Geisinger College of Health Sciences

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) students will host their 10th annual Turkey Trot 5K/10K run in downtown Scranton on Sunday, Nov. 3. Proceeds will benefit the nonprofit charitable organization, Friends of the Poor.

The executive board of the South Asian Society (SAS) at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) organized and led an initiative to educate the GCSOM community on the Muslim observation of Ramadan, a month dedicated to fasting, prayer, reflection and community.

The student leaders of the Primary Care Progress chapter at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) invite the community to gather at the school on Saturday, May 11 to discuss prescription drug affordability with healthcare providers and other community members. The purpose of the event is to provide the community with a way to communicate with providers and policymakers about their challenges in accessing prescription drugs and adhering to recommended medication regimens with the hope that the ensuing dialogue will spark constructive change.

Three Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) students recently helped to plan and organize a First Aid Meet for about 50 scouts from the Northeastern Pennsylvania Council of the Scouts BSA. The annual competitive event was held on March 16 and was co-sponsored by the Council and the Emergency Medicine Interest Group at GCSOM.

On Saturday, April 13, members of the Student Musculoskeletal Society at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM), in partnership with the Geisinger Musculoskeletal Institute, will host a free osteoporosis screening from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.at the Geisinger Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine Clinic at 3 W Olive Street, Scranton.

On Saturday, April 6, student members of the Dermatology Interest Group at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) will host a free skin-cancer screening from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.at the school's Medical Sciences Building, 525 Pine Street in Scranton

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) medical students hosted their ninth annual Turkey Trot 5K/10K run in downtown Scranton on Sunday, Nov. 4. The event also featured a Tiny Trot, including crafts, games, face painting and relay races, for children ages 13 and younger. Proceeds benefitted Friends of the Poor's holiday food giveaways. Student organizers reported that 261 runners and walkers participated. Also, a series of fundraisers at local restaurants, a penny war and a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders event preceding the run helped augment monies raised from race registrations to make the 2018 Turley Trot the most successful to date, with close to $17,000 raised.

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students have planned and organized the school's ninth annual Turkey Trot, which will take place on Nov. 4. All proceeds benefit Friends of the Poor.

On Sunday, April 7, students from Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine will host the eighth annual ALLEY-OOP FOR AUTISMthree-on-three charity basketball tournament.

Anis Adnani of Pittsburgh, a member of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's (GCSOM) MD Class of 2021, to serve as panelist during an "Interdependence Day Scranton"

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (GCSOM) will host the sixth annual NEPA Trans Health Conference on Tuesday, April 17. Student organizers include Alexa Bolock of Waverly; Brandon Bombar of Scranton; Angie Chang of Thousand Oaks, California; Sarah Heisey of Arlington, Virginia; Kailee Kerr of Tracy, California; Steven Lam of San Jose, California; and Tripti Soni of Boyds, Maryland.

Three master of biomedical sciences (MBS) students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's Doylestown campus recently served as judges for the Bucks County Science Research Competition held at Delaware Valley University.

A group of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students planned and organized the school's first Freedom Seder, held on March 12. It is the students' intent to make the Freedom Seder an annual event. Freedom Seders intertwine the archetypal story of the Israelites' deliverance from slavery in ancient Egypt with more modern liberation struggles.

Merly Cepeda of Miami, a master of biomedical sciences (MBS) student at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, recently led a fundraiser to combat childhood cancer.

Nick Maffetone of New Hope, a master of biomedical sciences (MBS) student at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's Doylestown campus, recently chaired a food drive event. The event was sponsored by Geisinger Commonwealth's Doylestown Graduate Council and the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute. The food drive collected more than $990 in cash and gift cards and 403 food items. The drive benefited the Bucks County Housing Group, which currently serves more than 120 families in Bucks County.

The Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine chapter of the American Women's Medical Association (AMWA) recently held its annual Rose-A-Palooza to benefit the Women's Resource Center.

First year medical students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine donated and packaged baby hats for the Little Hats, Big Hearts project, sponsored locally by Cross Valley Federal Credit Union.

Master of biomedical sciences (MBS) students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's Doylestown campus recently volunteered at a Hepatitis B screening event. The screening was hosted by the Hepatitis B Foundation, Hep B United Philadelphia and African Family Health Organization in northeast Philadelphia.

Second-year medical students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, organized the seventh annual ALLEY-OOP FOR AUTISM three-on-three charity basketball tournament. The event will take place on Sunday, Feb. 18 at Byron Recreational Complex at The University of Scranton.

Students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine organized the school's first Super Science Saturday for Girls, a free event for local seventh- and eighth-grade girls to sample a wide array of scientific disciplines. The girls will get to interact with each other and women doctors, researchers, medical students, graduate students and other professionals in healthcare throughout the day.

Colorful fashions from countries around the globe - including India, Nigeria, Ghana, Thailand and Japan-- were on display Jan. 12 at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine as students and faculty took part in the school's annual International Luncheon and Cultural Explosion Fashion Show. The event was organized by the school's student-run Diversity Task Force.

On Monday, Oct. 30, the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute at the Pennsylvania Biotech Park, home to Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's (Geisinger Commonwealth) Doylestown campus, hosted its biannual Red Cross Blood Drive. Several Geisinger Commonwealth master of biomedical sciences (MBS) students planned and organized the event.

Nick Kaiser of Stroudsburg and Nick Maffetone of New Hope organized Step It Up Bucks, a wellness and walking initiative sponsored by the Graduate Student Council at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's Doylestown campus. Step It Up Bucks encouraged participants to record their steps every month, beginning in July. If they reached their goal the step goal, participants were eligible to win a monthly prize. The campaign to promote physical activity in the community successfully enrolled 120 individuals who, by Nov. 1, had walked more than 25 million steps.

To reduce the carbon footprint at the Pennsylvania Biotech Park, home of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's Doylestown campus, master of biomedical sciences (MBS) students Adriana Feliz of Canton, Massachusetts and Josephine Sinamano of Carrollton, Texas, initiated a recycling campaign.

Members of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine's (Geisinger Commonwealth) Military Medicine Interest Group (MMIG) helped celebrate Veterans Day on Saturday, Nov. 11 at the Gino J. Merli Veterans' Center in Scranton.

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine master of biomedical sciences (MBS) students recently volunteered to run the registration booth at the ninth annual YMCA Kids Triathlon in Doylestown.

Lindsay Falgoust of Hatboro, a second-year medical student at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and Medical Student Council community service chair, has organized the school's first "Geisinger Commonwealth Family Day of Service," which took place on Oct. 28.

Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth) students will host their eighth annual Turkey Trot 5K/10K run in downtown Scranton on Sunday, Nov. 5.

On Wednesday, Oct. 11 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Physicians Representing Inclusivity, Diversity and Equality (PRIDE), a student group at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth), invites the public to join them in celebrating National Coming Out Day. This year marks the 29th anniversary of a day set aside to encourage people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) to live openly as their true selves. The student-organized event will expand the celebration to include any person who has had to summon the courage to reveal an identity they have kept hidden from friends and family.

A group of second-year medical students at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine (Geisinger Commonwealth) are this year's organizers of the school's annual Turkey Trot benefitting Friends of the Poor.