Health Care Workforce

Nanette Pink portrait in her office

Welcoming Workplace

UConn John Dempsey Hospital nurse manager Nanette Pink cultivates inclusive environment

UConn School of Medicine's Daniella Dennis is a graduating fourth year medical student and a commencement student speaker for the Class of 2025. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo)

Commencement Student Speaker Spotlight: Daniella Dennis

Dennis is a MD candidate in the UConn School of Medicine and is a student speaker for UConn Health’s 54th Commencement on May 12, 2025.

Carol Morris, MD, Sir Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, KCSL, and Erica Taylor, MD, MBA.

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin’s Mentees Honored at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Awards Event

Dr. Carol Morris and Dr. Erica D. Taylor recognized at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2025 Annual Meeting.

Kristina Dubois

Commencement Student Speaker Spotlight: Kristina Dubois

Dubois is a DMD candidate in the UConn School of Dental Medicine and is a student speaker for UConn Health’s 54th Commencement on May 12, 2025

Kristina Delgado is the graduate student 2025 Commencement speaker for the UConn Graduate School programs based at UConn Health (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo).

Commencement Student Speaker Spotlight: Kristina Delgado

Delgado is a Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Science and the Graduate School’s student speaker for UConn Health’s 54th Commencement on May 12, 2025

Front row: Summer Xu, Khaoula Ben Haj Frej. Middle row: Emily Orosco, Cailyn Regan, Caitlin Foster, Grace Nichols, Sarishka Desai, Kyanna Alleyne, and Margaret Boudreau. Back row: Desiree Dear, Vedika Karandikar, Julia Silverman, Carly Malesky.

UConn Championing More Women Surgeons

Record Number of Female Medical Students Match into Future Careers in Surgery

Manisha Juthani, MD, the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH).

Connecticut DPH Commissioner to Headline UConn Health’s 54th Commencement

On May 12 Dr. Manisha Juthani is the Commencement Speaker for the Class of 2025 medical, dental, and graduate students.

Two women speaking in office setting

Social Workers Are a Vital Part of Care Teams

UConn Health recognizes contributions of its 35 social workers

Graduating UConn medical student and future primary care doctor Lily Zhong celebrating Match Day 2025 with her parents.

111 UConn Medical Students Meet Their Residency Match

Largest Match Day ever for Connecticut’s No. 1 producer of new doctors, UConn School of Medicine

Dr. Marja Hurley on March 7, 2025 at GWIMS' Second Annual Women’s Health Clinical, Health Disparities, Basic Science Research Symposium with EndoRISE's (left) Kayceety Mullaj, OB/GYN clinical researcher at UConn Health and (right) Jasmina Kuljancic, EndoRISE program manager at The Jackson Laboratory (UConn Health Photo by John Atashian).

Women’s Health Research on the Rise at UConn School of Medicine

This Women’s History Month marks the Second Annual Women’s Health Clinical, Health Disparities, Basic Science Research Symposium at UConn Health