Health Care Workforce
Wishing You Greater Wellness this New Year
Happy New Year! The people working at UConn Health are beloved. Now a new Wellness Committee's work is underway to grow support for our great people's wellness with new programs and tools.
January 2, 2024 | Lauren Woods
Long COVID Story: Now, Back in the Race
Patient says her care at UConn Health helped her overcome a series of problems that followed a COVID-19 diagnosis and kept her sidelined for 2 ½ years
December 21, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Periop 101: UConn Health Addressing the National Operating Room Workforce Crisis
The first cohort of the new Periop 101 operating room nurse training program kicked-off at UConn Health this fall.
December 14, 2023 | Lauren Woods
UConn Making Future Careers in Primary Care Possible
This Thanksgiving UConn-trained future primary care physicians are sharing their gratitude for the Primary Care Incentive and Scholarship Program. "This program is the ultimate way for UConn and our medical trainees to give back to Connecticut,” shares Dr. Anton M. Alerte, associate dean for primary care at UConn School of Medicine.
November 21, 2023 | Lauren Woods
UConn Health After Dark
On a typical night, more than 200 UConn Health employees report to work third shift
November 20, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Spotlight on Services: Ophthalmology Technicians
The (eye) doctor will see you, but usually not without at least one of UConn Health’s 18 certified ophthalmology techs seeing you first
November 2, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn Health Wears Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
A photo gallery of UConn Health staff from throughout the enterprise
October 26, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Medical Assistants Vital to UConn Health Patient Care
Between outpatient clinics and hospital units, more than 260 MAs are ‘critical members of our care team’
October 13, 2023 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
UConn’s First Global Oncology Program
The program's leader is UConn Health Hematologist/Oncologist Dr. Victoria Forbes of the Carole & Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center who is working to ensure cancer care is available to all, no matter where they live.
September 21, 2023 | Lauren Woods
UConn School of Medicine and Hartford HealthCare Renew and Grow Their Longstanding Academic Training Collaborations
Hartford HealthCare and UConn have had a nearly 60 year academic clinical training relationship, and just renewed another five-year academic affiliation
September 14, 2023 | Lauren Woods