Hematology-Oncology Interest Group

Our faculty advisor, Dr. David Peace, will be speaking at the Hem/Onc Interest Group's first general body meeting on Tuesday, September 15th. The meeting will be from 12:30-1:20 in CMW 423. Lunch will be served. Dr. Peace will be talking about careers in the hem/onc specialty.

The Hem/Onc Interest Group and AMWA have created a UIC College of Medicine team for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on September 26, 2009. You can register with our team now by going HERE. Click "I Agree" and then click "Join a Team" and then select the "UIC College of Medicine" team. You can register for the walk, 5k run or 10k run. Registration is $37 but we'll be holding fundraising events to try and reimburse everybody and raise money for the race itself. Sign up now because registration ends Monday, September 7.

The new board members of the Hem/Onc Interest Group have been chosen:

Vice President: Chris Defalco
Treasurer: Nish Shah
Secretary: Tiffany Kim
Volunteer Coordinator: JohnMark Derryberry

Any M1 and M2 is now welcome to apply to become a board member of the Hem-Onc Interest Group. You may find the application HERE. Please fill this out to its completion by Wednesday August 26, 2009 by noon. Bylaws for the various positions can be found under the Constitution link on your left. Available positions include:
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Volunteer Coordinator
Special Events Coordinator

An M1 representative may be appointed as well. As you can see, this is a new web site for the organization and not all the links have been completed.

HOIG would like to welcome the incoming Class of 2013. We would also like to welcome back the M2s!