University of Connecticut Health Center
Our Population Health Outreach team partners with schools, colleges, and communities across Connecticut to expand access to public health education and training. We focus on today’s most pressing health challenges—including climate change, sexual and reproductive health education, worker protections, nicotine reduction, gun safety, food safety, healthcare access, and mental health services.
These programs are supported by funds made available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Center for STLT Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce, through OE22-2203: Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems grant.
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2025-2026 Academic Year
August Events
UConn Waterbury Resource and Involvement Fair
August 27th, 2025: This week, we joined staff and students at the Waterbury campus for their biannual Resource and Involvement Fair!
Students put their public health knowledge to the test with a Truth vs. Myth game, where students read off commonly held public health beliefs and decided if they were fact or fiction.
I had the opportunity to hear directly from UConn Waterbury students about the public health issues they find most pressing, which included poverty, inaccessible healthcare, homelessness, lack of access to clean drinking water, infectious diseases, and so much more.
September Events
Intro to Public Health Careers Seminar
September 16th, 2025: This week, we hosted a webinar on public health careers for UConn Waterbury and Stamford students participating in the AHNR 1001: Career Exploration for CAHNR Fellows course. Students participated in an engaging lecture on career paths available to students interested in public health.
October Events
Urban League of Greater Hartford Trunk or Treat
October 24th, 2025: We had an amazing time at our Trunk or Treat event with the Urban League of Greater Hartford! Families stopped by our booth to learn about healthy eating, play fun games like Public Health Mythbusters and Nutrition Jeopardy, and take home fresh fruits and vegetables. We also raffled off kid-friendly toys and health tools like weight scales, pedometers, and food scales. It was a fun, festive way to mix Halloween spirit with hands-on public health education for the whole family.
November Events
Tap-In Tuesday: Public Health Careers
November 4th, 2025: This week, we visited the UConn Hartford campus for their Tap-In Tuesday event. Here, we engaged students through interactive Public Health and Public Health Careers Jeopardy games.
Students also shared their thoughts and feelings on pressing public health issues such as mental health issues, health equity, access to care, food insecurity, and environmental health
Healthcare Involvement Fair
November 12th, 2025: We had a great time connecting with students at the Healthcare Involvement Fair through interactive public health games.
The activities opened up engaging discussions about different pathways into public health and the many ways students can get involved. Students shared their perspectives on key public health challenges, and considered how public health shows up in both careers and everyday life.
Hands-On Health Collaboration
