Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Chris DeFrancesco has been writing for UConn Health since 2007. He is a proud graduate of UConn’s journalism program. As an undergraduate in Storrs he was one of the play-by-play voices of UConn men’s and women’s basketball on WHUS-FM, a writer for the Daily Campus, and a campus shuttle bus driver. He’s been a freelance writer, editor of two weekly newspapers (Bloomfield Journal and Windsor Locks Journal), and most notably a reporter and anchor on WTIC NewsTalk 1080. He is a four-time winner of the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcasters Association Walt Dibble Award for Personal Excellence in Radio. Chris also is an elected officer in his union (UHP Local 3837) and serves on the board of the Newington Children’s Theatre Company, Connecticut’s longest-running youth theatre program. He lives in Newington with his wife, Caroline, daughter, Audrey, and their dogs, Spot and Alex.
Author Archive
Podcast: What Aerosmith Can Teach Us About Vocal Injury
Hear experts from UConn Health Voice and Speech Clinic explain fractured larynx and other voice problems they see and how to treat and prevent them
September 5, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Monitoring Mysterious ‘Sloth Fever’
Dr. Kevin Dieckhaus offers insight on oropouche virus from UConn Health’s International Traveler’s Medical Service
August 29, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Why Whooping Cough Now?
Resurgence of pertussis is relative, says Dr. Timothy Lishnak from UConn Health’s family medicine faculty
August 27, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Mpox ‘Global Emergency’ Not an Imminent Threat in US
Dr. Kevin Dieckhaus monitors from UConn Health’s International Traveler’s Medical Service
August 26, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Altruistic Teens Help UConn Health Grow Volunteer Program
With 33 high school students, volunteer participation is highest since before pandemic
August 19, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Back From Biking Coast-to-Coast
Dental students continue 19-year UConn Health tradition of cycling cross-country for a cause
August 6, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Prestigious Scientific Honor Society Inducts UConn Health’s Neurosurgery Chief
Dr. Ketan Bulsara joins Sigma Xi, the world’s largest multidisciplinary honor society for scientists and engineers
August 2, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Tick Bite? Don’t Panic
UConn Health’s Dr. Henry M. Feder Jr. on what to expect — and what to question — this tick season
July 8, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
Capital Area Health Consortium Honors 4 UConn Health Physicians
Scholarship for Dr. Jaclyn Olsen Jaeger, 3 residents recognized for community service
July 2, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)
UConn Health’s Art Curator a Voice for Art in the Community
Andre Rochester builds on foundation of supporting local artists of color to advocate for art for all
July 1, 2024 | Christopher DeFrancesco '95 (CLAS)