The following Student Groups in the School of Medicine are service-based. Learn more about each organization here. Available contact information for organizations can be found below.
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Assocation (APAMSA)
BASE
Bienestar Baltimore (formerly Programa Salud)
Bukavu Action Team
Community Care Initiative (CCI Health Fair)
Eye Health Student Group (EYES)
Incentive Mentoring Program
Intensive Primary Care Clinic Big Sibs/Little Sibs
SAGE (Service and Awareness through Geriatric Education)
SHARE (Supporting Hospitals Abroard with Resources and Equipment)
Student National Medical Associaton [including Community Adolescent Sex Education (CASE), Employee Appreciation Banquet, Health Professions Recruitment Exposure Programs (HPREP), Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS)]
Type for Life
Wolfe Street Workforce The Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) is a national organization that aims to address health issues important to Asians and Asian Pacific Americans. The Johns Hopkins chapter serves primarily medical students of the JHUSOM although we welcome involvement from nursing, public health, and other students. Our mission is to unite students interested in the health issues that affect Asian Americans so that we have a strong, collective and public voice. We are interested in directly promoting the well-being of the Asian community through service, as well as helping health care workers who serve these communities understand how to care for the patients in a culturally sensitive manner. APAMSA provides a forum for APA medical students and faculty to meet, exchange information and experiences, and develop professionally. National APAMSA goals include Hepatitis B education and immunization, and bone marrow donor registration. The local chapter offers unique opportunities such as blood pressure screenings, medical Chinese classes, and various social and cultural events. For more information, visit our website: www.jhu.edu/~apamsa/index.htm or contact June Peng, jpeng@jhmi.edu Nance Yuan, nyuan2@jhmi.edu. This one-time event seeks to familiarize incoming first-year medical students with the surrounding community. BASE has been a huge success over the past few years, and has now been incorporated into the academic schedule as a part of the "Health Care Disparities and Service-Learning Intersession." Each year, the incoming class serves about 1 dozen community organizations. Opportunities to participate in the organizing of BASE include: organizing commuit service projects, communicating with incoming first years, planning reflection activities, and coordinating with the course directors. Contact: Stephen Juraschek, spj@jhmi.edu
Bienestar Baltimore is a tri-school organization (Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health) dedicated to helping the Latino community in Baltimore. We are a student run service group, dedicated to meeting the needs of the Latino community. We work on projects that meet the needs of our partnering community-based organizations (Adelante Familia, Hispanic Apostolate, Baltimore Medical Systems, and more!). We provide assistance and guidance on a variety of issues that are of importance to local Latinos.
Contacts: Sherveen Salek, ssalek1@jhmi.edu and Amanda Hong, amhong1@gmail.com
MORE DETAILS ON OUR Website: www.jhsph.edu/source/Bienestar
, the surrounding area and throughout the United States about ongoing conflicts and humanitarian crisis in the Congo. They also work with national and local organizations to gather medical supplies and educational materials to be sent to the Bukavu Reference Hospital, and their associated medical school, the Catholic University of Bukavu's School of Medicine. Contact: Ben Brinton, bbrinto1@jhmi.edu. The Community Care Initiative (CCI) is an organization of medical students from Johns Hopkins and University of Maryland who combine efforts to help strengthen Baltimore city communities. The CCI Health Fair, now in its 12th consecutive year, is the largest in Baltimore city. The mission of the health fair is to provide unbiased health information to the public and to increase access to health care and health insurance to the community. Medical students research and prepare pamphlets, visual aids, give-aways, and games for their respective booth topics which cover nearly 40 different health issues or diseases. The organization is completely student-run and relies on the efforts of an organizing committee of 8-10 students and the help of booth leaders as well as an additional 50-100 general volunteers. The CCI Health Fair is organized in conjunction with SOURCE.
Contacts: Evan Russell, evan.russell@jhmi.edu and Teresa O'Herron, teresa@jhmi.edu
EYES is a student group based in the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and is also open to students from the Schools of Nursing and Medicine. The group is partnering with Maryland Society for Sight where participants gain experience working in the community while learning more about issues surrounding eye health in Baltimore.
Contact: Bonnie Swenor, bswenor@jhsph.edu The Incentive Mentoring Program fosters the academic and personal growth of students at Dunbar High School. Volunteers provide after-school tutoring for the students and, in turn, the students design and participate in monthly community service projects to benefit others. In addition, there are quarterly field trips to build a sense of teamwork and camaraderie. IMP meets every Monday and Tuesday from 3:15pm - 6pm in the Dunbar High School library. Dinner is provided for the students and volunteers. For more information, please email Sarah Hemminger, sarah.hemminger@jhu.edu. For additional information, visit our website: www.dunbar-imp.org The HIV Big Buddy/Little Buddy Program is a unique student-run group that partners students with children who've been infected with HIV from birth, in collaboration with the Harriet Lane/IPC Clinic here at Hopkins. We provide dedicated friendship and mentoring to these children, most of whom are in great need of consistent support, compassion and role modeling. Ages of the children range from young school age to late teens.
Besides working individually with your little buddy, we organize group activities like volunteer projects, a buddy garden, trips to six-flags, Wizards/Orioles games, camps, dances, parties for Halloween and the winter holidays, as well as educational talks about diverse aspects of pediatric HIV for the big buddies—including everyday growing-up struggles, talking about difficult medical conditions, managing a chronic disease, helping the older little buddies plan for their futures beyond school, community service projects and much more. Come join us for an invaluable and deeply rewarding experience. We promise lasting memories with the chance to grow together, making a genuine difference in someone's life, and learn a different side of doctoring. Download the application here.
Contact: Miriam Stewart, mstewa27@jhmi.edu or Kumar Senthil, kumar.senthil@jhmi.edu Social isolation is a fact of life for many elderly Americans. Older adults are often unable to leave their homes and stay connected with their communitieis because of declining health. They have lost spouses and friends, putting them at risk for loneliness, depression, poor nutrition, and a host of other health problems. Even in cities such as Baltimore, they may go for days without seeing another person, and have no one to call for help. SAGE is based on the premise that it is our responsibility to diminish elder loneliness. At the heart of the program is also the idea that for medical and nursing students, spending time in the homes of older adults is an ideal way to become more sensitive, compassionate healthcare professionals. By participating in SAGE, students experience the wisdom and warmth of the elderly, and witness the challenges of growing old. Contact: Richard Pollack, richard.a.pollock@gmail.com or Jeff Tosoian, jeff.tosoian@gmail.com
The following are community service activities of the Student National Medical Association:
Boys Alliance for Science Education (BASE)
Work with high school boys in mentoring roles to include SAT and Career Prep.
Contact: Courtney Goodwin, cgoodwi6@jhmi.edu
Community Adolescent Sex Education (CASE)
The Sexual Health Awareness program is designed to educate teenagers at Dunbar Middle School about their bodies and about the positive use and expression of sexuality. It is intended to increase self-esteem, improve relationships, and decrease the incidence of teen pregnancy and the spread of STDs. This program, coordinated by SNMA, includes non-SNMA members from all classes at the School of Medicine. Leaders of the CASE program coordinate activities with the administration of Dunbar Middle School and recruit SOM students to serve as instructors/mentors for the program.
Contact: Julie Fields jfield13@jhmi.edu and Solange Cox scox14@jhmi.edu Employee Appreciation Banquet
The Employee Appreciation Banquet honors the security and custodial staff of PCTB and connected building. Given that most of these staff members are minorities, SNMA takes special concern that their work, which enhances our educational experience, does not go unnoticed. Coordinators for this event work on publicity among staff and SNMA members, catering for the event, speakers/performers for the event, and other logistics.
Contact: Nevine Ali, nevine@jhmi.edu Health Professions Recruitment Exposure Programs (HPREP)
HPREP continues to expose inner-city high school students to science-related activities whil introducing them to careers in the health professions. Students in this program have received talks from Hopkins doctors, mentorship and guidance on college essay preparations, and SAT workshops. The HPREP coordinators organize recruitment of high school students into the program, recruitment of School of Medicine volunteers to serve as mentors, and communication with Hopkins and faculty that participate in the program.
Contact: Chiagozie Ononiwu, cononiwu@jhmi.edu Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS)
Through the MAPS Protocol, SNMA members act as mentors to pre-medical undergraduates and post-baccalaureate students in efforts to increas the medical school matriculation rates of underrepresented minorities. Examples of MAPS Protocol include hosting pre-medical conferences, clinical skill workshops, and medical student panels.
MAPS HOPE day is a workshop geared toward informing undergrads of the requirements for getting into medical school. The program also highlights application tips, interviewing skills, financial aid, and what the average day is like for a medical student. For the 2005 program, there were approximatley 25 students. Publicity was accomplished by informing the presidents of the pre-health societies of the local undergraduate schools. The program is usually held on a Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm. The MAPS liaisons were responsible for coordinating the day, recruiting volunteers, getting the food, and preparing handouts.
Contacts: Tosin Fatusin, ofatusi1@jhmi.edu PMED
Work with minority pre-med organizations at local Universities through advising, activities and other on-going projects.
Contact: Ross McMillan, ross.mcmillan@jhmi.edu S.H.A.R.E. is an organization that recovers useful medical supplies that would otherwise be discarded in order to donate them to developing countries. The program is entirely managed by volunteer students and other Johns Hopkins community members who use their spare time to collect, sterilize, label, sort and package medical supplies. Most recovered materials come from the operating rooms in clean, usable condition but cannot be reused at Hopkins because of current regulations or surgical practices. The program is run through four one-hour shifts per week; volunteers can contribute as much time as they want, from one shift per month to serving on the group's managing board. The room is always open and you can help anytime, an ideal opportunity if you want to help but do not want to commit to a specific time and day every week, you can make your own schedule according to your availability. S.H.A.R.E. is a fantastic way to give a little of your time to have a large impact on the health of people around the world, and we hope you'll join us.
Contacts: Matt Crim, mcrim1@jhmi.edu and Aisha Harun, aharun1@jhmi.edu Type For Life is a student run organization formed by the students from the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing, as well as graduate school students with the mission of increasing the number and diversity of volunteers in the National Bone Marrow Donor registry. Nearly 70% of patients with leukemia or other blood diseases depend on this registry, since a suitable marrow donor is not available within their own family. Each year TFL holds a registration drive, and each year over 600 new volunteers are added to the list; so far 20 volunteers have preliminarily matched and one has completed a transplant. Committees include Publicity, Finance, and Education... are YOU the type to save a life? Join us!
Contact: Erin Stanley, estanley@jhsph.edu, Edward Cho, echo@jhsph.edu, Greg Havlena, ghavlen@jhmi.edu or Peggy Chang, peggy@jhmi.edu
Website: www.typeforlife.org
The Wolfe Street Workforce comprises students dedicated to making a meaningful and lasting impact on children in the neighborhoods
surrounding Johns Hopkins Hospital through education, athletics, and mentorship.
Contact: Laura Ellington (ellington@jhmi.edu), Elizabeth Ketner (eketner1@jhmi.edu ), or Kevin Chang (kchang29@jhmi.edu ). Connie Phelps, conniephelps@ymaryland.org, Community School Coordinator.
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