Medical Student Government (MSG)
Founded in 1992, Medical Student Government (MSG) is the main communication pathway between the student body and the administration. MSG takes an active role in addressing student concerns and is responsible for advancing student interests and welfare to achieve excellence in academic pursuits and professional interactions. Students, faculty, and administrators use MSG extensively as a facilitator of important dialogue. Many large- and small-scale changes in student life at this medical school, from the most recent curriculum changes to a variety of social events, have come about as a result of discussions that have taken place within the framework of MSG.
Each of the four medical school classes elects a class president, a medical education representative (MER), and a representative to the Organization of Student Representatives (OSR) of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), and either a representative to Washington University’s Graduate Professional Council (GPC) or a Community Engagement Representative (CER). The president works to represent class concerns and ideas to the administration and faculty as well as to plan numerous activities while serving as a student representative to various committees and groups throughout the medical school. The MER coordinates student feedback groups and evaluations for individual courses and acts as the student curriculum liaison to the administration. The OSR is the school’s representative to national and regional AAMC meetings, where issues such as the national board exams and other nationwide medical student concerns are discussed. The GPC representative and CER helps coordinate and promote activities between the medical school and other graduate schools at WashU.
In addition to the four class representatives, students are elected as IT liaisons to assist with technology issues, social chairs to help plan numerous class events and organize orientation activities for the incoming first-year class, and at-large members.
Class of 2023
Class President
Jennifer Lee
OSR
Patrick Ward
MER
Brooke Higgins
GPC
Jazmine Mays
Class of 2024
Class President
Jacob Strelnikov
OSR
Elijah Farrales
MER
Yupeng Liu
CER
Shannon Chiu
Class of 2025
Class President
Isabella Gomes
OSR
Aseeyah Islam
MER
Tim Huang
CER
Savannah Seupaul
Class of 2026
Class President
Joey Krambs
OSR
Arielle Soldatenko
MER
Brian Dineen
CER
Caroline Kwok
IT Liaisons
Class of 2023
Chris Douglas
Class of 2025
Sam Brehm
Class of 2024
Josh Greene
Class of 2026
Yazan Rouphail
Social Chairs
Class of 2023
Rachel Rios
Kwasi Enin
Janessa Sullivan
Mackenzie Geisman
Class of 2025
Abby Carey-Ewend
Joe Ribaudo
Adam Snowden
Amdiel Clement
Class of 2024
David Chen
Ashley Huggins
Kendall Jackson
Sai Pinni
Class of 2026
Joey Nichols
Alisha Dhallan
Libby Forsen
Alice Jiang
At-Large Members
Equity and Anti-Racism Committee At-Large Member
Onyi Onyeador
COMSE and Phase 1 Ops At-Large Member
Leah Tolby