Bone Marrow Registration Drive

2012-2013 Leaders: Olivier van Houtte MD'15, Peter Kaminski MD'15, Allison Kay MD'15

Started in 2006, the Bone Marrow Drive holds annual events to encourage members of the Brown and Providence community to enroll in the National Marrow Donor Program's Be The Match Registry. The registry helps save lives by helping patients in need of marrow donors find a match.

Breeze Against Wheeze

2011-2012 Leaders: Grayson Armstrong MD'14, Brian Chang MD'14

2011 will mark the 10th Annual Breeze Against Wheeze 5K. The race was conceived to help finance Hasbro Children's Hospital's Asthma Camp, a project of the Community Asthma Program. 100% of the proceeds are donated to the Asthma Camp, which is designed for asthmatic children coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. The Community Asthma Program is a comprehensive educational program based at Hasbro Children's Hospital, the pediatric facility of Rhode Island Hospital. The program provides children and their families with the tools, knowledge and resources necessary to manage pediatric asthma.

Brown Student Community Clinic

2012-2013 Leaders: Katie Brooks MD'15, Rob Heinl MD'15, Amie Leaverton MD'15, Izzy Marshall MD'15, David Segar MD'15, Shankar Ramaswamy MD'15, Nathan Sison MD'15

A pilot program aimed at developing Brown's first medical student-staffed clinic based out of Rhode Island Free Clinic (RIFC). The goal is to provide primary health care to patients without health insurance and to expose students to interdisciplinary, systems-based primary care. The proposed clinic will operate monthly under the guidance of several Brown-affiliated faculty physicians and the generous staff at the RIFC.

Brown Vision Initiative

2011-2012 Leaders: Grayson Armstrong MD'14, Zach Schwager MD'14, Jennifer Yong MD'14

We provide free community vision screenings to underserved communities of RI. Screenings that result in abnormal findings are referred to the RIH eye clinic for subsequent care at free or reduced cost depending on income. We also organize eyeglass drives that provide free frames to those who need it locally and abroad, and fundraise for organizations that improve access to eye care and prevent blindness. Members also gain exposure to the medical specialty of ophthalmology and will have numerous opportunities to work closely with patients and medical professionals alike.

Clinica Esperanza/Hope Clinic

2011-2012 Leaders: Jessica Dai MD'14, Nachi Gupta MD'14, Laura Marcus MD'14, Suresh Mohan MD'14, Raj Vaghjiani MD'14

Clinica Esperanza is a free clinic that was developed to offer high quality medical care and preventative health services to adults living in Rhode Island who would not typically have access to this care. Clinica Esperanza is unique in that it places a special emphasis on providing culturally and linguistically competent care for the large Hispanic population in Rhode Island that speaks Spanish as their primary language.

In the 2011-2012 school year we will be looking for student volunteers, as well as for students to participate in a pre-clinical elective focusing on the issues that face this and other free clinics. Along with this elective will come participation in what we hope will soon be a student-run clinic night. The goal of this student clinic is to allow students to develop their skills under the guidance of a Brown affiliated physician, while also reaching out to the community around them.

Invigorating Science Education in Rhode Island

2011-2012 Leaders: Brenna Brucker MD'13, William Brucker MD'13

Graduate and undergraduate volunteers to serve as illustrators and writers of clinical vignettes. The vignettes are used to bolster scientific curriculum in local middle and high schools.

Pathways Mentorship Group

2012-2013 Leaders: Anjali Chandra MD'16, Jeanne Delgado MD'16, Calvin Lambert MD'15, Jack Ludwig MD'16, and Jordan Thompson MD'16

Started in 2013, the Pathways Mentorship Group at Alpert Medical School seeks to pair medical and undergraduate (PLME) student mentors with Rhode Island high school students interested in careers in healthcare. In its inaugural outreach effort, the "Pipeline Program", Brown student members serve as teachers and mentors in monthly "Pipeline" sessions at Alpert Medical School. These sessions feature case studies, healthcare simulations, career advice panels, and valuable mentor/mentee sessions aimed at supporting and guiding students in their preparation for educational and professional endeavors ahead. The semester long program culminates in a final project presentation, individualized to the interests of each high school student.

For more details, photos, and ways to get involved, please visit our website: http://students.brown.edu/the_pathways.

Rhode Island Free Clinic

2012-2013 Leaders: Peter Kaminski MD'15, Sarah Rapoport MD'15, Rohit Sangal MD'15

The Rhode Island Free Clinic enjoys a close relationship with Brown Med, whose medical student volunteers staff a wide range of positions in medical recording, check-out, patient advocacy, and translating/interpreting.

Sports Legacy Institute Community Educators

2012-2013 Leaders: Linda Chao MD'15

The primary mission of Sports Legacy Institute Community Educators (SLICE) is to raise awareness and knowledge about concussions among student-athletes in middle school and high school. To accomplish this, medical students at schools across the United States have delivered interactive, discussion-based presentations at schools in their local community. Since its founding in 2009, SLICE has established chapters at medical schools across the country including Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine and has reached thousands of students in grades 4-12.