Brown Picked as Regional Vice Chair for Association of American Medical Colleges
MU School of Medicine associate dean will serve a four-year term representing the central region
Rachel Brown, MD, MU School of Medicine associate dean for student programs, was recently named vice chair for the central region’s Group on Student Affairs (GSA), a professional advisory group within the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
Brown’s vice chair position marks the beginning of a four-year term of service to the regional group, which will also include a year serving as the group’s chair in 2011.
The GSA serves to advance medical education and, specifically, to represent the interests of medical schools and medical students in the areas of admissions, student affairs, financial aid, minority affairs and student records.
The four GSA regional groups provide a means for medical school representatives to communicate and interact with the AAMC as a whole. As a member of the central leadership group, Brown will help analyze projects, develop programs and gather data about emerging trends to help the association anticipate and respond to changes as they affect medical education, medical schools and medical students.
The Association of American Medical Colleges is a not-for-profit association representing all 130 accredited U.S. and 17 accredited Canadian medical schools; nearly 400 major teaching hospitals and health systems, including 68 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers; and nearly 90 academic and scientific societies. Through these institutions and organizations, the AAMC represents 125,000 faculty members, 75,000 medical students, and 106,000 resident physicians. Additional information about the AAMC and U.S. medical schools and teaching hospitals is available at
www.aamc.org/newsroom.
