Health Care Workforce

Health Equity Scholars Program of UConn Health Disparities Institute for Rising Ninth Graders

Waterbury Teens Research Ways to Improve Public Health in their Hometown

Successful Health Equity Scholars Program of UConn Health Disparities Institute for Rising Ninth Graders Hopes to Expand Statewide to Tackle Public Health Issues

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UConn’s Visiting Externships for Students Underrepresented in Medicine (VESUM) and its Students are Thriving

Meet UConn School of Medicine Surgical Resident Dr. Edison Martinez Monegro

Students learning how to create a splint on each other

Undergraduate Students Get Medical Experience Through Unique Classes

Students learn to approach and engage with patients and their families in the hospital for current research projects and often shadow physicians, residents, and medical students

CT High School Students Publish Their Artificial Intelligence Research Performed at UConn School of Medicine

Two high school seniors are first authors of a new AI study published in one of the top journals for systems biology.

collage of four CareChex badges: top 10% in nation for overall medical care, joint replacement, and major orthopedic surgery, and top 10% in Northeast for overall hospital care

Top 10% in US for 3 Hospital Services

Elite ranking for UConn John Dempsey Hospital in joint replacement, major orthopedic surgery, overall medical care

Second-year UConn medical student delivering her opening remarks at New England's American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Region 1 conference in Boston. She is the first-ever UConn medical student to be elected to serve as president of AMWA Region 1 ( Photo by Olivia Kuk/Boston University medical student)

Future Women Leaders in Medicine

UConn School of Medicine Leading New England's American Medical Women’s Association

Two women standing beside a Black History Month display

Carrying on Nursing Sorority’s Legacy

UConn Health nurse Desiree A. Mahon showcases Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc. for Black History Month

Fourth-year medical students Christopher Edwards, Sarishka Desai, Michael Li, and Margaret Boudreau, successfully early matched to their residency programs in ophthalmology. (February 10 2025/Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Photo).

Four Future Eye Doctors Meet Their Match

Early Match Results for Ophthalmology Residencies are in for 4 UConn School of Medicine Soon-to-Be Grads

During its MLK Week of activities the first Service and Advocacy Summit was held at UConn Health on Jan. 30. UConn Health Disparities Institute Director Linda Sprague Martinez delivered the keynote address.

Legacy of MLK Jr. Carried On at UConn Health’s Inaugural Service and Advocacy Summit

“We have MLK Day, but we should be thinking about health disparities always, especially in the medical field.”

Academic Rotunda

UConn Joins the Aspiring Scholars in Undergraduate Pre-Medicine Program

Georgia’s Albany State University (ASU) Teams with UConn School of Medicine to Grow Diverse College Student Exposure to Careers in Medicine