Title: Association for Women in Science Networking with Dr. Carmen Melendez-Vasquez

Description: We will be hosting our most requested event (and our final event of the semester)- a personal lunch with a female Hunter College faculty member. This will be held on Wednesday, May 8 in room West 214, with Dr. Carmen Melendez-Vasquez. Lunch and refreshments will be served! This is a great opportunity for students who are looking to learn about how to find research positions with faculty members, students interested in Professor Melendez-Vasquez's specific research, and students interested in Biology research at Hunter. This is also great for those of you interested in learning about the path to a PhD or an MD-PhD, what being a Post-Doc is like, and what the experience as a woman in STEM is like. Dr. Melendez-Vasquez has studied at the New York University School of Medicine, London University, the Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research, and the Central University of Venezuela. Her research focuses on cytoskeletal regulation of myelin formation and repair. Myelin is a specialized membrane, which wraps around axons in the peripheral (PNS) and central (CNS) nervous systems. In diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (CNS) and Guillain-Barre Syndrome (PNS), loss of myelin around the nerve cells results in conduction block and underlies the clinical deficit characteristic of these disorders. The long-term goal of her research is to help with the development of novel therapeutic tools to treat human demyelinating diseases.

Title: PRE-HEALTH MENTORING INITIATIVE (PHMI) Information Session

Description: SEEKING A MENTOR TO GUIDE YOU AS A PRE-HEALTH STUDENT? Learn about opportunities to become both a MENTOR and a MENTEE as part of the PRE-HEALTH MENTORING INITIATIVE (PHMI) Join us at a PHMI Information Session to hear about the value of mentorship from the PHMI Board members, Mentors, and Mentees. Discover what it means to be a Mentor and how YOU can help others succeed! PHMI is a community of upperclassmen who have been through the stressful process of being a Pre-Health student, and want to use their knowledge and experiences to help new students navigate their Pre-Health track. If you are seeking a Mentor, you can apply to be a Mentee! WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU TO THIS EVENT! You will receive credit for attending a Pre-Health Event. There will be snacks and water too!

Title: Social Justice, Medicine, and Public Health Discussion

Description: Speakers will discuss topics including community health, sexual assault, BLM, LGBTQ, homelessness and MORE! Pizza will be served

Title: Doctor Speaker Series: Dr Salome Maswime

Description: Dr Salome Maswime is an Obstetrician and Gynecologist at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Lecturer at Wits University, and Director of the Wits Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinical Research Division in South Africa. She is currently a research fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard University Center for Global Health, as the recipient of the prestigious Discovery Foundation MGH Award. She is also the President and founder of the South African Clinician Scientists Society.