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UConn Health Patient Starts ‘Parkie Pong’ in Her Community
Ping pong shown to benefit motor function; social work, as a component of Parkinson’s disease care, emphasizes importance of socialization and community resources
Dr. Rajesh Lalla Recognized with International Distinguished Service Award
“Through his clinical, research, educational, and service activities, Dr. Lalla has made highly significant contributions to advance the field of Oral Oncology and the ISOO mission,” said Dr. Noam Yarom, President of the International Society of Oral Oncology.
UConn Expert Member of Global Commission Calling on World to Improve Sickle Cell Disease Care
Global mortality from sickle cell disease may be nearly 11 times higher than recorded, says new Commission of world experts published in The Lancet Haematology journal.
Memory Center Co-Directors Answer Questions About New FDA-Approved Alzheimer’s Drug
On Thursday, July 6, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave full approval to Leqembi, the first drug that shows hope in changing the course of Alzheimer’s disease. We met with Dr. Kristina Zdanys and Dr. Yazeed Maghaydah, co-directors of the James EC Walker Memory Assessment Program at the UConn Center on Aging to learn more about what this means for patients and their families.
Federal Funding Renewed for UConn’s Cross-Campus Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service
UConn's UCEDD is on the front lines in Connecticut helping those with disabilities and their families and building the capacity of the future workforce to conduct research and deliver evidence-based intervention practices.
Remembering Dr. Naomi F. Rothfield
As one of UConn School of Medicine’s first women faculty, legendary internationally-renowned rheumatologist Dr. Naomi Rothfield had a nearly 50 year career at UConn Health retiring in 2016. She passed away on Sunday, July 2.
Patient Group Honors Dr. Peter Albertsen as Pioneer in Prostate Cancer Management
Chief and program director of UConn Health’s Division of Urology was an early advocate of active surveillance, originally an unpopular alternative to surgery and radiation in low-grade cancers
UConn Health Receives $50,000 Million Hearts Health Equity Grant
The Million Hearts Health Equity Grant, has awarded UConn Health $50,000 which enabled us to purchase 1,000 automated Blood Pressure Cuff Kits™ to provide to our at-risk or high-risk maternal patients.
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Elected to the Council of the National Academy of Medicine
This July Dr. Laurencin begins his 3-year term for the Academy’s governing and oversight body.
Innovation at UConn Health: Meet Basic Scientist Kimberly Dodge-Kafka, Ph.D.
“My big hope is to develop a new type of beta-blocker drug for humans that can block or reverse heart disease progression so patients can live a better, fuller, and longer life,” says Dodge-Kafka, a recent recipient of a large multimillion dollar NIH grant to grow her novel cardiac cell signaling research.