This is the new, permanent listserv for the AAHM Student Section. The Student Section of the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) provides graduate, medical, and professional students interested in the history of medicine and allied sciences with an opportunity to become more involved in the activities of the Association. The missions of the Student Section are three-fold: First, the Section creates mechanisms for students to participate more actively in the history of medicine community through the promotion of intellectual exchange. Second, the organization fosters opportunities for professional development. Finally, the Section promotes social interaction among students involved in the history of medicine. As part of its efforts to get students involved in the discipline and its leading professional society in the United States, the Student Section sponsors a student luncheon at the annual meetings of the AAHM, as well as participation in related workshops and seminars. It also strives to provide interested students with information vital to their success in the field. These aspects of its stated mission--intellectual exchange, professionalization, and community building--are the reasons for the Student Section's existence.