Research & Discovery

Which Patients Benefit Most from Immunotherapy? This Tool Can Tell

Identifying effective treatments early can save cancer patients from months of fruitless therapies

Pine beetle infestations can be difficult to detect at a distance, and when it becomes apparent they've taken up residence in a forest, it may be too late.

Diagnosis from the Sky: Catching Insect Infestations within Forests Before It’s Too Late

Fine-tuning remote sensing to protect forests from the spread of dangerous critters

Language & Cognition PhD Program Receives Funding for 5 GAANN Fellows

The UConn program for language and cognition has received funding for five graduate fellows after cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics was identified as an area of national need.

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Academia, Industry, and Consumers Tackle Challenges for Wearable Fitness Technology

A global group interested in wearable technologies has launched a networking hub to help ensure the quality, accuracy, and accessibility of devices

Awards and Honors

Read about the latest accolades received by our faculty and trainees.

One of UConn's most visible individuals speaks about UConn's journey to this point.

Six From UConn Named to World’s Highly Cited Research List

The list identifies researchers who produced multiple papers ranking in the top one percent by citations for their field and year of publication

UConn Health School of Medicine researchers Ming Xu, Binsheng Wang, and Lichao Wang.

UConn Researchers: Deleting Dysfunctional Cells Alleviates Diabetes

A discovery that could lead to game-changing treatments for metabolic diseases

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Quarterly Recap of Pharmacy Faculty Research Grants – FY 2021 Q4

Recapping the quarter beginning April 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021, the UConn School of Pharmacy congratulates the following Department of Pharmaceutical Science faculty and their teams for their FY 2021 Q4 research grant awards totaling $252,131: 

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Behind the Degree: DNP Student Plans to Use Her Advanced Education to Empower Her Patients and Other Nurses

Savitha Chandramohan is earning her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree so she can support development among her fellow nurses and reduce patients' costly hospital visits

From left, Drs. Xiaofang Wang and Ren-He Xu of ImStem Biotechnology, a UConn spin out developing novel therapies using stem cells, that was recently issued a patent for human embryonic stem cell derived mesenchymal stem cells and the method of producing the stem cells. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health File Photo)

TIP Company ImStem Biotechnology Doses First MS Patient in Clinical Trial

UConn TIP company ImSTEM Biotechnology is conducting a clinical trial to test their experimental human embryonic stem cell-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.