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LEAD Updates 8.15.2025<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Assigned Learning Specialists (optional check-ins)
\nDr. Andrew Abayan works with students whose last names begin with A – L | Schedule a meeting here<\/a>
\nDr. Melissa Lopez works with students whose last names begin with M – Z | Schedule a meeting here<\/a><\/p>\n

Volunteer as a Step 1 Mentor
\nYou may sign-up to volunteer as a Step 1 Mentor for the Class of 2028 using this link<\/a>. Contact kecklead@usc.edu<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n

Volunteer as a Step 2 Mentor
\nYou may sign-up to volunteer as a Step 2 Mentor for the Class of 2027 using this link<\/a>. Contact kecklead@usc.edu<\/a> with any questions.<\/p>\n

Submitting Feedback & Questions
\nSubmit a general comment, question, or concern to LEAD using this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-1891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-of-2026","tag-md-lead2026"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLEAD Updates 8.15.2025 - MD Student Portal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-student-portal\/bulletin\/2025\/08\/15\/lead-updates-8-15-2025-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LEAD Updates 8.15.2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/md-student-portal\/bulletin\/2025\/08\/15\/lead-updates-8-15-2025-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MD Student Portal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-15T21:07:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-15T21:30:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"atritto\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/md-student-portal\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/15\\\/lead-updates-8-15-2025-3\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/md-student-portal\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/15\\\/lead-updates-8-15-2025-3\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"atritto\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/md-student-portal\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c7ed9dd49608b99e934cfe7be6c4e96f\"},\"headline\":\"LEAD Updates 8.15.2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-15T21:07:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-15T21:30:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/md-student-portal\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/15\\\/lead-updates-8-15-2025-3\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":2,\"keywords\":[\"MD-LEAD2026\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Class of 2026\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/md-student-portal\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/15\\\/lead-updates-8-15-2025-3\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/md-student-portal\\\/bulletin\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/15\\\/lead-updates-8-15-2025-3\\\/\",\"name\":\"LEAD Updates 8.15.2025 - 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