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UConn Symposium Seeks to Integrate Nutrition with Immune Function to Shape New Disease Treatments

“We’re trying to set the stage for integrating these ideas”

Andre Rochester painting a mural outdoors

Picture This: Reflections of a Hospital Curator

Andre Rochester in his 3rd year as UConn Health’s Art Curator

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Lepowsky, Lurie Honored by Alma Maters

The Dean and Professor received alumni honors from Columbia, UCLA

Dr. Nicole Gill, UConn Health neurologist, during an exam at the Brain and Spine Institute in Farmington.

UConn Health Minute: Managing Migraines

Migraines are a neurological disorder that can cause debilitating pain affecting both family and work life. UConn Health’s Dr. Nicole Gill talks about when to see a doctor and what treatment options are available.  

James Marks and Zach Giguere

UConn Medical Students Riding Coast-2-Coast to Prevent Suicide

Two rising second-year UConn School of Medicine medical students are on a once-in-a-lifetime coast to coast bicycle ride, in honor of a lifesaving cause – suicide prevention.

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Dental Students Showcase Educational Research Projects

ADEA Academic Dental Career Fellowship encourages pursuit of academic dentistry

Drs. Melissa Held and David Banach speaking in podcast studio

Podcast: Measles and Vexing Vaccines (Including COVID)

UConn Health infectious diseases experts offer help navigating confusion over vaccination

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Partnering to Provide Dental Care to Special Needs Patients

UConn dental residents gain experience practicing at Hospital for Special Care

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Why You Don’t Need Permission to Get Moving: UConn Experts Call for Sweeping Changes to Exercise Participation Guidelines

The researchers and clinicians emphasize the significant benefits of exercise for all people, including those deemed 'high risk' by current standards

“Chia-Ling Kuo et al. demonstrate the Healthspan Proteomic Score (HPS), derived from chronological age and the expression levels of 86 proteins, is a strong predictor of disease and mortality risk. Lower HPS values are associated with higher risks of disease and mortality. Pictured is a “biological clock” representation hinting that proteins inform the HPS, which can inform our healthspan. Here, the clock’s hand is a 3D rendering of growth/differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), a protein predictor of healthspan. Image credit: Bernard L. Cook III, PhD, who conceptualized, illustrated, and composed the final image, and Illustrate, the software used to render GDF15 (Goodsell DS, Autin L, Olson AJ (2019) Illustrate: Software for Biomolecular Illustration. Structure 27, 1716-1720).”

Scientists Develop New Blood-Based Proteomic Score to Predict Healthspan and Disease Risk

UConn School of Medicine study published in PNAS introduces Healthspan Proteomic Score as a biomarker for healthy aging