The SGA has a set budget every academic year to help fund class social events, student conference fees, student clubs, and interprofessional events. To request funding assistance, please complete a Request for SGA Funding Form.

Best Buddies International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD)." The MGH IHP chapter matches student members in 1:1 friendships with individuals with IDD from the Boston community. This student organization creates new relationships in the community, and expands perceptions of persons with IDD, recognizing them as people first. It provides students the chance to experience relationships beyond roles as helping professionals within the healthcare system. By spending time together, the lives of both individuals are enhanced through a mutually beneficial friendship. Members from all disciplines are welcome. Contact: ataubert@mghihp.edu

The IHP Musicians was founded in 2012 to enrich patients’ experiences and quality of life during recovery through musical entertainment, enhance students’ clinical and professional development and to promote interdisciplinary skills. The club comprises members from all IHP programs and performs a variety of musical genres with solo, duet and group performances. Each semester the club performs at Spaulding Rehab and will be expanding to other venues. Rehearsals are held weekly on Friday from 5:30–6:30 p.m.

IHP Musicians Officers: Alexandra Fam, Natsumi Asanuma, Lisa Keegan, Katherine Marks, Krysten Sears, Amanda Fryd

Contact: ihpmusicians@mghihp.edu

Formed in 2005, this club provides a forum for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer-identified students and allies. The club is open to any student who has an interest in LGBTQ-related health.

Each academic year, the club invites speakers to address LGBTQ health-related issues. The club also gives presentations on LGBTQ issues for the IHP community. The club is active and has regular meetings and social events. The club also networks with MGH LGBT's Employee Resource Group and has participated in volunteer events at Fenway Community Health in Boston.

Contact: kinsihp@mghihp.edu

NSSLHA is a nonprofit organization for graduate and undergraduate students interested in the study of human communication and related disabilities (Speech-Language Pathology). Graduate students in the Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) program have an active NSSLHA chapter.

Along with participating in community service projects, the group is active in fundraising in order to reduce the cost for students attending the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention.

The annual ASHA Convention provides a place for professionals and students involved in speech-language pathology and related fields to present research, listen to speakers, and learn about new remediation techniques. By attending the convention, NSSLHA members gain more knowledge about communication disorders, and observe the leaders of our field.

Contact: nsslha@mghihp.edu

MGHIHP’s Nursing Students for Sexual and Reproductive Health is dedicated to advancing and securing reproductive health and justice for all. Recognizing that nurses are frontline health care practitioners, patient advocates, and community health educators, NSSRH fulfills its mission by:

(i) advocating for substantially increased reproductive health and abortion training for nurses

(ii) organizing a nationwide network of nursing student activists

(iii) supporting the leadership of nursing students and all nurses in the reproductive justice movement

(iv) collaborating across the nursing profession and with other health care providers to maximize resources and expertise

(v) creating a new generation of reproductive health and abortion provider nurses.

We are affiliated with the national chapter of Nursing Students for Choice (NSFC).

Contact: studentlife@mghihp.edu

Students for Racial Justice in Healthcare is a collective of racial affinity groups, including Ohana for People of Color (PoC) Community and White Affinity for Racial Justice. Our purpose is to facilitate dialogue about racial justice and its impact on the health of our communities, both within the IHP community and beyond. We believe in fostering a space that provides support and builds a stronger understanding among us all through thoughtful, humane dialogue and action towards a more just and compassionate world. Therefore, we strive to create dialogue that is intersectional, inclusive, and affirming of people of color while also addressing oppression based on age, class, gender, size, ability, sexual orientation, mental health status, and other human attributes. Students for Racial Justice in Healthcare aims to center the most marginalized. Our work is rooted in the truth that none of us are free until the most marginalized groups among us are free.

The Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA) is a non-profit organization, founded at MGH Institute by the inaugural OTD class of 2017. The purpose of SOTA is to enhance knowledge about occupational therapy as a powerful, widely recognized, science-driven, and evidence-based profession (AOTA, 2006). SOTA is a student-run organization that promotes occupational therapy through community service, public relations, fundraising, and campus activities. Our mission is to serve the community in areas related to occupational therapy, while simultaneously advancing members skills in areas such as professional development. SOTA provides its members the opportunity to connect with each other, faculty and the community at large. SOTA meets once a month.

Over 80% of OTD students are current members of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), earning the Institute Silver Level recognition in the AOTA's Student Membership Circle.

Contact: SOTA@mghihp.edu

First Steps:

• Hold an informational meeting to generate club interest. Send your meeting announcement to Student Life for approval. The Office of Student and Disability Services (OSDS) will then forward the approved announcement to the Daily News.

• Have at least 8 committed members before applying for official club standing with OSDS and the SGA.

• Secure a current Institute Faculty/Staff member to act as your advisor for the academic year and submit his/her name to OSDS. (Note: If an advisor cannot fulfill the year long commitment, the club must submit the name of a second advisor to fill out the term.)

• Fill out the New Student Organization Application form.

Second Steps:

• Attend an SGA meeting and be prepared to outline your organization’s mission and purpose.

• The SGA reserves the right to take up to one month to review the application.

Final Steps:

• If approval from the SGA has been reached, the organization should hold elections for an Executive Board. Having an E-board will help to shape the club and make sure it is following its mission and purpose. The E-board should at the very least include the following positions: Chair/President, Treasurer, Secretary, and SGA Liaison. The role of the SGA Liaison is important because this allows the clubs to have a direct line to the SGA.

• Once an E-board has been established, the new organization should submit to OSDS a list of the board members with their student email addresses.

• If a general club email is desired, the organization should submit a request to OSDS to Student Life.