UConn Health JUMP/Health Café

October 26, 2022

UConn Health JUMP Community Garden at
Horace Bushnell Congregate Home, 51 Vine Street, Hartford, 06112

 

Dr. Ezra Griffith, awarded at NMA meeting

August 19, 2022

Dr. Ezra Griffith of Yale University was honored with the Cato T. Laurencin M.D., Ph.D. Lifetime Research Award at the opening ceremonies of the 2022 National Medical Association (NMA)  national meeting.

This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated more than 20 years of consistent, long-lasting contributions to benefit African Americans and to reduce health disparities through recognized research and inquiry. The individual may be a physician, a career researcher or a distinguished educator who has enhanced the field of research and made it possible for young researchers to be successful.

Cato T. Laurencin has dedicated his life to excellence in research, teaching, surgery, mentoring, and community service. Dr. Laurencin has had a prolific career in science, but also in service to his community and certainly in service to the NMA.

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Dr. Cato Laurencin becomes an elected member of Academia Europaea

August 2, 2022

Dr. Cato Laurencin, University Professor, the University of Connecticut was recently elected for truly outstanding work. He was welcomed to the Division of Materials Science of the European Academy of Sciences. Professor Laurencin is a highly distinguished scholar, widely decorated and a member of numerous major Academies throughout the world. He is considered the founder of the field of Regenerative Engineering. He is also a practicing surgeon.
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Professor Dr. Cato T. Laurencin of UConn To Receive Prestigious Marshall Urist Award from the Orthopaedic Research Society

January 27, 2022

The Orthopaedic Research Society will present Dr. Cato Laurencin, CEO of the Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering, with the Marshall R. Urist Award for Excellence in Tissue Regeneration Research. Dr. Laurencin is the University Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. He will accept the award on February 7, 2022 at the society’s annual meeting.

Established in 1996, the Marshall Urist Award recognizes researchers who have demonstrated major achievements in the area of tissue regeneration and have established themselves as cutting edge scientists.

Dr. Laurencin has achieved breakthrough achievements in tissue regeneration, biomaterials science, nanotechnology, and regenerative engineering, a field he founded. He previously received the highest scientific honor of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeon, the Nicolas Andry Award, and the Kappa Delta Award which is the highest scientific honor of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

He received his B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton, his M.D., Magna Cum Laude from the Harvard Medical School. He received his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology from M.I.T.

Dr. Laurencin is the first surgeon elected to all four of the U.S. National Academies: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Inventors. He is also the recipient of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, America’s highest honor for technological achievement. Most recently the American Institute of Chemical Engineer’s Foundation established the Cato T. Laurencin Regenerative Engineering Founder’s Award, recognizing his pioneering work in the field.

On February 7, 2022, Dr. Laurencin will be honored the Marshall R. Urist MD Award and will deliver a presentation during the ORS Annual Meeting of 2022.

Dr. Laurencin and the Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering at the University of Connecticut Congratulate Masters in Clinical and Translational Science Graduate

January 13, 2022

 

The Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering at the University of Connecticut is please to congratulate Courtney D. Townsel, MD, MSc who recently published an article entitled “More than grit: growing and sustaining physician-scientists in obstetrics and gynecology” in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

 

Dr. Townsel, a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist, completed her Masters in Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Connecticut’s Connecticut Convergence Institute. After graduating from the University in 2018, she accepted a faculty position at the University of Michigan. She has been very successful with her research areas which include health disparities and substance use disorder in pregnancy. The Connecticut Convergence Institute for Translation in Regenerative Engineering at the University of Connecticut is proud to have the opportunity to recognize Dr. Townsel and looks forward to her continued success.

 

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