Student Organizations
Find connections and expand your horizons through student groups
You do not have to give up what you love when you come to Michigan Med. Our campus hosts 75+ medical student groups, many of them founded by students. Ranging from socially and academically focused, to service and identity oriented, these groups round out your medical student experience. You can choose to participate in as many as you would like!
For information on student organizations, please contact Denise Brennan, [email protected]
The Emergency Management Interest Group connects students to opportunities to participate in the Michigan Medicine Emergency Management Committee.
The Emergency Medicine Interest Group is a student interest group at UMMS dedicated to provide medical students with early exposure to the exciting field of emergency medicine.
The Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) strives to educate the student body about family medicine’s role in our health care system, dispel myths about the field, and demonstrate how family medicine is changing to improve its patient-centered model of medical care.
First in Family at the University of Michigan Medical School provides medical students who are first-generation (defined as students with parents who do not have four-year degrees) and/or low-income with the academic, professional, financial, and community resources necessary to succeed in medical school and in the medical profession.
Frog Island Track Club focuses on providing medical students with the opportunity to work with 1st to 6th graders in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Galens Medical Society is the University of Michigan Medical School's largest and longest running service and social organization.
The Genomic Medicine Interest Group provides University of Michigan Medical School students with resources and opportunities to explore an emerging medical field that uses genomic information to provide patients with enhanced health outcomes.
GET Access is an organization that provides one-to-one remote technological guidance to geriatric patients so that they may use video software to participate in medical appointments and to connect with family & friends.
The GHHS recognizes students who practice patient-centered care by modeling the qualities of integrity, excellence, compassion, altruism, respect and empathy.
HESP was established in 2011 for the purpose of reinforcing the Medical School's commitment to serving indigent and marginalized communities by expanding the curriculum and creating opportunities for service.
Hope Medical Clinic is a free clinic in neighboring Ypsilanti.
The IHI Open School is an interdisciplinary student organization that provides students of all health professions with a wide variety of opportunities and experiences in the field of quality improvement and patient safety locally at the University of Michigan and on both a national and international level.
A group that is focused on fostering Jewish community at the medical school.
The Latin American & Native American Medical Association was founded in 1985 to provide a more welcoming and supportive environment for our Native American and Latinx medical students at the University of Michigan Medical School.
The Lifestyle Medicine Interest Group (LMIG) educates members about the evidence-based practice of helping individuals and families adopt and sustain healthy behaviors that affect health and quality of life.
