IAMSE Communities of Growth (CoGs) are ongoing groups of like-minded individuals who want to informally get together to connect over an area or topic of interest. A Community of Growth is not directly connected to any Committee and is self-organized, and all CoGs are open to all. For more information on IAMSE CoGs, click here.
The AI CoG, CORE CoG, and Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG will all be meeting in March! Below are the details for each meeting. Please note that CoG Zoom links, meeting IDs, and passcodes have changed from what they have previously been. The updated links are listed below.
AI CoG
The AI CoG meeting on Zoom will take place at Noon (12 PM) EST on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. IAMSE AI CoG meetings take place regularly at 12 PM ET on the first Wednesday of each month. For information on how to join the AI CoG, email Doug McKell at douglas.mckell@gmail.com.
At the March AI CoG meeting, we will meet to explore our members’ current use of AI and have a robust discussion around the Freakonomics podcast episode – “Can A.I. Save Your Life?” featuring author, Robert Wachter, of the newly released book “A Giant Leap: How AI is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future.” Our full agenda can be viewed at AI CoG 3/4/26 Agenda.
We will also have announcements/updates from:
- Drs. Leah Hammer and Carmel McNicholas-Bevensee on the AI Learning Collaboratives.
- Drs. Mari Hopper and Mark Hernandez on the AI Tools Application Workshops.
To join the March AI CoG Zoom meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 966 6621 1082
Passcode: 361577
CORE CoG
The Community Outreach, Research, and Engagement (CORE) CoG meeting will take place at 3:00 PM EDT on Thursday, March 12, 2026. CORE CoG meetings then take place regularly every other month on either Monday or Thursday at 11:00 AM ET or 3:00 PM ET. Dates and times may vary. the CORE CoG is led by Peter Vollbrecht and Natascha Heise.
The topic of the March CORE CoG meeting will be Member Highlight-Research. Amanda Wewer and Madison Laid, medical students at the WMU homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, will present “Early Engagement: Community Health Screenings and Their Impact on Medical Student Empathy and Attitudes Toward Homelessness.”
To join the March CORE CoG Zoom meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 940 7015 6397
Passcode: 086440
Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG
The Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG meeting will take place at 12:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. For more information on the Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG and how to join, contact CoG leaders Jana Simmons (simmjana@msu.edu) or Kearney Gunsalas (gunsalus@uga.edu).
To join the March Nutrition and Health Promotion CoG meeting, click here.
Meeting ID: 971 1050 9261
Passcode: 111766