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

White Coats with UConn Health Center emblem

Health Center Expanding Clinical Faculty Roster

The promise of Bioscience Connecticut has helped attract more than 40 physicians, including two to key chairmanships.

UConn Health Center nurse Marlene Divinere administers a flu shot.

Still Time for Flu Shot

Dec. 4-10 is National Influenza Vaccination Week.

Dr. Bruce Gould Recognized for Serving Underserved

His commitment to enabling access to care has earned him the Connecticut Oral Health Initiative’s Howard I. Mark Advocate for Oral Health Award.

Fourth-year medical student Cynthia Emilie Armand sees a patient at the the 10th District Senior Fair in New Haven on November 30, 2010. (Bruce Gould for UConn Health Center)

Community Outreach: Med Students at Senior Fair

Urban Service Track scholars helped provide health care screenings and nutrition information for senior citizens in New Haven.

World Aids Day/World Aids Campaign: Getting to Zero

AIDS in 2011: More Manageable, Still Significant

On a day intended to raise AIDS awareness, Dr. Lisa Chirch, infectious disease physician, explains advances in treatment and management and warns against complacency.

British caricaturist and printmaker James Gilray’s farcical portrayal of a physician using metallic tractors on a patient is featured as a comical piece in the Hartford Medical Society Historical Library’s newest exhibit at the UConn Health Center.

Doctors Depicted in Historic Paintings

From serious to satirical, the Hartford Medical Society Historical Library’s newest exhibit features artwork of varying perceptions of physicians.

3 Cancer Specialists Join UConn Health Center

Meet three physicians who are now seeing patients at the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center.

UConn Health Center December Programs, Events

Here’s what’s happening in December and January.

Thanksgiving dinner with the family (Shutterstock)

Share the Turkey, Pumpkin Pie, and Family Health History

Certified genetic counselors at the UConn Health Center encourage families to take advantage of their time together at Thanksgiving to review or update family history.

Foot Care Specialists Help Area Homeless Again This Thanksgiving

For the fifth year, clinical staff from the New England Musculoskeletal Institute joins the Conti Project, a nationwide effort to provide foot screenings and new shoes at homeless shelters.