Health Care Workforce

A Growing Public Health Mission Since 1971

50 years later UConn School of Medicine's Department of Public Health Sciences is still growing strong and staying true to its basic science roots. Meet the Department's 7 new faculty members.

Dental Students and Faculty Participate in Community Outreach Projects

Community service projects and outreach, locally and nationally, remain a key component for UConn's School of Dental Medicine.

A younger man holds an older man's hands on a bed. UConn Health researchers have received a grant to investigate new methods of addressing health complications that come with aging.

Training the Next Generation of Health Providers and Scientists in Aging and Geroscience

National Institutes on Aging award reflects the growth and maturity of UConn's multidisciplinary aging research efforts and leadership in geroscience

First Residency Program in Connecticut for Rehabilitation Physicians Announced 

A joint partnership with University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford Hospital, Gaylord Hospital, and UConn Health

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Biomedical Science Research Day Goes Hybrid

More than 130 joined a limited in-person group in UConn Health's academic rotunda for the 38th annual Biomedical Science Program Graduate Student Research Day.

Volunteers at a commnity health clinic, check-in table in a park

Students Serving Community With Screenings, Vaccinations

A multidisciplinary force including UConn faculty and students came together last weekend in Hartford’s Keney Park and North End neighborhoods to offer free health screenings, COVID-19 information, and door-to-door vaccinations.

UConn School of Medicine and UConn School of Dental Medicine students receiving their white coats in a ceremony on Aug. 20.

UConn Medical and Dental Students Don their First White Coats at Annual Ceremony

Students from UConn's Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine received their first white coats at the 2021 White Coat ceremony held August 20 in Farmington

‘A Wonderful Infusion of Energy’: Undergrads Get Firsthand Research Experience at UConn Health

The Undergraduate Research Program offers students interested in health and biomedical sciences the chance to hone their skills at Connecticut's only public academic medical center

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HCOP Celebrates New Graduates at 2021 Closing Ceremony

More than 200 high school and college students are now graduates of UConn Health's summer Health Career Opportunity Programs.

Man working in a lab

Summer Undergraduate Researcher Etem Beskovic ’22 (CAHNR)

Etem Beskovic ‘22 (CAHNR) is spending his summer researching how to improve a promising treatment for osteogenesis imperfecta