School of Medicine
Research Assesses Assets and Challenges for North Hartford Food Environment
Using the innovative Photovoice approach, community participants engage in citizen science by sharing their personal, lived experience to enhance research studies and bring awareness to health disparities
Competing for Student Well-Being
Medical, dental, graduate students organize and participate in first Husky Bowl
Award-Winning UConn Medical Students
UConn School of Medicine students win research poster presentations at the annual meeting of the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP).
UConn Health Community Programs Helping Under Insured and Uninsured with Breast Cancer Screenings
UConn Health community health worker helped Vanessa Neira who was concerned about breast cancer obtain a free mammogram and breast cancer services.
Cornerstone of the Curriculum – UConn Medical School’s CLIC Program
During their first three years of medical school, UConn students are given the unique opportunity of working side by side with physician preceptors throughout the state as part of the Clinical Longitudinal Immersion in the Community (CLIC) program. This program has become a cornerstone of the curriculum – allowing students to develop and hone the […]
UConn’s Experts in Aging Honor Colleagues and Highlight Advances
'This is a time of remarkable innovation in geriatric medicine and gerontology'
‘Campeonas’/Champions Encourage Discussion of Breast Cancer Screening Among Women
The Campeonas Program at UConn Health is provides training that prepares women, through a peer group program to encourage early detection through annual screening.
UConn’s Promising Stroke Medicine One Step Closer to Clinical Trial Testing
NIH awards $2 Million more to UConn School of Medicine to advance its research for a new medicine healing stroke damage inside the brain
Podcast: Excellence in Huntington’s Disease Care
Experts from UConn Health’s Huntington’s Disease Program describe the path to its designation as a Center of Excellence and discuss the 2024 Huntington’s Disease Education Day, happening Oct. 26 at UConn Health
Breast Cancer Survivor is an Inspiration for Others
In the United States, breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, aside from skin cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2024, there will be about 310,720 new cases of invasive breast cancer in women. But there is hope.