University of Washington Global Medical Missions Alliance
Nathan Goh
President | 3rd Year
GMMA has been a stepping stone to finding greater discernment in my pre-health career. I am so grateful to find a community and have a fellowship that intersects my faith and my career. It’s amazing to see so many like-minded individuals come together with the common unified goal of seeking and furthering our faith together.
Major: Biochemistry and Physiology
Shiori Tabe
Vice President | 4th Year
Going on medical mission trips with GMMA has not only initiated my passion for dentistry but also reminded me to serve others unconditionally. The people I’ve also met at the UW chapter and on mission trips have shown me how a body of Christ can work together to serve our one true God! Through GMMA, I’ve been able to incorporate my education and future with my faith by continuously seeking humility, trusting in Him alone. I’m truly blessed to serve alongside my brothers and sisters in order to be the salt and light of the UW campus.
Major: MCD Biology
Dzung Nguyen
Treasurer and Public Relations | 5th Year
Arden Park
Secretary | 4th Year
What GMMA represents is actually my dream. Something I always wanted to do in my life is missionary work. I wanted to be able to spread the word of God somehow. From this, I looked into medicine as a possible method of delivering the Word of God, which is how I found GMMA. The work that GMMA does perfectly matches what I want to do, so I had to join it. I was able to witness how missions work through GMMA, and it showed me what was realistic and what kind of things are possible.
Major: MCD Biology and Art History Minor
Charlie Yang
Mission Coordinator | 2nd Year
Through GMMA, I was blessed to have a spiritual community in the midst of all the pressuring and stressful college environment. I first joined to simply be involved with a club, but GMMA offered so much more. I was able to personally meet with many God-centered friends and mentors where I was encouraged to be accountable for my faith during the tough school days. And I went on my first mission trip through GMMA to Mexico which was overall, a humbling and amazing experience where I learned what it truly means to fulfill God’s will for us to serve. GMMA is a family with loving people who engage and uplift each other to pursue God’s will to serve with our passion for healthcare.
Major: Biochemistry
About University of Washington Student Chapter
The University of Washington Student Chapter is blessed to have many mentors like Dr. Mia Lee MD, Dr. Simone Kim DSS, Dr. Kevin Lee DDS, Dr. George Min MD, and Dr. Gene Paek MD. Without these fantastic mentors’ contributions, the student chapter wouldn’t be as amazing as it is now. The purpose of student chapters is to allow networking and mentorship between students and doctors with Christ.
General Meetings
General Meetings will happen Bi-weekly Mondays at 7:00 PM. The location of general meetings for 2022-2023 academic school year will occur in SMITH HALL 102. Meetings will usually last for about 1 to 1.5 hours. For more details about General Meetings, remember to look at our social media that will be posted on both Facebook(GMMA at UW) and Instagram(@uwgmma).
Autumn Quarter 2022
October 3rd: Info Session/ Kickoff
October 17th: TBD
October 31st: Mission Testimonies
November 14th: TBD
November 28th: Study Night/ Fellowship
Winter Quarter 2023
January 9th: Kickoff
January 23th: TBD
February 6th: TBD
February 20th: TBD
March 6th: Study Night/ Fellowship
Spring Quarter 2023
April 4th: Kickoff
April 17th:TBD
May 1st:TBD
May 15th:TBD
May 29th: Study Night
Mission Trips
The University of Washington GMMA chapter offers many types of medical mission trips: Local, short, and long-term missions. These trips happen throughout the year (autumn, winter, and summer) in hopes of bringing both spiritual and physical healing to the community all around us. A group of missionaries will be sent to medically underserved communities to provide medical treatments alongside health professionals and, most importantly, to spread the love that God has first shown us on the cross.
Local Mission Trips:
We have partnered with one of Seattle’s Homeless Shelters: Seattle Union Gospel Mission, also known as Hope Place. These local missions will very during the time but will occur at least once per quarter.
Short Term Mission Trips:
for the 2022-2023 school year, UWGMMA was assigned two dates by GMMA HQ which are both during the winter quarter:
January 27, 2023
February 24, 2023
Location TBD
Long-term Mission Trips:
TBD
President: Nathan Goh
Welcome to Global Medical Missions Alliance @ UW!
Our student chapter exists to provide students:
-a Christian pre-health community where students can network with healthcare professionals
-equip students to use their passions to expand the Kingdom of God and to spread His love to all those around us (locally and globally)
-local outreach to our communities to mobilize the spirit of serving
Contact Information: uwgmma@uw.edu
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about UW GMMA and our vision. Please let us know if you have a similar vision, and would like to collaborate with or support us. You can also find us on Facebook by searching for “GMMA at Washington” in the search bar.
Best,
UW GMMA