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Student National Medical Association Annual Meeting
April 13 – 15, 2006 Atlanta, Georgia

Eleven students from BUSM attended the Annual Meeting of the Student National Medical Association, the largest and oldest minority medical student association in the United States. The students attended plenary sessions, workshops, banquets and perhaps even a party or two. Two students from BUSM were elected to the regional board: Terese Watkins was elected to be Regional Secretary and Chantale Murray was elected to the position of Regional Political Advocacy Liaison.

ChiChi Amidora, Uduak Umoh, Melisha Cumberland

Dallas Reed, Ebonie Woolcock, David Jones, Terese Watkins

Dallas Reed, Ebonie Woolcock, Terese Watkins, Eric Lee, Chantale Murray

Dallas Reed, Ebonie Woolcock, Chantale Murray, Terese Watkins

David Jones, Chantale Murray, Ebonie Woolcock

Louis Sullivan, M.D. (BUSM 1958), Eric Lee (BUSM 2008)

Terese Watkins, Toya Hester, Dallas Reed, Eric Lee

Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association New England Regional Conference (APAMSA)

The APAMSA New England Regional Conference was held at Boston University School of Medicine on Saturday April 8, 2006. The theme of this year’s conference was “Creating Competency: Taking Steps Towards Eliminating Health Disparities” and was attended by 100 students and faculty from around New England. The students attended plenary sessions, work shops, conducted a bone marrow identification drive and attended a party or two in the evening.