Rob Morrin

UConn School of Dental Medicine, Class of 2018

I was born in New Britain, CT, and was raised there and moved to Berlin, CT where I graduated high school. I received my B.S. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of Connecticut.

While at the University of Connecticut I put forth my best effort to stay involved helping members of my community. I volunteered with CT Mission of Mercy in Bridgeport and Hartford, and accompanied UConn Dental students to the Galapagos Islands for a dental service trip. I tutored high school students from Hartford aspiring to the first in their families to attend college for the SAT with the Let’s Get Ready college preparatory program. I volunteered as a mentor for middle school students with Kids & UConn Bridging Kids and Education. I participated in two spring break service trips in 2014 and 2015 with UConn’s Honors Across State Borders and was a team leader with the organization. After completing my undergraduate degree, I served as an AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer year at Child Protect of Mercer County, an accredited child advocacy center in Princeton, West Virginia.

I wanted to get involved with UST because I’m proud to be from Connecticut, and want to help make it a good place to live for everyone. There is a glaring need for access to healthcare for the state’s urban population, which goes unnoticed by some due to the juxtaposition with the rest of the state. I believe that while nobody is obligated to give back to the community and those in need, I believe healthcare providers across all disciplines cannot have a rewarding and meaningful career without doing so. Inter-professional and multidisciplinary efforts among the healthcare fields are the way of the future and are critical to ensuring that the whole population has a chance to lead healthy lives, not just portions of it. Poor health has a tremendous array of outcomes to those who suffer from lack of access to care, and it is imperative we all work together as one to improve lives. The chance to serve my neighbors alongside my healthcare counterparts, and better our community’s quality of are the main draws that led me to UST. I hope to build my career around improving not only health and quality of lives for Connecticut’s residents, but also improving the delivery of cohesive and unified healthcare across disciplines.