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UConn Researchers Awarded State Grants for Study of Tobacco-Related Disease

The Department of Public Health awarded three Biomedical Research Trust Fund grants, with two going to UConn faculty.

Sara Willen, assistant professor of anthropology, CLAS (Daniel Buttrey/UConn photo)

The Right to Health Care

Do undocumented migrant workers have a human right to health care? Anthropologist Sarah Willen studies the issue in Israel.

Refusing cigarettes (Shutterstock)

New Year Resolution – Be Smoke-free in 2012

The American Lung Association's Freedom From Smoking Program begins Jan. 18 at the Health Center.

Dr. Gregory Canney, Class of 1980 School of Dental Medicine. (UConn Health Center Archive)

A Critical Component of a Better Connecticut

Health care is stronger and more accessible because of the Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine

Connections coordinator Jennifer Vendetti (left) reads with toddlers at a recent Nurturing Families Network group program. (Photo provided by Jennifer Vendetti)

Health Center Program a Resource for First-time Parents

Nurturing Families Network “Connections” offers resources for the transition into new parenthood.

Heart attack survivor John Klimczak (right) credits Dr. Mike Azrin (left) and other UConn Health Center caregivers with saving his life. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Center Photo)

Self-proclaimed ‘Walking Miracle’ Celebrates His Caregivers

Two months after a heart attack that nearly killed him, a 48-year-old father of two held a luncheon at the UConn Health Center to thank all those involved in his care.

Second-year dental student Sean Ghassem-Zadeh and second-year medical student Ray Lorenzoni play ping-pong in the new Shafer Student Center. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Center Photo)

Shafer Student Center Opens

Multi-functional space is used by medical, dental and graduate students.

Route 4 Reopens

Route 4 in Farmington has reopened, roughly 24 hours after the discovery of a sinkhole by construction crews working on a sewer line between Interstate 84 and South Road.

Good to the Bone

New Health Center orthopaedic oncologist Tessa Balach brings compassion and advanced care to treating musculoskeletal tumors.

January 2012

UConn Health Center January Programs, Events

Here’s what’s happening in January and early February