The Department of Community Medicine and Health Care is a basic science department within the UConn School of Medicine. It consists of 12 full-time faculty and over 25 support staff, with a research portfolio representing a total commitment of over $10 million in extramural funding. We serve the School of Medicine as the academic home of faculty in the social, behavioral, and public health sciences as well as health law and medical ethics. The Department of Community Medicine is also home to the M.P.H. and Ph.D. graduate programs in Public Health.
Substance Abuse: The Case for Early Intervention
A new research study edited by UConn Health researchers finds that those at moderate risk of substance abuse are more likely to reduce their use when a physician provides brief, early intervention. Thomas Babor, the Health Net Inc. Endowed Chair in Community Medicine and Public Health in the UConn School of Medicine, was one of those researchers. Read More.
Road to Family-Based Recovery Goes Through UConn Health
Howard Tennen Wins Faculty Recognition Award
News and Events
A new web site for our Center for Prevention Evaluation and Statistics (CPES) established by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) to support their the Prevention and Health Promotion Unit.
Nicholas Gelbar has just published an edited volume entitled Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This clinical handbook reviews diagnosis and treatment, details how to support educational needs and discusses special populations including college students sand young women.
Road to Family-Based Recovery Goes Through UConn Health
Current Alcohol Marketing Controls Don’t Protect Youth
New M.P.H Program FastTrack (4+1 B.A./B.S.-M.P.H.) Option
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