Health & Well-Being
UConn Doctor’s Vaccine Technology Shows Promise in Brain Cancer Treatment
The vaccine is based on the role of heat shock protein (HSP) in immune response, an area pioneered by Dr. Pramod Srivastava.
Expanding the Pharmacist’s Role in Mental Health Care
The School of Pharmacy sponsors a symposium on the role of community pharmacists in dealing with patients with mental illness.
How Robots Can Help Children with Autism Learn and Communicate
A UConn-affiliated researcher is preparing to take his work on robots and autism out of the lab and into the marketplace.
Expanding Cancer Research at UConn
New faculty member Meg Gerrard, who previously worked at Dartmouth's comprehensive cancer center, hopes to build new cancer research programs at UConn.
New Tools to Detect Colon Cancer
UConn Health Center is one of the first medical centers to use the latest high definition endoscopes.
Researchers Find Possibility of Change in Children Previously Diagnosed with Autism
The UConn-led study holds out hope that for some children, the diagnosis may not be lifelong.
New UConn Genetics Researcher Studying Heart Disease and Infertility Links
Dr. Annabelle Rodriguez-Oquendo joins the University from Johns Hopkins, drawn by the developing research environment at the Health Center.
Seeing Below the Skin: Advanced Tools to Diagnose Cancer
UConn Health Center offers new technologies to track and visualize changes in the skin.
The Quest for New Cancer-Fighting Drugs in Marine Environments
Marcy Balunas, an assistant professor in the School of Pharamcy, has extracted a novel cancer-fighting compound from blue-green algae.