Archive for May, 2006
Dartmouth Update
The Dartmouth chapter of UAEM became an official student group this past year after an information meeting of medical students, undergrads & MPH students showed that there was strong interest for the agenda of such a group.
This has been an exciting year for us both in officially establishing the Dartmouth UAEM chapter as well as […]
Posted: May 15th, 2006 under Chapters.
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UAEM in WHO’s CIPIH
UAEM’s Statement of Principles is included in the recently released report by the WHO’s Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health (CIPIH; http://www.who.int/intellectualproperty, see section on Public Sector and University Patenting, p. 73). The Commission was formed in 2004 to study how current intellectual property regimes and other incentive and funding mechanisms are […]
Posted: May 8th, 2006 under Supporters, News.
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UAEM at Neglected Disease Conference by Caroline Gallant
Caroline Gallant and Eowynne Feeney-Scott from McGill UAEM presented at a neglected disease conference held at McGill University the weekend of March 24-26th, 2006.
Our workshop was titled Universities’ Role in Neglected Disease R&D. The conference was attended mostly by medical students from Eastern Canada and included a number of distinguished speakers. Individuals who attended our […]
Posted: May 2nd, 2006 under News.
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New Resource: Project-In-A-Box hosted on AMSA’s website by Ben Bryner
This new “project-in-a-box” includes basic instructions on how to hold various events like a lunch talk, a teach-in, and/or a full-blown campaign at your university. It is technically aimed at medical students working on access issues through their AMSA chapter, but is very easy to adapt for use within a UAEM chapter, and by any […]
Posted: May 2nd, 2006 under Resources.
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