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Move for UConn Center on Aging Creates a Program for Coordinated Multidisciplinary Care of Older Adults – A First for the Region

On October 23, the UConn Center on Aging moved its clinical services to 21 South Road in Farmington. The move provides the opportunity to add a multifaceted subspecialty component to its nationally recognized clinical programs in geriatrics, thus creating a Geriatrics and Healthy Aging Program.

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UConn Medical Students Invite Public to ‘Walk With a Future Doc’

Monthly walks in Elizabeth Park feature discussion of health topics with students and physicians

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You Snooze, You (Still) Lose

UConn Health sleep disorders specialist warns of misleading takeaway from study suggesting snooze button benefits

Can Brain Training Computerized Games Help Evaporate Brain Fog from Long COVID?

UConn Center on Aging and the Department of Psychiatry researchers are working to answer this public health threat question by launching a clinical trial for older adults using at home, brain-training games on computer tablets as a Long COVID patient therapy

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UConn Health Researchers Find that Youthful Proteins Help Nerves Regrow

'We are deciphering the mechanism of axon regeneration piece by piece'

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UConn Places Highly In Various National Rankings

UConn is considered one of the top public research institutions in the country and the rankings it has consistently received in the last year only reinforce that point

Dr. George Kuchel Elected to Elite Group of Researchers

Dr. George Kuchel, director, UConn Center on Aging and chief, Geriatrics, UConn Health has the honor of being elected to the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research.

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Medical Assistants Vital to UConn Health Patient Care

Between outpatient clinics and hospital units, more than 260 MAs are ‘critical members of our care team’

UConn Health Graduate School DEI Committee Launches New Seminar Series

Dr. Renata Schiavo from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health delivered the inaugural lecture

Dental Visits and Children with Special Health Care Needs: What Parents Need to Know

UConn pediatric dentists share top tips for parents of children with special health care needs