 2001-2002 Officers Chris Ho Jesse Liu To raise awareness of Asian American health issues, provide a forum to exchange ideas, create opportunities for medical students to give back to the community through service and unify the Asian American voice in medicine. (APAMSA is devoted to meeting the unique educational and social needs and interests of Asian American medical students. This includes efforts to foster Asian student/faculty interaction, health outreach to Asian communities in the area and communication among Asian medical students at the University of Virginia. The organization offers a forum and a vehicle through which students can voice their concern about issues pertinent to the Asian medical community. APAMSA sponsors speakers, workshops on topics of interest, social activities and cooperates with other Asian American student associations on joint projects.) Past Activities (1999-2000): Sept.8 Sushi&Dumpling Potluck Party (introduction meeting) Sept.10 Asian Student Union welcome back party Oct.1 APAMSA/APALSA mixer at Bamboo House for karaoke and food Oct.3 Origami for Kids practice session Oct.6 Origami for Kids at Kluge Children Rehabilitation Center Nov.17 Felix Cheung speaks on Asian American Traffic Issues Nov.19-21 6th Annual National APAMSA Conference in San Francisco Feb. 5 Ice skating planning meeting April 17 End-of-the-year Party and Elections, Bamboo House, 6pm Anytime Contact Charley Lin for information on translating any foreign language in the hospital. It's through the hospital volunteer services department. Other events and ideas include a Bone Marrow registration promotion, Blood pressure readings for Asian functions around town, Red fortune bags for patients in the hospital during the Lunar New Year, Richmond for a service and social activity with MCV medical students, and Raffle tickets for fundraising.
1999-2000 Officers ... President: Wei-Shin Lai wl4e@virginia.edu , Vice-Prez: Greg Prakalapakorn sgp2e@virginia.edu, Treasurer: Jennifer Wang jlw7j@virginia.edu, Secretary: Julia Takafuji jat7p@virginia.edu, Translation Coordinator: Charley Lin xl5b@virginia.edu, Posterboy: Peter Ngo pdn4g@virginia.edu, First Year Representative: Quan Vu qdv6p@virginia.edu, Founder: David Yu dsy2b@virginia.edu We thank our many sponsors (doctors and those concerned with Asian Pacific American issues) with their gernerous donations each year. If you would like to join this group or if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact us! Our email addresses are listed above. We are not officially associated with the national APAMSA organization at this time. Their webpage is www.apamsa.org. |
