Community Impact
The 4-1-1 on the Impact of Lowering Federal Student Loan Limits for Healthcare Workforce Students
The Public Issues Council is made up of faculty at UConn School of Medicine as well as community partners. This Q & A article is the first in a series by faculty aiming to raise awareness to the public of the impact of various important public health topics such as new federal student loan caps.
CT AHEC and Public Health Department Sanitarians Team Up With Teens for Workshop to Solve a Food Illness Outbreak
CT AHEC's Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) program in action.
From Silence to Systems Change: Connecticut Moves Menopause Equity Forward
UConn Health Disparities Institute’s Menopause Equity Initiative (MEI) contributes to policy changes bringing real change to people’s lives.
Supporting Community Health from New Haven to Nepal
UConn Shrestha Lab pioneers digital care solutions for mental health, substance use, and HIV prevention
Training Connecticut’s Next Generation of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Disease Researchers
The future healthcare workforce to help advance critical research in nephrology, urology, and hematology is being built right here in Connecticut.
UConn Students Bring Landscape Design to Connecticut Correctional Facilities
Through a partnership with UConn’s Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, landscape architecture students are gaining hands-on experience while exploring how thoughtful design can help create healthier correctional environments
UConn School of Medicine Grows its Career Mentorship of Hartford Youth
More and more UConn faculty have been mentoring middle school students weekly this summer at Horizons at Westminster School.
Helping Kids Get Active
UConn Waterbury graduate student Hannah Peterson worked directly with the public and academic icons to improve access to physical activity for young people
UConn’s Largest Medical School Class Yet Dons 117 New White Coats
August 14 marked the annual White Coat Ceremony milestone for the incoming Class of 2030 at UConn School of Medicine.
