Grows
The study builds a robust foundation for a better understanding of endometriosis and how it grows
UConn’s Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Honored at NAACP Spingarn Awards Dinner
Professor Cato T. Laurencin of the University of Connecticut was further recognized as the 106th Spingarn Medalist, the highest honor of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
’22 Coast to Coast Comes Home
Dustin Moore, Julia Neri, and Brian Legato, the students making up the UConn Health’s 17th Coast to Coast for a Cause team, pedal for seven weeks and more than 3,000 miles to complete this year’s cross-country bicycle tour for charity.
UConn Center on Aging Researcher Named to Board of Directors of The Gerontological Society of America
Laura Haynes, Ph.D. of UConn School of Medicine has been elected a Board Member of The Gerontological Society of America.
UConn Medical School Selected for First ‘Creative Community’ of the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)
UConn is one of 10 medical schools nationwide selected to participate in the NBME's first Creative Community to innovate medical education. "The Clinical Skills Assessment Program at UConn has had a long history of success in teaching our students the skills they need to be excellent clinicians. This grant is both a recognition of that success and provides an opportunity for our school to contribute to the forefront of innovation in medical education,” says Dr. Laurie Caines.