Bloomfield High School senior Mark Manson is well on his way to achieving his dream of becoming a physician. Mark just graduated from our Aetna Health Professions Partnership Initiative's Doctors Academy, and he's been accepted into UConn's specialized program in medicine, in which he'll study biomedical engineering as an undergrad, then matriculate in our medical school! Read more about Mark and about the Doctors Academy, which is one of our Health Career Opportunity Programs.

Who knows if some of today's members of the Boys and Girls Club of Hartford won't also be tomorrow's UConn dental students? Read about the Passport to Dentistry event recently presented by our dental school, in which 18 of our students provided a glimpse of dental medicine and helped facilitate hands-on activities.

Our latest podcast features three of our diabetes experts — Luriza Glynn, Dr. Pooja Luthra, and Dr. Parvathy Madhavan — discussing the importance of recognizing early signs of diabetes and, once diagnosed, managing it with support from our Diabetes Self-Management Education Program.

Thank you for your comments. We indeed are proud that we offer many lactation locations and strive to create welcoming spaces. I have shared your observations and questions with the appropriate leaders.

Eric Kruger, our VP for facilities, development and operations, has assigned the housekeeping staff to check the lactation rooms to see the condition of the signage and identify furniture, clutter, and repair needs to get them addressed. He also reminds us that all employees who notice something in need of repair should feel empowered to submit work orders to help ensure the work can be done in a timely manner. Submit an online work order, use the FAMIS 360 app (available for both Apple and Android), or call x2125 to report a matter our facilities staff can address.

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UConn John Dempsey Hospital is a participant in national CARES, the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival. It shares its annual data about the care of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients to improve future patient outcomes and best practices nationally. The 2022 CARES annual report highlights how eight cardiac arrest survivors were discharged from our hospital, all with full neurological function. For this often deadly and debilitating cardiac event, JDH has a 18.2% survival rate, which is higher than the national and state averages of 13.5%. “Congratulations to our EMS providers and the medical staffs in the ED, ICU, and medical floors who cared for these patients and helped make their survival possible,” says grateful Peter Canning, our EMS coordinator.

Two clinicians and two researchers make up the faculty members featured in the medical school's latest round of Faculty Spotlight videos. Find out who was chosen from researchers, clinicians, and educators nominated by their department chairs, center directors, and educational leadership.

It's almost time for the UConn Health Half Marathon, 10K & 5K, June 3 in Simsbury. We asked Dr. Michael Scanlon, a podiatrist who sees patients in our Storrs, Willimantic, and Putnam offices, for some injury prevention tips, including what to do (and not do) with a blister, plus the lowdown on plantar fasciitis and stress fractures.

During this Health Care Technology Management Week, we tip our cap to the 18 colleagues who make up our Clinical Engineering Department. And did you know they recently were named "Department of the Month" by the industry publication TechNation?

The UConn Foundation invites you to participate in a two-minute survey on last month's UConn Health Gives event. Your valuable feedback will help the Foundation have a better understanding of what's important to you in future fundraising efforts. Take the survey today, or sometime before June 1.