Community Impact

UConn Health Emergency Medicine Team Dr. Ven Subramanyam, Dr. Lindsay Adelson, Dr. Shawn London, Dr. Robert Fuller at the track at Lime Rock Park

UConn Health Emergency Physicians Bring Expertise to NASCAR Event at Lime Rock Park

From heat illness to high-speed crashes, UConn Health’s doctors were ready for anything at NASCAR’s Connecticut debut.

Hiis LaRose stands on a sandy beach next to a large rock that is half-submerged in the sand and has white words written on it that read "Welcome to Great Captains Island."

Neag School Student Wins SURF Award for Project Tackling Marine Debris on Connecticut Beaches

Hiis LaRose ’26 (ED), ’26 (CLAS), ’27 MA was one of UConn's 46 Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) Award recipients for 2025

Women cutting fruits and vegetables

How Will Cuts to SNAP Funding Impact Connecticut?

Three UConn experts who have worked for decades to provide nutrition education through SNAP share insights on what cuts could mean for residents of our state

Dr. Anton Alerte at a suturing workshop of CT AHEC at the Family Medicine Center at Asylum Hill (Photo by CT AHEC).

Continuing Education for Health Professionals and Students at the Right Time, Right Cost, and Right Here!

Health care professionals turn to the CT AHEC Network based at UConn Health to get the training and information they need to keep up to date.

UConn Health Disparities Institute's Dr. Linda Barry participated in the state's forum in the Legislative Office Building discussing how to keep Connecticut residents covered following federal health care cuts (Photo courtesy of by HDI).

The Time to Act is Now

UConn Health Disparities Institute Dr. Linda Barry brings expertise to state efforts responding to federal cuts to health care.

A row of upside-down horseshoe crabs in the sand

Tagging Time Travelers

Citizen scientists help researchers protect one of Earth’s oldest surviving species: horseshoe crabs

UConn Extension staff at a public event to help CT residents test their well water

Ripple Effect: The Collective Power of UConn Extension’s Water Programs

From low-cost well water testing to reducing environmental threats to water safety through informed land use, UConn Extension programs seek to keep Connecticut's water clean and healthy

portrait of 4 indoors, male, female, female, male

Taking Action to Address Health Care Disparities

Working group addresses a health care disparity among Latine OB patients

Wellness Concept. Wooden blocks with the eight dimensions; emotional, spiritual, intellectual, social, environmental, physical, occupational, financial. A holistic approach to health and wellbeing.

UConn’s Popular Emotional Well-Being Course Now Free and Available to the Public

UConn faculty and students launch online resource to make emotional well-being content accessible to all

CT AHEC health profession students often perform free community health screenings (Photo by CT AHEC based at UConn Health).

CT AHEC—Connecting the Classroom with the Community

CT AHEC’s work is providing needed clinical care to underserved communities while ensuring tomorrow’s health care and public health professionals receive community-based clinical care training.