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March 3, 2024

Congratulations

Alexis Ramirez, MD, Named Distinguished Faculty of the Month for March


His nominators said, “Dr. Ramirez is an excellent teacher who emphasizes compassion, care and patient safety. He is an excellent clerkship director for anesthesiology."

Juan (Tommy) Jaquez Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for March


“He is always attentive and helpful, and he approaches colleagues and investigators with patience, kindness and respect."

January 2024 Faculty Appointments and Promotions to Clinical Associate Professor


Congratulations to Clinical Associate Professors Laurence Brinckerhoff, Rachel Mott-Keis, Monica A. Pessina, Louis Toth, and Eduard Vaynberg.

Campus Announcements

#InspireInclusion: Submit a Photo for International Women's Day


International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women – while also marking a call to action for accelerating gender equality. Strike a pose, #InspireInclusion, and submit your photo or a story by March 5.

W Building Construction Project Update


Week of March 4

Next week crews will continue installing Air Handler 4 along with the associated piping and wiring. Additionally, crews will finish welding the roof dunnage and making electrical pulls to the roof. The expected impact for next week is similar to what was experienced this week.


If you have questions, comments or concerns, please contact Dylan McIntosh.

News

BUMC Donates 50 Microscopes to Three Boston Secondary Schools


Donations benefit students at the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science, the Dearborn STEM Academy and New Mission High School.

Faculty Action

Faculty Development & Diversity Seminar - Health Equity Accelerator: Approach & Opportunities

Date: Thursday, March 28

Time: Noon-1 p.m.

Location: Zoom

Register here


Speakers will provide an overview of BMC’s approach to Health Equity, five actionable lessons learned of how to change outcomes in practice, and describe ways faculty can think about designing and implementing their own interventions. CME credit will be offered to all participants. For more information, please contact bumcfdd@bu.edu. Please visit our website for more information.

Call for Nominations: Faculty Council Representatives


The Faculty Council is a university committee that represents faculty members from all of BU’s schools and colleges. Please nominate one of your colleagues or yourself to join the Faculty Council to represent Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. This is a great opportunity to be a part of the university’s governance. 

 

Complete this survey for the nomination by Friday, March 29. 

 

Contact Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs Hee-Young Park, PhD, with any questions you may have.

Applications Now Open for Early Career, Clinician Educator, & Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Programs


BUMC Early Career Faculty Development Program (ECP)

Applications Due: March 29

Early career faculty are invited to participate in a structured, longitudinal career development program from October 2024-June 2025. To apply, and to find out more information about the program, click here.


BUMG Clinician Educator Leadership Program (CELP)

Applications Due: March 29

Clinician Educators (CEs) are invited to apply and participate in a structured, longitudinal program focusing on improving CEs ability to conduct rigorous educational program design, evaluation, and scholarly dissemination. Program runs from October 2024-June 2025. To apply, and to find out more information about the program, click here.

 

BUMC Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Program (MFL)

Applications Due: March 29

Late Assistant, all Associate Professors, and Early Professors, are invited to apply to this experiential and project-based leadership program from September 2024-June 2025. To apply, and to find out more information about the program, click here.

In the Media

Alzheimer's Forum

When Flies Sleep, Glia Refresh Their Brains by Burning Neuronal Lipids

Julia TCW, PhD


The Brink

How to Save for Retirement—and Why Most of Us Haven’t (or Can’t) Save Enough

Preeti Sunderaraman, PhD


The Wall Street Journal

You Have Covid. It’s Mild, Now What?

Sabrina Assoumou, MD, MPH

Events

// UPCOMING

2nd Annual Rebecca Lee Crumpler Alumni Lecture

Date: Wednesday, March 6

Time: 6-7:30 p.m.

Location: Zoom

Register here


Speaker: Loretta Jackson-Williams, MD, PhD, FACEP, Vice Dean for Medical Education, Professor of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Steven J. Parker Memorial Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Conference

Date: Friday & Saturday, March 8-9

Time: 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m.

Location: Trustees Ballroom CRC or Zoom

Register here


This annual two-day accredited conference celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2024! It is designed for practicing clinicians who have an interest, passion or emerging expertise in developmental and behavioral pediatrics and want to take their knowledge and skill to the next level. Many clinicians and allied medical professionals do not feel adequately trained when in practice and yet they face these challenges with patients and families every day. The course offers practical approaches to these issues and we welcome participants from a broad array of disciplines including physicians, advance practice providers, nurses, social workers, and allied medical professionals who work in pediatrics and the broader medical community. 

// SAVE THE DATE

Avedisian Professorships Installation & Celebratory Reception

Date: Tuesday, March 12

Time: 3 p.m.

Location: Instructional Building (L), Hiebert Lounge, Zoom option available for ceremony

Register here


Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine cordially invites you to the installation of five named professors, as part of the Edward Avedisian Professorships. The professorship installation ceremony will feature a program of speakers, and will be followed by a celebratory reception.


Faculty Inductees and Named Honorees:

  • Toby Chai, MD, Professor and Chair of Urology
  • Rachel Fearns, PhD, Professor and Chair of Virology, Immunology & Microbiology
  • David A. Harris, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Biochemistry & Cell Biology
  • Hee-Young Park, PhD, Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Professor of Dermatology, and Chair of Medical Sciences & Education
  • Andrew W. Taylor, PhD, Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Ophthalmology


All are invited to share messages of well-wishes, photos, or short videos for our inductees and named honorees via this form! Send any questions to cameddev@bu.edu

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