UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2017
Undergraduate Major(s): Nutritional Science
Currently Employed By: Yale New Haven Hospital, Dietetic Intern
Updates: I am currently spending one year working as a dietetic intern at Yale New Haven Hospital. Upon graduation from this program I will be able to take my Registered Dietitian Exam to become an RD. I am taking classes at YNHH and participating directly in patient care. Some of the services I have been on include, Oncology, Surgery, MICU, and Renal. I also had the opportunity to write policies and procedures for the first centralized breast milk fortification room in New England that just opened at YNHH.
Rowe Alumni Spotlight
Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Athena Tao
UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2014
Undergraduate Major(s): Pharmacy
Currently Employed By: Kaiser Permanente, Pharmacist
Updates: After graduating with a PharmD in 2016, I moved to Seattle for a new start and new opportunities! Currently, I spend half of my time working as a mail-order pharmacist at Kaiser Permanente of Washington and half of my time as a freelance illustrator.
Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Kevin Smith
UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2016
Undergraduate Major(s): Biomedical Engineering
Currently Employed By: Graduate Student at Boston University
Updates: Nothing too new! Still in my first semester here at BU. I have really been enjoying classes and lab work so far.
Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Rishi Kothari
UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2009
Undergraduate Major(s): Computer Science
Currently Employed By: University of California San Francisco, Liver transplant anesthesiology fellow
Updates: Moved to San Francisco to pursue liver transplant anesthesiology and dip my feet in to Silicon Valley, maybe come away with a consulting position or connections to the startup world in med tech!
Rowe Alumni Spotlight: John Zyzo
UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2012
Undergraduate Major(s): Molecular and Cell Biology
Currently Employed By: Waterbury Smiles and Old Greenwich Dental Associates, Licensed General Dentist
Updates: Recently graduated from Danbury Hospital GPR and currently practicing comprehensive general dentistry in Waterbury and Greenwich, CT.
Honors Alumni Spotlight: Brittany Bendel
UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2015
Undergraduate Major(s): Chemical Engineering
Currently Employed By: Teach for America, Corps Member
Updates: I am currently training to be a secondary math teacher through teach for america. I will be teaching in Hartford in the fall!
Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Elena Carrington
UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2017
Undergraduate Major(s): Molecular and Cell Biology
Currently Employed By: Dental Student
Updates: I am starting dental school on August 9th! I am very excited, but also nervous.
Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Mallory Perry
UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2014
Undergraduate Major(s): Nursing
Currently Employed By: CT Children’s Medical Center, Clinical Nurse III
Updates: I’ve recently passed a certification exam, earning the title of Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN). Also, as of June 2017 I have passed my qualifying exams for the PhD program, earning a Master of Science in Nursing along the way.
Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Kewa Jiang
UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2016
Undergraduate Major(s): Molecular and Cell Biology
Currently Employed By: Med Student
Updates: Will be starting medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine this fall, class of 2021!
Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Gian Grant
UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2014
Undergraduate Major(s): Pathobiology
Currently Employed By: ,
Updates: I am currently in my second year of medical school at UCONN. This past summer I completed research in Uganda.