Awards & Scholarships

Dr. Rebecca Andrews portrait

UConn Health’s Dr. Rebecca Andrews Honored for Inspiring Peers

Accolades From American Medical Association, American Medical Women’s Association

Andrew Arnold, MD,

UConn’s Dr. Andrew Arnold Awarded Highest Honor of The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Dr. Andrew Arnold of UConn School of Medicine is recipient of the ASBMR’s 2024 William F. Neuman Award

Avery Point coast

UConn Doctoral Student Awarded NOAA-Sea Grant Fellowship for Sea Scallop Research

Halle Berger is the first UConn student to receive the prestigious fellowship

Dr. Leslie Loew Named 2025 Biophysical Society Fellow

The Biophysical Society announced Leslie M. Loew, R.D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, is named a 2025 Biophysical Society Fellow for inventing fluorescent sensors of membrane potential and leadership in the development of computational cell biology.

Drone photo looking over the Student Union towards Wilbur Cross

Unusual Expertise Brings Coveted Autism Award to UConn

It's been known for over a century that slowing and deepening breathing can decrease anxiety, yet there is surprisingly little evidence in the literature supporting this as a therapeutic intervention for people with autism

University Professor Dr. Cato T. Laurencin.

UConn Professor Cato T. Laurencin Delivers the W. Montague Cobb Distinguished Lecture at the 2024 National Medical Association Meeting

Laurencin was honored at the opening ceremonies of the National Medical Association 2024 Meeting

UConn Health campus in Farmington, Connecticut. (Bret Eckhardt and Angelina Reyes/UConn)

2024 New Appointments of UConn School of Medicine Faculty

This August the Academic Affairs Subcommittee of the Board of Directors at UConn Health announced the new appointments of academic tenure and senior rank for UConn School of Medicine faculty.

An aerial view of the UConn wordmark on Fairfield Way on a sunny day in Storrs

Five Faculty Members Named Fulbright Scholars For 2024-25

Fulbright Scholars are faculty, researchers, administrators, and established professionals teaching or conducting research in affiliation with institutes abroad

Douglas Casa at NATA Hall of Fame Induction

Douglas Casa Inducted into National Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame

Casa is an internationally recognized expert in exertional heat stroke to prevent sudden death during physical activity

Academic Rotunda

UConn Medical School Faculty, Fellows, and Residents Inducted into National Honor Medical Society

AΩA is a National Honor Society recognizing and advocating for excellence in scholarship and the highest ideals in medicine