Meet our Students

 

Student Council

The HMS/HSDM Student Council serves as the student government for both Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. In addition to the Student Council, approximately 50 Council-approved student groups receive funding from monies allocated for this purpose to a central Student Council budget. The Council has developed guidelines and regulations to which its members and affiliated groups adhere. The Office of Student Affairs provides direct administrative and organizational support to the Council and other student organizations and is a liaison between these groups and the HMS and Harvard University administration.

Student Groups

There are multitudes of student groups at HMS. As student interests change, new groups form and others disband. Starting up a new student group is very easy and is encouraged. In addition to the groups on the Longwood Campus, facilities and organizations on Harvard’s Cambridge campus are also open to medical students.

Students in the News

Amanda Moreno Garcia, photograph by Jim Harrison

Battling Eating Disorders

January 9, 2024
When Amanda Moreno Garcia, M.D. ’26, joined an eating disorder awareness club as a freshman majoring in neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, she did it to support a friend. “My friend had lived experience [of an eating disorder] and was really passionate about joining this club,” Moreno Garcia recalls.
Students gathering in a common space for food and conversation.

Introduction to Service

August 12, 2022

First-year students learn the power of on-the-ground community engagement.

To help new Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine students understand more about health equity and about how they will provide care for their future patients, this year’s first-week Introduction to the Profession (ITP) course provided incoming students with an opportunity to become better acquainted with Boston-area neighborhoods.

In a session developed by the newly formed...
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