{"id":5,"date":"2016-10-24T12:51:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T16:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-04-02T09:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:05:53","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-5\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_widget_sp_image widget_sp_image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"263\" alt=\"Academic side of UConn Health\" class=\"attachment-full\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/Academic_Ent_Aug_8_2016_JGelineau_75_sm.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/Academic_Ent_Aug_8_2016_JGelineau_75_sm-300x67.jpg 300w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/Academic_Ent_Aug_8_2016_JGelineau_75_sm-768x173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/Academic_Ent_Aug_8_2016_JGelineau_75_sm-1024x230.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/Academic_Ent_Aug_8_2016_JGelineau_75_sm.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>This faculty handbook is for all faculty in the School of Medicine. For School of Medicine or UConn Health updates, additions or corrections, contact Dr. Jacqueline \"Kiki\" Nissen, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, at <a href=\"mailto:jnissen@uchc.edu\">jnissen@uchc.edu<\/a>, or Nancy Boccuzzio, <a href=\"mailto:boccuzzio@uchc.edu\">boccuzzio@uchc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For School of Dental Medicine, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/dentalmedicine.uconn.edu\/faculty\/\">Faculty page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-5-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"accordion-blue panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-5-2-0-0\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>AAUP Documents<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/11\/SOM-Artcile-16-Guidance-11042024.pdf\">SOM Guidance: Article 16.1 and 16.3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2025\/11\/AAUP-contract-extension-dated-2025-6-30_EID-002.pdf\">UCH\/AAUP Extension Agreement-July 1, 2025-June 20, 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2024\/10\/3.4.24-OTR-TA-Article-14-UCH-Revised-AAUP-signed-UCH-signed.pdf\">UCH\/AAUP Extension Agreement July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2022\/11\/FAQs_UCH-AAUP-Collective-Bargaining-Agreement-11172022.pdf\">FAQs: UCH-AAUP Agreement Holiday Compensation and Professional Development<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/05\/AAUP-contract-07.01.2021-to-06.30.2024.pdf\">UCH\/AAUP Agreement (July 1, 2021- June 30, 2024)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2020\/04\/MOA-COVID-19-2020-4-3.pdf\">UCH\/AAUP MOA COVID-19 (April 3, 2020)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/aaup_contract.pdf\">UCH\/AAUP Agreement (July 1, 2016 \u2013 June 30, 2021)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2018\/05\/EPIC-Memorandum-of-Agreement-Revised-UHC-4.13.2018.pdf\">UCH\/AAUP MOA (April 13, 2018)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2017\/04\/memorandum_agreement_4_2017.pdf\">AAUP\/UConn Health MOA (April 19, 2017)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2017\/04\/memorandum_agreement_3_2017.pdf\">AAUP\/UConn Health MOA (March 31, 2017)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/memorandum_agreement_7_2016.pdf\">AAUP\/UConn Health MOA (July 29, 2016)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2017\/03\/memorandum_agreement_6_2016.pdf\">AAUP\/UConn Health MOA (June 30, 2016)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/memorandum_agreement_1_2016.pdf\">AAUP\/UCHC MOA (January 15, 2016)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/memorandum_agreement_11_2015.pdf\">AAUP\/UCHC MOA (November 2, 2015)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/memorandum_agreement_8_2015.pdf\">AAUP\/UCHC MOA (August 25, 2015)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/memorandum_agreement_5_2013.pdf\">AAUP\/UCHC MOA (May 29, 2013)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"3\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Academic Information Technology Services<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aits\/\">Academic Information Technology Services (AITS)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"4\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Academic Merit Review<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-affairs\/governance-councils-and-committees\/academic-merit-plan\/\">Academic Merit Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"5\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Appointments (See Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Tab)<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-affairs\/\">Appointments (See Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Tab)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"6\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Bylaws<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uconn.ellucid.com\/documents\/view\/3335\">Medical Staff<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/SOM-Bylaws-12052022-02102023.pdf\">School of Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policy.uconn.edu\/?p=122\">University of Connecticut<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"7\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Clinical Services and Policies<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nursing.uchc.edu\/hosp_admin_manual\/index.html\">John Dempsey Hospital Administrative Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/private\/2024\/10\/medicare-shared-program-agreement.pdf\">Medicare Shared Program Agreement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uchc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/r\/sites\/UCH-UConnHealthMedicalStaffPracticeStandards-ITEnterpriseTechnology\/Shared Documents\/UConn Health Medical Staff Practice Standards - MASTER.pdf?csf=1&amp;web=1&amp;e=AgzOyF\">UConn Health Medical Staff Practice Standards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/policies-specific-areas\/clinical\/\">UConn Medical Group Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-6\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"8\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Compliance, Office of University<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/compliance.uconn.edu\/\">Office of University Compliance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-7\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"9\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Comprehensive Faculty Activity Registry (CFAR)<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cfar.uchc.edu\/\">Comprehensive Faculty Activity Registry (CFAR)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-8\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"10\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Consulting<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/consulting.uconn.edu\/\">Consulting<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-9\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"11\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Credentialing<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2018\/08\/Credentialing.pdf\">Credentialing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-10\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"12\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Emeritus Faculty<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policy.uconn.edu\/?p=122\">Bylaws see Article XIV Section K.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2025\/05\/SOM-Emeritus-Procedures-.pdf\">SOM Emeritus Procedures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-11\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"13\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Employee Resources<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/creative-child-center\/\">Child Care<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/occupational-environmental\/clinical-services\/employee-health-services\/\">Employee Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/research.uchc.edu\/rcs\/ehs\/\">Environmental Health and Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/occupational-environmental\/employee-assistance-program\/\">Employee Assistance Program (EAP)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osc.ct.gov\/rbsd\/retirement\/stateretire.htm\">Retirement Plan Summaries and Online Workshops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/human-resources\/services\/benefits\/retirement\">Retirement Tools and Checklists<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-12\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"14\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Faculty Development<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-development\/\">Faculty Development<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-13\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"15\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Faculty Directory<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/\">Faculty Directory<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-14\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"16\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Grievances<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/05\/AAUP-contract-07.01.2021-to-06.30.2024.pdf\">UCH\/AAUP Agreement (July 1, 2021- June 30, 2024)<\/a> (See Articles 7, 9, Pages 8, 11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-affairs\/appeals-committees\/faculty-grievance-procedures\/\">Faculty Review Board<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-affairs\/appeals-committees\/faculty-grievance-procedures\/\">UConn Health Appeals Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-affairs\/appeals-committees\/grievance-procedures-academic-merit-and-space-appeals\/\">School of Medicine Academic Merit Plan Appeals Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-affairs\/appeals-committees\/grievance-procedures-academic-merit-and-space-appeals\/\">School of Medicine Space Appeals Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-15\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"17\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Human Resources<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/human-resources\/\">Human Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-16\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"18\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Institutional Equity, Office of<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/equity.uconn.edu\/\">Institutional Equity, Office of<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-17\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"19\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Library<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.uconn.edu\/health\">Lyman Maynard Stowe Health Sciences Library<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-18\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"20\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Mission Statements<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/medicine.uconn.edu\/about-us\/\">School of Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/about\/\">UConn Health<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-19\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"21\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Office of Audit, Compliance and Ethics (OACE)<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/audit.uconn.edu\/\">Office of Audit and Management Advisory Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/healthcare-compliance\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Office of Healthcare Compliance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/privacy.uconn.edu\/\">Office of Privacy Protection &amp; Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/compliance.uconn.edu\/\">Office of University Compliance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-20\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"22\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Policies<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Alcohol<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/07\/policy_2003_39.pdf\">Abuse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policy.uconn.edu\/2017\/08\/24\/alcoholic-beverage-sales-and-service-policy\/\">Policy on Use at UConn Health<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clinical Services and Policies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nursing.uchc.edu\/hosp_admin_manual\/index.html\">John Dempsey Hospital Administrative Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/policies-specific-areas\/clinical\/\">UConn Medical Group Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"uc-site-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/healthcare-compliance\/\" rel=\"home\" class=\"broken_link\">Healthcare Compliance, Office of<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>HIPAA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/policies-specific-areas\/specific-area-hipaa-privacy\/\">HIPAA Privacy Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/policies-specific-areas\/specific-area-hipaa-security\/\">HIPAA Security Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Information Technology Policies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/policies-specific-areas\/specific-area-information-technology\/\">Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/equity.uconn.edu\/\"><strong>Institutional Equity, Office of<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Intellectual Property<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/07\/policy_2003_42.pdf\">Data Ownership Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Refer to AAUP contract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Medical Malpractice<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/medical_malpractice.pdf\">Physician<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/12\/medical_malpractice_nonmd.pdf\">Non-Physician Health Care Professionals<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Space Policies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nursing.uchc.edu\/hosp_admin_manual\/docs\/02-020.pdf\">John Dempsey Hospital<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2019\/01\/policy_space.pdf\">School of Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/spacepolicy_uconnhealth.pdf\">UConn Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policy.uconn.edu\/?p=6592\">Discrimination, Harassment, and Related Interpersonal Violence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/01\/policy_2015_10.pdf\">Drug Free Workplace Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/policy.uconn.edu\/2014\/06\/06\/policy-on-alleged-misconduct-in-research\/\">Research Misconduct Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policy.uconn.edu\/?p=122\">Private Practice Prohibition \u2013 See Article XIV Section M.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/policies-specific-areas\/clinical\/\">Whistleblower Protection Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-21\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"23\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Post-Tenure Review<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-affairs\/appointments-promotion-and-tenure\/post-tenure-review\/\">Post-Tenure Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-22\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"24\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Privacy Protection and Management, Office of (OPPM)<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/privacy.uconn.edu\/privacy-notices\/overview\/\">Privacy Protection and Management, Office of (OPPM)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-23\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"25\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Promotion (See Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Tab)<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-affairs\/\">Promotion (See Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Tab)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-24\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"26\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Research<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><strong>Cores<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/molecular-biology-biophysics\/\">Biophysical Core<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/\">Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ovpr.uchc.edu\/services\/rics\/animal\/ccm\/\">Center for Comparative Medicine (CCM)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/mouse-genome-modification\/\">Center for Mouse Genome Modification<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/clinical-research-center\/\">Clinical Research Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/central-electron-microscope-facility\/\">Electron Microscopy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/flow-cytometry\/\">Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter (FACS)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/research-histology\/\">Histology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/microct-imaging\/\">Microtomography (MicroCT) Imaging Facility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mc.uchc.edu\/mc\/default.htm\" class=\"broken_link\">Molecular Core Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/structuralbiology.uchc.edu\/\">NMR Structural Biology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/research-biorepository\/\">Research Tissue Repository<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/stem-cell-core\/\">Stem Cell Core<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Policies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/policies-specific-areas\/specific-area-research-and-sponsored-programs\/\">Research and Sponsored Program Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/research.uchc.edu\/hcrac\/\">HCRAC (Health Center Research Advisory Council)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-25\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"27\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Retirement Resources<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osc.ct.gov\/rbsd\/retirement\/stateretire.htm\">Retirement Plan Summaries and Online Workshops<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/human-resources\/services\/benefits\/retirement\">Retirement Tools and Checklists<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-26\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"28\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Sabbatical Leave<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2025\/05\/SOM-Sabbatical-Leave-Document.pdf\">Eligibility, Guidelines, and Process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policy.uconn.edu\/?p=122\">Bylaws \u2013 See Section XIII.L.1.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/form_sabbatical.pdf\">Application for Sabbatical<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2025\/04\/Sabbatical-Postponement-Request-Form-04012025.docx\">Postponement of Sabbatical Request Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-27\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"29\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Tenure (See Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Tab)<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-affairs\/\">Tenure (See Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Tab)<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/policy.uconn.edu\/?p=122\">University of Connecticut \u2013 See Article XIII Section C.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/policies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2015\/07\/policy_2004_03.pdf\">Tenured Faculty Minimum Guaranteed Academic Salary Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-28\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"30\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Trainees and Their Teachers<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2025\/11\/Compact-Between-Trainees-and-their-Teachers-CC.pdf\">Compact Between Trainees and Their Teachers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-29\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"31\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Travel Procedures<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/finance\/travel\/policies-and-procedures\/\">Travel Procedures<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5-2-0-30\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"32\" ><h3 class=\"widget-title\"><div class='uc-accordion'>Vacation\/Holiday and Leave of Absence<\/div><\/h3><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2022\/03\/Guidelines-for-School-of-Medicine-Faculty-Leave-03142022.pdf\"><strong>Guidelines for Faculty Leave<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vacation\/Holiday<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/policy_vacation.pdf\">Vacation Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Donating Accrued Vacation Leave (See <a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/memorandum_agreement_7_2016.pdf\">AAUP\/UConn Health MOA (July 29, 2016)<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/97\/2016\/10\/form_donate_time.pdf\">Form for Donating Accrued Vacation Leave<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Leaves of Absence<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"http:\/\/policy.uconn.edu\/2011\/05\/17\/by-laws-of-the-university-of-connecticut\/\">University of Connecticut Bylaws<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This faculty handbook is for all faculty in the School of Medicine. For School of Medicine or UConn Health updates, additions or corrections, contact Dr. Jacqueline &#8220;Kiki&#8221; Nissen, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, at jnissen@uchc.edu, or Nancy Boccuzzio, boccuzzio@uchc.edu. 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