Health & Well-Being

Members of the UConn football team cheer before the start of the game against Holy Cross at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentchler Field on Sept. 4, 2021.

Lifesaving Legislation: KSI, UConn Laud Passage of HEARTS Act

President Biden has signed into a law an act to make defibrillators and CPR training more accessible in schools

Blood cells and glucose in the vein. 3D illustration

Sweet Scavenger Sticks Anti-Virus Messages in Place

During a viral infection, tethering molecules that would otherwise warn the immune system of an infection

Portrait of orchestra on stage, with "Belonging" in several languages printed below

Music Brings Belonging at UConn Health

Faculty, staff, student musicians present winter concert

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Podcast: Expertise in Treating Advanced Melanoma

Drs. Margaret Callahan and Giao Phan explain the advanced melanoma program they lead at UConn Health

Norm Kilcomons and his wife Charlene cutting down their Christmas tree. Christmas is extra special this year for the Kilcomons family (Photo courtesy of Kilcomons family).

‘I Was Dead’: How a Perfectly Timed Tennis Match Saved a Farmington Man’s Life

Norm survived cardiac arrest on the tennis court thanks to CPR performed by two friends, and the quick response of the Farmington Police and Fire departments, AMR ambulance paramedics, and the UConn Health multidisciplinary medical team

2 surgeons in OR

Neurosurgery Now Its Own Department at UConn Health

Reflecting significant growth since arrival of Dr. Ketan Bulsara

Steffan Goelitzer discussing his diagnosis with his doctor at UConn Health

Bone Marrow Transplant Team Provides Lifesaving Care for German Patient with Rare Brain Cancer

As the couple prepares to head back to Germany, they say they will always consider UConn Health their second home

'Most Wired' badges over drone shot of UConn Health campus ('CHIME Digital Health Most Wired Survey' 2024 for Ambulatory and Acute)

UConn Health ‘Most Wired’

Nationally recognized as standing out among peers for health care IT

Four women hold up sock puppets with a crowded room behind them.

Feel Your Best Self Goes to High School

School counselors explore opportunities to integrate Feel Your Best Self into secondary settings at UConn’s School Counselor Day

Alum Carla Klein stands with three college students and Jonathan the Husky.

Passionate About Children’s Mental Health, Alum Supports New Counseling Program

Carla (Salomonsen) Klein ’72 (ED) helps fund a new UConn Neag School of Education program that is bringing more licensed counselors into Connecticut schools