Alpha Epsilon Delta

Are you a pre-med undergraduate at USC? AED is now recruiting both associate and full members for the Spring 2021 semester! Alpha Epsilon Delta is an incredible organization that is dedicated to help aspiring medical students grow both professionally and academically by fostering a community that shares a passion for medicine. This semester, we will be offering many exciting virtual opportunities, including networking, philanthropy, and social events. For more information on eligibility requirements as well as the application itself, visit our website at www.usc-aed.com .

Come out to one of our 3 information sessions either this week or next, and join us at our social to meet some of our members!

Email [email protected] with any questions.

Happy last week of classes everyone! This semester’s final Friday Feature is Keyanna Daniels!⁣
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She is a senior majoring in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention and double minoring in Screenwriting and Natural Sciences. She currently serves on our executive board as the 2019-2020 Historian/Webmaster. On campus, she is the Co-Director of the Keck Student Ambassadors, Recruitment Chair of Scholars Leading Scholars, VP of Minority Association of Pre-medical Students, and a Resident Advisor. She does research for USC Train Your Brain which helps treat PTSD through neurofeedback interventions and volunteered at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital through UCLA Care Extenders.⁣
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Upon graduation, she plans on taking two gap years before attending medical school. She hopes to work either in public health policy or in health writing.⁣
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Keyanna joined AED as a full member in Fall 2018 and her favorite memory has been “taking pictures of all of E-board for the website. I'm not an experienced photographer at all, so just getting to joke around, make people laugh, and take photos from the craziest angles was hilarious. The moments I got on camera were so goofy, genuine, and fun which is exactly what our E-board was. (*hint* *hint* go check out our website)!” ⁣
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Finally, Keyanna’s best advice for AED pre-medical students is to “explore as many other interests as you can while at USC. Take a film class, add a minor, learn how to make sculptures, just do anything that's new, exciting, and could bring you joy. Being pre-med is a hard path and figuring out who you are and what you like outside of your goal of being a doctor is so important. So do it now while you're young!”⁣
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Fight on, Keyanna! ✌️

We are bringing back our Friday Features for the spring semester, starting off with Nausheen Wakhlu!⁣
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She is a senior majoring in psychology and minoring in Spanish and currently serves on our executive board as the 2019-2020 Secretary. On campus, she is an undergraduate research fellow at the Health, Emotion, and Addiction Laboratory, a Kicks for Kids volunteer, member of vegan club, and a self-nominated F45 campus ambassador :)⁣
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Nausheen joined AED as a full member in Spring 2018 and her favorite memory was “walking into O-chem lecture after my first new member meeting and realizing that I suddenly knew so many more people than the week before! AED has introduced me to some of the most fun and hardworking pre-meds and I am so grateful I made the impulse decision to apply sophomore year. Being on E-board has also been so fun and I have made some of my best friends through it.”⁣
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Nausheen’s best advice for our underclassmen AED members is that “these will be some of the best four years of your life!! Work hard but make the best of your time at USC. Find a creative outlet and do things and take classes that force you to step outside your comfort zone. Spend time with your friends, read books in the grassy area behind Taper, pet Beau at his office hours, go to campus improv shows, and of course, come to AED socials :)”⁣
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Fight on, Nausheen! ✌️

USC AED hosts an annual Southland Conference so that students interested in medicine can network with/meet some of the best physicians in LA. This year's conference is on February 29th, 2020 from 2:00-6:30 PM.

We will have a keynote speech by Dr. Steven Giannotta (the chair of the department of neurosurgery at Keck) as well as workshops led by Dr. Gene Bickers (Physics professor at USC) and Dr. Kenneth Geller (Director of Pre-Health Advising Office). There will also be a variety of physicians (and quite a few that teach at Keck Medical School), so you can talk to doctors from many fields and specialties. Lastly, there is free food & an opportunity to win MCAT raffles wooo!

More info and RSVP link can be found here: https://www.uscsouthland.com/.
Deadline to RSVP is Feb. 22nd @ 11:59PM. DM if you have more questions!