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Understanding Your Cancer Risk
Ovarian cancer survivor and Health Center patient Pamela Lacko took preventive steps to protect herself after learning she was also at high risk for breast cancer.
September 22, 2011 | Wendy Soneson
Town Hall Meetings on Sept. 27 Will Provide Update on Bioscience Connecticut
Town Hall meetings will be held on Sept. 27, at 7:45 a.m. and noon in the Keller Auditorium for UConn Health Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers.
September 22, 2011 | Maureen McGuire
Health Center Offers Robotic Surgery and Serves as Training Site
Dr. Angela Kueck, gynecologic oncologist at the UConn Health Center, is interviewed on NBC Connecticut about ovarian and cervical cancer and the robotic surgical system that is now being used to treat these cancers.
September 21, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
Interim Director of UConn Medical Group Named
Dr. Denis Lafreniere has been named interim medical director of the UConn Medical Group and interim associate dean for clinical affairs.
September 21, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
Federal Grant Awarded to Support Early Screening of Substance Abuse Patients
The Health Center has partnered with the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) to obtain $8.3 million in new federal Affordable Care Act funds.
September 20, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
University Community Celebrates Herbst’s Inauguration
UConn welcomed the new President as a 'bold, decisive leader' and an 'accomplished scholar,' in a ceremony that combined tradition and vision for the future.
September 17, 2011 | Bret Eckhardt & Erik Duda
Susan Herbst Inducted as UConn’s 15th President
Herbst's inauguration signals 'a new and exciting era' for the University.
September 16, 2011 | Peter Morenus & Ariel Dowski '14 (CLAS)
UConn Researchers Find Incentives Effective for Weight Loss
A study published in The American Journal of Medicine shows those given the chance to win a prize for meeting goals lost more weight.
September 15, 2011 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
First Health Center Faculty Reunion
The event brought together physicians and dentists who were there when the doors opened in 1968.
September 15, 2011 | Jennifer Huber
UConn Health Center Preserves the Present and Looks Forward to the Future
A time capsule was buried in the courtyard as part of the year-long 50th anniversary celebration.
September 14, 2011 | Christine Kaminski