Human Anatomy Learning Laboratory (H.A.L.L.)
Experiential Learning That Goes Beyond Simulation
UConn’s Human Anatomy Learning Laboratory (H.A.L.L.) is a state-of-the-art facility that offers unique opportunities to teach and master techniques through experiential learning. H.A.L.L. is UConn’s hub for the study of human anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and pathology focused on real cadaver dissection with simulation support.
Advance Your Career
Stay ahead in your field with in-person courses designed for licensure renewal, skill development, and professional growth. With learner-driven, expert-led instruction, you can build in-demand skills and advance your career.
H.A.L.L. Continuing Education Courses support the professional development for a variety of healthcare professionals:
Physical Therapists/Assistants
Nurses
Athletic Trainers
Occupational Therapists/Assistants
Physicians Assistants
Radiological Technicians
Continuing Education Courses
- Cadaveric Anatomy: A Review for Physical Therapists and other Healthcare Professionals, June 7, 2025
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Enhance Your Teaching at H.A.L.L.
If you are a UConn instructor teaching human anatomy, pathology, nursing, or other fields related to healthcare, H.A.L.L. can provide your students with a unique learning experience that focuses on real human cadaver dissection and goes beyond animal dissection or human cadaver prosection.
With H.A.L.L.’s specialized resources and by working with actual human organ structures and tissues, students gain hands-on experience with:
Line Placements
Endoscopy
Joint manipulation
Dissection
The learning that takes place in HALL simply cannot be replicated in textbooks or simulations.
- Kristin Bott, Director of the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) Program
Why Does Human Cadaver Dissection Matter in Healthcare Education?
Human cadaver dissection remains a foundational part of medical and healthcare education, because it offers students a hands-on understanding of the human body's complex, three-dimensional structures. By exploring the real anatomical relationships and variations, students gain a deeper appreciation for human anatomy that textbooks and digital tools alone can’t provide. This immersive experience builds the essential knowledge needed for safe and effective medical and surgical practice. Practitioners who are already working in the field also benefit from professional development courses that reinforce their existing knowledge in our human anatomy lab.
Facility & Capabilities
In H.A.L.L.’s modern, state-of-the-art human anatomy lab, students and instructors can learn comfortably, without the unpleasant traditional hallmarks of a cadaver lab. The 700-square-foot anatomy lab is configured for both on-site training and the creation of video content for asynchronous instruction and/or streaming synchronous online instruction. H.A.L.L. provides exceptional support for multiple modes of teaching, and ensures a comfortable, clean learning experience:
- Accommodates up to 30 users for simultaneous instruction
- Six negative pressure Mortech dissection tables, eliminating formaldehyde smell
- Computer-controlled “dry” lab with air filtration system, making H.A.L.L. both safer and more comfortable
- Three high-definition video cameras for streaming and/or recording
- Large monitor allows for easy real-time in-person or remote display
- Convenient parking
Use our space to better your practice
Jeffrey Kinsella-Shaw, PhD, PT
Livieri Endowed Professor of Physical Therapy
Director, Human Anatomy Learning Laboratory (H.A.L.L.)
Directions
3107 Horsebarn Hill Road Storrs, CT 06269
Getting Here: GPS results can vary, please use “UConn Physical Therapy Program” or “Horsebarn Hill Sciences Complex” as the location name but do not turn until you see the “Horsebarn Hill Sciences Complex” sign or you may end up behind our building. From Rt 195 proceed down Horsebarn Hill Rd past the horse fields on the right. When you come to the red Horsebarn Hill Horse Arena on the left, look for the “Horsebarn Hill Sciences Complex” sign at the entrance of the driveway and turn right down the driveway. Follow the driveway until you reach the brick building at the end.
Parking: Please park in a designated parking spot. Our building is the white building with the green roof. If you require any assistance in finding the location, please contact us at 860-486-1999.