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The WAMSS Committee is elected by WAMSS members annually, to serve as representatives for the duration of one year. The Committee comprises of members in a variety of portfolios which reflect the needs, wants, and diversity of UWA medical students.

The table below should help you decide which Committee member you should contact.

If you are unsure of which committee member to address your enquiry to, please do not hesitate to use the form below, or email [email protected]

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Position	Member	Email Address	Role Description
Executive
President	Erin Hassett	[email protected]	Contact for issues of leadership, advocacy, AMSA, and others.
Vice President Internal	Stuart Purdie	[email protected]	Contact for UWA medicine educational issues and management of the WAMSS committee.
Vice President External	Toby Thomas	[email protected]	Contact for the purpose of sponsorship and promotions.
Treasurer	Haseeb Riaz	[email protected]	Contact for invoicing, receipts, and reimbursements.
Secretary	Olivia Tan	[email protected]	Contact for general inquiries.
Education Portfolio
Education Officer	Kayley Crebbin	[email protected]	Contact for UWA medical education issues, and HE numbers.
First Year Representatives	Narendra Gammanpila & Kaleigh Spithoven	[email protected]	Contact for any first year issue.
Second Year Respresentatives	Jason D'Silva & Ella Forkin	[email protected]	Contact for any second year issue.
Third Year Represtentatives	Joanne Marcello & Shaun Liow	[email protected]	Contact for any third year issue.
Rural Clinical School (RCS) Representative	Thomas Filmer	[email protected]	Contact for any RCS issue.
Fourth Year Representatives	Kate Mannolini & Thomas Russell	[email protected]	Contact for any fourth year issue.
International Officer	Russell Lim	[email protected]	Contact for any international student issue.
Academic Programs
Student Grand Rounds (SGR) Coordinators	Olivia Shannon & Nicholas Chatman & Dewruwan Gammanpila	[email protected]	Contact if you have questions about peer tutoring, mentoring, or the Teaching on the Run program
Academic Events Coordinator	Nick Leedman & Cody Melvin & Paul Stobie	[email protected]	Contact if you have any questions or ideas for events to supplement the core academic program.
SHMRC	TBA	[email protected]	Contact if you have any questions about the WAMSS’ Student Research Conference.
Communications Portfolio
Marketing Officers	Jun-Ting Yeung & Alexander Lawrie	[email protected]	Contact for all merchandise, UWA O-Day, social media enquiries, and ideas for publication content.
Website & IT Officer	Jonathan Pang	[email protected]	Contact for issues and questions regarding the website or any IT matters.
Social
Social Representatives	Chloe Gwynne & Tamika Bland & Shanae Jupp	[email protected]	Contact for anything related to social events on the WAMSS calendar.
MD1 Orientation Representatives	Ella Forkin & Sarah Mullen	[email protected]	Contact the organisers of various orientation events for the incoming MD1 students including the Orientation Camp and Welcome BBQ.
MD2 Orientation Representatives	Aarohanan Raguragavan & Alexander Armanios	[email protected]	Contact the organisers of various orientation events for the incoming MD2 students.
Medical Dinner Representatives	Caitlyn Taylor & Matthew Mann & Carina Pretorius	[email protected]	Contact for things related to the organisation and running of the annual WAMSS Medical Dinner.
Allied Health Representatives	Chloe Gwynne & Tamika Bland & Shanae Jupp	[email protected]	Contact for the Allied Health Event.
Sports
Sports Representatives	Layaal Mikhael & Helen Abbott & Rhys Landwehr & Remy Spring	[email protected]	Contact for all things WAMSS sport related.
AMSA
AMSA Representative	Aarohanan Raguragavan	[email protected]	Contact for issues related to AMSA, and AMSA policies. e.g. National Convention delegations.
WAMSS Electives and Exchange Officer		[email protected]	Contact for all electives and exchange-related business within WAMSS.
No Set Portfolio
Interhealth Co-Chairs	Alexander Armanios & Aidan Lewins	[email protected]	Contact for a wide variety of issues relating to global health.
Red Party Coordinators	Emily Barrett & Kriti Sharma	[email protected]	Contact for all matters related to the annual Red Party fundraising events.
Undergraduate Communications Officer (UCO)	Akanksha Das	[email protected]	Contact for information about the WAMSS Associate Membership or for more information if you are an undergraduate student interested in medicine.
Indigenous Representative	Georgia-Rose Gosling	[email protected]	Contact for matters relating to Indigenous medical students.
Mental Health Chair	Brritt Suann	[email protected]	Contact for all things mental health and wellbeing for WAMSS.
Queer Chairs	Uma Nair & Dulasi Amarasingha	[email protected]	Represents medical students who identify as LGBTIQA+ on the WAMSS Committee and in any issues that arise. As part of this they may organise events, educate and advocate on health issues relevant to people of diverse gender, sex, and sexuality.
Mature Chairs	Brendan Selby & Evangelyn (Choon Boon) Sim	[email protected]	Representatives for medical students who identify as belonging to the mature age community.
Foundation
Foundation Chair	Ayeesha Thevar	[email protected]	Contact for anything related to the Foundation Committee, which coordinate and allocate Foundation projects, and deliver the Foundation report at the WAMSS AGM
Immediate Past President	Ollie Dearsley	[email protected]