Top Researchers
Top Medicine Researchers at University of Connecticut for 2026
Research at the University of Connecticut spans a wide range of medical topics, from clinical care and population health to physiology, rehabilitation, and surgery. Looking across recent output in Medicine, a clear picture emerges of investigators working at the intersection of practice, evidence, and patient outcomes.
Below, you’ll find a snapshot of researchers whose recent work has helped shape this activity across the university. Their publications reflect both focused specialty expertise and broader questions that matter in everyday medical research and care.
Featured Researchers
Jane M. Grant‐Kels
Jane M. Grant‐Kels has been publishing across oncology, epidemiology, and gender studies, with recent work on dermatology residency ethics, melanoma in pregnancy, and first authorship for medical students.
Activity over the last year: 75 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Albert E. Zhou
Albert E. Zhou’s recent work brings together health, toxicology and mutagenesis, dermatology, and urology, including discussion of cancer-risk counseling around chemical hair relaxers.
Activity over the last year: 55 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Douglas J. Casa
Douglas J. Casa is focusing on physiology, rehabilitation, and orthopedics and sports medicine, with recent studies on hydration biomarker monitoring, athletic recovery, and skeletal muscle microvascular responses.
Activity over the last year: 34 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Wearable microfluidic biosensors with haptic feedback for continuous monitoring of hydration biomarkers in workers (Feb 2025)
- Reference Values for Hydration Biomarkers: Optimizing Athletic Performance and Recovery (Apr 2025)
- Thermosensitivity of the Microvasculature: Molecular and physiological mechanisms in skeletal muscle – A narrative review (Nov 2025)
Neal R. Glaviano
Neal R. Glaviano’s recent publications center on biomedical engineering, orthopedics and sports medicine, and surgery, including validation of OpenCap and pilot work on ACL reconstruction rehabilitation.
Activity over the last year: 18 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Validation of OpenCap on lower extremity kinematics during functional tasks (Feb 2025)
- Four-week Nordic hamstring exercise intervention for individuals with ACL reconstruction via hamstrings tendon autograft: feasibility of a pilot randomized controlled trial (Apr 2025)
- Validity and Agreement of a Portable Dynamometer in Evaluating Hip Strength and Rate of Torque Development: Influence of Fixation Methods (Apr 2025)
Craig I Coleman
Craig I Coleman’s recent research spans internal medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and epidemiology, with studies on GLP-1 receptor agonist use, antifungal therapy patterns, and disseminated coccidioidomycosis.
Activity over the last year: 19 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Clinical Profile and Treatment Patterns in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease Who Initiate a GLP-1 Receptor Agonist: A Multinational Cohort Study (Mar 2025)
- Antifungal therapy patterns, healthcare utilization, costs, and mortality in central nervous system and non-central nervous system disseminated coccidioidomycosis across the continuum-of-care (Feb 2025)
- The Burden of Hospital Illness Associated with Disseminated Versus Isolated Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis in the United States (Feb 2025)
C. Dagher
C. Dagher has been working across pulmonary and respiratory medicine and surgery, with recent publications on semaglutide-associated acute pancreatitis, diabetic retinopathy treatment response, and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Activity over the last year: 17 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- 1042: SEMAGLUTIDE-INDUCED ACUTE PANCREATITIS LEADING TO DEATH AFTER FOUR YEARS OF USE (Jan 2025)
- The Impact of Glycemic Control on Ranibizumab Efficacy in Diabetic Retinopathy: A Retrospective Analysis (Jan 2025)
- Sotatercept for Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension with Concomitant Interstitial Lung Disease: Efficacy and Safety Insights (Jul 2025)
Elaine C. Lee
Elaine C. Lee’s recent work sits at the intersection of physiology, rehabilitation, and cell biology, including a scoping review on breastfeeding experiences, athlete muscle transcriptomes, and salivary metabolomics sample processing.
Activity over the last year: 18 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Negative emotional experiences of breastfeeding and the milk ejection reflex: a scoping review (Mar 2025)
- Muscle transcriptome profiles in elite male ultra-endurance athletes acclimated to a high-carbohydrate versus low-carbohydrate diet (Mar 2025)
- Implications of salivary metabolomics sample processing in biomarker discovery (May 2025)
Taeho Greg Rhee
Taeho Greg Rhee is publishing across pharmacology, epidemiology, and social psychology, with recent studies on population health change in Japan, GLP-1 receptor agonists and alcohol-related behaviors, and mental health outcome measurement.
Activity over the last year: 19 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Three decades of population health changes in Japan, 1990–2021: a subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (Mar 2025)
- A systematic review on the role of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on alcohol-related behaviors: potential therapeutic strategy for alcohol use disorder (Jan 2025)
- Beyond symptom improvement: transdiagnostic and disorder‐specific ways to assess functional and quality of life outcomes across mental disorders in adults (Sep 2025)
What University of Connecticut's Medicine Community Is Working On
Across the most common subfields, the University of Connecticut’s Medicine community is actively working on epidemiology-driven questions, alongside a strong thread in physiology, rehabilitation, orthopedics and sports medicine, and surgery. That mix suggests a research environment balancing population health analysis with practical work on movement, recovery, clinical decision-making, and procedure-focused care. The recent output also shows interest in how therapies, biomarkers, and patient outcomes connect across specialties, reinforcing a broad but coherent medical research profile.- Epidemiology - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Physiology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Rehabilitation - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Surgery - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
These recent contributions show how Medicine at the University of Connecticut brings together clinical insight, translational questions, and population-level analysis. Explore the researchers below to see how their work connects across specialties, and consider using Resub to streamline your own citation discovery, manuscript formatting, and submission preparation.
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