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Contact Information:

Medical Student Affairs
Sanford School of Medicine The University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069-2390
phone: 605-677-5233
fax: 605-677-5109
usdsmsa@usd.edu

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Last Modified: 06/29/09

diversity opportunities

The Office of Diversity Affairs is here to help direct and support the diversity efforts of the Sanford School of Medicine and its students.

The Office of Diversity Affairs participates in a variety of educational and experiential enrichment opportunities for pre-college students, college students and medical students at the Sanford School of Medicine.  A significant focus of these programs is directed toward enhancing the opportunities for South Dakota's Native American Indians to participate more fully in careers in medicine and other health care professions.

The Office of Diversity Affairs also serves as the Indians into Medicine (INMED) Satellite office of the INMED program and serves to promote the efforts and initiatives of INMED. The Office of Diversity Affairs is the School of Medicine representative to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Group on Student Affairs-Minority Affairs Section (GSA-MAS). The office also collaborates with wider USD diversity efforts such as the USD Native American Retention and Recruitment Committee and the USD Campus Diversity Enhancement Group.  The Diversity Affairs office offers consultation, direction and support of the School of Medicine diversity efforts and programs. 

Medical Students
Indians Into Medicine Program (INMED) Satellite Office
ASNIYA

Pre-Med students & Others
Lawrence Brothers Camp
AspiringDocs (new AAMC Web Site and campaign to increase diversity in medicine)
      -One of our own
Healthcare Career Summer Camp

Committees & Programs
Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN)
Cultural Competence Workgroup
Diversity Dialogues
Diversity Health Affairs Committee

University Efforts
Diversity at The U.
Diversity Calendar
Native American Culture Center

Outside Links:
Indians Into Medicine Program
Association of American Indian Physicians
Association of American Medical Colleges
Association of American Medical Colleges
(Diversity)
AAMC GSA Minority Affairs Section 
ASNIYA
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
American Indian Higher Education Consortium
American Indian Health
Pathways Into Health Program
Indian Health Services
Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service (AAIHS)
Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairman's Health Board (AATCHB)

Contact Person:
Gerald J. Yutrzenka, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Basic Biomedical Sciences
Director, Minority Affairs/ INMED Satellite Office
Health Professions Advisor
Julian 143
Sanford School of Medicine,
The University of South Dakota
(605) 677-5156
gyutrzen@usd.edu