Lauren Woods
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Learn CPR. It Saved Larry’s Life.
Larry Friel's new mission in life is spreading the importance of lifesaving CPR to others. Find out more about his cardiac arrest survival story thanks to a bystander's help and where you can learn CPR.
January 10, 2023 | Lauren Woods
UConn Center on Aging to Transform our Understanding of Cellular Senescence in Human Aging with NIH-Funded Tissue Mapping Center Discoveries
The journal Nature Aging has highlighted the new NIH-funded SenNet Consortium that includes an NIH Common Fund U54 Tissue Mapping Center at UConn Health/JAX to better understand senescent cells which underlie aging and chronic disease development.
December 22, 2022 | Lauren Woods
Home for the Holidays: Massive Heart Attack Survivor Makes Miraculous Recovery at UConn Health
Thanks to a miracle on Farmington Avenue at UConn Health, Kirk Valencis will be spending Christmas with his family in Bristol
December 22, 2022 | Lauren Woods
Grateful to Be a Nurse at UConn Health: “I Love It!”
Meet Lauren Piro, a Labor and Delivery nurse at UConn Health, who epitomizes gratitude.
December 20, 2022 | Lauren Woods
UConn Center on Aging Postdoctoral Fellow Awarded by the American Federation for Aging Research
Dr. Binsheng Wang is just one of nine postdoctoral fellows to be selected nationally for this prestigious grant award.
December 20, 2022 | Lauren Woods
A Hanukkah Miracle of Survival for Mom and Newborn at UConn Health
“The quality of care I got at UConn Health is the reason why I am alive. If I wasn’t treated at UConn Health, I would have died,” says Sara Farber who just named her new daughter on December 18, the first day of Hanukkah.
December 19, 2022 | Lauren Woods
UConn Radiology Chair Dr. Leo Wolansky Wins Best Abstract Award at the Radiologic Society of North America Annual Meeting
Dr. Leo Wolansky is the 2022 Kuo York Chynn Foundation Award recipient for the best abstract in neuroradiology research at RSNA 2022, one of the largest medical meetings in the world.
December 1, 2022 | Lauren Woods
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Regenerative Engineering Founder’s Award Launched by the AIChE
A new award has been established in honor of UConn's Dr. Cato T. Laurencin. The Cato T. Laurencin Regenerative Engineering Founder’s Award will recognize an individual's leadership in convergence research in regenerative engineering — a field pioneered by Laurencin
November 30, 2022 | Jini Davis, Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering
UConn and Dr. Cato T. Laurencin Celebrated by St. Lucia
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of UConn and UConn Health was honored this November by St. Lucian officials with high honors.
November 29, 2022 | Jini Davis, Connecticut Convergence Institute
Season of Thanksgiving: UConn Health Cares for Refugees and Immigrants in Need
To date, 1,000 people from roughly 40 countries have been assisted by UConn Immigrant Health, which provides health care, education, and advocacy
November 21, 2022 | Lauren Woods