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You don't have to be an elite athlete to take advantage of a new care model that offers access to full range of expertise: the Women's Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health is for women of all ages, ability levels, and medical needs. Dr. Katherine Coyner, director, and Dr. Allison Schafer, medical director, explain how patients will benefit from this collective of specialties designed to optimize the coordination of care and get or keep women active and healthy.
(April 2024, Dr. Katherine Coyner, Dr. Allison Schafer, Chris DeFrancesco)
Women's Center for Motion and Performance at UConn Health (starting 4/23/24)https://health.uconn.edu/womens-center-for-motion-and-performance/ 
Women's Center for Motion and Performance nurse navigator:860-679-6330
UConn Health Orthopedics and Sports Medicinehttps://health.uconn.edu/orthopedics-sports-medicine/ 
Dr. Allison Schaferhttps://health.uconn.edu/find-a-provider/physician/Schafer-Allison 
Dr. Katherine Coynerhttps://health.uconn.edu/find-a-provider/physician/Coyner-Katherine 
Dr. Coyner's Inspiring Women in Engineering and Medicine (IWEM) programhttps://www.drcoyner.com/iwem.html
UConn Health Half Marathon, June 1, 2024https://www.hartfordmarathon.com/uconn-health-half-marathon-10k-5k/
UConn Institute for Sports Medicinehttps://sports.institute.uconn.edu/ 
UConn Health Simsburyhttps://health.uconn.edu/plan-your-visit/locations-and-directions/simsbury 
UConn Health Southingtonhttps://health.uconn.edu/plan-your-visit/locations-and-directions/southington 

A great challenge in multiple sclerosis care is recognizing it soon enough to start intervention and change the disease trajectory. Social determinants of health, including cultural barriers, can make this especially difficult. Dr. Jaime Imitola, chief of UConn Health’s Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Translational Neuroimmunology, led a group that came up with a new, bilingual resource to help patients, medical students, and providers recognize the signs and avoid delays in care.
(Dr. Jaime Imitola, Carolyn Pennington, Chris DeFrancesco, March 2024)
Note: A Spanish version of this episode is in production. It will be released separately to subscribers' feeds and be available on Podbean and at https://health.uconn.edu/archives/uconn-health-podcast.
"Making Early Signs of Multiple Sclerosis 'VISIBLE'" (UConn Today)https://today.uconn.edu/2024/03/making-early-signs-of-multiple-sclerosis-visibl/
"VISIBL-MS: A bilingual educational framework to increase awareness of early multiple sclerosis" (Multiple Sclerosis Journal)https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13524585241228739
VISIBL-MS tool (open access)http://www.imitolab.org/visiblms.html
Imitola Labhttp://www.imitolab.org/
UConn Health’s Multiple Sclerosis Centerhttps://health.uconn.edu/multiple-sclerosis/

UConn Health is now part of the Dispensary of Hope Network, which means it can connect qualifying patients with no-cost prescriptions for certain medications that the pharmaceutical companies make available. Emmett Sullivan and Dr. Hetal Patel from the UConn Health Pharmacy explain the program, which is only the third of its kind in Connecticut and joins about 250 other pharmacies throughout the U.S.
(Dr. Hetal Patel, Emmett Sullivan, Carolyn Pennington, Chris DeFrancesco, December 2023)
UConn Health Specialty Pharmacyhttps://health.uconn.edu/specialty-pharmacy
Dispensary of Hope:https://www.dispensaryofhope.org/

Temptation surrounds us during the holiday season. How do we navigate those holiday parties, potlucks and happy hours so we can be reasonably healthy and still be festive? Linda York, registered dietitian at UConn Health, has some tips on how to "brave the buffet" and still share in the merriment.
(Linda York, Chris DeFrancesco, November 2023)
 

A nationwide child and adolescent behavioral health project that originated at UConn Health takes a creative, modern approach to helping young people cope with mental health challenges. At the same time, it creates educational resources for therapists throughout the country. A component of this includes the "Trauma Avengers" sharing their "Digital Diaries." Clinical psychologists Julian Ford and Rocio Chang, co-directors of the Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders, join Carolyn and Chris to explain.
(Dr. Rocio Chang, Dr. Julian Ford, Carolyn Pennington, Chris DeFrancesco, August 2023)
Julian Ford, professor of psychiatry, UConn Health https://facultydirectory.uchc.edu/profile?profileId=Ford-Julian
Rocio Chang, assistant professor of psychiatry, UConn Healthhttps://facultydirectory.uchc.edu/profile?profileId=Chang-Roc%C3%ADo
Center for Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disordershttps://developmental-trauma.org/
Trauma Avengers (Digital Diaries: Rx)https://traumaavengers.com/
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UConn Healthhttps://health.uconn.edu/psychiatry/areas-of-care/child-and-adolescent/
860-523-3745

When is the best time to start moving up bed time? Hint: it's not the night before the first day of school! Dr. Jennifer Kanaan from UConn Health's Sleep Disorders Center works with adults, adolescents, and children. She joins the podcast to explain what's happening in our bodies when we sleep and why it's so beneficial to our performance, particularly in school. Listen to her advice and start the school year off right!
(Dr. Jennifer Kanaan, Carolyn Pennington, Chris DeFrancesco, July 2023)
Dr. Jennifer Kanaanhttps://health.uconn.edu/find-a-provider/physician/Kanaan-Jennifer
UConn Health Sleep Disorders Centerhttps://health.uconn.edu/pulmonary/sleep-disorders-center/860-679-4090