Research & Discovery

Lisa Eaton, PhD, is associate professor in the Department of Human Development & Family Studies and an affiliate of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP). (Carson Stifel/UConn Photo).

Meet the Researcher: Lisa Eaton, Human Development and Family Studies

Researcher Lisa Eaton has dedicated her career to combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic among gay/bisexual black men in the southeastern United States.

Lisa Eaton, PhD, is associate professor in the Department of Human Development & Family Studies and an affiliate of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP). (Carson Stifel/UConn Photo).

Meet the Researcher: Lisa Eaton, Human Development and Family Studies

Wandering through a graveyard on a genealogical expedition with her father, a young Lisa Eaton noticed tombstone after tombstone of young mothers and their babies from centuries ago. Her father told her: “We’re just getting out of the dark ages of medicine.” These early adventures had a lasting impact on Eaton, who has since dedicated […]

Woman during a therapy session. (Getty Images)

Why Clients Stop Going to Therapy

'People still hesitate. They think they should be able to resolve their own issues,' say UConn Human Development and Family Studies researchers.

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Sacred Space in Short Supply at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery holds a place in the American national imagination unlike any other location in the country, says history professor Micki McElya. But it's running out of space.

John Salamone, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Psychology, in the lab at the Bousfield Building. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Moving the Motivation Meter

UConn researchers led by behavioral neuroscientist John Salamone have found that two experimental drugs boost motivation in rats, pointing the way to potential treatments.

Multi-material micro-lattice polymeric structures fabricated using 3D printing. (Kavin Kowsari/UConn Photo)

UConn, UMass Lowell, Georgia Tech to Collaborate with Industry on 3D Printing Research Supported by NSF

IUCRCs bridge the gap between early academic research and commercial readiness, supporting use-inspired research leading to new knowledge, technological capabilities, and downstream commercial applications of innovative technologies.

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T Cells That Stay Put Could Be Key to a Better Salmonella Vaccine

UConn and UC Davis researchers announced a breakthrough in understanding which cells protect against Salmonella – a critical step in developing a better vaccine against the often deadly bacterium.

Students from Fletcher Elementary draw pictures of what it “looks like” to be responsible.

The Power of Positive: UConn Co-Directs National Education Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions

UConn is serving as a lead institution on a $32.6 million U.S. Department of Education grant supporting schools nationwide to implement practices to increase student success.

An international team of researchers showed that fragmentation weakens the impact of some 'natural enemies' that help maintain diversity in a tropical system. The study was conducted in fragmented tropical forest in India, in an area that now holds many tea plantations. (Getty Images)

‘Cryptic’ Interactions Drive Biodiversity Decline At Edge of Forest Fragments

An international team of researchers showed that forest fragmentation weakens the impact of some 'natural enemies' that help maintain diversity in a tropical system.

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$3.8 Million Grant to Study Interpersonal Violence Exposure and Young Children

With the $3.8 million grant from NIMH, the UConn Health research team will look at several measures of threat reactivity to explain the diversity in outcomes observed in young children exposed to interpersonal violence.