Alicia Edwards

Alicia Edwards is a native of Savannah, Georgia and graduate of Spelman College. Experiencing the fearlessness of her mentors and classmates at Spelman encouraged her to pursue a career in medicine and advocate for underserved populations. Her passion to serve and love for community motivated her decision to attend Howard University College of Medicine. Currently, Alicia is on a research year focused on cutaneous diseases with a higher prevalence and worse prognosis in skin of color patients. Her current research experience and interests include alopecia, hidradenitis suppurativa, skin of color, and vitiligo.

She has student membership affiliations with the American Medical Association, Skin of Color Society, Student National Medical Association, and National Medical Association. Alicia served as President of the Howard University Dermatology Student Society (HUDS), Region 6 MAPS liaison, HUDS Social Media Manager, and three terms as a student representative on Howard’s admission committee. She currently serves on the VisualDx Student Advisory Board, the National MAPS Committee as the Convention Planning Coordinator, and Learn2Derm Executive Board as the Social Media Manager. Alicia uses her positions to open doors and present opportunities to disadvantaged students. Her ultimate goal is to provide expectational care to patients in need, advocate for students of color to enter spaces they are traditionally excluded, and to organize with policy makers to ensure the medical system is inclusive and equitable.