SOP names 2015 domestic outreach student participants
More than 30 School of Pharmacy students have been accepted to participate in 2015 outreach trips in Virginia.
According to third-year Pharm.D. student Serena Barden, 78 students – the largest pool to date – applied for positions on this year’s Mission of Mercy and Remote Area Medical teams. Team members were selected via a blended process combining student trip leaders with faculty Dave Dixon, Emily Peron and Evan Sisson and 2014-15 SOP resident Michael Kelly.
“The application committee was very impressed by the many talented students in our school who are committed to community service,” Barden said. She encourages students who were not accepted to apply again next year or to seek out other service projects in the meantime. (For more information, contact Sisson at [email protected] or 804-828-8076.)
“We appreciate your interest and commitment to serving people across Virginia!” Barden added as she announced the 2015 participants:
Mission of Mercy – Suffolk (Feb. 28)
Ashley Street (student leader), Pooja Kirpekar (student co-leader), Emily Bailey (P3), Mee Chon (P2), Kailey Conner (P1), Khang Le (P2), Julia Lea (P2), Brett Loehr (P3), Kristen Morris (P3), Jenny Phung (P3), Heather Savage (P2), Lauren Shelley (P2), Jake Van Parys (P3) and Yvonne Zhang (P1).
Mission of Mercy – Northern Virginia (March 13-14)
Zaneera Hassan (student leader), Dien Tu (student co-leader), Jessica Cerullo (P3), Susie Chon (P2), Katelyn Nguyen (P4), Jaeau Obcemea (P3), Maha Tanveer (P3) and Thuy Tran (P3).
Remote Area Medical – Wise County (July 17-19)
Serena Barden (student leader), Irene Lee (student co-leader), Sally Ahn (P3), Mimi Baker (P3), Lauren Hall (P1), Armeen Hassan (P3), Erin Hickey (P2), Anesa Hughes (P1), Amy Liu (P3), Chelsey Lloyd (P1), Audrey Pham (P2), Linh Tu (P2) and Meredith Weakley (P3).
VSU Cares will not take place this year. To read about previous RAM experiences, click here.
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