Pre-health honor society Alpha Epsilon Delta and ORL host Tri-Healthalon, an annual health and career fair
TRI-HEALTHALON
Today, 6-8 p.m.
De Neve Plaza Room
By Jane Wang
Jan. 11, 2011 11:41 p.m.
More UCLA undergraduate students apply to medical school than to any other graduate program.
Vivy Tran is a second-year physiological science student who plans on following this track.
Tran is an officer of Stroke Force, where she has been able to bring medicine out of the classroom by interviewing patients and shadowing doctors in an emergency room.
Students interested in gaining similar experiences will be able to learn about on-campus health organizations tonight, when UCLA pre-health honor society Alpha Epsilon Delta and the Office of Residential Life host their annual health and career fair, the Tri-Healthalon.
The fair aims to connect pre-health students with student groups on campus to provide intensive academic counseling for those preparing to apply to health-related graduate schools, said Christina Fong, a third-year neuroscience student and Alpha Epsilon Delta’s main coordinator for the Tri-Healthalon.
A wide variety of health-related groups will be present, including global medical initiatives and community-based health outreach groups.
Representatives from Covel’s Academics in the Commons will present pre-health workshops and Q-and-A sessions that will cover the basics of applying to graduate programs in the health field, Fong said. Members of the pre-health society will also lead a series of presentations on maintaining student health on the Hill.
Alpha Epsilon Delta first established the Tri-Healthalon in 2008 to introduce other pre-health organizations to the student population, said Jaspreet Shergill, a fourth-year biology student and president of Alpha Epsilon Delta. Although attendance has been largely dominated by underclassmen in past years, he said the fair caters to students from all years.
The event was moved from spring to winter quarter to help students play a larger role in the organizations they choose to join. The location has also shifted from the Grand Horizon Room in Covel to the De Neve Plaza Room to accommodate larger crowds and to position the event closer to health-themed residential communities.
