Student Groups at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
(Updated 9/2005)
Other Student Activity and Interest Groups
- American Medical Association - AMA / Maryland State Medical Society (MedChi)
The purpose of the American Medical Association chapter at Hopkins is to educate students about political advocacy and other important issues facing the field of medicine today. Contact Person: Mark Ball mark.ball@jhmi.edu - American Medical Student Association - AMSA
AMSA at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is dedicated to activities that will be of educational value to students, residents, faculty, and staff. Contact Persons: Jane Andrews jandre22@jhmi.edu Vivek Kalia vkalia@jhmi.edu - American Medical Women’s Association - AMWA
The Johns Hopkins American Medical Women’s Association seeks to empower and advance women in medicine and to ultimately improve women’s health. These goals are achieved by optimizing our educational experience, reaching out to the larger community of women through service, addressing systematic bias and discrimination, highlighting women’s achievements in medicine, and uniting women through fellowship. Contact Person: Jessica Schmidt jschmi32@jhmi.edu - Student National Medical Association - SNMA
As the oldest organization of minority students in the United States, the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) serves the needs of African-American, Latino, and Native American students through monthly meetings, faculty forums, community activities, and recruitment of prospective students. Contact Persons : Alodia Gabre-Kidan agabrek1@jhmi.edi, James Pendleton jpendle2@jhmi.edu - Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association – APAMSA
The APAMSA chapter at Johns Hopkins seeds to provide a means for all students to experience the Asian culture. It hosts a variety of activities, from social events to community service to discussions with Asian Physicians. More information is available at www.jhu.edu/apamsa. Contact Persons: Shelley Choo schoo1@jhmi.edu, Eugenie Shieh eshieh1@jhmi.edu - Gertrude Stein Society
The Gertrude Stein Society is an organization for lesbian, gay, and bisexual members of the Johns Hopkins Medical institutions, including the Schools of Nursing, Public Health, and Medicine. - Jewish Student Association – JSA
The Jewish Student Association (JSA) is a student run group that exists to address the needs of the graduate Jewish community at JHU and encourage interaction between graduate and medical students. Contact Person: Ben Kornfeld bkornfe1@jhmi.edu - JHMI Christian Fellowship
We are a non-denominational Christian organization that is student led with a faculty advisor. We meet weekly with other students (medical, nursing, public health, and others), as well as physicians, nurses, and other employees of the hospital. Contact Inf www.jhmicf.org or Contact person: Philip Song psong@jhmi.edu - Johns Hopkins Graduate Muslim Students Association – JHGMSA
The Johns Hopkins Graduate Muslim Students Association (JHGMSA) was created to provide a setting for Muslims affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University community to come together to learn and practice their faith, to teach the community about Islam, and to crate an awareness of concerns specific to the Muslim community. Contact Person: - Johns Hopkins International Society
The International Society provides information about housing, childcare, schools, insurance, driver’s education, English as a second language (ESL) classes, and other community resources to newly arrived internationals. An annual Welcome Reception as well as other social gatherings and trips to nearby places of interest are scheduled throughout the year.
Contact Information: Erin K. McAlister akuanicole@jhmi.edu
International Services and International Society Coordinator
Office of International Student, Faculty and Staff Services
The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
1620 McElderry Street
Reed Hall, Room 1124
Baltimore, MD 21205
Tel: 410.955.3370 / Fax: 410.955.0871
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/intlsvcs - Middle Eastern Student Association
MESA is a non-sectarian organization dedicated to promoting awareness of Arab and Persian cultures, facilitating access to research and education opportunities in the Middle East and promoting an understanding of Public Health issues in the region. Our activities range from public health panels on the Middle East and cultural displays to educational panels on dealing with cultural barriers to patient care. Contact Person: - Physicians for Human Rights
PHR is national organization dedicated to mobilizing the health professions and enlisting support from the general public to protect and promote the human rights of all people. Visit www.phnus.org or contact Vivek Kalia vkalia@jhmi.edu - Bioethics Interest Group
This group promotes discourse about bioethical topics and the ever-expanding role of bioethics in the realm of clinical medicine, basic research and education. Contact person: Matt Hellman mhellma1@jhmi.edu - Public Health Interest Group
This group organizes monthly luncheons on a public health topics drawing on resources from the School of Medicine and the School of Public Health. Contact person: Clarissa Barnes cbarne19@jhmi.edu - Meme
The JHUSOM literary magazine accepts written work (such as stories and poems), photos and drawings for publication. Contact Person: Jennifer Chen jchen@jhmi.edu ; Romina Wahab rwahab@jhmi.edu; Kristy Yuan qyuan1@jhmi.edu
OTHER STUDENT ACTIVITY AND INTEREST GROUPS
- Global Health Interest Group: Alex Billioux alexander.billioux@jhmi.edu; Kate Distler cdistle1@jhmi.edu; Adrienne Shapiro ashapiro@jhmi.edu; Maya Venkataramani mvenkat2@jhmi.edu; Meraf Wolle mwolle1@jhmi.edu
- Internal Medicine Interest Group: Chinedu Onyedike conyedi1@jhmi.edu
- BioDesign/Medical Device Student Interest Group: Karl Zhang karl@jhmi.edu
- Anesthesiology Interest Group: HopkinsAIG@gmail.com
- Psychiatry Interest Group: Jenn Cheng jcheng19@jhmi.edu
- Student Interest Group in Oncology: Christine Min christinemin@jhmi.edu; Phillip Gray pjgray@jhmi.edu; Erin Parry eparry1@jhmi.edu
- Students for Choice: Jean Yu jeanyu@jhmi.edu; Emilia Campbell ecampb11@jhmi.edu
- American Academy of Family Physicians: Amy Huberman huberman@jhmi.edu; Rob Stenger rstenge1@jhmi.edu
- Neurosurgery Interest Group: Thomas Kosztowski thomas.kosztowski@jhmi.edu
- Women’s Health Interest Group: Nadya Mawjee nmawjee1@jhmi.edu
- Hopkins Baha’i Club: Allen Eghrari allen@jhmi.edu
- Surgery Interest Group: Kenneth Tseng ktseng3@jhmi.edu
- Geriatrics Interest Group: David Horowitz dhorowi3@jhmi.edu
- Pediatric Interest Group: Delphine Robotham droboth1@jhmi.edu
- Nutrition Interest Group: Laura Landgraf landgraf@jhmi.edu
