School of Dental Medicine

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Meet the Researcher: Mark Litt, UConn Health

UConn Health professor Mark Litt has dedicated his career to investigating why we engage in behaviors like smoking that we know are harmful to our health.

Mostafa Analoui, executive director of venture development, speaks with Kashmira Kulkarmi, chief scientist, and Alex Tikhonov, senior scientist at Azitra's technology incubator lab at the Cell and Genome Sciences Building in Farmington on Feb. 8, 2017. (Peter Morenus/UConn Photo)

UConn Venture Development Helps Foster CT Business Opportunities

UConn's Mostafa Analoui sits down with MetroHartford Alliance to discuss how the University's entrepreneurship and venture development programs support business opportunities in the state.

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Spotlight on Services: Orthodontics

Whether the need is for a straighter smile or better bite, the Center for Orthodontic Care at UConn Health, located in the 6th floor of the Outpatient Pavilion on the Farmington campus, is ready to offer a customized treatment approach.

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Honors for UConn at Yankee Dental Congress

Debate team success, plus, who took home one of the most prestigious student awards?

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Celebrating UConn Inventors

In honor of National Inventors' Day, here's to all of UConn's faculty, staff, and student inventors.

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UConn’s Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility Gives Faculty a Complete Cellular Picture

UConn's Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility houses multiple mass spectrometers and provides faculty expert support to see the full cellular picture.

UConn dental students and Dean Sharon Gordon at match reception

Dental Class of 2019 Matches

Smiles abound at Dr. Sharon Gordon's first match as dean of the UConn School of Dental Medicine.

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UConn Health Tour Impresses Lawmakers

A group of lawmakers – some new, some returning – visited UConn Health Thursday to meet with leadership and tour academic and research areas. They met with President Susan Herbst and other University leaders in the academic rotunda. On their way in and out, the visiting legislators met with representatives of the Health Career Opportunities Programs. […]

Woman at dentist

Getting to the Root (Canal) of Dentin Regeneration

Dr. Mina Mina, UConn Health professor of pediatric dentistry, has received $449,125 to better understand the roles of signaling pathways that regulate regeneration of the dentin-pulp complex, two layers that make up our teeth.

Nora Berrah, professor of physics, has been named a Fellow of the AAAS. (Photo courtesy of Nora Berrah)

Two UConn Faculty Named AAAS Fellows

The two women, physics researcher Nora Berrah and dental researcher Susan Reisine, are being honored by the world’s largest general scientific society for their distinguished contributions to their respective fields.