After almost two years as an unofficial medical student interest group the Evolutionary Medicine Group at the Louisiana State University  School of Medicine in New Orleans  has gained official recognition by the institution.  If you know of other groups of medical students who are meeting to talk about evolutionary medicine, please add information as a comment below so we can establish a network of such groups.

The LSU group was started by first year medical students last year, with minimal faculty support, and continued to meet and recruit underclassmen throughout the current academic year. Participants will now receive credit hours towards the school’s “professional development” elective. The group follows a journal club style, with the presenting student choosing journal articles and leading discussion relevant to the month’s topic. Topics have included: Cancer Evolution in Human Microenvironments, Foundations of Evolution in Relation to Medicine, Evolution and Embryological Development, Infectious Disease Evolution, Current Environmental Mismatch with Evolved Human Traits, Evolutionary Basis of Aging, Epigenetics in Human Evolution, Evolution and Psychology, Using Evolution to Predict Outcomes of Medical Intervention, and The Human Microbiome. It is the hope that this group will increase the understanding of scientific literature, encourage peer-to-peer teaching, and lead to the development of evolutionary thinking in a new generation of physicians.
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Any questions/comments can be directed to: Michelle Blyth ([email protected]), Rebecca Kreston ([email protected]) (student leaders) or Jason Mussell ([email protected]), Hamilton Farris ([email protected]) (faculty advisors)