Alpha Epsilon Delta

BU AED Social Dinner

AED — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:39:40 +0000

Dinner’s on us this Friday!

Join BUAED for dinner on March 2nd at Uno’s Chicago Grill at Kenmore Square.

We haven’t had a social event this semester, and after the successful MCAT Bowl (Thanks for everyone who came out), we’d like to get everyone together again!

This event is for all members – that’s right, all provisional and active members. It’ll be a great opportunity to meet your e-board and the rest of the AED members. The dinner will also be a great opportunity for us to socialize outside BU (as if pre-meds aren’t on campus enough, right?).

Uno’s is close to campus, and we’re sure most of you know where it is. If not, feel free to contact us or Google it.

The event will take place from 5:30 PM, to 8:00 PM and the food will be served at 6:00 PM. Of course, you don’t have to stay for the whole time, but we hope you’ll be there long enough to enjoy some good food and company.

We hope to see you all there!

ATTENTION!!!

Please RSVP by Wednesday, February 29th if you plan on coming! We want to know how many of you to expect so we can order the right amount of food! You can RSVP by joining our group on facebook HERE, or e-mailing us at AED@BU.edu

Annual AED/KAPLAN MCAT Quiz Bowl 2012

AED — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:00:04 +0000

This year the annual MCAT Quizbowl took place on Wednesday, February 15, 2012. The Global Medical Brigades of Boston University and the Pre-medical Society of Boston University both took part in this year’s QuizBowl. The QuizBowl this year had record attendance, and AED was proud to work in conjunction with the members of GMB @ BU and the PMS of BU. We’d like to thank KAPLAN for hosting the QuizBowl in conjunction with AED.

AED New Member Luncheon

AED — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:00:55 +0000

As the new year and the new semester begins, AED again increases its ranks with new members. The New Member Luncheon officially welcomes new provisional members into the organization. It is an opportunity for provisional members to get to know one another as well as the AED leadership. We’d like to officially welcome Thomas Azeizat, Merilyn Baby, Isabel Balachandran, Leah Beland, Jennifer Brennan, Brendon Coop, Nisha Dhawlikar, Ludovica DiGaetno, Natasha Dilwali, Victoria Harvey, Cam-Le Dung, Vincent Mariano, Pavan Mehat, Keiko Okuda, Sherry Prasad, Hannah Putnam, Tova Ramelson, Yu Sakai, Aditya Sengupta, Sunjay Sethi, Nishant Shah, Shyam Shah, Sushi Subburas, David Swain, Benjamin Szewczyk, Nela Tatur, Grace Thole, Arielle Valdez, and Kimberly Wong as provisional members of the Gamma Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta.

We’d also like to welcome two new members of our Executive Board:

Keiko Okuda, Social Chair

Aditiya Sengupta, Professional Chair

AED Networking Event

AED — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:00:03 +0000

Wednesday, December 7th @ 8:00 PM

Photonics Room 201

We hope you have all had a restful Thanksgiving break, and are ready to finish off the semester. We wanted to e-mail you to let you know that we will be holding a networking event for all AED members next Wednesday, December 7th at the Photonics Building Room 201 (PHO 201) at 8 PM. As mentioned in our first meeting, this is a chance for all of us to share research and shadowing experiences, as well has tips on how to obtain these opportunities.

As this will also count as a general meeting, we encourage all members to attend. (Remember that you are required to attend 3 such meetings for the year!)

Many of us will be able to walk away with clear objectives on where and how to look for worthwhile internships for the spring and summer. This is especially important because many summer internships will soon beginning accepting applications!

The first half of the event will be a short panel consisting of 5 of our members, who will speak about their research and shadowing internships. They will discuss how they began their internships, some specific tips for applications, and what they learned from their experiences. If any of you had a great experience that you’d like to share with the rest of the AED members, please let us know! We are still looking for 1 – 2 more members to be on the panel. (The Panel will be informal, so extensive preparation is not required).

The second half of the event will allow everybody to break out and join two main discussions: One focusing on shadowing and medical school applications and the other focusing on research and internships. This will mainly be for all of you to get to know the other members and network within the organization.

The event will be catered, so come take a break from your studies for an informative night on how to expand your health and medical experience outside of academics! We hope to see everybody there!

Applications Under Review!

AED — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:41:20 +0000

Dear prospective members,

We have received all of your applications, and can’t wait to learn more about each of you. We received a lot of applications this year from many competitive applicants, and are reviewing each of them throughly. All Applications will be reviewed, and select applicants will be offered interviews by the end of this week.

In the mean time, if you have any questions about the application process, please feel free to e-mail us at AED@bu.edu.

Applications Due Soon!

AED — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:22:25 +0000

Alpha Epsilon Delta is currently accepting applications for the 2011-2012 Academic year! You can find more information about the applications process under the apply page located HERE. All applications must be signed and dropped off at the Pre-professional office located in Room B-2 in the College of Arts and Sciences (725 Commonwealth Ave).

All applications must be submitted before 12:00 PM on Friday, October 28th

FOR ANYBODY HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE .PDF VERSION OF THE APPLICATION, A .DOC VERSION OF THE APPLICATION IS LINKED BELOW:

Application 2011 (Doc version)

*If you have any questions about the application process, you can contact us by sending us an e-mail at PGP@bu.edu*

First General Meeting

AED — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:33:20 +0000

Dear AED Members,

We hope that all of you have gotten off to a good start in your studies. As we get settled down for the academic year, AED will begin holding monthly general meetings to discuss upcoming professional and service events. We also hope that these meetings will allow AED members to get to know each other better. We are requiring that ALL of our members attend at least 3 such meetings throughout the year.

Our first general meeting will be held on October 12th at 8:00 PM in CAS Room 323B. We expect all members to attend. In the event that you cannot attend, please contact the E-board to let us know.

During the first meeting the E-board will inform you about upcoming events and also take suggestions for future events. (Oh, there will also be free pizza at the meeting!)

Student Forum for Health and Social Justice 2011

AED — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0000

Student Forum for Health and Social Justice 2011

On Sunday, September 25th, Alpha Epsilon Delta helped to organize the Student Forum for Health and Social Justice along with a group of summer interns from Partners in Health. This conference brought together student activists and speakers from many disciplines to discuss global advocacy efforts and the ways in which students can access and affect the mechanisms that influence change in global health.

Many prominent speakers from Partners in Health and its praxis network joined the forum and lent their views to the conference. The forum featured a health-experts panel, a student panel, and breakout sessions. From large scale policy change efforts to every day individual activism, panelists explored pertinent issues in the field of global health.

Global Health Experts Panel

Dr. Peter Drobac, Opening Speaker

Workers dig at the work site of a new hospital in rural Rwanda.

Student panelists lead discussion about global health advocacy

Student Breakout Session

Dr. Pierre Paul, the closing speaker

Students wrap up the conference

Students Participate in the breakout session.

Welcome Back!

AED — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:39:15 +0000

We at Boston University are the Massachusetts Gamma Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the national health pre-professional honor society. We bring together students in the pre-medial, pre-dental, and pre-veterinary tracks for professional development and community service work involving health outreach. This year, we hope to increase our level of involvement among members by promoting more opportunities to get involved with AED as well as with the community around us. Currently, we have a great volunteering opportunity with The Greater Boston Food Bank, where our group will be able to sign up once a month to go serve food and help provide health care information to those in need. We are planning to have monthly meetings to keep everyone on the same page and to update everyone on the other exciting events coming up this year. We are looking forward to our group coming more closely together this year not only to prepare ourselves for furthering our health education, but also to make a positive impact at our school and community.