School of Medicine
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Joins National Academy of Inventors Board of Directors
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has announced UConn Health’s Cato T. Laurencin M.D., Ph.D. as a new member of its Board of Directors.
New Outpatient Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Clinic Improving the Patient Experience
UConn Health is now home to an Outpatient Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) Clinic. This new service will allow patients in need to have same-day outpatient plasmapheresis treatment thus avoiding a lengthy inpatient hospital stay.
UConn Researchers Collaborate with Ovid Therapeutics on Genetic Therapy for Angelman Syndrome
UConn researchers Stormy Chamberlain and Noelle Germain are working with biopharmaceutical company Ovid Therapeutics Inc. on a promising therapy for a rare genetic condition.
UConn Health Minute: Beating Back Pain
Most people suffer from neck or back pain at some point in their lives. UConn Health’s Comprehensive Spine Center offers patients a variety of treatment options thanks to its multidisciplinary approach.
Diabetes: Knowing Is (At Least) Half the Battle
A UConn Health certified diabetes care and education specialist explains, with the help of a medical student, how ignorance is the enemy when it comes to managing diabetes,
Dr. Roy Beebe, Longtime Orthopedic Surgeon, Retires
Dr. Olga Solovyova succeeds him as the total hip and knee replacement expert at UConn Health's orthopedic and sports medicine practice in Avon.
Science Teacher Turning Medical Student to Repair Our World
Learn how a local science teacher, and soon-to-be UConn medical student, has inspired his high school students to 3D print face shields and donate them to health care workers caring for COVID-19 patients at UConn John Dempsey Hospital.
Bringing COVID-19 Testing to the Community
UConn Health Multiple Sclerosis Center leads an effort to test vulnerable patients for COVID-19.
Pedaling Past a Pandemic With Four UConn Health Students
The annual summer "Coast to Coast" fundraising cycling tour by UConn Health students has become a "House to House" tour, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
UConn Professor Successfully Demonstrates Delivery of Microscopic Powerhouses to Liver in Animals
A groundbreaking experiment by a UConn researcher marks the first time mitochondria have ever been successfully introduced into specific cells in living animals.