Research & Discovery
World-Renowned Nurse Scientist Nancy Redeker To Join UConn School of Nursing
Redeker is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the American Heart Association and has an international reputation in biobehavioral nursing science
UConn Health Researcher Focuses on Enhanced N95 Mask Protection
A UConn Health researcher has won a federal grant to develop respirator masks that could help mitigate the spread of airborne illnesses like COVID-19
Nutritional Sciences Researcher Developing Novel Water Filtration Device
The new research will create biopolymer beads to clean wastewater for safer agricultural irrigation
UConn Health Researcher Investigating RNA Molecule’s Role in Bone Formation, Weakening
Anne Delany's research will lead to a better understanding of glucocorticoid signaling necessary for developing new treatments to address glucocorticoid excess.
Agricultural, Resource Economics Ph.D. Student Wins USDA Fellowship
Through this prestigious fellowship, Ph.D. candidate Dongin Kim will study how foreign trade shocks impact U.S. agriculture
Nursing Researcher Investigating Treatment to Increased Pain Sensitivity from Opioid Use
Steven Kinsey is investigating how we might be able to use the body’s own cannabis-like chemicals to treat a painful condition associated with opioid use and addiction.
UConn Research Enterprise Funding Surges to Record Levels
For the first time in University history, faculty researchers have won more than $300 million in sponsored program awards
History Professor Uncovers Missing Parts of a Prominent Life
Much has been learned about the later years of poet Phillis Wheatley Peters - thanks to Cornelia Dayton
UConn Researchers Testing Vaccine for Worldwide Swine Disease, PRRS
This promising approach to address a global porcine virus borrows lessons from HIV research
UConn Public Health Researcher Conducting Novel Pediatric Firearms Death Study
Amy Hunter is studying the racial and ethnic disparities associated with pediatric firearm deaths as well as the circumstances surrounding these incidents