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- Distinguished Career Award Recipient – Jennifer SussmanJennifer Sussman, Research Associate II, received a Distinguished Career Award at the Connecticut Prevention Summit on September 9th, 2025, that brought together state agency and prevention stakeholders from across the state. Jennifer was awarded this because of her decades of work to make data more accessible to state, regional, and community partners to aid in […]
- Faculty Promotions AnnouncedThe Department of Public Health Sciences is proud to share exciting news about faculty promotions recently approved by the Academic Affairs Subcommittee of the Board of Directors. Dr. Jennifer M. Cavallari has been promoted to Professor. Dr. Shayna D. Cunningham has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure. Dr. Ellis C. Dillon has been promoted […]
- Dr. O’Grady Awarded NIH/NIDA Grant on Overdose PreventionDr. Megan O’Grady, Associate Professor in Public Health Sciences, received funding as a co-investigator for a newly awarded NIH/NIDA UG3-UH3 grant titled “Preventing Overdose in Supportive Housing: Stepped Wedge Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multi-Sector, Upstream Intervention” lead by NYU Langone (PI: Doran). This 2-phase, 7-year grant will partner UConn Health, Rutgers, and NYU to […]
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