Co-op Legacy Fellow Serena Verma

Serena Verma ’21, Physiology & Neurobiology
Spring 2020 UConn Co-op Legacy Fellow – Change Grant Recipient

UConn KDSAP’s Initiative to Promote Kidney Health Awareness in Youth Populations

Project Summary

The KDSAP chapter at UConn advocates for the awareness of chronic kidney disease; often overlooked at
primary levels of healthcare. With the support of the Change Grant, the group will establish an educational program for middle school students focused on healthy habits, an emphasis on prevention efforts, and kidney-centered activities.

Change Grant Recipient Serena Verma.About Serena

Serena is a junior studying physiology and neurobiology with a minor in nutrition for exercise and sport on a premedical track. She is passionate about preventive health and wellness and is involved in teaching fitness classes at UConn recreation, partakes in nutritional science research on cardiovascular disorders, and is a co-leader of UConn’s Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP). She also loves service and has taken part in multiple alternate breaks and volunteers with the elderly at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. To kick back and have fun, Serena enjoys singing with her all-female a cappella group Rubyfruit. She hopes that her passion for working with others and her scientific curiosity will lead her to the field of medicine one day, so that she can care for patients holistically as a primary care physician.