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Graduate student (Storrs) Nate Windon (center) and rising first-year medical students Melina Benson and Sean Burn make up the Coast to Coast for a Cure 2012 team on May 25, 2012. (David Burn for UConn Health Center)

Students Hope 4,000-mile Bike Path Leads to Leukemia Cure

Two UConn medical students and a graduate student are preparing to embark on a cross-country bicycle trek to raise money for leukemia research.

Biomedical and Public Health Graduate Students Hold Annual Research Day

The event highlights the accomplishments the students have made over the past year.

Dr. Peter Schulman, member of the Calhoun Cardiology Center riding team, rides with Jim Calhoun. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant, used with permission)

Calhoun Draws Hundreds to Raise Money to Fight Cancer

An estimated 1,000 riders, walkers, and supporters joined the UConn men’s basketball coach for his annual Cancer Challenge Ride and Walk.

From left: UConn Health Center Board of Directors Chair Sanford Cloud, State Sen. Gary LeBeau, Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, UConn President Susan Herbst, UConn Health Center Executive VP for Health Affairs and Medical School Dean Frank Torti, and UConn School of Dental Medicine Dean R. Lamont MacNeil join in the groundbreaking...

Malloy Leads Bioscience Connecticut Groundbreaking

The first of the Bioscience Connecticut construction projects at the UConn Health Center is now under way.

‘Remarkable’ First Year for Bioscience Connecticut

In less than a year, the UConn Health Center went from having an uncertain future to being on the verge of a series of major expansion projects.

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UConn Researchers Voice Concern Over Proposed Addiction Guideline Changes

Thomas Babor and Yifrah Kaminer say the proposed changes could represent a step backward in diagnosing and treating substance use disorders.

Jennifer Stroop, certified genetic counselor, at UConn Health with a patient. (UConn Health Photo)

UConn Health Center Genetic Counselors Make the Rounds

Jennifer Stroop and Robin Schwartz are speaking at hospitals throughout the state about best practices in cancer genomics.

Radio - Health Center in the News

Radio – Health Center in the News

Torti’s vision for the future; cycling for a cure; night shift health risks; and the hazards of hypertension.

One-week-old Iesha Brown wearing a hat knitted by a Cigna volunteer. Photo taken on June 1, 2012. (Jennifer Beardsley/UConn Health Center Photo)

Cigna Donates More Than 1,700 Knitted Baby Caps

As part of its annual campaign to support the March of Dimes, Cigna volunteers knitted a record number of hats for NICU babies.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (center) begins a tour of the Health CenterÕs Cell and Genome Sciences building on May 31, 2012. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Center Photo)

Bioscience Connecticut – Focus of Meeting with U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal

Blumenthal toured the Cell and Genome Sciences Building and learned how Bioscience Connecticut and Jackson Lab will impact the state’s economy.