What is AED?

 

Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED) is a national honor society for pre-medical students and the largest pre-med organization in the United States. AED is also the world's largest honor society exclusively serving pre-medical education, with a membership exceeding 124,000 in 174 chapters.

 

 

AED History

 

On April 28, 1926, fifteen premedical students at the University of Alabama met with Dr. Jack Montgomery, premedical advisor and professor of organic chemistry, to formalize the organization of a new premedical honor society. Baylor University, Samford University, The University of Texas, and the University of South Carolina established chapters in 1928/29. At the first national convention at the University of Alabama on April 18, 1930, ten members representing five chapters and one petitioning group were in attendance. From these modest beginnings, AED has today become the world's largest Honor Society exclusively serving premedical education, with a membership exceeding 144,000 in 186 chapters. In 1949, AED was incorporated in the State of Michigan. In February 1962, the Society was reincorporated in the District of Columbia as a nonprofit, educational organization.

 

 

What does JHU AED do?

 

AED at Johns Hopkins is involved in a number of activities in addition to its being a portal for members and other premeds to receive guidance and assistance through the medical school preparation process. Some of these activities include

 

• Volunteering at Kennedy Krieger Institute

• Mentoring underclassmen premedical students

• Workshops through Project PLASE

• Conversations in Medicine (CiM) Lecture Series

• Collaborating with the US Army Medical Recruitment Division to introduce scholarship opportunities

• Organizing annual blood drives in collaboration with the American Red Cross

• Organizing information and networking events for the premedical community at JHU