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Dr. Hardeep Singh is speaking with a female patient in a patient room

Rebuilding Spines, Restoring Lives: How UConn Health’s Dr. Singh Helps Patients Stand Tall Again

Rebuilding a spine is more than surgery, it’s restoring a life. At the Comprehensive Spine Center at UConn Health’s Brain and Spine Institute, Dr. Hardeep Singh specializes in complex spinal reconstructions that give patients like Tina and Julie the chance to stand tall again, walk without pain, and return to the lives they thought they had lost.

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50 Years in the Lab

Sidney Hopfer, at UConn Health since 1975, reflects on the evolution of laboratory medicine

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Bringing Together Endocrinology Experts

Diabetes and Endocrine CME Symposium in Bristol

At the United Nations, Marina Creed signing pledge.

UConn Indoor Air Quality Initiative at the United Nations

Initiative joins Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air

Zoe Green, clinical research assistant at information table.

New England Sickle Cell Institute Continues Raising Awareness

September is Sickle Cell Awareness Month, and the Institute proudly participated in the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America’s New Haven community walk.

Pictured is keynote Speaker, Dr. Nenad Sestan and Katarina Milicevic, UJPDA member in Academic Rotunda.

9th Annual Postdoc Research Day

Postdocs from UConn Health and The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine gathered for an exciting day of scientific exchange.

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin lecturing at Penn State

Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin of UConn Presents Allcock Lecture at Penn State University

Laurencin presented The Allcock Alumni Group Lectureship in Polymers and Materials Chemistry September 15-16, 2025.

Dr. Darlene Oksanen, primary care physician, uses an AI transcription tool on a cell phone to aid in note taking during a patient exam.

UConn Health Minute: AI-Powered Care

Healthcare providers and patients now benefit from an artificial intelligence transcription tool which allows physicians more facetime versus screen time.  

seven dentists during an event behind a table

Dental Students Screen Over 90 Connecticut Veterans

Students performed screenings and connected veterans across state with important resources at annual Stand Down event

UConn medical school's Dr. Ernesto Canalis, professor of orthopaedic surgery and medicine, director of the Center for Skeletal Research, and co-director of the UConn Musculoskeletal Institute at UConn Health. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health photo)

Most Outstanding Abstract Honors for Dr. Ernesto Canalis of UConn

At ASBMR’s Annual Meeting the Canalis Lab of UConn was honored with the 2025 ASBMR Most Outstanding Basic Abstract Award.