Three students and two nurse anesthetists are this year’s winners of the Dr. Richard Simon Excellence in Clinical Neurosciences Award, presented annually at UConn Health since 2020.
Author: Mark Roffer
For Treatment-Resistant Depression, Two Drugs May Be Better Than One
Tackling Loneliness: Physical impact
Tackling Loneliness
Dr. Iman Al-Naggar Awarded Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Award
Bringing Parkinson’s Information, Interventions to CT’s Hispanic Communities
The research of Cristina Colón-Semenza, assistant professor of kinesiology in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, wants to get people moving to improve their quality of life. As part of her work, she engages people from underrepresented groups in ways that use physical activity to mitigate symptoms and disease progression.
Treating the aging population with care under one roof
A doctor at UConn Health says the world’s aging population is growing rapidly and the way we care for the age group needs to change as well. He explains how the health system’s Center on Aging is now providing many different services to seniors all in one space.
Can Brain Training Computerized Games Help Evaporate Brain Fog from Long COVID?
UConn Center on Aging and the Department of Psychiatry researchers are working to answer this public health threat question by launching a clinical trial for older adults using at home, brain-training games on computer tablets as a Long COVID patient therapy.
Dr. George Kuchel Elected to Elite Group of Researchers
Dr. George Kuchel, director, UConn Center on Aging and chief, Geriatrics, UConn Health has the honor of being elected to the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research.
UConn to Participate in First Ever Clinical Trial of Ketogenic Supplements and Healthy Aging
The Buck Institute for Research on Aging has received a $3.5 million federal grant to lead the first-ever double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to understand the effects of ketone ester supplementation on frailty, a condition that develops following age-related decline in multiple physiological systems. TAKEOFF (Targeting Aging with Ketone Ester in Older Adults for Function in Frailty) will recruit a total of 180 people at the Buck, Ohio State University, and the University of Connecticut (UConn).