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InCHIP Scholars Lead Conversations at Moving Beyond Implications: Research into Policy Conference
The Moving Beyond conference bridges research and policy to advance evidence-based solutions in Connecticut
Feel Your Best Self Goes to High School
School counselors explore opportunities to integrate Feel Your Best Self into secondary settings at UConn’s School Counselor Day
Giving Latine Families an ‘Early Head Start’
Vanessa Esquivel, a Ph.D. student in the department of human development & family sciences, has received a major federal grant to study early childhood services for Latine families
Global and Local Impacts of HIV Research in CAHNR
In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1, 2024, UConn Today is highlighting work from researchers in the Department of Allied Health Sciences who are playing a role in this continuing effort close to home and across the globe
Rudd Center’s Marlene Schwartz Featured on Panel about Food Insecurity in Connecticut
Speakers at the Hartford event discussed strategies to help families across the state facing food and nutrition insecurity.
Can We Heal Injured Veterans by Studying Basketball?
UConn’s basketball teams aren’t the only ones leaving a lasting impact at Gampel Pavilion. Deep in the belly of the iconic domed building where championship banners line the rafters, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Department of Kinesiology and the Institute for Sports Medicine employs high-tech sensors to learn more about how people move with the goal of helping athletes, active-duty service members, veterans — and eventually, all of us — heal and avoid injury.
Second ‘Moving Beyond Implications’ Conference Aims to Advance Evidence-Based Policy
The conference, which aims to bridge the gap between research and policymaking, is accepting abstract submissions from researchers until Nov. 1
From Policy to Action: Anna-Michelle McSorley Focuses on Health Equity for Latinos
McSorley's work goes beyond health policy to study political processes, potential political biases, and power dynamics
Study Investigates Communication, Intimacy Among Couples Facing Metastatic Breast Cancer
After diagnosis and treatment, sex is the most frequently discussed topic among couples facing cancer. While there is work about improving sexual communication, the experiences of people with advanced cancers have been overlooked
UConn Keeping Air in Connecticut Classrooms Safe
$11.5 million in state support awarded to University of Connecticut to deploy effective and inexpensive build-it-yourself air filter technology to every public school classroom across the state.