Contact

Ashley Foley
Director, Pre-Health Professions
Email: pre-health-group@uri.edu

Drop-In’s: Mondays 11AM – 12PM Zoom

Make an appointment on HANDSHAKE

To make an appointment on Handshake, sign in using your URI single sign on (SSO) username and password. From your student profile, navigate to Career Center, then Appointments.

Pre-Health Peer Advisors

Pre-Health Peer Advisors (PHPA’s) are available to tell you how they got involved in various activities, share study strategies, or answer any question you might have from a student’s perspective. Feel free to reach out to any of the ambassadors below at any time!

Coming soon: a Brightspace page dedicated to Pre-Health guidance, curriculum guides and a space for questions and answers.

Ambassador Bios

  • Bhavya Chatragadda, ’25 - Pre-Medical. Cell and Molecular Biology-Microbiology and Neuroscience majors; Honors Program.
  • Lindsay Turgeon, ’25 - Pre-Physician Assistant. Biological Sciences major; Honors Program.
  • Nikita Noyes-Martel, ’25 - Pre-Medical. Biology major; Honors Program.
  • Joseph Confessore Joey Confessore, ’25 - Pre-Medical. Biomedical Engineering Major; Chemistry minor; Honors Program.
  • Lohith Chatragadda ’26 - Pre-Medical. Neuroscience, Cell and Molecular Biology, Honors Program.
  • Matt Paolella ’26 - Majors: Cell & Molecular Biology (Biochemistry track) and Finance; Minors: Leadership Studies, Chemistry.
  • Annabella Giovingo Mino ’26 - Kinesiology, Honors Program
  • Brianna Boeckeler ’26 - Pre-Dental. Majors: Biological Sciences (B.S.) and Psychology (B.A.); Minor:Leadership Studies; Honors Program
  • Nikki Fernando ’26 - Pre-Medical. Neuroscience.
  • Lauren Kalfus - Pre-Health Focus: Registered Nurse and eventually Nurse PractitionerMajor: Nursing with a minor in SpanishEmail: laurenkalfus@uri.edu Activities President of Sigma Kappa, College of Nursing Ambassador, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society member, College of Nursing Peer Mentor Advice: Managing your time well and staying on top of your work will help you control your stress a lot, […]
  • Matthew Potvin, ’27 - PharmD (currently applying to the URI MBA program) matthew_potvin@uri.edu Activities  I currently work as a Pharmacy Intern at CVS Health. At the University, I serve as a College of Pharmacy Rambassador, where I help promote admission efforts and support transfer student initiatives. Additionally, I am one of the newest pre-health advisors, working to further integrate […]