Shyam Desai

UConn School of Medicine, Class of 2020

I was born and raised in East Lyme, CT and graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Health and Human Biology.

At Brown, I participated in several community health initiatives and completed an honors thesis on the interrelationship between asthma, allergic rhinitis, and obesity in urban schoolchildren. After graduating from Brown, I worked for ten months as a member of the Match Corps in Boston, MA, an urban education fellowship focused on tutoring and mentoring within a network of high performing charter schools that serve a broad spectrum of diverse, low-income students. I sought involvement in the Urban Service Track because I believe that it will help me grow into a powerful physician and advocate and become a citizen engaged in his community. I hope to use the skills gained from UST to pursue a career in family medicine and adolescent health, and I ultimately aspire to become a leader in partnering local schools and clinics to promote trauma-informed medical practice and education.