School of Dental Medicine

Joe Dempsey standing inDr. Pramod Srivastava’s immunology lab in the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center,

UConn Health Named One of Forbes America’s Best-In-State Employers 2025

UConn Health has been named one of Forbes’ America’s Best-In-State Employers for 2025, earning a Top 20 spot in Connecticut thanks to its culture of collaboration, opportunity, and the extraordinary people who make it a special place to build a career.

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Synergy Retreat Brings Together UConn, ADA Researchers

Strategic effort to build collaborations that advance oral and general health

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Dental Students Screen Over 90 Connecticut Veterans

Students performed screenings and connected veterans across state with important resources at annual Stand Down event

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Dongari Receives Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award

Award recognizes a senior faculty member for exceptional junior faculty mentoring

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Cooperation and Competition: How Fetal and Maternal Cells Evolved to Work Together

Study published in PNAS reexamines the dogma of genetic conflict in the maternal-fetal interface

Dr. Anton Alerte at a suturing workshop of CT AHEC at the Family Medicine Center at Asylum Hill (Photo by CT AHEC).

Continuing Education for Health Professionals and Students at the Right Time, Right Cost, and Right Here!

Health care professionals turn to the CT AHEC Network based at UConn Health to get the training and information they need to keep up to date.

CT AHEC health profession students often perform free community health screenings (Photo by CT AHEC based at UConn Health).

CT AHEC—Connecting the Classroom with the Community

CT AHEC’s work is providing needed clinical care to underserved communities while ensuring tomorrow’s health care and public health professionals receive community-based clinical care training.

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School of Dental Medicine Announces Faculty Promotions

Four faculty members received promotions

Stock image (Courtesy of CT AHEC).

Where are the UST/AHEC Scholars?

New interactive online Urban Service Track Scholars Map connects past, current and future UST/AHEC scholars

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The School of Dental Medicine Celebrates 52 New Future Dentists

The incoming Class of 2029 received their white coats on Friday