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Student Organizations

Global Medicine Society

The Global Medicine Society is a student-run organization that strives to address global health issues through education, advocacy, and outreach. Our organization works to raise awareness about health disparities and empower students to take action. Past activities have included special guest speakers, a weekly Spanish conversation group, documentaries, spring break trips, and an event to address the issues of hunger and poverty.

Officers:

  • Nicole Hehr-President
  • Pratyusha Bujimalla-Chair
  • Meredith Hickerson
  • Megan Sinik
  • Barbara Bogdanavic
  • Alaina Berg

Student Physicians for Human Rights

Physicians for Human Rights mobilizes health professionals to advance health, dignity, and justice and promotes the right to health for all. Harnessing the specialized skills, rigor, and passion of doctors, nurses, public health specialists, and scientists, PHR investigates human rights abuses and works to stop them.

Our PHR student chapter strives to advance students' understanding and lifelong investment in human rights activism. We aim to cultivate the unique contribution of science and medicine to the field of human rights, learning to act as advocates for health and human rights locally, nationally, and globally.

Officers:

  • Nicole Hehr-President
  • Barbara Bogdanavic-Chair
  • Meredith Hickerson
  • Megan Sinik
  • Alaina Berg
  • Pratyusha Bujimalla