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Brain Aneurysm Survivor Raising Awareness

September marks Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. Learn more about the condition and how one survivor is raising awareness by teaming with UConn Health to help others.

Ketan Bulsara, M.D., M.B.A, and Daniel Roberts M.D., Ph.D., with the new Augmented Reality Microscope in the Hybrid OR at UConn John Dempsey Hospital. (Kristin Wallace/UConn Health Photo)

Neurosurgery Residency Places UConn Health in Exclusive Group

UConn Health "is positioned to train the next generation of leaders in neurological surgery, who I’m convinced will one day find solutions for problems that perplex us today," says Dr. Ketan Bulsara, chief of the division of neurosurgery.

UConn Health’s Milk Depot Celebrates First Anniversary

With just over 12,000 ounces donated to date – which translates into almost 37,000 meals for premature babies… the milk depot turns one! The milk depot opened on Aug. 30, 2018 at UConn John Dempsey Hospital. It was the first hospital in Connecticut, and only location in the Greater Hartford Area, to serve as a […]

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Tech to Assist With Medication Compliance

Self-recorded patient videos may unlock the key to improving medication adherence among depression patients, say UConn Health researchers.

September 2019 calendar page

UConn Health September 2019 Programs, Events

Here is a list of UConn Health programs scheduled for September and early October 2019. This information will be updated with any additions or other schedule changes.

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‘My Miracle Worker’

That's what a nonagenarian calls her neurosurgeon after surviving a high-stakes brain surgery at UConn Health.

Fifty-four students in the UConn School of Dental Medicine Class of 2023 (pictured) received their white coats on Aug. 23, along with UConn School of Medicine's 110 new medical students. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo)

164 New White Coats Issued at UConn Health

The Class of 2023, the largest incoming class in UConn Health’s history, is now donning new physician and dentist-to-be white coats.

Fifty-four students in the UConn School of Dental Medicine Class of 2023 (pictured) received their white coats on Aug. 23, along with UConn School of Medicine's 110 new medical students. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo)

164 New White Coats Issued at UConn Health

The Class of 2023, the largest incoming class in UConn Health’s history, is now donning new physician and dentist-to-be white coats.

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New Preparedness Strategy for Unpredictable Medical Events

Researchers at UConn Health have developed a new framework to improve the nation's quality of health care by identifying and addressing unpredictable medical events before they emerge.

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Craniofacial Birth Defects: It’s the Regulation, Not the Genes

UConn Health assistant professor of genetics and genome sciences Justin Cotney has received nearly $2 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the role of gene regulatory elements in the incidence of craniofacial abnormalities.