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UConn Students Help Thousands by Surveying Patients for Social Determinants of Health in Waiting Rooms

The UConn Health Leaders Program, co-founded by Dr. Henry Siccardi '23 MD/MPH, who is remaining at UConn Health for internal medicine residency training, has been a success in just three years

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UConn Health Celebrates Its ’23 Nightingale Nurses

Meet the six UConn Health nurses selected among a record 35 nominees for the 2023 Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing

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UConn John Dempsey Hospital Recognized for Elite Patient Experience

Healthgrades’ Outstanding Patient Experience Award puts John Dempsey Hospital among the top 10% nationwide

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UConn Health Celebrates Its Lab Staff

This Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, the acknowledgements pour in for Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine personnel

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3 UConn Health Nurses Recognized for Outstanding Care

Fourth presentation of the Dr. Richard Simon Excellence in Clinical Neurosciences Award

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$10 Million for National Early Childhood Intervention Personnel Development Equity Center Awarded to UConn

'At UConn inclusion and belonging is woven into everything we do'

Dr. Linda Barry of UConn School of Medicine.

Dr. Linda Barry, A Black Woman Surgeon Moving the Needle Closer to Health Equity

Meet Dr. Linda Barry, a UConn School of Medicine leader who serves as associate professor of surgery, interim associate dean of the Office of Multicultural and Community Affairs, and interim director of the UConn Health Disparities Institute.

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UConn Health Students and Trainees Power Hartford’s ‘Men’s Health is Community Health’ Free Screening Event

More than 100 local men received free health care screenings for blood glucose, blood pressure, prostate cancer, Sickle Cell Anemia, and oral health.

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Eye-Opening Early Residency Match for Two Future Doctors

Learn where these two future physicians are headed for their advanced ophthalmology residency program training after graduation this spring from UConn School of Medicine.

Grateful to Be a Nurse at UConn Health: “I Love It!”

Meet Lauren Piro, a Labor and Delivery nurse at UConn Health, who epitomizes gratitude.