About
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Chapter
The American Student Dental Association is a national student-run organization that protects and advances the rights, interests, and welfare of students pursuing careers in dentistry. As a national professional organization, ASDA provides a forum for expression of dental student concerns. It introduces students to lifelong involvement in organized dentistry. ASDA currently has more than 22,000 predoctoral members at each of the 66 U.S. dental school chapters.
Organization Goals:
- Promote welfare of dental students
- Advocate just treatment of dental students
- Represent needs, interests and welfare of association members
- Identify and promote needed change in dental education
- Introduce and promote organized dentistry (ADA, MDS)
- Disseminate pertinent information to dental students
- Improve dental care and delivery to all people by identifying public dental needs
Events
- National Dental Student Lobby Day
- National Leadership Conference
- ASDA Small Council Meetings
- ASDA Annual Session
- ADA District Caucuses
- MDS House of Delegates
- Interschool Debate (Tufts, Harvard, BU)
- Tufts Pre-dental Day (w/ Tufts ADEA)
- Vermont Special Olympics
- ASDA Smile Share & Care
- New England Center for Homeless Veterans
- Hale House
- Yankee Dental
- ADPAC Drive
- Socials
- Health and Wellness
- Wellness
- ASDA Vendor Fair
- Leadership Summit
More About Us
Represent Your Class and School:
Leadership within Tufts ASDA: Class reps, Committee chairs, Legislative Liaison, and other Leadership Positions
Leadership at the National Level: Elected Positions (elected by House of Delegates or chapter delegates at Annual Session), Appointed Positions (selected from a pool of applicants by board of trustees)
Externships in Washington, D.C. and Chicago
2021-2022 E-board Contacts
D22 Class Representative / Past-President / 1st Delegate – Alia Osseiran, D22 D23 Class Representative / President / 2nd Delegate – Giang Ngyuen, D23 D24 Class Representative / Vice President / Treasurer – Sam Rivera, D24 D25 Class Representative / Secretary -TBD, D25 Mentor – Jenn Duffy, D22 Chair – Therese Abely, D24 Chair – Hannah Tran, D24 Vice Chair – N/A Member – TBD, D25 Mentor – Carla Kruyff Arciniega, D22 Chair – George Hatzipetrou, D22 Chair – Mackenzie Vasile, D23 Chair – Mehak Baig, D22 Vice Chair – Shafa Nathani, D24 Member – Andrea Alespeiti, D24 Member – Alexandria Garcini, D24 Mentor – Maggie Wu, D22 Chair – Eric Lin, D23 Vice Chair – Trace Matthews, D24 Member – Peyman Bastani, D24 Mentor – Russel Smith, D22 Chair – Erica Broussard, D23 Vice Chair – Veral Patel, D23 Vice Chair – Michelle Stevens, D24 Member – TBD, D25 Outreach Mentor – Jessica Boucher, D22 Outreach Chair – Eunice Hahm, D23 Outreach Chair – Mckenzie Halsey, D23 Outreach Vice Chair – Andy Tran, D23 Outreach Member – Meggie Hodson, D23 Outreach Member – Samara Aoun, D24 TBD, D25 Mentorship Chair – Pooja Shah, D22 Mentorship Vice Chair – Macie Mattila, D23 Mentorship Member – TBD, D25 Mentor/Creative Director – Darien Lam, D22 Chair/Photographer & Designer – Tim Lo, D23 Vice Chair/Photographer & Designer – Aimee Parado, D24 Vice Chair/Photographer & Designer – Vicky Park, D23 Member – TBD, D25 Editor in Chief Chair – Janki Shingala, D22 Co-Editor Vice Chair – Kathleen Phan, D23 Co-Editor Member -TBD, D25 Dental Central Liaison – Arika Neal-Branch, D24 3rd/4th Year Lead – Claire Droumbakis, D22 2nd Year Co-Lead – Binh Phan, D23 2nd Year Co-Lead – Catherine Rayburn, D23 1st Year Lead – Raquel Alespeiti, D24 1st Year Lead – Sheryl Zhang, D24 3rd/4th Year Lead – Kayla Birde, D23 1st/2nd Year Lead – Arika Neal-Branch, D24 Chair – Giselle Clarke, D23 Vice Chair – Jackie Flynn, D24 Member – TBD, D25