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Student Organizations

When it comes to your education, you only get out what you put in. Get involved to enhance your educational experience and network with others!

Graduate Biomedical Student Association (GBSA)

All students enrolled in degree programs, i.e. matriculated, at Rowan-Virtua GSBS are considered members in the Graduate Biomedical Student Association. The group's objectives are to cultivate interest in the biomedical sciences and to encourage mutual assistance, social involvement, and other activities vital to a wholesome environment for graduate studies.

The Graduate Biomedical Student Association (GBSA) includes all matriculated students and provides them with a forum to discuss issues relating to student affairs and graduate student education. The GBSA proper (mostly doctoral students) organizes trips to local scientific meetings, invites guest lecturers, and provides new doctoral students with mentors to help them adjust to life as a graduate student. In addition, the GBSA sponsors social events including bowling nights and trips to local amusement parks and sporting events to unite the doctoral student community.

The GBSA also has affiliate groups, as described below. These groups are comprised of masters and certificate students who typically have different career goals than the research-minded doctoral students.

American Physician Scientist Association

Our goals for this local chapter are to provide both financial and institutional support to current and potential physician scientists in training at Rowan-Virtua by:

  1. funding attendance to the annual APSA joint meeting,
  2. providing networking opportunities with alumni and other physician scientists throughout the country including, but not limited to, other osteopathic institutions, and
  3. building research repertoires.

Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS)

The Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students is a national organization that exists as individual self-governing bodies of students organized into chapters that overall seek to support the endeavors of ambitious pre-medical students under the guidance of regional and national bylaws.

Mission: The Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students is a national organization that exists as individual self-governing bodies of students organized into chapters that overall seek to support the endeavors of ambitious pre-medical students under the guidance of regional and national bylaws.