AMSA Updates

AMSA Selects the 2020 – 2021 AMSA-KP Education & Advocacy Fellow

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) congratulates newly selected 2020 – 2021 AMSA-KP Education and Advocacy Fellow Mattie Renn. Mattie Renn is a third-year medical student at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is in the Columbia-Bassett track, a specialized program oriented towards training future healthcare professionals in health systems leadership and...

To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate? Science Warns It’s Not Up for Debate.

By: Zoreed Mukhtar 2019—2020 Global Health Policy Coordinator & Health Care for All Steering Committee Member As a child growing up in the 1990’s, no one really talked about getting vaccinated; it was just a routine part of a doctor’s visit. As science and technology have progressed, children around the world have been getting vaccinated...

World AIDS Day

By: Anishaa Sivakumar, 2019-2020 AIDS Advocacy Network Chair 770,000 lives lost. 1.7 million lives irrevocably altered. All in a year. HIV, the deadliest pandemic, remains a devastating illness in the US and abroad. And yet, as we reflect on the past and see the tremendous strides we have taken, we can look forward with hope...

AMSA Launches New Reproductive Health Project

AMSA enters the reproductive health justice space with a year-long project aimed towards cultivating a diverse physician workforce that is highly skilled and culturally competent, prepared to provide abortion services to all who need them. Members can anticipate a number of clinical skills, advocacy training, issue education, and local action opportunities as the year unfolds....