Andrew Oliver

UConn School of Medicine, Class of 2017

I grew up in Charlestown, Rhode Island before getting my Bachelors of Science at the University of Vermont in Biology.

From August 2011 until May 2012, I lived in the Dominican Republic, where I volunteered with a local health non-profit called Health Horizons International. As part of this organization, I helped impoverished people who lived in the surrounding communities receive the health care they so desperately needed. I served as a patient advocate and case manager for my patients and helped them gain access to the local health care system. Additionally, I oversaw each patient’s treatment regimens and educated them about their diagnosed health conditions in hopes of seeing better health outcomes and creating a more informed patient population.

I was immediately drawn to UST when I learned of the interprofessional environment fostered by UST that would allow me to work with students from a wide range of health specialties. I believe that working as a cohesive, integrated team of health care professionals is an effective way to increase the quality of care that we can deliver to our patients. I am also very interested in the access to the extra clinical and volunteer opportunities offered by UST, which will help me to better understand how the clinical and biological procedures I learned in the classroom are carried out in the real world, in real communities.