{"id":78768,"date":"2013-05-29T08:19:22","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T12:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=78768"},"modified":"2014-01-15T14:42:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T19:42:43","slug":"health-center-in-the-news-late-may-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2013\/05\/health-center-in-the-news-late-may-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Center in the News \u2013 Late May 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>May Is Melanoma Awareness Month<\/h2>\n<p><i>NBC Connecticut, May 27, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>All types of skin cancer are serious, though melanoma is the most deadly. Early detection is critical. During an interview on NBC Connecticut, <a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/Home\/Physician?profileId=Makkar-Hanspaul\">Dr. Hanspaul Makkar<\/a>, dermatologist and Mohs surgeon at the UConn Health Center, discusses melanoma risk factors and warning signs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1EZsrQOsshI\">Watch the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1EZsrQOsshI\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_video.png\" width=\"62\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 62px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 62\/17;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Calhoun Joins Activists and Lawmakers in Call for Chemical Monitoring<\/h2>\n<p><i>CT News Junkie, May 23, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Karim Ahmed, a biomedical science professor at the University of Connecticut Health Center and a National Council for Science and the Environment board.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/10tvEnx\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Doctor Speaks on Harmful Effects of Marijuana<\/h2>\n<p><i>New Britain Herald, May 22, 2013 <\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Kaminer-Yifrah\">Dr. Yifrah Kaminer<\/a>, a child and adolescent psychiatrist from the UConn Health Center, warned Tuesday that \u201cif marijuana is legalized, it will be for the benefit of special interests and marijuana mega-businesses, not for the good of society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/10RIRp8\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Scholarship Recipient Graduates<\/h2>\n<p><i>West Indian American, May 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shawnet Jones became the first Rowe scholar to graduate from the <a href=\"http:\/\/medicine.uchc.edu\/\">UConn School of Medicine<\/a>. Jones was part of the first class of Rowe Scholars, which helped enable her to attend UConn\u2019s Combined Program in Medicine, starting in 2005 as an undergraduate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/13QkFFy\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Are Alcoholism and Addiction in Our Blood?<\/h2>\n<p><i>Huffington Post, May 23, 2013\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The University of Connecticut Health Center, for example, where I work, recently announced that it is establishing a major research and clinical facility in conjunction with the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/10XXVWi\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>More on Childhood Vaccines<\/h2>\n<p><i>WTIC NewsTalk 1080, May 22, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/uconndocs.uchc.edu\/Home\/Physician?profileId=Casserino-Ashley\">Dr. Ashley Casserino<\/a>, UConn Health Center pediatrician, discusses the rise in British measles cases and the importance of childhood vaccines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snd.sc\/11XWsCI\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_audio.png\" width=\"58\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 58px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 58\/17;\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Update on MS Research in Connecticut<\/h2>\n<p><i>WTIC NewsTalk 1080, 96.5 TIC-FM, 5-19-13<\/i><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Crocker-Stephen\">Stephen Crocker<\/a>, assistant professor, Department of Neuroscience, is part of a discussion on multiple sclerosis research.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cbsloc.al\/ZbPt7H\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the broadcast &gt;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone img-responsive lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/uconn-today\/images\/icon_audio.png\" width=\"58\" height=\"17\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 58px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 58\/17;\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>3 Graduates of Sheehan High in Wallingford Pursue Careers in Medicine<\/h2>\n<p><i>Meriden Record-Journal<\/i><i>, May 17, 2013<\/i><\/p>\n<p>All three were accepted into <a href=\"http:\/\/medicine.uchc.edu\/\">UConn&#8217;s School of Medicine<\/a>, and they graduated together on May 13. \u201cI found out that (Costanzo) got into medical school first, and UConn was my No. 1 choice,\u201d Grimaldi said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=X&amp;q=http:\/\/www.myrecordjournal.com\/wallingford\/article_6c27eec6-bf54-11e2-9226-0019bb2963f4.html&amp;ct=ga&amp;cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABAn-fejAVIAVgBYgJlbg&amp;cd=YERSG8lLDmI&amp;usg=AFQjCNGYBQur1UjVmC5W_ckUTTKsywdjHw\">Read more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uchc.edu\">UConn Health Center<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uconnhealthcenter\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/uconnhealth\">Twitter<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/uconnhealth\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health Center experts are interviewed about melanoma, medical marijuana, multiple sclerosis, medical careers and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":53726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1,70],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[45],"class_list":["post-78768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized","category-video"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 09:39:16","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\/78768","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=78768"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88282,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78768\/revisions\/88282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/53726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78768"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=78768"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=78768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}