Public Health & Health Policy

“I Know My Voice is Important:” Advocating for Patients & Public Health Policy

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Written by Allicia Imada ’18
If you asked me a year ago if I would ever advocate for any kind of public policy, especially on a national level, I probably would have laughed and said definitely not. I’m an introvert, and I don’t really like public speaking or politics in general. But after joining the American Medical Association Student Interest Group because I was drawn to the community service aspect of the organization, I found myself becoming more interested in policy issues as well. Little did I know that I would help author and push through one of the more controversial resolutions at the national medical student section interim meeting in Atlanta this fall.

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“This is Important, and I’d Like to Tell You Why:” Med Students & Advocacy

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Written by Brian Till ’17
During the debate leading up to the vote, more than 100 students from the University of Vermont College of Medicine signed onto an opinion piece, published by Vermont Digger, advocating for a repeal of the philosophical exemption. Students and faculty also called legislators to discuss the issue and attended the final vote in Montpelier. Brian Till ’17, who organized the letter writing, answers some questions about how he became involved in the issue, and what he and his peers learned through their lobbying efforts.

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Transforming How We Think About Global Health Education

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I sat in the clinic working on the multiplication table problems my mom had assigned me earlier that morning. Working next to the patients waiting to see my parents, I tried not to let myself become distracted by the elderly Nepali women who liked running their grubby old fingers through my blonde hair. When it was a busy day in the clinic and we had to stay late, my dad would give me a writing assignment to pass the time.

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