In a rapidly evolving medical scene, with advances in technology and pharmacology, new issues arise to confront doctors, patients, and health care providers. Medicine is not just a scientific field; it is a social, ethical, political career as well -- and those interested in becoming physicians should be aware of these dimensions to medicine.

At AMSA, we are dedicated to exploring current issues in health care and advocacy through our Issues committee.

Stephanie Stramotas sstram@berkeley.edu

	Van Tran 3rd year Major: MEB Issues committee meetings are my favorite AMSA events Sleeping is my hobby. Goal to get into medical school.		Carissa Pardamean 1st year Major: MCB-G&GD and Linguistics Favorite AMSA activity: researching and writing articles for AMSA Newsletter Hobbies: being a movie junkie, alternative rock follower, and mimicking accents for the sake of lingo-phonetics Pursuing a career in medical research in genetics
	Ishita Aggarwal 2nd year Major: MCB Favorite AMSA activity: AMSA Newsletters, Dinner discussions Hobbies: Tennis, Reading, Dance, Music Pursuing a career in medicine		Jimmy T. Le 1st year Major: Undecided (possibly MCB) Favorite AMSA activity: Meeting AMSA members and Reading the Issues Newsletter Hobbies: Journalism, Gardening, and Pokemon Training Career pursuing: Not sure yet

Application for Issues Committee: Issues (pdf)

At each general meeting, we hand out a newsletter discussing diseases and health issues. If you didn't get to pick one up, you can download it here.

March 2008 Newsletter

February 2008 Newsletter

November 2007 Newsletter

October 2007 Newsletter

On April 13th, 2008 we are hosting the Bay Area Health Conference for AMSA members as well as the student body. This year's theme is Health Care in Developing Countries