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Award-winning physician-scientist Dr. Pramod K. Srivastava, director of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center in his lab at UConn Health is developing a novel immunotherapy vaccine for difficult to treat ovarian cancer

Connecticut Innovations Fuels UConn’s Development of Personalized Ovarian Cancer Therapy

Dr. Pramod Srivastava, director of UConn Health's Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded $500,000 from Connecticut Innovations to help fuel his development of an advanced personalized immunotherapy vaccine for ovarian cancer.

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Exercise Safely this Summer

Summer is heating up. The UConn Musculoskeletal Institute’s experts in the Division of Sports Medicine offers their best health tips so you can safely stay active this summer during your exercise and recreational sport events.

Thermometer on summer day showing high temperature over 100 degrees F, and glass of water. (iStock Photo)

Beat the Heat

The medical director of the UConn Health Emergency Department discusses the symptoms of heat-related illness and how to avoid it.

Dr. Tessa Balach speaks with a patient. (Tina Encarnacion/UConn Health Photo)

UConn Health, Hartford HealthCare Explore Forming ACO

An Accountable Care Organization is a voluntary collaboration to coordinate care and ensure that shared patients receive the best care at the lowest cost.

Town of Canton’s First Physician Honored by UConn Health

The legacy of Dr. Solomon Everest (1760-1822), the Town of Canton’s first physician, was honored on the grounds of UConn Health Canton on June 16.

Outpatient Pavilion

Outpatient Pavilion at UConn Health Named Best New Construction

UConn Health's Outpatient Pavilion is being honored as the best in ‘New Construction’ by The Connecticut Building Congress (CBC) for an outstanding building project exemplifying construction excellence and best practices in teamwork.

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Summer Art Exhibit Unveiled at UConn Health

From June to September the artwork of local artists will be on display at UConn Health's Celeste LeWitt Gallery.

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Young Adults with Disabilities Graduate from First Career Training Internship Program at UConn Health

Seven interns graduated on June 1 from a new one-year career training internship program at UConn Health called Project SEARCH for young adults with disabilities to gain work experience and future employment.

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Inaugural Class Graduates from the Young Innovative Investigator Program (YIIP)

The inaugural class of the Young Innovative Investigator Program (YIIP) at UConn was celebrated this May for their advanced research studies and graduation with a Master of Science in Biomedical Science degree from UConn’s Graduate School.

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Dr. Susan Tannenbaum is New Chief of Hematology-Oncology at UConn Health

Dr. Susan Tannenbaum is the newly appointed chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology at the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at UConn Health.