AMSA Celebrates Student Loan Forgiveness Today, President Biden took a remarkable step for millions of Americans in student loan debt by forgiving $10,000 and by taking steps to make education more accessible. AMSA applauds this initiative and encourages President Biden to continue making strides towards more equitable education. There are 45 million people in the…

AMSA Celebrates Monumental Inflation Reduction Act Passage Today, the House and Senate have sent the most progressive health care legislation since the Affordable Care Act to President Biden’s desk. When President Biden finally signs the bill, it will have long standing and significant impacts on the lives of millions of people. AMSA applauds Senate Democrats…

Authors: Shirley Chen, B.S.1*; Melanie Schroeder, B.S.2*; Natasha Topolski, B.S.3; Emelyn Zaworski, B.S.4; Kseniya Anishchenko, B.A.5; Shyon Parsa, B.S.6; Christina Zhu, B.S. B.A.7; Esther Bae, B.S.8; Whitney Stuard, Ph.D.9; Jay Patel, B.S.10; Shanon Quach, B.S.11; Sahar Panjwani, B.S.12; Thomas Kun Pak, M.D., Ph.D.13⇞   The COVID-19 pandemic caused a paradigm shift in the residency application…

Calling Out Scientific Misinformation and Protecting Transgender Youth AMSA Endorses an Expert Report: “Biased Science: The Texas and Alabama Measures Criminalizing Treatment for Transgender Children and Adolescents Rely on Innacurate and Misleading Scientific Claims” By: Kyle Gavulic, Shamik Bhat, and Bassel Shanab 2021 set a dismal record: states across the country collectively introduced a total…

Medical students will not stay silent while our rights are stripped. While we knew this day was coming following the SCOTUS draft leak in early May, we are still shocked and appalled by the deadly decision to overturn the landmark decision, Roe v Wade, which set the standard for reproductive rights for over 50 years….

By Daniella Shamalova OMS III, Aidan Papalia OMS III,  Jonathan Muratori OMS III, Gregory Saggio, DO   Part of the AMSA Medical Education Blog Series of 2021-2022   From an outsider’s perspective, the modern medical system may appear to be purely clinical; consisting solely of interactions between healthcare providers and their patients. However, in reality,…