BioMASS about

About

- About BioMASS -

BioMedically Affiliated Stanford Students (BioMASS) provides useful career resources and information, arranges fun social events, and imparts a political voice to the approximately 600 students enrolled in biological science graduate programs in 14 research departments here at Stanford University.

Regular BioMASS events include an annual BBQ, Graduate Students Social Hours, a bi-monthly Career Seminar Series, and Biotech Company Field Trips. BioMASS also sponsors the First-Year Camping Trip and New Student Orientation every September, and is involved in welcoming prospective grad students to Stanford during Interview Weekend in the spring.

There is money available for other events as well; we just need people willing to organize them. In the past, there were trips to the Santa Cruz Shakespeare Festival and the San Fransisco Opera, a Napa Valley wine tour, and on-campus graduate student parties. Attend the next meeting, or contact one of our officers to learn how to sponsor an event. As a student-run organization, BioMASS depends upon student interest and activity to persist. This is YOUR ORGANIZATION, so to preserve it, YOU MUST GET INVOLVED! There are currently open positions within the organization. To find out how to get involved, email the chair.

- 2008-09 Leadership Positions -

Chair -- Amy Palin

Vice President -- Jeremy Chang

Financial Officer -- Jessica Allen

Webmaster/Recorder -- Kirsten Frieda Updates website

Social Chair -- Adrianne Hughes and Louis Fernandes Organizes BioMASS Social Hours and plans other social events.

School of Medicine Career Center Liaison -- Brett Staahl Keeps BioMASS up to date on Career Center activities.

SUMC Alumni Association Liaison -- Brett Staahl Connects BioMASS with alumni.

New Student Orientation -- Johanna Schaub and Karen Colbert Help introduce new graduate students to Stanford during the first week of classes in September.

LKC Liaisons -- Amy Palin and Amy Radermacher Works with planners to ensure that graduate students have input into the building of the new Learning and Knowledge Center.

Lane Library Liaison -- Amy Radermacher

Graduate Student Survey Committee --
Helps create a survey for grad students to assess and improve graduate education here at Stanford and beyond.

First-Year Camping Trip -- Moria Chambersers
Imagine 50 first-year students, 10 current students, and lots of food and beverages against the beautiful backdrop of northern California coastland. Not a bad thought.

Biosciences Graduate Handbook Coordinators -- Amy Radermacher
Help update and edit the handbook for incoming graduate students.

- Departmental & Program Representatives -

Departmental and program representatives serve as a link between BioMASS, the administration, and the needs of particular graduate student departments and programs. They serve a vital role in ensuring that BioMASS acts on behalf of the entire student body. Currently, we need a few more people to act as representatives for their departments. Please let us know if you're interested in filling any of the vacancies below. Also, if you represent a department that is not listed and you think it should be a part of BioMASS, contact Amy Palin.

Biochemistry -- Sadie Bartholomew

Biological Sciences -- Joanna Lee

Bioengineering -- Christina Fan and Craig Goergen

Biophysics -- Andy Ehrensberger

BioX --

Chemical and Systems Biology -- Jeremy Chang

Chemistry --

Cancer Biology -- Johanna Schaub

Developmental Biology -- Brett Staahl

Epidemiology --

Genetics -- Fouad Zakharia

Immunology -- Adrianne Hughes