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

Research compliance monitor Gustavo Fernandez (right) accepts the Best Compliance Practices Award for Monitoring Financial Conflict of Interest in Research on behalf of the UConn Health Center from Dr. Mark Pastin of the Health Ethics Trust on October 25, 2011. (provided by Health Ethics Trust for UConn Health Center)

UConn Honored for Best Compliance Practices

UConn was recognized for “Governance, Oversight and Self-Assessment,” and the Health Center for “Monitoring Financial Conflict of Interest in Research.”

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin (right) welcomes Dr. Gualberto Ruaño, invited from Hartford Hospital to give the keynote address on personalized medicine at the CICATS mini-retreat.

Mini-Retreat Looks Toward CICATS’ Future

The Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science brings regional research partners together, with personalized medicine among the points of focus.

Collection Keeps Meds Out of Water Supply, Off the Streets

More than 100 cars passed through the UConn Health Center’s medication disposal program Saturday, leaving behind pills, patches, bottles and inhalers.

UConn Health Center November Programs

Here’s what’s happening in November and early December.

Primary Care Week Under Way

[yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2JeUevwWrs’] UConn’s observance of National Primary Care Week continues through Oct. 21, with events including a weekend retreat, lunch-and-learn sessions, a speech by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, and community health fairs staffed by medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy students.

White Coats with UConn Health Center emblem

New Physicians at UConn Health Center

Two dermatologists and two orthopaedic surgeons are now seeing patients.

As part of National Primary Care Week, Michelle Pheng, at the time a second-year pharmacy student, sees a patient at the South End Senior Wellness Center in Hartford. (Connie Cantor/UConn Health Center Photo)

Primary Care Week to Focus on Innovation

UConn’s observance will include a keynote address from Gov. Malloy Oct. 17.

From left: Graduate student Drew Seils, Dr. Martin Cherniack, and Tim Morse demonstrate an exercise bike test in the Ergonomics Technology Center. (Chris DeFrancesco/UConn Health Center Photo)

Health Center Enlisted for $8M Federal Worksite Wellness Program

UConn occupational health researchers are involved in the only CDC-funded worker health project of its kind.

Auxiliary’s Harvest Moon Party Returns Oct. 21

All are invited to join the UConn Health Center Auxiliary for a night of western fare, music, dancing, and a silent auction.

Dr. Douglas Peterson signs the membership roster of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland, before accepting the honor of Fellowship in Dental Surgery Without Examination. (Photo provided by Dr. Matthew Peterson)

Dental Professor, Oral Oncology Chief Awarded Prestigious Scottish Fellowship

With a signature of the membership roster of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Dr. Douglas Peterson accepted one of the institution’s highest international honors.