{"id":169255,"date":"2021-02-16T16:13:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T21:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=169255"},"modified":"2021-02-18T12:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T17:05:45","slug":"national-awards-for-uconn-health-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2021\/02\/national-awards-for-uconn-health-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"National Awards for UConn Health Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This winter UConn Health and its faculty have been applauded on the national stage for their accomplishments.\u00a0 The most recent accolades include:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Awarded for Pioneering Research in Bone Regenerative Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cato T. Laurencin, MD, PhD, was named the <a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/connecticut-convergence-institute\/2021\/02\/09\/kappa-delta-ann-doner-vaughn-award-presented-to-uconns-albert-and-wilda-van-dusen-distinguished-endowed-professor-of-orthopaedic-surgery-dr-cato-laurencin\/\">2021 Kappa Delta Ann Doner Vaughn Award <\/a>recipient by the\u00a0American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for his 30 years of scientific research in musculoskeletal regenerative engineering, the field which he founded and brought to the forefront of translational medicine. Laurencin\u2019s work has led to the development and advancement of biodegradable polymeric materials in bone repair and tissue regeneration. The Kappa Delta Awards recognize research in musculoskeletal disease and injury and Laurencin\u2019s great impact in advancing patient care.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UConn John Dempsey Hospital Designated \u201cBlue Distinction Center\u201d for Maternity Care<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cBlue Distinction\u201d is a designation from the BlueCross BlueShield Association for demonstrating expertise and a commitment to quality care for vaginal and cesarean section deliveries, and for better overall patient satisfaction and a lower percentage of early elective deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>UConn John Dempsey Hospital\u2019s recognition with The Blue Distinction Center designation signifies that the maternity care program met nationally established Selection Criteria by demonstrating expertise in delivering quality specialty care, safely and effectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ming Xu 2021 Alumni Award Recipient<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ming Xu, PhD\u201911, assistant professor in the Department of Genetics &amp; Genome Sciences of UConn Health and the UConn Center on Aging, has been awarded the 2021 Early Career Achievement in Health Professions Alumnus from the University of Kansas Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>The Alumni Awards process included an incredible field of worthy candidates of which Xu was one of nine outstanding awardees for his commitment to his community and contributions to advance the field of health care.\u00a0 The KU Medical, Nurses and Health Professions Alumni Associations will present the award during Alumni Reunion Weekend, October 1-2, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This winter UConn Health and its faculty have been applauded on the national stage for their accomplishments.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":169256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1868,179],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2209],"class_list":["post-169255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meds","category-uconn-health"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 04:39:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169255"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169377,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169255\/revisions\/169377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/169256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169255"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=169255"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=169255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}