Hi Everyone,

My name is Bo Gu and I am a formal post-bac in Cohort 3. My classmate
Erron Titus and I coordinate a Health Discussion group that started
fall semester and we plan to expand its participation to outside of
Cohort 3 to have a larger body of regular members.

This discussion group is great for anyone hoping to improve on
interview skills that are crucial for Med, Dental, Vet school. We meet
weekly for 45min-1hr and we discuss a current health issues in the
news and in the scientific community. We choose topics based on
people's preference. Anyone in the group can lead a discussion or even
present his/her research and area of expertise.

We plan on having our 1st meeting possibly next week.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could forward this email to your
respective group's mailing list. If you have any questions, please
email: sfsuhealthdiscussion@...


Thanks for your help and we look forward to seeing everyone who is interested!


Bo Gu
Johns Hopkins '07
Formal Post-bac Cohort 3

Sorry guys, I had Kholoud's email wrong, see below:

I just want to make a correction; my email is kholoud08@...
and I would be very delighted to hear from you guys and to have your
support so we could work together to keep HEAl.
Best
Kholoud

Dear Pre-Health Students:

Are you interested in gaining valuable clinical research experience in
Emergency Medicine while working side-by-side with doctors and nurses
in the Emergency Department at San Francisco General Hospital?

The Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC), in collaboration
with Dr. Robert Rodriguez, the Research Director of Emergency Medicine
at SFGH, has developed an internship program that will allow qualified
SFSU students to get hands-on research experience and extensive
contact with patients and doctors in the only Level-One Trauma Center
for the City and County of San Francisco and northern San Mateo. The
internship will also include didactic sessions by and mentoring
opportunities with SFGH physicians. SFSU course credit may be
obtainable through the Community Involvement Center (CIC).

As part of the SFGH Emergency Department research team, interns will
interact with doctors, nurses and staff, as well as patients and their
families, to recruit emergency room patients into clinical research
studies, interview those patients and fill out data sheets. Shifts
will be fast-paced and varied.

Interns will become well-versed in:

**The day-to-day activity of a busy emergency room.
**The basics of design and implementation of clinical research protocols.
**What it's like to be an integral part of a research team.
**International standards for treatment of patients in a research setting.

A strong commitment to 1 four-hour shift every week, for a minimum of
6 months is required.

Interns who complete their commitment to the program will receive a
letter of reference and certificate of completion from the program.

Exceptional interns may receive a letter of recommendation from
Emergency Medicine Faculty at UCSF School of Medicine. Furthermore,
they may have opportunities for authorship of research papers
submitted for publication, as well as designing and authoring their
own research studies.

Please submit an online application before Sunday, February 22, at
10PM. Extensions will not be granted.

To access the online application, follow these steps:

Go to sfghed.ucsf.edu (DO NOT include www!)

Click on the "Research" tab at the top, right.

Click on "Research Assistants" on the left side.

Under "Research Application" select "Research Program Online
Application" for the application and more detailed information about
the program.

Again, please submit your online application by 10PM on Sunday,
February 22. The system will automatically close at 10:01 PM.


This is an incredible opportunity and an exciting chance to be part of
a great program! We look forward to receiving your application.

Sincerely,

Elisabeth Boehme
David Suarez

Coordinators,

SFSU/UCSF ED Research Assistant Internship Program at SFGH

Hello ALL,

I am going to hold off on planning the last HEAL meeting because a new
member has expressed great motivation to keep the club going. So if any
of the current members are interested in helping Khouloud keep the club
together please let her know (khouloud08@...). Speaking for
myself, I would be happy to pass the HEAL torch on to new people, but I
will not be able to remain active with the club. (I also do not want
to  speak for the other officers and previously active members, so if
anybody has objections to this delay in shutting down/passing on HEAL
please let me know...)

Have a great week,
Angie

Dear Pre-Health Students,

Children's Hospital Oakland is looking for volunteers to read and play
with Primary Care clinic patients and help children select free books
from the giving library. Volunteers promote and advocate family
literacy and the importance of reading.

Volunters must enjoy working with children and families from various
cultures and have the ability to read creatively and with expression.
A love of reading and a sense of its value is important, as well as
patience, flexibility, friendliness and warmth.

Each year more than 1,000 volunteers help Children's Hospital &
Research Center Oakland fulfill its unique mission: to care for
children regardless of their family's ability to pay. Volunteers have
been the backbone of Children's since the day we opened our doors over
90 years ago.

For more information or to apply, please visit:
http://www.childrenshospitaloakland.org/join/join_volunteer.asp

For junior & senior pre-med students & recent pre-med graduates:

Apply Now: Deadline is March 2, 2009

Pathways Summer Premedical Enrichment Program (SPEP) is a six-week
residential summer program limited to 18 college juniors, seniors, &
post-baccalaureate premedical students offering:

- intensive exposure to medicine as a career through tours, speakers,
seminars, & shadowing;
- an introduction to the medical school experience & academic curriculum
through a noncredit course in cardiophysiology;
- interaction with medical school students & faculty;
- detailed guidance through the medical school application process.

SPEP dates are June 21- July 31, 2009

For details, please contact Lathel Bryant at 513-558-7212,
lathel.bryant@... or visit,
http://MedOneStop.uc.edu/Pathways

Dear Pre-Health Students:

My name is Yuri Ito, and I am coordinating the Health Professions
Speaker Series for this semester. There has been some changes in the
Speaker Series schedule from the last semester, and I would like to
let you know a little bit about the changes we have made.

First of all, we are going to have a speaker every other Wednesday
instead of every Wednesday. Second of all, the time is now from
1:30pm-3:30pm in the same room HH501.

I am very excited about our speakers. Our first speaker, Susan
Folkman, Ph.D. will be speaking about stress, and how positive
emotions play a surprising role in the stress process. She has done
extensive research on HIV patients and their caregivers.  As
pre-health students I am sure we can all relate to what she will be
speaking. I hope to see many of you at the Speaker Series.

Please note that there has been a change in our schedule. Our first
speaker, Dr. Folkman will be speaking on February 11, not February 4
due to a conflict in the room schedule.

See the Speaker Series schedule for Fall 2008 at:
http://online.sfsu.edu/~brothman/WeeklySS.htm

For more information contact:
Yuri Ito yito43@...

Hello HEALers,

Welcome back to school, I hope that you all had relaxing holiday
breaks. As was decided at the end of last semester, due to lack of
active members and current officers being unable to stay involved with
HEAL, we are shutting down the club.

We need to have one last meeting to wrap up loose ends, be sure that
everybody gets reimbursements that they are owed (meaning you Al), and
to decide what to do with our remaining funds and resources. Briza has
offered her house as a place for our last meeting, hopefully we can
find a time that is mutually convenient to everybody interested in
being there. I am available next week Tuesday-Friday, with the
exception of Wednesday after 5pm, if you plan to attend this meeting
please let me know when you are available.

Thanks,
Angie

California School of Podiatric Medicine is offering a unique opportunity
for premed students to learn more about the profession of podiatric
medicine & surgery.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

Attend various lectures on topics related to the foot & ankle;
Shadow faculty & students in a variety of clinical settings;
Participate in a full-day MCAT strategy session;
Learn more about admissions procedures & financial aid;
Experience a wonderful week in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Money for incidental expenses will be needed.  Room/Board & travel
expenses (up to $500) will be covered.

The application and more information can be found at:
http://www.samuelmerritt.edu/immersion

**Applications are due May 1, 2009.

Questions can be directed to Andre Singleton, Recruitment & Outreach,
CSPM, 510-869-6511, ext. 4297 (by email at: asingleton@...)

Kaiser Permanente Latino Association

The Chicana Latina Foundation (CLF) is now accepting applicants for
our 2009 Scholarship. CLF will award 30 scholarships of $1,500 each to
Bay Area Chicana/Latina college-enrolled students.

PURPOSE OF SCHOLARSHIP: The Chicana/Latina Foundation Scholarship Fund
assists Latina students in completing their undergraduate and graduate
college education. These scholarships are available on a competitive
basis to continuing undergraduate and graduate female college students
of Latino background.

Please check our website www.chicanalatina.org for a complete list of
requirements and to download an application.

DEADLINE: The scholarship application needs to be postmarked or
emailed by March 20, 2009.

WORKSHOPS: C LF also visits Universities throughout the Bay Area to do
workshops to help students in applying for our scholarship. We cover
the following topics:

* Who CLF is and What we are looking for in a candidate
* Filling out the application & gathering documents
* Writing your Essays
* Interview Tips

Visit our website to find a workshop near you on our Google calendar
at: http://chicanalatina.org/events/events.html New workshops are
added weekly!

For more information or questions contact Claudia León at:
650-373-1085 or claudia@...

Register now for the two-day UCSF LGBTI Health Forum, free for
graduate and undergrad health students!  Space is limited, with no
on-site registration available, so be sure to reserve your space soon
. . . .

UCSF LGBTI HEALTH FORUM
Friday, February 27, 5pm-9pm
Saturday, February 28, 9am-5pm
Free, with meals provided
UCSF Parnassus Campus, San Francisco

No onsite registration available--register in advance at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Bhq403KvC_2bjmjLIk1br1nA_3d_3d

This unique Forum is designed to give students in every health field
an overview of the health needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, and intersex/DSD (LGBTI) individuals. Have you wondered
what health risks, disparities, and challenges LGBTI people face? How
to relate to LGBTI patients with maximum sensitivity and ease? These
and other questions will be answered in lively keynotes and breakouts,
with all meals provided, at this free Forum.

SCHEDULE
There will be 4 plenaries and 10 workshop options:
Lesbian Health 101
Gay Health 101
Bisexual Health 101
Transgender Health 101
Intersex Health 101
LGBT Youth Issues
LGBT Elders' Issues
Barriers to LGBT Health Access
LGBT Tobacco, Alcohol & Substance Use
LGBT Mental Health Issues

LOCATION
Location, directions, and parking info will be sent with the email
confirming your registration.

LODGING
Sorry--we can't arrange housing. But UCSF rates are available at two
nearby hotels--just tell the reservations agent that you're attending
a UCSF event.
The Carl ($65-79/night): (415) 661-5679 or http://carlhotel.ypguides.net/
The Stanyan Park (10% discount): (415) 751-1000 or http://www.stanyanpark.com/

HOW TO REGISTER
No onsite registration available--register in advance at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Bhq403KvC_2bjmjLIk1br1nA_3d_3d

NOT A STUDENT?
We will accommodate non-students on a space-available basis. Contact
us via the registration site above, and we will let you know by Feb.
20 if space is available for you.

INFO
For more info, visit http://lgbt.ucsf.edu/forum.html, email
lgbt@... or call (415) 502-5593.

SPONSORS
Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights
The California Endowment
UCSF LGBT Resource Center
UCSF LGBT Student Association

You are cordially invited to join us for the inaugural AMSA Book
Discussion, with physician-writer Samuel Shem, M.D. author of the
classic medical novel "The House of God" and a new, acclaimed book
"The Spirit of the Place."

This book discussion will take place by Skype webcast (enabling you to
listen to Samuel Shem live) on Friday, January 30, 2009, at 7:00PM
EST.  To register, send an e-mail directly to
AMSABookDiscussion@... with your Skype username and the number
of participants at your location.   The first 25 registrants will be
granted access to the book discussion.  AMSA chapters should consider
hosting a group book discussion by watching the webinar together (on
campus in a classroom or auditorium, in a hospital conference room, at
a host's home, or anywhere else internet access and screen projection
is possible).

You can download Skype's free software at
http://www.skype.com/getconnected/.  You may send questions for the
author to AMSABookDiscussion@... in advance or during the live
book discussion webcast.

Samuel Shem, M.D. (pen-name of Stephen Bergman, M.D., Ph.D.) will be a
keynote speaker during AMSA's 59th Annual Convention – Win Back Our
Profession to be held March 12-15, 2009 in Arlington, VA / Washington,
DC at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City.

For more information and registration go to the website http://amsa.org/conv/



About Samuel Shem, M.D.

Samuel Shem's first novel, The House of God, the classic novel of life
and death in an American hospital, has sold more than two million
copies and is required reading in medical schools throughout the
world. Thirty years later Shem returns with The Spirit of the Place,
his most ambitious work yet. It goes beyond a focus on young
doctors-in-training to that of a world-traveled doctor called home in
the early '80s to become the doctor to the small town he ran away
from, to face his own history and that of the town itself. A novel of
love and death, mothers and sons, ghosts and bullies, doctors and
patients, illness and healing, The Spirit of the Place spins a tale of
universal human experience and the changing life of a small town with
genuine warmth and humor.



About "The Spirit of the Place"

After a divorce and a year of wandering the world with "Doctors
Without Borders," Orville Rose has settled into a new love with a
beautiful Italian spiritual teacher. A telegram informs him that his
mother has died. He returns to Columbia, "a Hudson River town plagued
by breakage," and the startling terms of his mother's will. She has
left him an enormous sum of money and her historic home, but there's a
catch: he must live in her house on the Courthouse Square continuously
for a year and thirteen days before he can collect. But that's hardly
what Orville had in mind. As he struggles with the decision and its
aftermath an entire set of unimagined events and personal
transformations—both hilarious and poignant—occur.

Spirit shows Shem at his finest—compassionate, capacious, funny, full
of big ideas and memorable personalities. It offers an authentic,
unvarnished portrait of the medical profession and underscores the
crucial link between the health of individuals and the health of
communities at a pivotal period of American history. (Literary
Ventures Fund)



About the Author

Samuel Shem's classic novel about medical internship, THE HOUSE OF GOD
(1978), was recently named by the British medical journal The Lancet
as one of the two most important American medical novels of the 20th
century, the other being Sinclair Lewis' ARROWSMITH.  It has sold over
two million copies, in thirty languages. John Updike wrote in an
introduction to the 25th anniversary edition: "It glows with the
celebratory essence of a real novel…A tale of venture into the valley
of death and the truth of the flesh…more timely than ever."  Newsweek
listed it in 1999 as "the novel to read about becoming a doctor."  The
sequel, MOUNT MISERY (1996), about psychiatric residency at a mental
hospital of that name, has been called "another medical classic," and,
by the Boston Globe, "outrageously funny, a sage and important novel
by a healer and a Shakespearean."  These novels have been bestsellers
in America, Germany, Spain, and the Czech Republic. Shem is also the
author of a FINE (1986), a novel about a psychoanalyst ("Funny…Full of
dazzling, zany intelligence…energetic and exuberant"—New York Times"),
THE SPIRIT OF THE PLACE (to be published in March 2008), and THE
MISSING GIRL, a novel set in China (manuscript). As "Dr. Stephen
Bergman", he has given the commencement address at over fifty medical
schools, has spoken around the world on "How to Stay Human in
Medicine," and has published a noted essay, "Fiction as Resistance"
(Annals of Internal Medicine 2002). Shem, in blurbs for his novels,
has been referred to as "the comic genius and the holy terror of
medicine," "Rabelaisian," and "the raucous and insightful physician of
the soul."

For additional information please contact Katherine Ellington at
ellkatd@...

Good Afternoon,

Students can make a big difference in the lives of people right here
in their own community. They can help save lives while fulfilling
their civic duty by sponsoring a blood drive.

For many, school blood drives provide the introduction to donating
blood, and once people get into the routine of donating, they usually
continue to make it a lifelong commitment.

Blood Centers of the Pacific (BCP) receives a significant amount of
its blood supply from school blood drives and exclusively provides 43
of the 50 hospitals in the Bay Area with the blood collected from
these drives. Without the support and dedication from our area
schools, BCP would not be able to maintain a safe and adequate blood
supply for patients in need throughout our community.

The purpose of this letter is to introduce myself, Mary Tsang,
Education Coordinator for BCP, and to introduce one of our exciting
blood donation programs:



·          HEROES for Life Scholarship Program: Each time an
organization sponsors a blood drive they will receive a scholarship
check for each drive! To participate in the program, the school must
hold at least two BCP-sponsored blood drives during the school year
and each drive must produce a minimal amount of units.



If you would like to participate in BCP's Heroes for Life Scholarship
Program, please contact me at (415) 722-0778 or
mtsang@....



Thank you in advance for your support of BCP's school blood donation program.





Sincerely,



Mary Tsang

Education Coordinator





Mary Tsang

Blood Centers of the Pacific

Education Coordinator

Office: (415) 749-6658

Cell: (415) 722-0778

mtsang@...



Find me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/blooddrops

Find us on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/BCPonFacebook

Find us on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/bloodcenters

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Global Health and Innovation Summit: April 18th - 19th, 2009

Register Online Today. Registration rate increases after January 31.
Please forward widely.

*Global Health and Innovation Summit
A Conference Presented Annually by Unite For Sight
**http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference*     **NEW: Conference
Schedule Online* <http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/schedule-2009>*

*Early Bird Rate* - Register Now To Secure Lowest Rate:
http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

*Saturday, April 18 - Sunday, April 19, 2009*
*Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA*

/"A Meeting of Minds," --//CNN/

*200 Speakers, **Including Keynote Addresses by Dr. Susan Blumenthal,
Nicholas Kristof, Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Dr. Sonia Sachs, Dr. Al Sommer, and
Dr. Harold Varmus.* Plus social innovation sessions by CEOs and
Directors of Save The Children, Partners in Health, HealthStore
Foundation, mothers2mothers, and many others.*
*

*What?* Join 2,500 people from all 50 states and from more than 60
countries for an innovative, high-impact idea incubator.*
Who should attend?* Students, professionals, educators, doctors,
scientists, lawyers, universities, corporations, nonprofits, and
others.  Anyone interested in international health and development,
public health, eye care, medicine, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits,
philanthropy, microfinance, human rights, anthropology, health policy,
advocacy, public service, environmental health, and education.


     Confirmed Keynote Speakers

*"Global Health Challenges and Opportunities," Susan Blumenthal,* MD,
MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of
Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical
Center; Senior Medical Advisor, amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research;
Chair, Global Health Program, Meridian International Center

*"The Challenges of Development and Making Aid Work," Nicholas Kristof,*
Columnist, The New York Times

*Jeffrey Sachs,* PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia
University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of
Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to
Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon

*"Millennium Villages: Update," Sonia Ehrlich Sachs,* MD, MPH, Health
Coordinator, Millennium Village Project

*"Preventing Blindness; Saving Lives," Al Sommer,* MD, MHS, Professor
and Dean Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

*"New Perspectives on Global Health and Science," Harold Varmus,* MD,
President and Chief Executive, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center;
Former Director of the NIH; Nobel Prize Recipient


     Confirmed Leaders of Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
     Speakers

*"Social Entrepreneurship as a Tool to Strengthen Health Systems,"**Leah
Barrett,* MPA, Program Officer, VillageReach

*"Unite For Sight: Social Entrepreneurship As A Symbol of Hope for the
(Poor) Blind Villagers and Refugees in Ghana," James Clarke*, MD,
Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana

*"Strategic Social Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Advancing Global
Health," Greg Dees,* PhD, Professor of the Practice of Social
Entrepreneurship and co-founder of the Center for the Advancement of
Social Entrepreneurship, Duke University's Fuqua School of Business*
*

*"**The Power of Public/Private "Hybrids**," Gene Falk,* Co-Founder,
Executive Directors, mothers2mothers

*"The HealthStore Foundation: Improving Access to Life-Saving Medicines
through Micro-Franchising," Scott Hillstrom,* Chairman of the Board, CEO
and Co-Founder, HealthStore Foundation

*"The Impact of the Food and Nutrition Crisis on the Global Health
Agenda," Charles MacCormack,* PhD, President and CEO, Save The Children

*"Health Care From The Grassroots," Joia Mukherjee,* MD, MPH, Medical
Director, Partners in Health; Director, Institute for Health and Social
Justice; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Division of Social
Medicine and Health Inequalities, Brigham and Women's Hospital

*"'Patient' Capital for Global Health," Ajay Nair,* MBBS MPH, Portfolio
Associate, Acumen Fund


     Plus 200 More Featured Speakers:
     http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference

Are you interested in medicine?

Wondering if medical school is right for you?

Maybe seeing a medical school and meeting medical students will help
you find the answer.

The Pre-Health Professions Student Alliance (PHPSA) will be going on
a tour of UCSF Medical School and would like to invite you to come
along. UCSF Medical School Tour, hosted by first year medical school
students

Date: Friday, March 6, 2009
Time: 11:45AM - 1 or 2PM
Place: UCSF Medical School, San Francisco

If you are interested in joining us, please email Jaleel at
jaleel8154@... by Wednesday, February 25, 2009

There is no transportation provided by PHPSA to UCSF but if we have
enough people going, we may get a carpool organized. Otherwise,
there are also public transportation options.

2009  Summer Undergraduate Research Program

The University of Massachusetts Medical School Summer Undergraduate
Research Opportunity is a non-credit, ten-week, structured research
experience and consists of "hands-on" laboratory research experience
with an investigator serving as a mentor, role model and advisor. The
program is designed to provide participants in-depth exposure to the
actual scientific research in the hopes that the excitement, challenge
and creativity of the enterprize will convince them to consider
research in the sciences as a viable career choice.

Ten Week Program - June 1, 2009 - August 7, 2009

2008 NIH, SURE and HHMI UMMS Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows

http://umassmed.edu/summer/index.aspx

Deborah Harmon Hines, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for School Services
and Professor of Cell Biology
University of Massachusetts Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North S1-842
Worcester, Massachusetts 01655
508-856-2444 Phone
508-856-4888 Fax
877-395-3149 Toll Free

summer.research@...

www.umassmed.edu/schoolservices

Dear Pre-Health Students,

San Francisco's Sunday Streets, an innovative program that transforms
miles of San Francisco's roadways into car-free open space, is coming
back by popular demand!

This program was successfully implemented in 2008 with two
well-attended events (8/31 and 9/14 2008) and will continue in 2009 --
but we need your help to make it happen.

Sunday Streets 2009 planning is underway and we are looking for
individuals to help with a range of projects. We have a variety of
needs, and welcome your participation within your time constraints and
availability.

STEERING COMMITTEE: (Approx. 2-4 meetings per month)

This committee oversees overall Sunday Streets planning and
implementation. We are looking to diversify and expand this committee for
a broad representation of SF organizations and communities.

SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRS: Serve on Steering Committee and lead efforts of
subcommittee.

SUBCOMMITTEES: (time commitment varies per individual availability)

• Fundraising- offset costs to make the program revenue neutral for the
city. We seek: people with experience in fundraising of all kinds and/or
contacts with potential donors;

• Community Outreach- build support in local communities; We seek:
Organizers and community activists with connections to diverse
neighborhoods, and people fluent in other languages;

• Programming- develop comprehensive programming featuring 75+ activities
per event. We are looking for folks to help organize activities for each
event and/or people associated with specific activities and/or
organizations that provide/promote physical activities;

• Volunteer Coordination- recruit, train and coordinate 150-200 volunteers
per event. We need people who have connections to volunteer lists and
experience recruiting and managing volunteers;

• Marketing/PR- implement a sustained marketing and PR campaign to build
participation across the Bay Area. We seek experienced media people and
people with good media connections.

We also welcome additional skills that you are interested to bringing to
the table.

INTERNSHIPS:

We welcome the opportunity to work with interns, students and those
interested in developing skills in any of the activities involved in
producing Sunday Streets.

Please contact me directly if you would like more information about
getting involved with Sunday Streets 2009!

Susan King
Sunday Streets 2009
susan@...
www.sundaystreets.org

Dear Pre-Health Students,

United for Health is looking for volunteers to help with their Youth
Suitcase Clinic.

The Youth Suitcase Clinic provides free food, clothes, acupuncture,
hair cuts, foot washing and support for homeless youth 14-25 many of
whom are dealing with mental health and substance abuse issues on
Monday nights in a community setting. The clinic primarily serves the
homeless population in the city of Berkeley. Volunteers are needed to
help with securing and delivering donations and running weekly clinic
operation.

Volunteer duties include:
- Orient clients to the clinic.
- Refer clients to other community resources as needed, such as food,
housing and job assistance
- Keep youth suitcase cllinic supplied with fliers and referral information
- Put out and clean up food, help manage donations

Hours are 5:45-9:00 pm Mondays, starting immediately. Whether you can
commit one day a week for the clinic hours or flexible time to pick up
and drop off donations, we can use your help! Clinic is located is at
St. Mark's Church, 2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. Location is easily
accessible by BART and public transportation, parking is available in
garage under church building.

This is a great opportunity for anyone concerned about substance
abuse/mental health issues, homelessness, acupuncture, Chinese
medicine and health related careers, or if you just wish to give few
hours each week for a great cause.

For more information or to volunteer, please contact:

510-428-2222
info@...

The University of Michigan Medical School & School of Dentistry are
offering an intensive 6-week educational enrichment and
skill-development summer residential program for juniors, seniors, and
recent graduates from disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds.
Students with demonstrated interest in serving the underserved are also
encouraged to apply.  Students prepare for the DAT or MCAT in structured
classes or facilitated study groups, and are exposed to research,
careers in dental or medical education, and in-depth exposure to
dental/medical career specialties.  Each participant is assigned a
dental/medical school mentor, and there are formal and informal
opportunities for participants to interact with faculty and staff.

The program provides housing and a partial travel allowance and stipend
for meals.  They will also pay for the student's MCAT and DAT exam fee.

For additional information and to download program applications, please
visit: www.med.umich.edu/medschool/diversity/pfs.html.

Dear Pre-Health Students,

The University of Connecticut has summer programs for students who are
traditionally underrepresented  and/or from economically or
educationally disadvantaged backgrounds interested in a career in
medicine, dental medicine, or biomedical research.

There are three summer programs offered:

The Clinical Summer Research Fellowship Program (CSRFP), The
Medical/Dental Preparatory Program (MDPP), and The Summer Research
Fellowship Program (SRFP).

For information about these programs and applications, please visit,
http://www.medicine.uchc.edu/prospective/enrichment/hcop/index.html

Dear Pre-Health Students,

UCSF is looking for volunteers to help with their "Give Kids a Smile"
day.  They are looking for volunteers, 5 in the morning and 5 in the
afternoon.  Last year, over 100 kids in the Bay Area were provided
treatment and health education!

The event will take place on Saturday, Feb 7th, from approximately
9-4pm.  There are 2 shifts, a morning shift (830-1230) and an
afternoon shift (1230-4pm).

This is a great opportunity to provide service and learn from UCSF
faculty and students.

For more information or to volunteer, please contact:

Nicholas Ching
5103819910
nicholas.ching@...

Dear Pre-Health Students,

The Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco is looking for a volunteer to
act as a sports instructor at their Mission Clubhouse location (Bryant
Elementary School; 1050 York Street, San Francisco, CA 94110).

Responsibilities: With guidance and support from the Health & Fitness
Director, volunteers teach youth various physical activities and
games, including rules and objectives. They will work both with the
Director and individually to run a variety of stations.

Time Commitment: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 2-3pm
(a minimum of one hour/week with options to contribute more time
should your schedule permit.)

Skills:
Health-minded and physically active/fit volunteers are preferred to
help role model goals for Club Members; a capacity to learn
non-traditional teaching methods is beneficial, previous physical
activity instruction is a plus but not required.

For more information or to apply, please contact:
Erica Perez
eperez@...
http://www.bgcsf.org

Dear Pre-health Students,

The Mission of the Jessica Jennifer Cohen Foundation (JJCF) is to
promote and carry out the kind of good works and deeds that Jessica
Jennifer Cohen would have favored. The Foundation provides charitable
assistance consistent with IRS § 501(c)(3), particularly to talented
young adults, to enable them to perform community service.

For more information about this student funding opportunity, please visit:
http://www.jjcf.org/index.html

Dear Students,

Street Outreach Services is beginning 2009 with their annual sock
drive. Donated socks will be distributed by the SOS team to homeless
San Franciscans.

Clean, warm socks  (new and/or gently used)  are a valuable commodity
to their clients and they're hoping to collect and distribute as many
as possible. While wool socks are ideal, they are happy to accept any
and all clean socks.  In fact, if you would prefer to donate money to
the SOS sock fund, they'll be happy to make the trip to the store and
purchase the socks themselves!

Please place all sock donations in the "Sock Drive" box located in the
front lobby of SFCCC's office at 1550 Bryant Street, Suite 450. If you
would like to make a monetary donation to the "Sock Drive," or if you
have any questions, please contact:

Manny Gonzalez
SOS Outreach Coordinator
San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium
1550 Bryant Street, Suite 450 San Francisco, CA 94103
415-355-2242 (Office)
www.sfccc.org
http://www.sfccc.org/news/index.htm#sock

Dear Pre-Health Students:

Civic Center Volunteers is looking for a Classes and Event Assistant.
As the Classes and Event Assistant, you will have the opportunity to
help educate the community through various trainings and classes, and
benefit from the information yourself! Classes cover health education
and screenings, stress management, child and parenting issues, and
much more. Help with pre-event activities and outreach, setting up and
cleaning up after classes, and with the collection of evaluation
forms. This is a great volunteer job for someone who is creative and
detail-oriented, and able to follow directions. TB test and background
check required. Orientation and training are required, and volunteer
should be able to help with at least 4 classes per month for at least
6 months. Some nights and weekend classes are available.

For more information and to view other volunteer opportunities, please visit:
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/HR/main/index.cfm

To apply online, please visit:
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/HR/ccvol/vol_reg1.asp

Dear Pre-Health Students,

The USC Somos Hermanos Student Immersion Program is currently
accepting applications for both the July – December 2009 and January –
June 2010 program sessions.

Somos Hermanos aims to reduce the health care disparity experienced by
Latinos by increasing the number of bilingual, culturally competent
health care providers in the U.S.  The SIP is a six-month language and
cultural immersion program based in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. The
program combines intensive Spanish instruction, a comprehensive
lecture series, socially and culturally relevant volunteer projects,
weekly activities, and a trip to El Salvador and Mexico to ensure our
participants gain the language capability and cultural competency
desperately needed to serve marginalized, Spanish-speaking Latino
populations.

The SIP targets students who have completed their undergraduate
education and are taking a year (or more) off before continuing on to
graduate school in the health professions.  We accept students who
will be attending graduate school for medicine, dentistry, nursing,
psychology, physical therapy, public health, and other health-related
fields.

The application deadline for the Fall 2009 Session (July through
December ) is February 22, 2009.

The application deadline for the Spring 2010 Session (January through
June) is March 27, 2009.

For more information regarding our program, please visit our website
at: www.somoshermanos.org, or e-mail us at info@....

We look forward to hearing from you soon,

Elise Wach and Joe Herrold
Directors
USC Somos Hermanos
Student Immersion Program
www.somoshermanos.org
info@...

Dear Pre-Health Students,

Ocean Park Health Center, a San Francisco Department of Public Health
Primary Care Clinic, is looking for a Russian speaker to fill a Health
Worker position.  Please see the following job announcement for more
information.

TITLE: PUBLIC SERVICE AIDE (Health Worker)

SALARY:
$15.6500 Hourly
$16.2375 Hourly

DEADLINE: OPEN UNTIL FILLED

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Community Oriented Primary Care's Ocean Park Health Center is
accepting applications for one (1) as-needed, non-benefited position
in class 9924 Public Service Aide.

SHIFT:
Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m (flexible 20 hours/week, 4 hour shifts)

All City and County of San Francisco employees are designated Disaster
Service Workers through state and local law (California Government
Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the City requires the
affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required
to complete all Disaster Service Worker related training as assigned,
and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Under the direction of the Nurse Manager and Medical Director, the
Public Service Aide performs the following essential job functions:
• Rooming patients;
• Collecting patient data;
• Database/Registry data entry;
• Provides information to patients and families;
• Performs other related duties as assigned/required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Possession of a High school diploma or equivalent. Russian language skills.

Verification/Waiver: Verification of qualifying experience, education,
and/or training is required at the time of filing. Candidates unable
to do so may submit a letter requesting a waiver of this requirement
indicating the reason(s) verification cannot be obtained. Failure to
submit verification or request for waiver will result in application
rejection.

DESIRED QUALIFICATION(S):
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs
• Proficient typing skills
• Basic knowledge of how to trouble-shoot computer equipment
• Basic knowledge of databases
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Interested individuals must submit a resume and a City and County of
San Francisco (CCSF) employment
application(http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/aboutdph/jobs/applInfo.asp)
to:

Nancy Lew, RN
Ocean Park Health Center
1351 24th Ave
San Francisco, CA 94122
Email: Nancy.Lew@...
Phone: (415) 682-1942
Fax: (415) 661-9733

CCSF employment applications may be obtained from DPH Human Resources
Services, 101 Grove Street, Room 210, SFGH Human Resource Services,
2789 – 25th Street, LHH Human Resource Services, 375 Laguna Honda
Boulevard, the Human Resources Department, 44 Gough Street. Applicants
with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodation during the
interview process may contact the person/department listed.
www.sfdph.org

PLEASE NOTE: APPLICANTS MEETING THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
ARE NOT GUARANTEED AN INTERVIEW