School of Medicine
Elective Surgeries Start to Resume at UConn Health
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic May 13 was a special milestone for UConn Health with some elective low-risk surgical procedures beginning to resume at the UConn Health Surgery Center.
Alternative to the Handshake Developed by UConn Doctors
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic in the journal Science UConn Health doctors are recommending a new alternative to the handshake to diminish the spread of the coronavirus.
UConn Health Commencement Goes Virtual in a COVID-19 World
Even during the COVID-19 pandemic UConn Health found a way to honor its graduating Class of 2020 of 236 new physicians and scientists headed to health care’s frontlines.
Improving the Outlook for Ovarian Cancer Patients
A team of UConn researchers has received a $1,875,750 grant from the National Cancer Institute to determine ways to improve the outlook of ovarian cancer patients.
School of Medicine Celebrates 30 New Honor Medical Society Inductees
The COVID-19 pandemic may have cancelled all in-person ceremonies and celebrations, but it doesn’t stop the UConn School of Medicine from honoring new inductees to UConn’s chapter of a prestigious medical honor society.
START Proof of Concept Awards Announced
Through support from the CTNext Higher Education Fund, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) has been able to administer the START Preliminary Proof-Of-Concept (PPOC) Fund to help advance promising technologies towards commercialization. The OVPR has recently finalized award decisions for the first three quarters funding rounds of the program. START recipients are […]
UConn Health and JAX Partner to Train Future Generation of Genomic Scientists
Researchers at UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine are collaborating on a training program for the next generation of genomic scientists.
COVID Challenges for Neurological Conditions
Despite early data suggesting people with multiple sclerosis and others on immunosuppressant medications tend not to have a harder time with COVID-19, the head of UConn Health’s MS program explains what concerns him about these patients during this pandemic.
Congratulations 2020 Nightingale Award Winners
Please join us in applauding this distinguished group of award winners recognized by their nursing colleagues for their excellence and dedication to nursing at UConn Health.
Little Girl Gives Back to COVID-19 Nurses at UConn Health
It's National Nurses Week! In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic a toddler from West Hartford has decided to spend her extra time doing some good for the nurses on the frontlines caring for patients at UConn John Dempsey Hospital