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Can We Heal Injured Veterans by Studying Basketball?
UConn’s basketball teams aren’t the only ones leaving a lasting impact at Gampel Pavilion. Deep in the belly of the iconic domed building where championship banners line the rafters, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Department of Kinesiology and the Institute for Sports Medicine employs high-tech sensors to learn more about how people move with the goal of helping athletes, active-duty service members, veterans — and eventually, all of us — heal and avoid injury.
Second ‘Moving Beyond Implications’ Conference Aims to Advance Evidence-Based Policy
The conference, which aims to bridge the gap between research and policymaking, is accepting abstract submissions from researchers until Nov. 1
From Policy to Action: Anna-Michelle McSorley Focuses on Health Equity for Latinos
McSorley's work goes beyond health policy to study political processes, potential political biases, and power dynamics
Study Investigates Communication, Intimacy Among Couples Facing Metastatic Breast Cancer
After diagnosis and treatment, sex is the most frequently discussed topic among couples facing cancer. While there is work about improving sexual communication, the experiences of people with advanced cancers have been overlooked
UConn Keeping Air in Connecticut Classrooms Safe
$11.5 million in state support awarded to University of Connecticut to deploy effective and inexpensive build-it-yourself air filter technology to every public school classroom across the state.
Research Assesses Assets and Challenges for North Hartford Food Environment
Using the innovative Photovoice approach, community participants engage in citizen science by sharing their personal, lived experience to enhance research studies and bring awareness to health disparities
Tackling Food Insecurity: Cultural Food Guide
The UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health is tackling food insecurity with cultural food guides
Social Work Professor Focused on HIV, Intimate Partner Violence Research Brings New Perspective
'My work considers the intersection of social work, public health, psychology, and implementation science to see how I can utilize those interdisciplinary approaches to address the health issues this population faces'
$17.7 Million Contract Funds Development of Non-Invasive Biomarker Detection Technology
The contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will develop a sensor to detect heat acclimation for warfighters
InCHIP Funds Groundbreaking Pilot Projects, Planting Seeds for Future External Grant Success
InCHIP has funded 10 pilot projects that seek to improve public and human health consistent with UConn’s mission.