Committee Chairs

Scholarship Committee Chair

The chair of this committee are responsible for planning review sessions for unit exams and optional lecture events (working with peer medical education group) for MS1 through MS3 students, creating/updating student guides (working together w/ Pass the Torch) and informing students about elective selection. They also work with Admissions in helping to recruit for Upstate at undergraduate universities and at high school career days.

Current Officers: Rebecca Lawrence, Joseph Sciarrino, Jack Palmer, Laura Scordino, and all members

Service Committee Chairs

The chair are responsible for planning AΩA involvement in local and national community service projects. This year the group is focused on Wednesday night Migrant health Clinic and SC Hope, as well as Better World Books, a project to bring accurate, up to date literature to third world countries. Examples of past projects include the Heart Walk, Toys for Tots Drive, and Walk for the Cure. These chairperson also head up recruiting both AΩA and Upstate participation for these events.

Current Officers: Jessica Weiss, Chad Cornish, Lindsay McGann

Research Day Committee Chair

The chair help plan, recruit, and prepare student participation in Student Research Day on March 25, 2009. Research chairperson work with graduate students and basic science faculty in coordinating the exhibition, presentation and general coordination of the day.

Current Officers: Leo Urbinelli, John Fischer, Mark Van Deusen

Guest Lecturer Committee Chair

The chair are responsible for inviting and sponsoring a speaker to campus each year.

Current Officers: Kathleen Carroll and Leo Urbinelli

Website Committee Chair

This chairperson is responsible for updating, designing and maintaining the local AΩA website. Creativity and knowledge of web design is key to ensure the website will become a useful site for current AΩA information and membership, as well as an academic resource for first and second year students.

Current Officer: Laura Scordino

Binghamton Clinical Campus Committee Chairs*

This chairperson coordinates Syracuse and Binghamton activities, as well as provides information to students who spend their clinical years in Binghamton to ease the transition to the Clinical Campus. They work to coordinate meetings between senior students and upcoming 3^rd and 4^th years regarding track and elective selection. A new project the Binghamton AΩA members have brought to the Clinical Campus this year is review sessions for shelf exams for third year cherkships.

Current Officers: Erin Nozetz and Binghamton Campus Members

*Officers should be Clinical Campus students.

Marketing and Fundraising Committee Chair

This chairperson is responsible for raising general monies for AΩA and also increasing campus awareness of AΩA as an organization. Funds raised help support AΩA endeavors in community service, academics, mentoring and the senior banquet.

Current Officer: All members