School of Medicine

Neag Medal Recognizes Extraordinary Impact on Human Health

On May 18 UConn awarded The Carole and Ray Neag Medal of Honor for extraordinary contributions to the field of health sciences.

Diagram of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Aneurysm Detection and Correction

UConn Health’s vascular surgeons can treat blood vessel disease and abnormalities before they turn into life-threatening emergencies.

Doctors Academy Middle and High School Students Pursue their Dreams

Nearly 100 middle school and high school students from the Greater Hartford area were recognized at UConn Health for their health sciences achievements during the Aetna Health Professions Partnership Initiative (HPPI) annual Doctors Academy closing ceremony.

Man, woman and child cycling

Know Your Stroke Risk

Our Stroke Awareness Month coverage continues with a report on risk factors and steps you and your loved ones can take to try to prevent stroke.

Lenny Ferri, 99-year-old WWII veteran

Continuity of Care to Reduce Readmissions

Hospital stays are getting shorter, with elderly patients often discharged into a skilled nursing facility. UConn Health’s Dr. Jaclyn Olsen follows them there as their attending physician.

Jeremy Egbert Ph.D., Laurinda Jaffe Ph.D. (Chair), Siu-Pok Yee Ph.D., and Mark Terasaki Ph.D. in the Department of Cell Biology at UConn Health on May 1, 2019. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo)

UConn Health Researchers Win $2.5M NIH MERIT Award

With a $2.5M MERIT grant from the NIH, professor of cell biology Laurinda Jaffe will lead a team of UConn Health researchers to better understand the physiological mechanisms that regulate the oocyte cell cycle and lead to fertilization.

UConn Health Celebrates its 48th Commencement

The 48th commencement ceremony of UConn Health was held on Monday, May 13 at UConn's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs. There were 224 graduates from UConn School of Dental Medicine, UConn School of Medicine, and UConn Graduate School programs.

Stroke survivor and son

Strokes Affect Younger People, Too

Stroke deaths have become more top of mind as the recent deaths of Luke Perry and John Singleton have made national headlines.

Advances in Bladder Cancer Detection

A new technology being used at UConn Health is illuminating the way doctors detect bladder cancer.

MRI exam of the human brain showing multiple sclerosis plaques. (Getty Images)

A New Culprit for Multiple Sclerosis Relapses

A molecule that helps blood clot may also play a role in multiple sclerosis relapses, according to a new study by a team that included researchers from UConn Health