Rebecca Hudon

UConn School of Medicine

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, I was raised in the small town of Burrillville, Rhode Island before making my way to Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. There I completed my B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Neuroscience, as well as minors in Chemistry and Music. I graduated summa cum laude and valedictorian in 2017.

While at Roanoke College, I served as manager of the college event staff, musical director of an all-female a capella group, and principal clarinetist in the wind ensemble. In addition, I completed four years of undergraduate research in a developmental endocrinology lab. On weekends, I built houses with Habitat for Humanity and visited with hospice patients as part of the Medi Home Health and Hospice team. At night, I worked at LewisGale Medical Center as an ER medical scribe.

My work as a scribe led me to develop an interest in community medical education, something lacking in many urban and underserved areas. While working in the ER, I discovered that many patients do not know where or how to seek medical attention, that they do not know their own medical histories, and that they sometimes relapse because they refuse or cannot afford to fill prescriptions. As part of the Urban Service Track, I would like to help close the existing medical education gap through free clinics providing individuals with basic health services, and by teaching workshops that explain medical information in a way that can be better understood by patients without specialized knowledge.