Student Organizations & Outreach Opportunities<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nBME\/Science Graduate Student Organizations<\/span><\/p>\n\n- BMEAPP Application Assistance Program<\/strong>\n
\n- JHU BMEAAP | PhD Program Application Assistance (wixsite.com)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Provides improved accessibility and guidance throughout the application process for students who want to be a part of the JHU BME PhD program<\/span><\/li>\n
- Works with BME EDI to have graduate mentors for REU\/Internship assistance program(s)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- BME EDGE (Extramural Development in Graduate Education)<\/strong>\n
\n- Overall goal: internship program and to provide information on non-academic careers<\/span><\/li>\n
- https:\/\/edge.bme.jhu.edu<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- In alliance with <\/span>BCI (Biomedical Careers Initiative) (jhmi.edu)<\/span><\/a> (internships)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Provides talks\/panels to learn from those who got BME PhDs and took different career paths<\/span><\/li>\n
- Internship spotlights <\/span>Openings (jhu.edu)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Build a solid connection with our alumni, industries, governmental agencies, start-ups and other academic labs<\/span><\/li>\n
- Other resources can be found at JHM Professional Development and Career Office <\/span>JHM Professional Development and Career Office (PDCO) (jhmi.edu)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- BME EDI (Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity Committee)<\/strong>\n
\n- Overall goal: provide resources and support for students of all ethnicities, races, origins, and abilities<\/span><\/li>\n
- https:\/\/twitter.com\/BME_EDI<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Provide mini-courses to provide skills to undergrads students associated with track (spring 2021)?<\/span><\/li>\n
- Support mental health initiatives (coffee hours coming soon)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Mentorship program between upper-year graduate student and 1<\/span>st<\/span> year graduate student (started spring 2021 but goal to do in fall)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Help at URM conferences<\/span><\/li>\n
- Works with BMEAPP to have graduate mentors for REU\/Internship assistance program(s)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Support PULSE seminar series (where an undergrad presents research for 20 minutes and we all discuss science, careers, etc)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Works out policies and practices to support the ADA, URM, students from other countries, TAs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- BME PhD Council<\/strong>\n
\n- Old website: <\/span>https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/bmephdcouncil\/advice\/classes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- New website: <\/span>https:\/\/bme.phd.council.students.jh.edu\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Hosts annual BME retreat (November)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Hosts undergraduate applicants for graduate school interviews (Jan \u2013 Mar weekends)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Has social events for BME department<\/span><\/li>\n
- Has representatives from each year of BME graduate student to check in on their concerns<\/span><\/li>\n
- Provide information about BME, JHU, Baltimore for student applicants on the website<\/span><\/li>\n
- Supports staff and student payment\/compensation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- BUGSS Baltimore Underground Science Space<\/strong>\n
\n- Home – Baltimore Underground Science Space (bugssonline.org)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Non-profit public laboratory offering classes, seminars, and lab access so that anyone can safely and affordably investigate the living world<\/span><\/li>\n
- Part of the Collaborative Teaching Fellows Program in conjunction with Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland School of Medicine<\/span><\/li>\n
- As a scientist, you can mentor a research project for high school students, give a research seminar, present at Science SLAM<\/span><\/li>\n
- For those new to teaching, Teach a Lab Skill Night, a 2 hr course focused on one lab skill or technique (hands-on 2-6 people class)<\/span><\/li>\n
- For those who want to design a course, design your own Lab Skill Night, 2-3 hour class\/workshop, or a \u201cmini course\u201d (2-3 day hands-on course)<\/span><\/li>\n
- For those who want to adapt their research to a course, teach a course based on your research\/ expertise. These can be any length from 2-3 hours to a 5-week course (course includes hands-on research project)<\/span><\/li>\n
- Course planned at least 3 months in advance by our Education Committee<\/span><\/li>\n
- Contact for opportunities: <\/span>info@bugssonline.org<\/span><\/a>, Lisa Scheifele <\/span>lscheifele@bugssonline.org<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Association of Women Student MD-PhDs (AWSM)<\/strong>\n
\n- Association of Women Student MD-PhDs (AWSM) \u2013 Johns Hopkins University MSTP\/MD-PhD Program<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Group of MD-PhD students at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine who aim to promote the success, recognition, and excellence of women in academic medicine<\/span><\/li>\n
- Seek to deliver and increase access to programming that addresses women MD-PhDs\u2019 specific needs in pursuit of careers in both research and clinical medicine<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- BSA Biomedical Scholars Association<\/strong>\n
\n- https:\/\/www.bsajhmi.org\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Biomedical Scholars Association (BSA) \u2013 Johns Hopkins University MSTP\/MD-PhD Program<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- tri-school organization whose missions are to support minority graduate students in the Biomedical Sciences and to promote diversity and inclusion within the larger JHMI community\/largest student organization that supports students underrepresented in medicine and science at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, School of Public Health, and School of Nursing<\/span><\/li>\n
- professional development, community service, social activities, and recruitment of URM students<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Gertrude Stein Society<\/strong>\n
\n- Gertrude Stein Society (wordpress.com)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- student-led organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and allied members of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, including the Schools of Nursing, Public Health, and Medicine<\/span><\/li>\n
- Provides social events themed with LGBTQA+ appreciation and expression<\/span><\/li>\n
- Email <\/span>gss@jhmi.edu<\/span><\/a> to be added to listserv<\/span><\/li>\n
- https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JHMIgertrudesteinsociety\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Twitter:@jhu_son_lgbtq<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- GSA (Graduate Student Association) for the School of Medicine<\/strong>\n
\n- http:\/\/gsa.jhmi.edu<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Represents all Ph.D. and Masters students at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine<\/span><\/li>\n
- Acts as a liaison between the graduate student body and various University entities to ensure student needs are being fulfilled<\/span><\/li>\n
- Host SOM social events<\/span><\/li>\n
- Provides funding for student groups and sponsors travel grants to help cover the costs of attending a scientific conference<\/span><\/li>\n
- Brings the ideals and opinions of the graduate students to University administrators, and reciprocally communicates the ideals and standards of the University to students<\/span><\/li>\n
- Work with Office of Graduate Biomedical Education (OGBE) to host town halls to address student concerns<\/span><\/li>\n
- Has lots of different committees supporting the SOM<\/span><\/li>\n
- Calendar: <\/span>Upcoming Events \u2013 JHSOM Graduate Student Association (jhmi.edu)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- GRO (Graduate Representative Organization)<\/strong>\n
\n- Graduate Representative Organization | Homewood Student Affairs (jhu.edu)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- representative organization for graduate students belonging to the Homewood campus of JHU<\/span><\/li>\n
- liaisons between graduate students and administration to advocate for graduate student needs<\/span><\/li>\n
- Have committees to support graduate student needs\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Host weekly coffee hours and weekly trivia nights<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Johns Hopkins Graduate Consulting Club (JHGCC)<\/strong>\n
\n- https:\/\/www.jhscipolgroup.org\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- Group of Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institute (JHMI) that advocates for and communicates about science policy at both the local and federal level<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- R Ladies<\/strong>\n
\n- Hosts bi-monthly workshops and networking events for women and underrepresented groups, both within the Hopkins community as well as the broader Baltimore\/DC area.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
- Goals: to increase accessibility and provide resources for women and URM, to increase diversity in traditionally homogenous programming fields<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- SABES<\/strong>\n
\n- https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/sabes\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
- NSF-funded collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) seeking to improve STEM curriculum and delivery in grades 3 \u2013 5<\/span><\/li>\n
- community engagement in nine schools within three specific neighborhoods: Greater Homewood, Greektown\/Highlandtown and Park Heights -> in process of expanding to K-5<\/span><\/li>\n
- Project: science curriculum with literacy and engineering infused, content-based professional development, instructional coaching for teachers, and community-based events called STEM Showcases<\/span><\/li>\n
- City Schools\u2019 continues to maintain the school day curriculum and professional development, while the Center for Educational Outreach works with partners to implement the SABES afterschool curriculum and the annual STEM Showcase<\/span><\/li>\n
- The STEM Achievement in Baltimore Elementary Schools (SABES) Afterschool Program curriculum consists of units from the NPASS2 curriculum<\/span>[1]<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and Engineering Adventures (EA) curriculum<\/span>[2]<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 (Student Driven Projects) -> presented at STEM Showcases<\/span><\/li>\n
- mentors (STEM professionals, retirees, JHU faculty, staff, post docs, graduate and undergraduate students) visit the afterschool program regularly to encourage the students, ask questions and share their own passion for and path to a STEM career<\/span><\/li>\n
- Contact: Erin Burk, Baltimore Out of School Time Program Manager, Center for Educational Outreach, Whiting School of Engineering, <\/span>sabes@jhu.edu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Science in Action-JHMI (SiA)<\/strong>\n