January 22, 2023

Congratulations

BUMC Faculty Appointments and Promotions – December 2022


Congratulations to Professors Anthony Griffiths, Xinning Li, Gustavo Mostoslavsky and Megan Sandel; and Clinical Associate Professor Huihong Xu.


Campus Announcements

Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Brand Guidelines Update


We are required to change our logos and language on digital and print materials, signage, websites, social media, stationery, email signatures and promotional items by Dec. 31, 2023. Read more.

Subsidized BioRender Software and Upcoming Webinars


We are pleased to again announce the availability of BioRender Premium, giving Medical Campus faculty and staff access to icon libraries and templates to visually communicate science, at a reduced cost of $120 per person for CY2023. You can see frequently asked questions and learn more at our BioRender Request website.

  

BioRender will be hosting two webinars in February: Biorender101 and Top 5 Tips for Designing Better Grant Figures at Boston University, which are open to anyone in the BU community. Please sign up! 


Questions? Contact the BUMC IT service desk at [email protected] or 617-358-4540 

January Public Health Reminders


Please click here to read the message from Chief Health Officer and Executive Director of Student Health Services Judy Platt, MD, regarding masking, COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, Influenza and RSV. 

In the Media

Medpage Today

For People With HIV, Early Anal Cancer Screening Tied to Better Outcomes

Elizabeth Stier, MD


Medpage Today

Use of Whole Blood for Severe Hemorrhage in the ED Tied to Lower Mortality

Crisanto Torres, MD, MPH


The New York Times

How Would You Redesign Your Doctor’s Office?

Padma Kandadai, MD, MPH


The Washington Post

Lab-leak fears are putting virologists under scrutiny

Ronald B. Corley, PhD


WBUR

BU researchers discover a mutation that may be weakening COVID

Mohsan Saeed, PhD; Ronald B. Corley, PhD

Events

// UPCOMING

First Annual MLK Health Activism and Social Change Lecture

Date: Monday, Jan. 23

Time: Noon-1:30 p.m.

Location: Virtual, Register here


Join us for a virtual presentation from Thea James, MD, MBA, associate professor of emergency medicine and vice president of mission at Boston Medical Center, on the role that health care providers, leaders and researchers play in promoting health equity. Lecture and Q&A from noon-1:30 p.m. Presented by the Diversity & Inclusion Office.

// SAVE THE DATE

Medical Student Research Symposium

Date: Monday, Feb. 6

Time: Noon-2 p.m.

Location: Hiebert Lounge


The entire BUMC community is invited to the annual Medical Student Research Symposium that highlights research conducted by medical students who participated in the Medical Student Summer Research Program for summer, 2022 and other students who have undertaken research. Schedule: Poster viewing/reception: Noon-1 p.m.; Oral presentations by students: 1-2 p.m. Questions? Email Ana Gregory.

General Faculty & Staff Meeting

Date: Tuesday, Feb. 7

Time: 1-2 p.m.

Location: Instructional Building (L), room 405, or via Zoom.

Lunch will be available for in-person attendees.

Register here


AGENDA:

 

Distinguished Faculty & Staff of the Month Awards

 

Faculty Affairs Update

Hee-Young Park, PhD

 

Dean’s Update

Karen Antman, MD

Celebrating Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler's Legacy

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 8

Time: 6-7:30 p.m.

Location: Virtual, Register here


You are cordially invited to join the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine community for a virtual symposium that will honor Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler’s trailblazing legacy as a scholar, activist and the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. This panel of accomplished alumnae will reflect on their own experiences as physicians, their time in medical school and how Dr. Crumpler’s legacy impacts their work with patients, students and communities.


Introduction by Karen Antman, MD, BUMC Provost and Dean, Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.


Moderator: Angelique Harris, PhD, Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion

Panelists:

  • Nancy Roberson Jasper, MD’84, Former Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center
  • Jennifer Mieres, MD '86, FACC, MASNC, FAHA, Senior Vice President, Center for Equity of Care, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Northwell Health; Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Professor of Cardiology, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell
  • Patricia Williams, MD '89, Former Vice President of Safety Surveillance and Risk Management, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals; Obstetrician/Gynecologist
  • Ebonie Woolcock, MD, MPH '10, Assistant Dean for Diversity & Inclusion, Director of the Early Medical School Selection Program, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
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Workshop: Finance and Research Administration Management

Date: Wednesday, Feb. 15

Time: Noon-1 p.m.

Location: Instructional (L) Building, room 203, Register here

 

TOPICS:

Table 1: School Finances, Budget

Table 2: Academic Research Job Family, other HR issues 

Table 3: Research Administration (Pre- and Post-Award)

Table 4: Research and Compliance

Art Days 2023

Submission Date: Feb. 17

Event Date: Feb. 21-22

Location: Hiebert Lounge


Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit artwork of any medium to the 33rd annual BUMC Gallery for the Arts, sponsored by the Provost's Office. Art Days was started by Dean Emeritus Aram Chobanian to foster the support and growth of the creative arts at BUMC. The exhibition is mounted by the Creative Arts Society.



To be placed on the "submit list" or if you have any questions, please contact Keith Tornheim, PhD, at [email protected] before Feb. 17. Specific instructions will be sent at a later date to those who respond to this announcement.

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