Priya Sandhya Prakash

Priya is a second-year full-time Master’s in Public Health (MPH) student at the University of Connecticut. She also work as a Research Assistant in the ENT department at UConn Health. She have obtained MBBS (Medicine degree – India), a fellowship in Diabetes Management (India), a post-graduate diploma in diabetes (UK), and a master’s in Diabetes (UK),  volunteer at UConn Health community outreach programs (UCONN -JUMP), where she provided health education for kids and pregnant women. Since medical school, she is fascinated with the prevention of diseases. Priya  believes taking small healthy changes each day can make huge and better differences in the future. I hope this LEND program will help me build skills in the areas of advocacy, leadership, assessment, and providing comprehensive care to children with disabilities and their families. My hobbies are playing chess and going for a long drives.