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UConn Health Minute: Lifesaving Stem Cell Transplant

Dr. Kapil Meleveedu, director of Blood and Marrow Transplantation at UConn Health, discusses how his team provided lifesaving care for a patient with a rare and aggressive brain cancer.

UConn Health Recognized Among America’s Best Large Employers for 2025 by Forbes

Among the 701 best companies in America, UConn Health ranked 150th and placed second among seven Connecticut organizations.

A medical illustration of bacterial pneumonia in the human lung

What to Know About Pneumonia as Pope Francis Is Hospitalized

UConn Health experts say vaccinations – not just pneumococcal – are key to avoiding serious illness

Students learning how to create a splint on each other

Undergraduate Students Get Medical Experience Through Unique Classes

Students learn to approach and engage with patients and their families in the hospital for current research projects and often shadow physicians, residents, and medical students

CT High School Students Publish Their Artificial Intelligence Research Performed at UConn School of Medicine

Two high school seniors are first authors of a new AI study published in one of the top journals for systems biology.

Cato T. Laurencin

Professor Cato Laurencin Recipient of 2025 Terasaki Innovation Award

The award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of biomedical innovation through research, education, industry, translation, or clinical practice

collage of four CareChex badges: top 10% in nation for overall medical care, joint replacement, and major orthopedic surgery, and top 10% in Northeast for overall hospital care

Top 10% in US for 3 Hospital Services

Elite ranking for UConn John Dempsey Hospital in joint replacement, major orthopedic surgery, overall medical care

Second-year UConn medical student delivering her opening remarks at New England's American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Region 1 conference in Boston. She is the first-ever UConn medical student to be elected to serve as president of AMWA Region 1 ( Photo by Olivia Kuk/Boston University medical student)

Future Women Leaders in Medicine

UConn School of Medicine Leading New England's American Medical Women’s Association

Every February in honor of American Heart Month, UConn Health's campus lights-up red to raise greater awareness about the importance of preventing cardiovascular diseases (UConn Health Photo/Tina Encarnacion).

A Few Simple Steps to Start Preventing Heart Disease Today

February is American Heart Month: Calhoun Cardiology Center Cardiologist Shares His Heart Health Tips So You Can Begin Preventing Heart Disease Right Now

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Carrying on Nursing Sorority’s Legacy

UConn Health nurse Desiree A. Mahon showcases Chi Eta Phi Sorority Inc. for Black History Month