Kevin Chudy

UConn School of Medicine

I was born in New Britain and grew up in nearby Southington, CT. I went to Baltimore, MD, for college, where I graduated with an undergraduate degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2022. For the last couple of years, I have been a process engineer working on cell therapies to treat hematologic cancers.

While at Johns Hopkins, I volunteered with several homeless outreach groups. One specific organization was Baltimore Station—a residential treatment program supporting veterans transitioning through poverty, addiction, and homelessness. While there, I helped tutor residents for GED exams and worked with them to obtain housing and healthcare resources. As part of the Hopkins Students Against Homelessness group, I would assemble and distribute hygiene kits as well as perform point-in-time counts to quantify homelessness in the city of Baltimore and understand what resources the community needs.

As an aspiring physician, I sought involvement with the Urban Service Track to help understand the complex relationship between life circumstances and health impacts, and how to address health disparities so I can provide more equitable care. Something is fundamentally wrong when zip codes have a larger impact on health outcomes than genetic codes. I believe the skills learned through this program and the exposure to community resources will allow me to contextualize an underserved population’s lived experiences and shape my care accordingly.