January 23, 2014
The future of medical science is happening now at UConn Health Center.
Rep. Toni Walker and colleagues from the Appropriations Committee peered behind the curtain to view some of the research projects at the facility in Farmington.
Rep. Walker took a bus tour of the Health Center campus to see the progress of the Bioscience Connecticut construction projects: Susan Keane, Appropriations Committee administrator (front), Sen. Beth Bye (second row left), Rep. Walker (second row right), UConn Health Chief Administrative Officer Carolle Andrews (back left), and Rep. Pam Sawyer. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Center Photo)
Current projects include a potential vaccine for ovarian cancer and research into the link between heart disease and female infertility.
Dr. Pramod Srivastiva, director of the Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, discusses his work on a vaccine for ovarian cancer with (from left) Susan Keane, Rep. Walker, Sen. Beth Bye and Rep. Pam Sawyer. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Center Photo)
Read more about their visit at the Health Center's blog.