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Dewayne Johnson, who used Roundup in his job as groundskeeper and later developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma, has been awarded $289 million in damages. (AP Photo via The Conversation)

Jury finds Monsanto Liable in the first Roundup Cancer Trial – Here’s What Could Happen Next

A UConn Health professor with experience of trying to help figure out why people get cancer discusses implications of the Roundup verdict.

A black father kisses the forehead of his newborn son. (Ariel Skelley/Getty Images)

Bridging the Health Care Gap

'Boys and men of color in our nation are uniquely underserved across a number of health indicators,' says Wizdom Powell, director of the Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health.

UConn Health's new hybrid operating room.

UConn Health’s Hybrid OR Expands Surgical Capabilities

The new 1,200-square-foot, high-tech operating room allows surgeons to perform a range of procedures in one setting.

Syringes scattered on a litter strewn pavement. (Getty Images)

Op-ed: I See What Heroin Does. Let People Shoot Up Safely

An emergency medical services coordinator at UConn John Dempsey Hospital, and paramedic in Hartford, explains why he advocates the safe-house model for heroin users.

PIE Fellow Khushbu Patel, a biology major at Southern Connecticut State University, presents her summer research findings. Her research mentor was UConn Health's Zeeshan Ahmed, assistant professor of genetics. (Lauren Woods/UConn Health Photo)

Connecticut Student Researchers Shine at UConn Health

You are 'at the heart of the state’s future bioscience ecosystem,' keynote speaker Susan Froshauer told students participating in a new innovation program headed by UConn Health's Caroline Dealy, during the Aug. 1 event.

Lactation consultant Marisa Merlo helps maternity patient Bekkilyn Toone breastfeed her newborn son in UConn Health's labor and delivery unit. (Kristin Wallace/UConn Health Photo)

UConn First Hospital in State to Host Milk Depot for Newborns

The service will distribute donated, pasteurized human milk to babies in fragile health, to boost their chances of survival and healthy development.

Dr. David Weinstein with Jerrod, the first patient to receive a novel gene therapy that Weinstein developed for the treatment of glycogen storage disease. (Frank Barton and Ethan Giorgetti/UConn Health Photo)

First Patient Receives Novel Gene Therapy for GSD

The gene therapy, administered for the first time at UConn John Dempsey Hospital, offers hope to patients with a rare and potentially deadly genetic liver disorder known as glycogen storage disease.

Abstract illustration of the human eye. (Getty Images)

Insight into Cells that Convey Data from Eye to Brain

'This knowledge could help develop more effective therapeutics to treat optic neuropathies and glaucoma,' says Ephraim Trakhtenberg of UConn Health, who led the study with The Jackson Laboratory.

Dr. Emily Germain-Lee with a patient at the Albright Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center. (CCMC Photo)

New Guidelines to Help Diagnose, Manage Rare Endocrine Disorders

UConn Health researcher Dr. Emily Germain-Lee hopes the publication of guidelines she co-authored will lead to better care for patients worldwide.

Wizdom Powell is director of the Health Disparities Institute and associate professor of psychiatry at UConn Health.

Meet the Researcher: Wizdom Powell, Health Disparities

In a recent conversation over coffee with Wizdom Powell, PhD, director of UConn’s Health Disparities Institute (HDI), two words kept popping up: commitment and passion. Powell leaves no doubt that she is both committed and passionate when it comes to her work, the communities she serves, and improving health outcomes for underrepresented populations. Powell, who […]