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UConn Health Opens Perinatal Mental Health Clinic

An integrated team of obstetric and mental health specialists is helping patients recognize and treat depression, anxiety and other conditions that can emerge during pregnancy and the first year after childbirth.

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School of Dental Medicine Achieves Record Research Funding

The School received its highest ever amount of new research funding in FY26, totaling $17.75 million

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CT Occupational Disease Report is Accompanied by New Prevention Guide for the Workplace

Labor Day release of annual report prepared by UConn School of Medicine highlights reported occupational illness trends and gives workplace safety and health committees practical tools for prevention

The TrueBeam Linear Accelerator in action at the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center. It is a fully integrated system with sub-millimeter accuracy and real-time, on-demand imaging capabilities, (Ethan Giorgetti/UConn Health)

UConn Health Minute: Precision Radiation

Advanced technology is transforming radiation therapy by making treatments more precise and personalized. In this UConn Health Minute, experts explain how a new linear accelerator delivers targeted radiation while helping reduce treatment time and protect healthy tissue.  

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Lessons from Liberia

Two second-year UConn dental students reflect on their work in Liberia over the summer

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‘Healthy Rounds’: Great Strides in Cancer Treatment

Dr. Margaret Callahan, chief of UConn Health’s Division of Hematology and Oncology, joins Dr. Anthony Alessi’s podcast

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CT AHEC’s Healthcare Workforce Interagency Symposium Emphasizes a Unified Strategy and Financial Incentives, hosted by CT SLRP

The Connecticut Area Health Education Center (CT AHEC), based at UConn Health, has long played a leading role in strengthening the healthcare workforce pipeline.

Chanee Fabius comes to UConn from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she built a nationally recognized program of research in aging, caregiving, and health services. (Contributed photo)

UConn School of Social Work Welcomes Nationally Recognized Gerontologist

With support from a K01 Career Development Award, Chanee Fabius is currently exploring how communication between family caregivers and home care aides can be strengthened to better support individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias

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The 4-1-1 on the Impact of Lowering Federal Student Loan Limits for Healthcare Workforce Students

The Public Issues Council is made up of faculty at UConn School of Medicine as well as community partners. This Q & A article is the first in a series by faculty aiming to raise awareness to the public of the impact of various important public health topics such as new federal student loan caps.

Dr. Rebecca Riba-Wolman, Amber Barry, RN and Stephanie Ruggiero, RN monitor the infusion for the GSD 1a phase 3 trial participant (UConn Health Photo).

A New Chapter for Families Living With GSDIa: From Pioneering Research to FDA Approval

U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GENGLYCOS, a one-time gene therapy for adults and pediatric patients ages 8 and older with GSDIa and the first drug approved for this disease.