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Naliah Grannell instructs teens on the role of an epidemiologist in a foodborne illness outbreak. (CT AHEC Photo).

CT AHEC and Public Health Department Sanitarians Team Up With Teens for Workshop to Solve a Food Illness Outbreak

CT AHEC's Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) program in action.

Menopause Equity Collective (MEC) members

From Silence to Systems Change: Connecticut Moves Menopause Equity Forward

UConn Health Disparities Institute’s Menopause Equity Initiative (MEI) contributes to policy changes bringing real change to people’s lives.

Image shows patient tumor cell growth in Encapsulate's Biochip System

Exploring Precision Medicine for Pancreatic Cancer

UConn School of Medicine is advancing the future of pancreatic care with Encapsulate, Inc., a precision medicine start-up company at the UConn Technology Incubation Program (TIP).

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Training Connecticut’s Next Generation of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Disease Researchers

The future healthcare workforce to help advance critical research in nephrology, urology, and hematology is being built right here in Connecticut.

A group of people cutting a ceremonial ribbon in front of a doorway.

Community Excitement, Full Occupancy Mark Opening of Hartford Student Housing

'UConn is Hartford, and Hartford is UConn'

SOM White Coat 2026

UConn’s Largest Medical School Class Yet Dons 117 New White Coats

August 14 marked the annual White Coat Ceremony milestone for the incoming Class of 2030 at UConn School of Medicine.

UConn resident in anesthesiology Dr. Jack Wolf with a patient in ED.

For the Love of UConn

UConn School of Medicine 2026 Annual Report

The academic rotunda entrance at UConn Health (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health).

School of Medicine 2026 Faculty Appointments

The Academic Affairs Subcommittee of the Board of Directors at UConn Health announced this August the new senior rank appointments for UConn School of Medicine faculty.

Ethan Gasteyer in white coat

Courage: A UConn Medical Student’s Journey Battling Brain Cancer

“I now want to help people like me!” says future doctor Ethan Gasteyer sharing how he has received "endless support" from those at UConn. “Huskies are amazing!”

Dr. Shane McTighe

Mohs Surgery Fellowship Relaunches at UConn School of Medicine

The return of the Mohs Surgery fellowship is part of UConn medical school’s dedicated mission of always training the next generation of providers.