Research & Discovery

Dr. Shakaib Kahn and the Huntington disease team talking in a patient room

UConn Health Recognized Nationally for Huntington’s Disease Care in Connecticut

Connecticut’s only Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence is at UConn Health. The program provides multidisciplinary care, education, and research for individuals and families affected by Huntington's disease.

Lisa Barry, Bin Feng Mark Litt

The Cato T. Laurencin Institute Pre-K Award Program Graduates Another Successful Cohort

Established in 2014 by UConn Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin, the Pre-K Junior Faculty Career Development Award Program is a pioneering two-year interactive award program.

Close-up detail of a vintage painting showing a woman talking on the phone as someone raises a bottle of Chloroform behind her

Damsels, Femme Fatales, and Queens of Crime

Two UConn professors on the history of fictional female criminals and crime-fighters

A row of upside-down horseshoe crabs in the sand

Tagging Time Travelers

Citizen scientists help researchers protect one of Earth’s oldest surviving species: horseshoe crabs

housing sign

Building Recovery Through Housing: SSW Awarded $1.6M to Evaluate Statewide HERO Program

HERO acknowledges the link between stable housing and successful recovery for those who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and are living with substance use disorders

Scientists collecting blood samples from seals off Cape Cod

Gray Seals Perplex Scientists with Lack of Response to Flu Infection

'That’s the big question we’re trying to understand – why is there a difference in the response in two different species that occupy the same space; why is one susceptible to the disease?'

Student poster session at 42nd Annual Graduate Student Research Day

42nd Annual Biomedical Science Graduate Student Research Day

The research accomplishments of Ph.D. students celebrated at UConn Health.

UConn Tech Park exterior. (Magda Biernat)

UConn to Host Inaugural Tech Showcase

The Sept. 18 event will bring together the state’s leading innovators and offer elite opportunities for startups and students

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin at the Rock Star Symposium (Photo Courtesy of the Cato T. Laurencin Institute).

Rock Stars of Regenerative Engineering Symposium at the American Chemical Society Conference

The symposium, coordinated by ACS’s Division of Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, highlights the Regenerative Engineering Society, founded by UConn's Dr. Cato T. Laurencin.

Magnetic Resonance Instrument

UConn-Led Network Expands NMR Reach

Instruments added to three sites across the country increase access to NMR technology