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2021 UConn Health Board of Directors Faculty Recognition Awardee is Dr. David Henderson
UConn-trained family medicine practitioner, Dr. David Henderson, is being recognized by the UConn Health Board of Directors for his longtime teaching and leadership contributions. He will be honored on May 8 at the 50th Commencement ceremony for UConn School of Medicine and other UConn Health students.
UConn Health Researchers Receive a $3.1 Million Dollar Grant to Study Pandemic-Related Stress in Families with Infants
Damion Grasso and Margaret Briggs-Gowan developed a tool to measure pandemic-related stress. They are now applying it in a study focused on families who gave birth and are now raising infants during the pandemic
Stem Cell and Genome Editing Core Merger Provides One-Stop Shop for Researchers
The Stem Cell and Genome Editing Cores at the University of Connecticut have merged to create a one-stop shop for researchers.
Don’t Get Mad: For Stem Cells, Location is Destiny
Investigating how stem cells turn into new tissue, while remaining stem cells
2nd Simon Award Recognizes Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis Providers
A team of multiple sclerosis providers and the stroke clinical program coordinator are the co-winners of UConn Health’s second annual Dr. Richard Simon Excellence in Clinical Neurosciences Award.
Virtual Conference Brings Together Global Experts to Tackle COVID-19 “Infodemic”
Health behavior experts come together to put forth an agenda that uses social media to solve public health problems
Meet the Researcher: Jayesh Kamath, School of Medicine
Jayesh Kamath is bringing psychiatry into the mobile tech era by using mHealth technologies to support patients with depression
Profile: Dr. Alexandre West
Before becoming an OB/GYN physician, Dr. Alexandre West was a classically trained ballet dancer. The same focus and dedication that honed her skills as a dancer helps her offer the best care to her patients.
Power of a Phone Call: Medical Students Changing COVID-19 Patients’ Lives
Students have made more than 2,500 phone calls to COVID-19 patients and isolated seniors since the start of the pandemic
UConn Health Helps Distribute More COVID Vaccines throughout the State
UConn Health is helping provide access to State of CT residents to obtain COVID-19 vaccines by partnering with UConn to open more community clinics and with FEMA and the State to provide vaccines through the FEMA Mobile Vaccine Unit later this month.