Sept. 12, 2021
News // Announcements
Matthew Layne, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry, has been named Assistant Dean for Research. In this role, Layne will maintain and develop new resources, programs and curriculum for medical student research.
Human Resources Now Located in J Building
Reminder: Human Resources has moved from Crosstown to 609 Albany St. (J Building), first floor. The Human Resources office can be reached at (617) 353-2380.
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An application is available to help students on the Medical Campus find study space. This mobile-friendly website displays rooms that are available for study in real time.

Students may look for rooms in a specific building, date, time and room type (group study or individual). Students can control what they want to view, add rooms as favorites, set favorite rooms as the default home page and see detailed room attributes, such as AV & IT capabilities, seating arrangement, lighting and more. No login is required to access the site, but it cannot be used to reserve rooms.
Faculty Action
Faculty Guidance for Masking While Teaching
 
Following the updated protocols for Fall 2021 semester, BUSM faculty are asked to follow the following guidance while teaching:
  • If faculty choose to unmask in the auditoria while teaching, all faculty should remain masked until they arrive on stage, at the podium. This should be at least 12 feet from students.
  • All faculty may unmask at the podium and should consider placing mask in a bag.
  • Faculty should re-mask before allowing students to come to the podium for questions and let students know in advance that they should not approach the podium until faculty are masked.
  • Faculty should remind students that they must continue to remain masked.
  • Faculty closer than 12 feet to students in a teaching space should not remove their mask.
  • Faculty are strongly recommended to test twice weekly if they are choosing to unmask, to further reduce the risk of transmission—regardless of vaccination status.
Events
// UPCOMING EVENTS
Visit the calendar for a full listing of grand rounds, lectures and events for this week.
6 p.m.
Virtual Event

View the installation of Joseph P. Mizgerd, ScD, as the Jerome S. Brody, MD, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine.

The ceremony will feature a program of speakers.

Register Here

Zoom link provided upon registration
11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Talbot Green

Boston University’s annual Sustainability Festival returns for 2021! Connect with groups and departments across BU and the Boston area dedicated to sustainability and the environment.
// SAVE THE DATE
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Join BUSM Faculty Affairs, Human Resources and BUMG to learn about the various offices and resources offered on the Medical Campus.

Register for the virtual meeting.
1:15-2 p.m.

BU faculty and trainees are invited

PROGRAM
1:15-1:20 p.m. Opening remarks
1:20-1:40 p.m. Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders ARC
  • Dr. Rhoda Au, Professor, Anatomy & Neurobiology
  • Dr. Lindsay Farrer, Professor, Section Chief, Biomedical Genetics
1:40-2 p.m. A Multi-Disciplinary Program to Identify Predictors of Efficacy and Resistance to Cancer Checkpoint Inhibition (PIPER-C) ARC
  •   Dr. Matthew Kulke, Professor, Hematology & Medical Oncology
  •   Dr. Evan Johnson, Associate Professor, Computational Biomedicine