ALPHA EPSILON DELTA
UCLA’S PREMIER PRE-HEALTH HONOR SOCIETY
DEDICATED TO THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE IN PREPROFESSIONAL HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP
Alpha Epsilon Delta is one of the largest pre-health honor societies in the nation and has 186 active chapters and over 144,000 initiated members. The Theta Chapter is based in Los Angeles at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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ABOUT US
Alpha Epsilon Delta’s Theta Chapter was created to unite all students passionate about the health sciences. Now, our chapter continues to cultivate high-achieving healthcare pre-professionals.
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OUR CHAPTER
Beyond the academic and professional development Alpha Epsilon Delta provides, we are first and foremost a family. Our chapter has fostered the strongest bonds and lifelong friendships.
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PROGRAMS
Through our unique and diverse range of programs, members have the opportunity to serve the community, cultivate leadership skills, and make lasting impacts and experiences.
WORDS FROM OUR PRESIDENT
Welcome to the California Theta Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the premier pre-health honor society and professional fraternity at the University of California, Los Angeles!
Our chapter was founded in 2003 by Theresa Kim, Wendy Chen, and John Cho in hopes of creating a support network built upon our three tenets of service, scholarship, and camaraderie for students with different healthcare aspirations at UCLA. Nearly two decades later and we continue to share that same vision as our founders. Our chapter currently has members pursuing a variety of careers in healthcare including medicine, optometry, dentistry, research, and so much more!
Through our seven programs, members are given unique opportunities to contribute and serve the community in conjunction to exploring their own interests during the process. With our extensive alumni network of graduate students and health care professionals, we are able to provide our members with mentorship and guidance on specific career paths.
Alpha Epsilon Delta has helped foster my academic and professional development. Having the resources and the unconditional support from my fellow brothers and sisters has helped me become more confident in my own capabilities as a student. Through networking with alumni at meetings, attending workshops, and participating in mock interviews, I have not only gained more career directionality, but I am also well equipped with the skills necessary to pursue my goals of attending optometry school. However, my biggest takeaway during my time in Alpha Epsilon Delta will be all the memories and friends I have made along the way which will become some of my fondest memories from college.
Alpha Epsilon Delta has given so much to me personally and I hope to do the same for the future generation of members. Please feel free to explore our website to learn more about our programs and members. Thank you for reading and we hope to see you at future recruiting events!
Sincerely,
Amanda Wong, President 2024-2025
The BEDI Framework
AED is committed to creating a more just, diverse, equitable, and inclusive community through the belonging, equity, diversity, and inclusion (BEDI) framework.
Belonging: For all Alpha Epsilon Delta members to experience belonging within Alpha Epsilon Delta at an individual level and as a community, as well as beyond Alpha Epsilon Delta. At the intersection of diversity, equity, and inclusion is belonging.
Equity: To provide every member with fair access to the type and quantity of resources individually necessary to have the same opportunities to be successful.
Diversity: To embrace and honor both individual and shared experiences, values, beliefs and characteristics.
Inclusion: Welcome all races, religions, countries of origin, sexual orientations, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and backgrounds.
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