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The official account of the UConn Department of Allied Health Sciences, within the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources. Follows ≠ endorsement
Storrs, CT
Joined September 2018
Neil Chaoui, an undergraduate researcher in the Department of Psychology, recently secured a job in the US, working with ADOPHD coordinator Peaches Udoma as the next co-student coordinator for ADOPS and ADOPHD! 💊.Curious about ADOPHD? Email peaches.udoma@uconn.edu!.@UConnCAHNR
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Laurie Valcin, a senior AHS student, studied the mindfulness on pain management with Dr. Natalie Shook to assess non-invasive and accessible ways to treat chronic back pain and presented her work at the CAPS Summer Research Poster Exhibit!.@UConnCAHNR @UConnNursing
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Interested in learning more about professional opportunities and career paths within healthcare? 🩺.Join us for our annual mentoring conference to learn from students, faculty, medical and dental professionals, and more! .Dates and registration TBD for Fall 2025. @UConnCAHNR
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AHS students and faculty worked with the Nutritional Sciences Department to release this article regarding food access and equity throughout communities!.Want to read it for yourself? Read the article for FREE with this link!.@UConnCAHNR @healthyfamilyct
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RT @UConnCAHNR: A new opioid overdose study from the Department of Allied Health Sciences has identified several key risk factors associate….
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A new opioid overdose study has identified several key risk factors associated with non-fatal overdoses drawing from a sample of people who use opioids in N ...
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Join us on 07/25 at 9AM for the Dissertation Defense of Richard Bannor, MPH, titled "Systematic Review of the Inclusion of African Immigrants in Lifestyle Interventions & Mixed Methods Study of African Immigrants’ Diet and Physical Activity".@UConnCAHNR .
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Join us for Brenda Lituma Solis’s MS Thesis Defense on Monday, 7/14, at 12PM! .Title: Promoting diet quality in a low-food access community through building literacy and supporting Latino dietary patterns. Join using this link: @UConnCAHNR
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RT @UConnCAHNR: Caitlin Caspi, professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences and Director of Food Security Initiatives at the UConn….
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For some students, food insecurity is a real issue that can impact their entire college experience. Hear from students with direct experience with food insecurity and how they sought help.
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Please join us for Julia Gaiser's MS Thesis Defense on Monday, July 14th at 10am! Title: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Food Insecurity in College Students Uncovers Differences by Food Environment. Join using this link: @UConnCAHNR
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Dr. Valerie Duffy and some of our AHS pre-dental students are working with @uconnhealthyfamilyct this summer to teach children about healthy habits, hygiene, nutrition, and more! 🍎.@UConnCAHNR .Learn more about UConn Health Family CT here:
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RT @UConnCAHNR: Through the program, UConn students, many of them studying in the Department of Allied Health Sciences, help Connecticut co….
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Through the program, UConn students help Connecticut communities tackle the opioid crisis, from Narcan training to safe medication disposal techniques
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927: Federal Health Data Survey, New ASTHO Member
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Hear more about a federal health data survey and takeaways regarding health in U.S. territories; and more about a new ASTHO member.
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Kevin Le, AHS ‘26, and member of the Shrestha Lab Research Group, was selected as a 2025 CDC John R. Lewis Public Health Scholar as a part of the Summer Public Health Scholars Program at Columbia University!.@Shrestha_Lab.@UConnCAHNR
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Join us for Kiran Paudel’s MS thesis defense, titled "Suicidal Ideation Among People Who Use Opioids: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study" on July 1st, at 9:30 AM ET!.Join using this link: @UConnCAHNR
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RT @ASTHO: On PHRME, Dr. Anna-Michelle McSorley of @UConnAHS shares insights from her @JAMANetworkOpen study on health-related quality of l….
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Interdisciplinary faculty from AHS and Pathobiology were selected to participate in the UConn Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching where they attended sessions to learn about evidence-based teaching strategies. Read more here: @UConnCAHNR @uconncetl
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Meet Melanie Browning, MS, RDN/LDN, CDCES, BC-ADM, an AHS 4+2 Coordinated Dietetics alum (class of 2010) and current Director of the Perinatal Diabetes Education Program MedStar Health! .Use this link for more info on her work: @UConnCAHNR
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RT @EndocrineToday: 🎤“The patient-provided intervention model for sustained behavior change could also be effective for the maintenance of….
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Enrollment in a patient-delivered intervention allowed adults with overweight or obesity to better maintain weight loss than those receiving standard of care, according to trial findings published in...
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RT @UConnCAHNR: Directors of InCHIP's Weight Management Research Group Tricia Leahey, professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences….
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Directors of InCHIP's Weight Management Research Group Tricia Leahey and Amy Gorin's latest study published in JAMA Internal Medicine underscores ...
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RT @EndocrineToday: 💡Adults with #obesity who participated in a patient-led support group had greater reductions in. ⚫Body weight.⚫Diastoli….
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Enrollment in a patient-delivered intervention allowed adults with overweight or obesity to better maintain weight loss than those receiving standard of care, according to trial findings published in...
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