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Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED) is Louisiana
State University’s pre-professional
health honor society dedicated to premedical students. AED serves as a student
organization to provide its members with
service opportunities in the Greater Baton
Rouge community and to expose them to a
wide variety of medical specialties. Our goal
is to help build successful medical school
applicants that are compassionate and
community focused.
AED holds meetings every two weeks
designed to expose students to career
options within the healthcare field. At
each meeting, guest speakers share their
experiences, advice, and guidance with our
members. These speakers include medical
students, residents, and physicians of
numerous specialties including cardiology,
internal medicine, and pediatrics.
In addition, we annually host our Dean’s
Convocation where the Deans of Admission
from both LSU medical schools speak on
what they look for in applicants. This event
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allows our members to network and connect
with the Deans. We also host a Mock
Interview with one of the Deans to prepare
our members for the rigors of the interview
process.
We believe in the power of community
service as future medical professionals, so
we provide our members with numerous
opportunities to volunteer in the Greater
Baton Rouge Area and on LSU’s campus
including Hearts and Hooves, the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation, Mighty Moms, St.
Vincent de Paul, and the Greater Baton
Rouge Food Bank.
AED annually hosts our Miles for
Medicine community race to raise money
and awareness for our philanthropy, the Boys
and Girls Club of Metro Louisiana. This year
alone, AED raised two truckloads of supplies
for Nicholls State University Hurricane Ida
Relief, collected 1,002 pounds of food for
the LSU Food Pantry, and most recent raised
$11,880.28 for Dance Marathon!
