UConn wins grant to expand Latino health outreach, education

“A University of Connecticut professor has received an $8.25 million federal grant to develop a research and education center to improve health care for Hispanics, the state’s largest minority group.

Rafael Perez-Escamilla, an associate professor of nutritional sciences and public health, said the center will help train the medical professionals who serve that community and continue a long-standing collaboration with Hartford Hospital and the Hispanic Health Council in Hartford. “

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