Health & Well-Being
UConn Health Celebrates Opening of The Brain and Spine Institute
Comprehensive spine care, cranial neurosurgery, neurology, and imaging all at 5 Munson Road
May 29, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Partnership with East Hartford Public Schools Celebrates First Year
UConn WSCC team marks productive year of improving health and well-being of school children with CDC visit
May 23, 2024 | Helene Marcy '04 MA, Director of Programs and Communications, UConn CSCH
$10 Million USDA Poultry Sustainability Grant Making Progress on All Initiatives
With an eye to safeguarding animal, human, and environmental health, the multi-institution project is improving broiler production by relying on environmentally friendly approaches and no antibiotics
May 23, 2024 | Anna Zarra Aldrich, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources
Relationship Study Says Parental Acceptance in Childhood Predicts Ability to Forgive as Adults
'Your childhood rejection experiences can bully you for the rest of your life'
May 17, 2024 | Kimberly Phillips
UConn Health Using AI for Early Identification of Lung Cancer
UConn Health has implemented an Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) system to assist with the identification, management, and treatment of patients with lung cancer.
May 14, 2024 | Jennifer Walker
A Legacy of Vaccine Innovations
In honor of World Vaccine Day and CAHNR’s 10th Anniversary of Health, take a moment to learn about some of the College’s contributions to ensuring public health through the development of novel vaccines and vaccine research
May 14, 2024 | Jessica McBride, PhD
Delicious Medicine: UConn Extension and Danbury’s Food Farmacy
UConn Extension nutrition experts are helping hundreds of shoppers use food as medicine and learn about healthy cooking
May 13, 2024 | Stacey Stearns, College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources & UConn Extension
Celebrating Mother’s Day with a Miracle Baby
Shana Suarez was blessed with a miracle baby after years of trying. A life-threatening condition becoming more common in mothers brought her to the Maternal Fetal Medicine team at UConn Health
May 10, 2024 | Jennifer Walker
First in Connecticut: Ischemic Stroke Survivors Have Renewed Hope with the Vagus Nerve Stimulation Device Now Available at UConn Health
Dr. Christopher Connor, neurosurgeon at UConn Health’s Brain and Spine Institute was the first to use the MicroTransponder®, Inc.’s Vivistim® Paired VNS™ System, an FDA-approved, breakthrough technology for stroke survivors experiencing ongoing hand and arm impairment
May 9, 2024 | Jennifer Walker
Lily Zhong’s American Geriatrics Society Award ‘Unprecedented’
2nd straight year a UConn medical student wins Edward Henderson Student Award
May 8, 2024 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)