UConn School of Medicine

Developing, demonstrating, and delivering health care services based on effectiveness, efficiency, and the application of the latest advances in clinical, translational and health care research.
Advancing knowledge through basic, biomedical, clinical, translational, behavioral, and social research.
Helping health care professionals maintain their competence through continuing education programs.
Providing educational opportunities for those pursuing careers in the patient care professions, education, public health, biomedical and/or behavioral sciences.
New teaching center for team-based learning.

Providing educational opportunities for those pursuing careers in the patient care professions, education, public health, biomedical and/or behavioral sciences.
New teaching center for team-based learning.
Advancing knowledge through basic, biomedical, clinical, translational, behavioral, and social research.
Developing, demonstrating, and delivering health care services based on effectiveness, efficiency, and the application of the latest advances in clinical, translational and health care research.
Helping health care professionals maintain their competence through continuing education programs.

School of Medicine Receives Full Accreditation

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) made the decision to grant UConn School of Medicine full accreditation of its medical education program for an eight-year term, the maximum term allowable. The LCME is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the reliable authority for the accreditation of medical education programs.

First of Its Kind Pain Consortium

UConn Health, UConn Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and The Jackson Laboratory recently announced the creation of the Connecticut Pain Consortium, a translational pain research and education collaboration which is the first of its kind in the Connecticut medical community. The consortium will be led by Professor Dr. Reinhard Laubenbacher, a joint faculty member at UConn Health and JAX. “There is a clear need for more basic and translational research on human pain and pain management,” said Dr. Laubenbacher. “And, there is a critical unmet need for education and training of providers and patients. This is a great opportunity to deploy our capabilities in addiction and pain research together with our Connecticut partners in an exciting and much needed state-wide initiative.” Read More

New UConn Researcher Focuses on Increasing Your Healthspan

Welcome to Ming Xu, Ph.D., who recently joined our UConn Center on Aging from the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Xu’s research mission is to help increase your lifespan by not only adding years to your life, but life to your years. That means increasing your healthspan—keeping good health and a high level of function and independence during those years. Learn more about Dr. Xu’s research and some of his recent findings published this month in the journal Nature Medicine.

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