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Endoscopy Unit Named EndoNurse<\/em> All Stars<\/h2>\n![\"EndoNurse](\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\")
<\/a>Row 1, left to right: Carolyn Checovetes, Diane Bergen, Laura Sinisgalli, Anne Moskal, Lisa Shive. Row 2, left to right: Verioska Goulet, Brett Rae Glorzer, Annina Chase, Kathy Vinci, Terri Mulcunry, Linda Mladek, and Lauren Romaniello. (Janine Gelineau\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe nurses and medical assistants in the UConn Health Center\u2019s endoscopy unit have been named EndoNurse <\/em>All Stars. They were recognized for their hard work and commitment to exemplary patient care.\u00a0 They were awarded a commemorative plaque and were featured in a recent issue of the EndoNurse<\/em> magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nJeri Hepworth Named Chair-elect of Council of Academic Family Medicine<\/h2>\n<\/a>Jeri Hepworth. (Janine Gelineau\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nJeri Hepworth, professor and vice chair of family medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine<\/a>, has been named chair-elect for the Council of Academic Family Medicine (CAFM) through August 2012, at which time she will take on\u00a0the position of CAFM chair through August 2013.<\/p>\nCAFM is a task-oriented group made up of the four academic family medicine organizations:\u00a0 the Association of Departments of Family Medicine, the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, the North American Primary Care Research Group, and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.<\/p>\n
Hepworth, a family therapist, is the president of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. She has taught family physicians, primary care and psychiatry clinicians, and mental health clinicians for almost 30 years, with a focus on collaboration and team development.\u00a0She\u00a0is also director of faculty development programs for the School of Medicine with a special interest in mentoring and leadership development.<\/p>\n
\nGlaucoma Foundation Grant for Mansoor Sarfarazi<\/h2>\n<\/a>Mansoor Sarfarazi (left) has been awarded a $40,000 grant from The Glaucoma Foundation. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMansoor Sarfarazi, professor of human molecular genetics and head of the Molecular Ophthalmic Genetics Laboratory<\/a>, and immunology research assistant Roshanak Sharafieh will use a $40,000 grant from The Glaucoma Foundation to further their study of a gene defect related to an ocular condition known as pseudoexfoliation syndrome.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The nurses and medical assistants in the UConn Health Center\u2019s endoscopy unit have been named EndoNurse <\/em>All Stars. They were recognized for their hard work and commitment to exemplary patient care.\u00a0 They were awarded a commemorative plaque and were featured in a recent issue of the EndoNurse<\/em> magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jeri Hepworth, professor and vice chair of family medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine<\/a>, has been named chair-elect for the Council of Academic Family Medicine (CAFM) through August 2012, at which time she will take on\u00a0the position of CAFM chair through August 2013.<\/p>\n CAFM is a task-oriented group made up of the four academic family medicine organizations:\u00a0 the Association of Departments of Family Medicine, the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors, the North American Primary Care Research Group, and the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.<\/p>\n Hepworth, a family therapist, is the president of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. She has taught family physicians, primary care and psychiatry clinicians, and mental health clinicians for almost 30 years, with a focus on collaboration and team development.\u00a0She\u00a0is also director of faculty development programs for the School of Medicine with a special interest in mentoring and leadership development.<\/p>\n Mansoor Sarfarazi, professor of human molecular genetics and head of the Molecular Ophthalmic Genetics Laboratory<\/a>, and immunology research assistant Roshanak Sharafieh will use a $40,000 grant from The Glaucoma Foundation to further their study of a gene defect related to an ocular condition known as pseudoexfoliation syndrome.<\/p>\n Follow the UConn Health Center<\/a> on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A roundup of recognitions for Health Center faculty, staff and students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":58705,"comment_status":"open","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":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45,57],"class_list":["post-58698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 03:10:02","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\/58698","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\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58698"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58725,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58698\/revisions\/58725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/58705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58698"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=58698"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=58698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nJeri Hepworth Named Chair-elect of Council of Academic Family Medicine<\/h2>\n
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\nGlaucoma Foundation Grant for Mansoor Sarfarazi<\/h2>\n
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