American Medical Student Association (AMSA)

The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine (CWRU SOM) Chapter of AMSA is committed to furthering the goals of the national organization at CWRU SOM, within the surrounding community, and beyond. Please see individual AMSA committee pages for descriptions of the goals of that committee.

AMSA Board for 2021-2022
President: Kong Pan <[email protected]>
Treasurer: Christian Akotoye <[email protected]>

AMSA Committee Leaders for 2021 - 2022
Community Health: Gianna Dingillo <[email protected]​>
Case Med PRIDE: Aiden Coon <[email protected]>, Will Patterson <[email protected]>
Global Health: Rachel Waitzman <[email protected]>, Evonne Pei <[email protected]>,
Health Policy: Kathleen Mulligan <[email protected]>,  Harman Araich <[email protected]>
Race, Culture, and Ethnicity in Medicine: Ariadna Marrero <[email protected]>
Wellness and Student Life: Elizabeth Rao <[email protected]>, Dakota Nollner <[email protected]>

If you have an idea for an event, please contact a committee leader or member of the executive board to discuss how you can work with AMSA. If you want to start a new AMSA committee that corresponds to AMSA's mission, please contact Kong Pan at [email protected]

For more information on the national organization please visit their webpage. If you are interested in joining the AMSA national organization, please visit the Join AMSA webpage. 

FUNDING REQUESTS
WHO CAN APPLY?
Current medical students in good standing at the CWRU School of Medicine (University program or MSTP). CCLCM students should apply for funding through the CCLCM AMSA chapter.  

At Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, our AMSA chapter offers a limited amount of funding to help students attend conferences and fund events. Please refer to the information below to learn how to request individual or group funding. 

WHAT EVENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING?
Events related to the science or practice of medicine. 
  • CONFERENCES: Individual conference funding for those presenting a poster or a talk, with the stipulation that CSR funding must be requested first. 
  • EVENTS: Events will be funded that would not be eligible for CSR funding, but relate to the AMSA sub-committees (Community Health, Global Health. Health Policy, Student life and Wellness, LGBTQ, and Race Culture, Ethnicity in Medicine). 

HOW MUCH FUNDING CAN I RECEIVE?
  • A standard funding request is a request for $50 or less for a single event.
  • A special funding request is a request for more than $50 or for events that are not free or open to all medical students. Events where fifty people or more are expected may request $100 dollars as standard special funding.
  • Each student group may apply only once per semester for an event. Funding is limited and based on a first come first serve basis.
  • Events that receive AMSA funding must include in the event title that they are being co-sponsored by AMSA.
  • Individuals can request up to $100 per semester. This can be broken up over multiple conferences or used entirely for one conference; please specify the amount that you are applying for. 
  • The amount of funding available to individuals is as follows: $50 if your eligible expenses minus other funding is less than or equal to $500, and $100 if your eligible expenses minus other funding is greater than $500.
  • ​Individuals must disclose all other sources of funding and will not receive funding in excess of the cost of registration, travel, and lodging minus other sources of funding. Funding is granted on a first-come-first-serve basis but is NOT guaranteed. Funding Requests are subject to executive board approval. AMSA reserves the right to determine the amount awarded.  AMSA also reserves the right to discontinue individual funding at any time.


HOW DO I APPLY FOR FUNDING?
  1.  Complete the online funding request application: here .  For group funding, applications must be submitted at least one week in advance of the event. For individual funding, applications must be submitted withing 30 days after the event.  You will receive notification whether your application has been approved or denied within a week of submitting your application.
  2. Print and complete the Receipt Submission Form and submit to Jennifer Hawkins, Department Administrator, in E421.
  3. If you are applying for conference funding, email a copy of your conference registration receipt, proof that you are presenting at the conference, and all relevant receipts for travel, lodging, etc to the AMSA Treasurer (Christian Akotoye <[email protected]>) within one week of submitting your application. YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE PROCESSED UNTIL THIS INFORMATION IS RECEIVED.

WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY REIMBURSEMENT?
Reimbursement checks will be issued after all receipts are submitted and must be deposited within 180 days of the check issue date.  A new check will NOT be issued to you.

Please direct all funding application questions to Christian Akotoye <[email protected]>
This page was last updated on 5/26/19 by Tiffany Truong