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Advocating Intersectional Medicine Advocating Intersectional Medicine (AIM) is dedicated to educating one another on social justice issues regarding healthcare and medicine, while promoting advocacy skills in writing, graphics, and...
Altus Altus seeks to uplift high school students from underserved and marginalized backgrounds interested in careers as healthcare professionals through the adoption of a network of resources geared...
American Association of Neurological Surgeons at UCLA The American Association of Neurological Surgeons at UCLA (AANS), also known as the Neurosurgery Interest Group (NSIG), is a student chapter of the broader AANS organization. Our goal is to help...
American Medical Student Assocation (AMSA) at DGSOM The DGSOM chapter of AMSA is an organization of medical students aimed to create a community of future physicians committed to advocacy, activism, and social responsibility. AMSA at DGSOM has many...
American Medical Student Association (AMSA) The American Medical Student Association, Premedical Chapter at UCLA, is committed to improving health care and healthcare delivery to all people; involving its members in the social, moral and...
American Medical Women's Association (Graduate Division) The American Medical Women’s Association is an organization that functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women’s health. We achieve this by...
American Medical Women's Association Undergraduate Division The group allows a safe, non-competitive forum for pre-health students to network and discuss issues such as medical school pre-requisites, education, and family challenges.We achieve this by...
Anatomy Academy Anatomy Academy is a service organization at the David Geffen School of Medicine. In short, a group of 5-6 volunteers go to Westwood Transitional Housing to provide lessons about the different organ...
Anesthesiology Student Interest Group (ASIG) The Anesthesiology Interest Group at David Geffen School of Medicine aims to increase awareness and interest in Anesthesiology as it is a specialty that students have very little exposure to in the...
APA Health C.A.R.E. APA Health CARE (Asian Pacific American Health Collaboration, Access, Resource & Education) is a collaborative effort among UCLA undergraduates, public health students, medical students, nurses, and...
Armenian Pre-Med Society This organization is dedicated toward educating undergraduate students about the pre-medicine route by hosting guest speakers (doctors, medical students, researchers, etc.) and providing valuable...
Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) APAMSA is a medical student-run organization at UCLA DGSOM dedicated to the establishment of a medical system that provides culturally competent services, resources, support, and community education...
Assessing Residents' CI-CARE Medical Program A community of volunteers, interns, and staff serving as patient advocates to enhance physician-patient interactions. We strive to promote lifelong learning for prospective healthcare professionals,...
Be The Match On Campus at UCLA Be The Match On Campus at UCLA is an organization focused on increasing student involvement and participation in the national Be The Match donor registry. Our goals are to expand the registry and...
Bedside Manner Initiative The Bedside Manner Initiative strives to provide an emphasis on the humanity of medicine and healthcare by discussing healthcare-provider/patient interactions and assisting pre-health students in...
Bhagat Puran Singh Health Initiative Bhagat Puran Singh Health Initiative is a group of wellness advocates devoted to eliminating health and social disparities within underserved and underprivileged populations by creating spaces of...
Bioethics Student Interest Group The DGSOM Bio-Ethics group is a student-led interest group committed to providing students with a unique forum to learn about and discuss ethical issues as they pertain to human health, biomedical...
Bountiful Bioethics at UCLA We are an organization for pre-health and other biotic STEM majors who care about make the right decision at work. We promote bioethical literacy, discussion, and application. We'll be hosting 2...
Bruin Allies for Duchenne This organization was founded by a group of students inspired by a class taught by Dr. Rachelle Crosbie-Watson on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. This is a genetic, progressive muscle wasting disease...
Bruin Beans Health Club Bruin Beans Health Club is dedicated to promote the understanding of kidney health and related pathologies, to encourage student involvement and to promote awareness within the Greater Los Angeles...
Bruin Medical Entrepreneurs Bruin Medical Entrepreneurs is a student-run network at UCLA. To promote entrepreneurship among UCLA undergraduates interested in healthcare, the organization seeks to provide education, networking,...
Bruin Medical Review Bruin Medical Review is a medical newsmagazine and journal that strives to promote health and medical literacy by publishing content that informs the public of topics ranging from clinical medicine,...
Bruin Vision Project Bruin Vision Project takes precedence in the UCLA community as the first and only student health organization to provide vision screenings and resources to underserved populations across various...
Bruins for Primary Care We are student advocates for primary care and preventative health to become primary care physicians. Our nation is facing an immense shortage of primary care physicians. If we don't have enough...
Bruins Public Health Club Bruins Public Health Club engages in projects that promote the maintenance and improvement of health for all members of society. It is the organization's objective to provide members with real-world...
California Health Professional Student Alliance (CaHPSA) Undergraduate A student-led health care advocacy program with an aim to cultivate leadership and advocacy skills among student members so they can effect change in the health care system.
CampMed CampMed’s mission is to provide an opportunity for high school students faced with socioeconomic barriers to learn more about healthcare careers and how to pursue a higher education. We are an...
Cancer Prevention Project (CPP) Despite the drastic advances in medicine in recent decades, cancer incidence continues to rise globally, such that cancer burden is predicted to increase to 29.4 million cases worldwide by 2040. This...
Cardiology Interest Group at DGSOM The goal of the Cardiology Interest Group is to expose future physicians to the excitement of different fields within cardiology at an early stage in training. To do so, we will organize lunchtime...
Cards for Courage at UCLA Cards for Courage aims to support patients and healthcare workers with artistic expressions and uplifting words from our communities by hand-crafting cards of support for hospital patients.
CHAMP, Community Healing through Art Medicine Program The mission of Community Healing through Art Medicine Program (CHAMP) at DGSOM is to amplify the innate social-emotional and therapeutic benefits of the arts for healing and wellness through...
Christian Medical Student Association at UCLA The Christian Medical Student Association (CMSA) at UCLA serves to provide a community of healthcare professionals and trainees in which members can openly discuss topics of Christianity. We will...
Clinical and Translational Science Institute-Research Associate Program The CTSI (Clinical Translational Science Institution) Research Associates Program (RAP) is a pilot program that provides undergraduates exposure to hospital based medicine as well as clinical...
CNS (Clinical Neurogenomics Students) CNS students work alongside medical staff and researchers to help in the effort to bank patient samples from the UCLA Neurology Clinic at the Ronald Reagan Medical Center. The mission of the...
Community Health Collective Community Health Collective aims to take a community-centered approach in ameliorating health inequities in and around the Los Angeles area through inclusive and sustainable service collaborations...
Community Medicine in Los Angeles (Formerly Community Medicine in Koreatown) Community Medicine in Los Angeles (CMLA) at UCLA strives to facilitate health care and healthcare access to the people of Los Angeles. We seek to serve the low-income populations by providing...
Community Outreach for Health Literacy at UCLA Mission Statement: Community Outreach for Health Literacy (COHL) is a pre-health club that provides a platform for undergraduate students to research topics relating to their career goals and to...
Companion Care at UCLA 1. To promote the Companion Care volunteer program at the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica. 2. To encourage UCLA students to apply and participate in the Companion Care volunteer program. 3. To...
Critical Care Nursing Club at UCLA The ultimate goal is to connect undergraduate nursing students to successful certified nurses who are practicing exactly what we want to do one day. In fostering this connection, we believe that...
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Chapter of the American Medical Association Our chapter serves to educate peers on health policy, advocate for legislative changes that benefit the medical profession, and conduct service projects for the local community. We represent the...
Delta Delta Sigma The goal of Delta Delta Sigma is to provide the UCLA student body with community service opportunities, guidance, and likeminded individuals that also are looking to pursue a career in dentistry. We...
Delta Epsilon Mu, Chi Chapter at UCLA Delta Epsilon Mu, Chi Chapter at UCLA exists to provide an informative, educational, and social setting for all students either pursuing or interested in the health fields. The Members of Delta...
Dermatology Interest Group The Dermatology Interest Group (DIG) has been founded for the purpose of advancing student knowledge of the dermatology specialty. Our objectives include: In order to fulfill our goals and...
DGSOM Medical Student Council (MSC) The DGSOM Medical Student Council (MSC) provides reasonable and effective student governance for the students of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. The MSC serves as the representative...
DGSOM/CDU SNMA Student National Medical Association (SNMA) is committed to supporting current and future underrepresented minority medical students, addressing the needs of underserved communities, and increasing...
Doctors Without Borders Student Chapter at UCLA Doctors Without Borders Student Chapter at UCLA has a mission to raise awareness about humanitarian issues and Doctors Without Borders' work in the field while fundraising to support their advocacy...
Emergency Medicine Interest Group The Emergency Medicine Interest Group is a group of first and second year medical students who work with physicians from the UCLA affiliated Emergency Departments to learn clinical skills and to...
Emergency Medicine Research Associates (EMRA) To promote the improvement of Emergency Medicine through conducting clinical research intended to contribute scientific knowledge to the medical community, improve patient care, and bolster...
Ethiopia Health Aid: College Edition @ UCLA Our mission is to build healthy, self-reliant communities in rural Ethiopia through Education, Health and Action. Join us as we set up free clinics for the local Ethiopian community, create unique...
Family Medicine Interest Group The Family Medicine Interest Group’s mission is to provide students at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA with opportunities to learn more about the specialty of Family Medicine. Through a...
First Generation at DGSOM at UCLA First Generation Students at UCLA at DGSOM is comprised of "First-Generation" (First Gen) medical students. First Gen medical students are the first in their family to attend college. Students who...
Flying Samaritans at UCLA The purpose of this organization is to provide free health care and health education to an underserved population in Mexico through running a monthly medical clinic. We are social justice-oriented...
Gastroenterology Student Interest Group The mission of the Gastroenterology Student Interest Group (GSIG) is to inform medical students of the increasing relevance of gastroenterology in holistic patient care. We aim to highlight the...
Genetic Counseling Student Interest Group at UCLA The mission of the GCSIG at UCLA is to provide a resource for students interested in learning more about the field of genetic counseling, who plan on applying to genetic counseling programs in the...
Genetic Disorder Initiative Genetic Disorder Initiative aims to: To promote the understanding of how to establish a constitution for the “Genetic Disorder Initiative”. To encourage student awareness and to promote outreach and...
Geriatric Medicine Interest Group (GMIG) The goals of the Geriatric Medicine Interest Group (GMIG) are to ignite interest in geriatrics among UCLA medical students, to disseminate knowledge and increase awareness of the special issues and...
GerofitAtUCLA Gerofit is a supervised exercise program for older Veterans where students work with older veterans exercise, working with kinesiologists, doctors, and physiologists to improve older Veteran health.
Global Health Interest Group The Global Health Interest Group (GHIG) serves to educate medical students about global health and human rights issues. The organization aims to facilitate medical student exposure to global health...
Global Medical Missions Alliance at UCLA -Leaving a positive and profound impact for Christ by guiding and equipping students with training and networking opportunities so they may serve as effective healers and ministers of Christ’s love. ...
Global Medical Training at UCLA The purpose of GMT is to offer pre-health students an educationally enriching opportunity of gaining first-hand medical and dental experience, while providing free humanitarian health care services...
Happy Feet Clinic How to help L.A.’s homeless? One foot at a time. Without homes or any mode of transportation, hundreds of homeless people walk an average of 13 miles a day. Some walk for days, weeks, or months...
Head and Neck Surgery Student Interest Group The mission of the Head and Neck Surgery Student Interest Group is to introduce medical students to the field of head and neck surgery. Students will be given opportunities to explore the field by...
Health Care Symposium The Health Care Symposium is an annual conference organized by students at the David Geffen School of Medicine about the most pressing subjects facing the future of health care. The conference is...
Health Equity and Accessibility for All - The HEALL Initiative We are a patient advocacy group that will create "Yelp" reviews of hospitals and doctors to bring attention to occurrences of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc, in the medical world.
Health Equity in Nursing (HEN) This organization focuses on promoting health equity within nursing. We aim to explore topics such as, but not limited to: anti-racism, culturally-humble care, social and structural determinants of...
Heart in Hand LA (HiHLA) Heart in Hand LA is a student-run community service group founded by UCLA students in response to COVID-19 that strives to create safer living conditions for the vulnerable populations of Los...
High-tech and Neurological-Disorders (HAND) High-tech and Neuro-Disorders (HAND) is a non-profit organization at UCLA aiming to increase awareness and education of neurological diseases, including movement disorders such as Parkinson’s...
Hope for Dementia @ UCLA In affiliation with the nonprofit organization Hope For Dementia USA, the UCLA chapter will be dedicated to promoting the prevention and treatment of dementia related disorders. The chapter will aim...
Infectious Disease Interest Group (IDIG) at UCLA Student Organizations extend medical education beyond the classroom by providing all UCLA medical students with the opportunity to explore careers in medicine, participate in national medical...
Integrative Medicine Student Interest Group Welcome to the Integrative Medicine Student Interest Group (IMSIG)! We are a graduate student organization through UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine. We are so excited to welcome you and share...
Internal Medicine Interest Group The mission of the DGSOM-UCLA Internal Medicine Interest Group (IMIG) is to provide students with information about internal medicine as a medical specialty and as a possible career; expose students...
Jewish Pre-Health Society Jewish Pre-Health Society (JPHS) is a UCLA Hillel student organization that focuses on guiding students who are interested in pursuing health/medical careers by providing them with enriching...
JMED JMED is an elite pre-health club designed for Jewish students at UCLA to gain access to many resources and connections in the health field. These opportunities include but are not limited to:...
Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) The Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is a network of students, alumni, and health...
Latino Student Health Project (LSHP) LSHP was established in 1978 response to high rates of chronic disease in underrepresented communities with limited access to healthcare. Our mission is to increase access to care in medically...
Latino(a) Nursing Student-Alumni Association (LANSA) Latino nurse’s organization is committed to advancing the health of Latino communities, empower, advocate, and promote education and professional opportunities for Latino nursing students and nurses....
Latinxs/Chicanxs for Community Medicine (LCCM) Latinxs/Chicanxs for Community Medicine is a pre-health organization committed to improving the quality of health care in underserved communities. LCCM does this by first hand exposure to the...
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Club at UCLA The LLS Club at UCLA intends to provide support and care for cancer patients through several means. Many, if not all of these means, will be coordinated in conjunction with the Leukemia Lymphoma...
Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group Lifestyle Medicine is one of the fastest growing career fields of medicine globally. Holding the promise for health reform as it addresses the root-cause of chronic illness, Lifestyle Medicine is the...
Los Angeles (LA) Health Initiative Currently, our mission is to help pre-health and pre-medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic to be able to have a sense of community with each other in a virtual environment. One of our club’s...
Los Angeles Human Rights Initiative-Undergrad The Los Angeles Human Rights Initiative (LAHRI) is a group of diverse undergraduates dedicated to (1) advocating for the rights of refugees and immigrants, (2) exposing our campus to the issues...
Los Angeles Human Rights Initiative Our goal is to establish an asylum clinic dedicated to (1) providing forensic medical and mental health evaluations to survivors of persecution seeking asylum in the United States, (2) to expose our...
MDivas The mission statement of [MD]ivas is: "to provide a creative outlet for medical students that not only promotes a safe space for all dance levels but also to promote both student’s well being and a...
Med Mentors at UCLA Med Mentors is a group of DGSOM medical students who are eager to share advice and resources with premed students at UCLA. We partner with Pre-Health at UCLA to host student panels, provide peer...
Medical Aid Initiative The Medical Aid Initiative is a student-founded organization that provides resources to various UCLA-affiliated organizations that share the same vision of providing free medical care and health...
Medical Experience through Service in Healthcare The purpose of Medical Experience through Service in Healthcare is to act as a bridge between understaffed free health clinics/non-profit organizations and UCLA students interested in volunteering...
Medical Friends at UCLA Medical Friends is UCLA's first mentorship program catered exclusively to pre health students. Our program pairs up experienced upperclassmen pre health mentors with underclassmen who indicate a pre...
Medical Literature Society We are an online news platform seeking to create a centralized source for all information that pertains to pre-health students. Additionally, we want to empower the pre-health community by creating a...
Medical Spanish Interest Group The Medical Spanish Interest Group at UCLA is a student organization whose mission is to promote the importance of linguistic and cultural competency in medical education and in clinical practice....
Medical Student Healthcare Education And Discussion Interest Group (MedHEAD) The Medical Student Healthcare Education And Discussion Interest Group (MedHEAD) seeks to create a space for medical students to learn foundational knowledge about Healthcare Systems, Policy, and...
Medical Students for Choice Medical Students for Choice (MSFC) is a national org, founded by medical students in 1993, in response to the almost complete lack of abortion education in medical training. MSFC’s main goal is to...
Medicine and Art Medicine and Art at UCLA strives to show the importance of creativity and interdisciplinary skills in healthcare and STEM. Our organization leads events where students can appreciate art (painting...
Medicine-Pediatrics Interest Group MPIG is an interest group for DGSOM medical students to learn more about the combined medicine and pediatrics specialty that offers a shortened 4-year residency program for those interested in both...
Medics In Armenia The purpose of Medics in Armenia is to educate and train students that are interested and/or pursuing a future in medicine by traveling to Armenia to shadow medical professionals and to volunteer at...
MEDLIFE at UCLA Want a hands-on medical and community service experience? Want to bring health care to the people who need it most? Want a once in a lifetime experience? Travel to Tanzania, India, Ecuador, Panama,...
MedReach MedReach is a volunteer outreach organization that aims to provide mentorship to high school juniors and seniors interested in pursuing careers in healthcare. Our goal is to educate high school...
Melanin & Medicine at UCLA We are scholars of the Afrikan Diaspora who seek to enrich Black students with the skills needed to excel in their health professional careers. Our mission is to revolutionize the future of medicine...
Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students Minority Association of Pre-medical Students, or MAPS, represents the undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students of SNMA.
Mobile Clinic Project at UCLA To provide health care and social services to the homeless and medically underserved populations in West Hollywood and Santa Monica. To educate volunteers (undergraduate, medical, public health, and...
Mobile Ear Clinic at UCLA Mobile Ear Clinic at UCLA (MECU) strives to provide free hearing screenings and hearing aids to the underserved communities within Los Angeles. We will try to partner with the UCLA Audiology and...
Mobile Eye Clinic @ UCLA - Student Leadership Club The Mobile Eye Clinic (UMEC) undergraduate club consists of students who volunteer with UCLA Jules Stein's Mobile Eye Clinic. UMEC and its staff of ophthalmologists, ophthalmology residents,...
Morning Sign Out at UCLA Morning Sign Out: UCLA Chapter is dedicated to the modernization of medicine, both by utilizing cutting-edge platforms such as health fairs and social media to promote health literacy among the...
Muslim Student Union Muslim Student Union (MSU) is the Muslim affinity group at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM). We aim to: 1) Educate the DGSOM community on how to provide culturally humble,...
OB/GYN Interest Group (OBIG) OBIG aims to facilitate clinical opportunities, collaborative discussions, and mentorship pathways for medical students with leaders across career pathways within the field of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Oncology Interest Group The Oncology Interest Group (OncIG) is a student-run interest group whose mission is to expose first and second year medical students to the oncological medical specialties and provide them with...
Operation Shield To assemble a student-led PPE assembly team that utilizes low cost materials to produce large quantities of face shields to donate to homeless shelters and low-income clinics in Skid Row ? the...
Ophthalmology Interest Group The Ophthalmology Interest Group (OIG) is a career specialty interest group that is devoted to increasing medical student awareness, exposure and interest in the field of ophthalmology. Our primary...
Orthopaedic Surgery Interest Group The Orthopaedic Surgery Interest Group (OSIG) at UCLA is designed for students who are interested in learning more about a career in orthopaedics. Over the course of the academic year, specially...
Pacific Islanders for H.E.A.L.T.H. Pacific Islander’s for H.E.A.L.T.H. aims to address the current health disparities faced by the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities in the greater Los Angeles area. These health...
Pages for Pediatrics At PFP, we write and illustrate children's storybooks on childhood disorders and illnesses. These books serve to bring hope and comfort to pediatric patients, educate them about what is happening to...
Pediatric Interest Club @ UCLA To promote and advocate for the health of the pediatric population through community outreach and education for students interested in pediatric nursing in order to better the lives of children and...
Pediatrics Interest Group @ UCLA The Pediatric Interest Group (PIG) strives to educate medical students about the vast field of pediatrics by promoting student exploration of pediatrics and its subspecialties, providing...
Persian Medical Association Our mission is to develop a curated network of relationships between Persian, pre-medical students at UCLA and Persian physicians and researchers, creating opportunities for innovators to develop...
Personal Health Community Personal Health Community is an organization that strives to provide an open, accepting community for UCLA students with health conditions and or disability, to foster a supporting environment in...
Phi Delta Epsilon - International Medical Fraternity Phi Delta Epsilon International Medical Fraternity creates physicians of integrity with a life-long commitment to our guiding principles of philanthropy, deity, and education through fellowship,...
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Interest Group at UCLA We are a graduate medical student program dedicated to the education of future physicians about the PM&R specialty and its function within the healthcare system. We also strive to help provide...
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Interest Group at the David Geffen School of Medicine The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Interest Group will serve to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to one of the most competitive fields of surgery. The interest group will...
Pre-Med Community at UCLA The Pre-Med Community at UCLA is a 100% online organization that seeks to help UCLA pre-med students navigate their academic path and meet individuals like them. We have already amassed nearly 500...
Pre-Med Undergraduate Mentorship Program The Pre-med Undergraduate Mentor Program (PUMP) is a multifaceted organization that provides opportunities for leadership experience to upperclassmen through mentoring and program administration, as...
Pre-Medical Peer Association Our club's mission is to unify pre-medical students by promoting a forum for discussion and support through peer mentorship and collaboration. In this space, we share knowledge about the journey to...
Pre-Medical Undergraduate Learning through Shadowing Experience (PULSE) PULSE (Pre-Medical Undergraduate Learning Through Shadowing Experience) is a UCLA student-run physician shadowing organization aiming to provide members with a holistic overview of the medical field...
Pre-medical Undergraduate PreParatory InitiativES (PUPPIES @ UCLA) PUPPIES @ UCLA was founded with the hope of providing incoming Bruins the opportunity to network with like-minded individuals aspiring to enter the health care field in the future. PUPPIES functions...
Pre-Optometry Society at UCLA We are dedicated to supporting, educating and promoting UCLA pre-optometry students. We offer educational resources and opportunities pertaining to the field of optometry. This includes optometry...
Pre-Pharmacy Society at UCLA The Pre-Pharmacy Society at UCLA is a student-run organization whose primary mission is to serve undergraduate students pursuing pharmacy-related careers. Through various speakers, networking, peer...
Pre-Physician Assistant Club at UCLA Founded in 2014, the Pre-Physician Assistant Club at UCLA aims to familiarize undergraduate students with the Physician Assistant (PA) profession and graduate school admission requirements to help...
Pre-Physician Assistant Transfer Association at UCLA Pre-Physician Assistant Transfer Association at UCLA is dedicated to guiding UCLA transfer students through a successful pre-PA journey. Transfers typically spend only two years at UCLA, thus missing...
Pre-SOMA at UCLA The purpose of Pre-SOMA is to promote and inform the public about osteopathic medical education, to increase the number of applicants to osteopathic medical schools, and to prepare our members for...
Prehealth Underdogs Mentorship Project (PUMP) UCLA PUMP (Prehealth Underdogs Mentorship Project) is dedicated to mentoring the “underdogs” of the prehealth world through high school and undergraduate education, specifically first-generation...
Pride Alliance at DGSOM/CDU Pride Alliance is a support network for UCLA medical students, residents and faculty who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, asexual, two-spirit, questioning, and...
Project HEAL Project HEAL is an organization of DGSOM students that travels to Esteban Torres High School to teach students how to address common health issues and become stewards of health for their communities.
Project RISHI Our group focuses on catalyzing sustainable development in India by forming partnerships with rural communities in need. Students research and implement health-care and social policies in these...
Project Sunshine Chapter at UCLA The Project Sunshine Chapter at UCLA aims to deliver the same dynamism Project Sunshine empowers at a national level to UCLA's very own Mattel Children's Hospital. Our volunteers will relieve the...
Psychiatry Student Interest Group The Psychiatry Student Interest Group (PsychSIG) is dedicated to helping its members explore the field of psychiatry and its many subspecialties. Through lunch talks, skills workshops, outings into...
Public Health and Preventative Medicine Interest Group The mission of the Public Health and Preventative Medicine Interest Group is to harness the interest in and passion for public health so many of our DGSOM medical students have and turn it into...
Public Health Initiative: Leaders of Tomorrow PILOT is a public health Pre-Professional Organization at UCLA. We are a career oriented organization that prepares members for graduate schools and future jobs in the public health and health...
Radiation Oncology Interest Group Radiation Oncology Interest Group (ROIG) is a student group dedicated to educating and elucidating medical students on the multidisciplinary field of radiation oncology. It is a common misconception...
Radiology and Interventional Radiology Interest Group A UCLA DGSOM interest group run by students to increase exposure and interest in the specialties of Radiology and Interventional Radiology.
SAASH Satellite at UCLA The Syrian American Association of Science and Health (SAASH) aims to address the unique healthcare challenges faced by the Syrian American community through mentorship, innovation, and community...
SAFE (Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic) SAFE (Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic) is made of U.S. physicians, nurses, healthcare professionals, and medical students dedicated to eliminating the American firearm violence epidemic...
Saving Hearts Foundation Saving Hearts Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to hosting free heart screenings at high schools within the greater Los Angeles community to prevent sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in our...
School of Nursing Asian Pacific Islander Nursing Student and Alumni Association (APINSAA) To support UCLA School of Nursing's Asian and Pacific Islander (API) nursing students and alumni through community engagement, scholarship and service.
Shanti - Intersection of Music, Meditation, and Medicine Our mission is to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients, families of patients, and healthcare staff/workers by harnessing the powerful calming, stress-reducing, and therapeutic...
Sling Health at UCLA Sling Health was founded in 2013 at Washington University in St. Louis, bringing together students, faculty, staff, and local entrepreneurs to tackle unmet needs in healthcare delivery and clinical...
Society for Physical and Occupational Therapy Club at UCLA SPOT is a pre-physical therapy and pre-occupational therapy club dedicated to maximizing career guidance, clinical exposure, and community outreach for our members. The primary purpose our club is...
Spanish In Healthcare Spanish in Healthcare is a student organization dedicated to practicing medical Spanish and giving back to the Latino community. We hold monthly meetings where we practice medical Spanish terminology...
Speak Out for Surgery In partnership with local nonprofit organizations, our mission is to provide free surgical care and long-term support services to people from underserved communities who have been denied access to...
Sports Medicine Club The Sports Medicine Club is a group that aims to help students obtain experience in the field of Sports Medicine, gain admissions to medical and graduate programs, and promote health within the...
Sports Medicine Interest Group - DGSOM The multidimensional aspect of sports medicine is often overlooked. Although the field universally deals with physical injuries related to sports and exercise, many disciplines contribute to this...
Student Interest Group in Neurology The purpose of SIGN is to foster interest in the field of neurology in the first- and second-year medical student classes by providing opportunities to discuss ideas and interests with like-minded...
Student Run Homeless Clinics The Student Run Health Clinics were founded in 1989 under the direction of Dr. Richard Usatine in the Department of Family Medicine at UCLA. The clinics are solely run by DGSOM medical students and...
Student Stroke Force Recognizing the community need for stroke public education and awareness, the UCLA Stroke Force was formed in 1996 under the leadership and guidance of Dr. Sidney Starkman, Head of UCLA Emergency...
Student Stroke Team In 1992, recognizing the need for earlier detection and treatment of strokes, famed UCLA emergency room physician and neurologist Dr. Sidney Starkman gathered a fortunate group of UCLA undergraduate...
Students for Integrative Medicine (formerly SIM) Students for Integrative Medicine (SIM) is a student group at UCLA that strives to raise student awareness for evidence-based, integrative, and whole-person approaches to medicine and health. The...
Surgery Interest Group at the David Geffen School of Medicine The mission of Surgery Interest Group is to educate medical students about a career in the field of general surgery and its various sub-specialties: in terms of the requirements for residency and...
SWC CPR/FA Program The Student Welfare Commission under USAC conducts Heartsaver CPR and First Aid Programs through a committee called CPR/FA Program at UCLA. Providing low-cost Heartsaver certifications, the CPR/FA...
Syrian American Medical Society at UCLA Syrian American Medical Society Mission Statement for the student chapter: In SAMS effort to get students more involved in its mission we are planning to launch a pilot student chapter in UCLA. The...
Team HBV Team HBV chapters aim to train knowledgeable educators and inspire student leaders, distribute culturally sensitive and easy-to-understand educational brochures on HBV to students and local...
The College Diabetes Network at UCLA Our Chapter of the College Diabetes Network was founded for the purpose of connecting college students with and affected by type 1 diabetes in the hopes that these connections will create a support...
The Healthcare Improvement & iNnovation in Quality (THINQ) Collaborative The Department of Medicine is thrilled to continue its commitment to enhancing quality of care delivery at UCLA Health with the THINQ Fellowship. THINQ is a unique collaborative in health care...
The Microbiome Club The Microbiome Club aims to raise awareness of the microbiome and its wide-ranging effects on our body. We strive to bring together students, researchers, physicians, and more interested in working...
The Rewritten Pre-Medical Experience To cultivate a safe space for group conversations regarding mental health concerns amongst pre-medical students. We seek to dismantle the harmful notions of perfectionism & validate the emotional...
The Youth Movement Against Alzheimer's at UCLA OUR MISSION We strive to promote understanding of Alzheimer's among youth and young adults by providing opportunities to help and those affected by the disease and learn about its impact within...
Think Global at UCLA Think Global at UCLA promotes the importance of empathy, equity and empowerment in the world of health and medicine. It is important to nourish a healthy world in order to promote healthy lifestyles....
TransferMed A Pre-Med/Pre-Health organization that serves to facilitate UCLA transfers toward obtaining opportunities, clinical exposure, resources on and off-campus. As transfers, we typically only have a...
Transplant Surgery Interest Group The Transplant Surgery Interest Group (TSIG) aims to expose medical students to the multidisciplinary field of organ transplantation. Our talks and discussions will explore the ethically and...
Ultrasound Interest Group (USIG) The goal of the Ultrasound Interest Group (USIG) is to provide opportunities for medical students to receive a more expansive education in ultrasound that they can use during their medical training...
UMMA Volunteer Project (UVP) UMMA Volunteer Project (UVP) was founded in 1996 as a volunteer source for the UMMA Community Clinic, a free health clinic established by UCLA graduate and undergraduate students to serve the...
UndocuMed & Allies Our organization focuses on building an environment that will be supportive of undocumented medical students.
United Students for Veterans' Health @UCLA USVH strives to help long-term care patients in Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospitals by bringing student volunteers to engage the Veterans. Patients in long-term care at the VA Hospitals are often...
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Many important medicines and public health technologies are developed in academic laboratories. Their accessibility in poor nations is profoundly affected by the research, patenting and licensing...
University Blood Initiative (UBI) at UCLA UBI offers ways and means for local blood centers to supplement their recruitment efforts and enhance their internal processes to better engage with larger pools of potential donors. With the purpose...
Urology Interest Group (UIG) Part of the career development opportunities that the David Geffen School of Medicine offers are specialty interest groups for the multitude of medical specialties that we can pursue post medical...
Vascular Surgery Interest Group Vascular Surgery Interest Group consists of students that are interested in learning more about Vascular Surgery.
Weducare Weducare is a club at ucla that aims at helping the underserved populations of Los Angeles both in clinical settings through volunteering at underserved care providing clinics, and at educational...
Wilderness Medicine Interest Group The Wilderness Medicine Interest Group is a student organization committed to teaching skills and fostering interest in the practice of medicine in remote settings. The group holds a yearly skills...
Women in Surgery Interest Group (WiSIG) The Women in Surgery Interest Group (WISIG) was created to address and support the increasing interest in surgical careers by female medical students and to enhance the exposure of UCLA’s medical...
Yadavary Wellness and Health Inc. at UCLA As a chapter of the nonprofit Yadavary Wellness and Health our goal is to increase the life expectancy of the homeless in Westwood through volunteer-based, medical assistance. According to the Los...