Rowe alumni

Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Valen Diaz Grandelski

UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2011
Undergraduate Major(s): Individualized – Healthcare and Health Disparities
Currently Employed By: Yale University School of Nursing, Project Manager
Updates: I will graduate with my MPH from SCSU in May 2017. I was selected as a Graduate Research Fellow this semester for my thesis work, which focuses on the effects of a couples-based, relationship-strengthening HIV/STI prevention intervention on parenting outcomes among adolescent parenting couples in New Haven, CT. I also gave a panel presentation as part of the Children’s Health panel at the CPHA Centennial Conference in November 2016 about the previously described intervention.
My sons, Oliver, 4, and Eli, 2, are doing well and will both be starting at new schools in the fall.

Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Rishi Kothari

UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2009
Undergraduate Major(s): Computer science
Currently Employed By: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Resident physician, Department of Anesthesiology
Updates: Graduating from residency this year, heading to the University of California at San Francisco for a one year fellowship in liver transplant anesthesiology!

Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Molly Honda

UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2014
Undergraduate Major(s): Dietetics
Currently Employed By: 
Updates: After working at Albany Medical Center as a Clinical Dietitian for the past two years, I recently started PA school at Albany Medical College this January. I am very excited for this change of pace and to broaden my knowledge of medicine, and should be graduating in May 2019.

Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Abigail Colburn

UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2016
Undergraduate Major(s): Allied Health Sciences
Currently Employed By: UConn Kinesiology, Graduate Assistant/Student
Updates: I will be starting grad school this fall – a 2 year program in Exercise Science. I have a graduate assistantship in the EC Lee Lab and I will also be working as a medical scribe for Dr. Anderson in Student Health Services. I am also working on getting my undergraduate honors thesis published/presented this fall.

Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Mallory Perry

UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2014
Undergraduate Major(s): Nursing
Currently Employed By: CT Children’s Medical Center, Professional Nurse III
Updates: I will be attending the National Institute of Nursing Research’s (NINRs) Summer Genetics Institute (SGI) from June 1-29 on the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) main campus in Bethesda, MD. This selective program will provide a strong background in molecular and genetic research as it pertains to nursing science. This intensive month-long course equates to 8 graduate credit hours provided through FAES.

Rowe Alumni Spotlight: Rabale Hasan

UConn Year of Graduation (Undergraduate): 2015
Undergraduate Major(s): Psychology
Currently Employed By: University of Connecticut Graduate School/Medical School, Student
Updates: Since graduation (last year) I have been earning my Masters in Public Health (MPH) with the University of Connecticut Graduate School. This upcoming fall I will be beginning medical school at the University of Connecticut to earn a dual MD/MPH degree! I have been working part-time and relaxing during my free time before school begins. If anyone has any questions about the route I took to get where I am after my undergraduate career, shoot me an email!