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It May Be March, but a Nutritious Pregnancy Diet Shouldn’t Force You into Madness
This is a blog submitted by Health Center Genetic Counselor Sharon Voyer Lavigne, Coordinator of the Connecticut Pregnancy Exposure Information Service. We have all heard this before from our mothers and grandmothers before them, but here it is again, “what we put into our bodies really affects our health and well-being.” What better time to delve […]
March 11, 2011 | Tina Encarnacion
More Health Center Research on Colorectal Cancer Link to Tobacco Use
Researchers at the UConn Health Center are learning more about different types of hard-to-detect indicators of colorectal cancer. In an article published in the February 2011 Expert Review of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Dr. Joseph Anderson, associate professor of medicine, addresses different characteristics and classifications of lesions in the colon that can become cancerous. “The ones we call […]
March 9, 2011 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Janine Gelineau – Not “Just a Photographer”
Even among the most seasoned of photographers, few have presumably ever pointed their cameras at a cadaver, snapped shots of doctors working behind the closed doors of an operating room, or fulfilled personal requests from ailing patients to capture their final portrait for posterity. Yet in the 25 years that Janine Gelineau has worked at […]
March 8, 2011 | Stefanie Dion-Jones
Daylight Saving Time – Tips on How to Get a Better Nights Sleep
It’s time to spring ahead. Daylight Saving Time takes place on March 13 which means it’s time to advance the clocks and lose one hour of precious sleep. The National Sleep Foundation typically uses this opportunity to try to raise awareness about the importance of sleep and the fact that many of us don’t get […]
March 8, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
A Half-Century of Service
This story is the first of a multi-part series on the history of the Health Center. The entire series can be read at the Health Center’s 50th Anniversary website. Many people now living in Connecticut probably don’t remember a time when the University of Connecticut Health Center didn’t exist. We’re used to seeing that distinctive building […]
March 4, 2011 | Noreen Kirk
Cell and Genome Sciences Building Wins Prestigious Laboratory Design Award
The Cell and Genome Sciences Building has been awarded the 2011 Renovated Laboratory of the Year by R&D Magazine. “This is a great honor and attests to the talent and tireless efforts of Roger Goldstein and Michael Feeley and their team at Goody Clancy and of Tom Trutter and Kevin Norton and their Health Center colleagues,” […]
March 4, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
NICU Study Focuses on Kangaroo Care Program
The Health Center’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit is participating in a study aimed at increasing the use of kangaroo care or skin-to-skin holding. For many families, kangaroo care has become an integral part of their ability to bond with their baby and reduce stress while their infant is being cared for in the NICU. But […]
March 2, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
Health Center Supports Proposal to Create an Umbilical Cord Blood Bank
Dr. Winston Campbell, director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and interim chair of the Department of OB/GYN at the Health Center, was one of the experts testifying before a legislative committee today in support of a proposal to create the state’s first public umbilical cord blood bank. The program would facilitate and promote the collection of umbilical cord blood […]
March 2, 2011 | Carolyn Pennington
Health Center March Programs, Events
Following is a rundown of UConn Health Center events in March: Nutrition for a Healthy Heart Wednesday, March 2, 2 to 4 p.m., UConn Health Center, Dowling North Building The UConn Health Center’s Healthy Nutrition program invites you on a journey to a lower blood pressure, reduced cholesterol and healthier weight. This group meets on […]
March 1, 2011 | Chris DeFrancesco '94 (CLAS)
Health Center Names New Director of Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Pramod K. Srivastava, an accomplished leader in basic and translational research, has been named the new director of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center. Srivastava is a professor and interim chair of the Department of Immunology, director of the Center for Immunotherapy of Cancer and Infectious Diseases, and part of the leadership […]
February 28, 2011 | Maureen McGuire