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UConn Professor Sir Cato T. Laurencin and Mentoring of Young African Entrepreneurs

Dr. Laurencin’s mentoring in Africa is characterized by high-level institutional partnerships aimed at building scientific capacity and fostering a global network of young researchers.

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Testing a Tiny Skin Patch is Teaching UConn Researchers About Your Aging Immune System

A novel, non-invasive, skin micropatch technology is being tested at UConn Center on Aging and The Jackson Laboratory for its potential advantages over blood draws and biopsies for older adults

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The Power of Academic Medicine: Multidisciplinary Team Saves Young Man with Rare, Aggressive Cancer

Sebastian Sanchez’s sudden illness revealed one of the fastest-growing cancers. Through seamless collaboration across specialties, UConn Health’s academic medical center delivered the complex, time-sensitive care needed to save his life

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2026 UConn Health Board of Directors Faculty Recognition Awardee is Dr. David Shafer

Shafer is associate professor and chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery

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‘Healthy Rounds’: Inquiring About Quality, Patient Safety

Dr. Scott Allen, UConn Health’s chief medical officer, joins Dr. Anthony Alessi’s podcast

The UConn Health Disparities Institute at the State Capitol on April 1, 2026 participating in a menopause equity roundtable (Photo by HDI).

Connecticut’s Health Equity Week Calls Residents to Action

UConn Health Disparities Institute Leads a Statewide Push for Affordability to Advance Equity.

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UConn Health Team Navigates Rare Pregnancy Condition to Deliver Healthy Baby

A rare pregnancy complication turned Andrea Garfield’s journey into a race against time, but early detection and coordinated care at UConn Health helped deliver her daughter safely against the odds

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Researchers Led by UConn Publish Latest Study Insights about Bronchiectasis

The latest findings on the chronic, inflammatory lung condition focus on the association of Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in sputum of patients with Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis.

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UConn’s Dr. Linda Barry Helps Lead Statewide Conversation on AI, Equity & Communities of Color

UConn Health Disparities experts at AI forum working to ensure that communities of color are not left behind.

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Four Faculty Members Elected to AAAS

AAAS was founded in 1848 and includes more than 250 affiliated societies and academies of science, serving 10 million individuals