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Presidential Scholars for 2002-2003 selected  The Presidential Scholars Program was initiated last year to create more opportunities for student interdisciplinary interaction on campus.  The program aims to create a higher awareness of the broad social, political and cultural issues that affect health and, perhaps, more importantly, how health care professionals, working together, can become leaders of health care change. Students work together from August to April, this past year focusing on the issue of health care disparities. The work of the 2001-2002 class was displayed on April 25 during the first annual Presidential Scholars Day. Poster presentations were held during the day with a formal program in the afternoon that summarized and celebrated the outstanding contributions of these outstanding students. The new 2002 class of Presidential Scholars was formally acknowledged that day and challenged to continue the work of their predecessors. The 40 newly selected Presidential Scholars represent all six of the colleges at MUSC.  They were chosen from a pool of nearly 80 applicants. A faculty and student scholar committee reviewed applicant essays and faculty support letters and selected students based on their interest in interdisciplinary activities and their commitment to understanding the complex social and political issues impacting the health of the community.  This year’s Presidential Scholars will expand on the work of the first year with a continued focus on health care disparities. They will be joined by a select group of Presidential Scholars Program Fellows, selected members of the first class who will continue to work with the program.  The scholars will be involved in presentations by internal and external speakers, interaction with MUSC President Ray Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., small interdisciplinary group projects and community interactions, large group discussions and debate, and a legislative visit to Columbia.  The university looks forward to the continued success of the program and the contributions our new group of  scholars will make toward advancing our interdisciplinary understanding of important health care issues. For information on the program, visit http://www2.edserv.musc.edu/scholars/scholars.htm 2002-2003 Presidential Scholars College of Dental Medicine Lee F. Anderson, Bryan Byrnside, Gabrielle Ferguson, Lawrence Miller Jr., Walker Pendarvis, and Keith Wickizer College of Graduate Studies Hee Young Hwang, Petra Kauppert, Elsie Long, Benjamin Pettus, Amelia Scott, Telha Shekhani, and Kellie Sims College of Health Professions Shelly-Ann Bowen, Joshua Cooper, James Kuykendall, Nikki Miller, Shakisha Redmond, and Dyan Whitlow College of Medicine Rita Cuthbertson, James F. Green Jr., Catherine Hunter, Tameka Lane, Robert Morgan, Catherine Morrison, Robert Salters, Thomas Sims Jr., and Brian Weatherby College of Nursing Jennifer Greene, Kimberly Harris, Lisa Murphy, John Nagelschmidt, Elizabeth Blair Tiller, and Laurie Zone-Smith College of Pharmacy John Ezekiel, Sarah Flowers, Jessica Honaker, Tammy Hylenski, Krystal Moorman, and Derek Underhill.