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BU and Kindros: Partnering for Financial Wellness
BU and Kindros have partnered for financial wellness. This platform allows students, as well as faculty, staff and alumni, to access asynchronistic modules on topics, such as saving, budgeting, credit, retirement, and more. Register for free here with a valid BU email address.
Kindros was founded by Stephen Martiros, a 30-year expert in finance and finance counseling. Student Financial Services’ Alex Barton, along with the Charles River Campus Financial Assistance Office spearheaded the partnership. Read the BU Today story here.
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Send Match Day Best Wishes to MD Class of 2024
The SCOMSA Match Day Committee would like to give faculty and staff the opportunity to send well wishes to the Class of 2024 on their Match Day! Record a short (<30 seconds) video that will be shown to the class before envelopes open. Please upload videos to this form before Thursday, Feb. 29, if you would like to be included.
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Alumni Medical Library Updates
The Alumni Medical library has updated the due dates for books checked out of the library. The new loan period for graduate students and staff is 133 days. The new loan period for faculty is 365 days. Each book may be renewed as many times as desired unless another patron has placed a “hold” on the item. In addition, the library has activated a "Request for Pickup" feature in the library catalog. Books at the library now can be requested through the catalog and put on the hold shelf for patrons to pick up within one week.
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Call for Nominations: Annual School Awards
At the end of each academic year, the school recognizes faculty for their excellence in teaching and service.
In the spirit of gratitude and reflection we invite you to nominate faculty for the following awards:
- Educator of the Year
- Stanley L. Robbins Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility (DEIA)
- Resident Educator of the Year
- Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Selection criteria and more information can be found here. Please submit 1-2 page nominations to camedfao@bu.edu by Friday, Feb. 23.
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AOA Accepting Nominations for Faculty, Residents and Fellows
The school chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) National Medical Honor Society is accepting applications for faculty members, residents and fellows for induction into AOA.
Please submit nomination letters for deserving candidates that outline their academic, leadership, service and professionalism accomplishments in the BU/BMC community. Residents must have finished their PGY-1 year, and faculty must be faculty at the school.
Nominations also must include the nominee’s CV as well as the nominator’s name, role at BU/BMC and relation to the nominee.
For consideration, please send nominations to alumcamed@bu.edu by March 1.
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Call for Nominations: Distinguished Faculty and Staff of the Month
Distinguished Faculty of the Month: To recognize faculty service to our community, please submit your nominations here. All school faculty are eligible for nominations.
Distinguished Staff of the Month: To recognize staff who provide exceptional commitment and service to our community, please submit your nominations here. All school and BMC staff who directly support the academic, teaching, and research missions of the school, (e.g., coordination of clerkship rotations) are eligible.
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W Building Construction Project Update
Week of Feb. 12
On Monday crews will remove existing mechanical pumps and bases. This activity may impact level 9 until late morning. On Tuesday crews will pour concrete pads on level 10, and continue building Air Handler 4. For the remainder of the week, crews will be bringing in large pieces of equipment using the large freight elevator. The impact will be high on Monday, and medium/low for the remainder of the week.
If there are any large deliveries please reach out to Dylan McIntosh and he will coordinate with the project team.
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Faculty RSVP for 2024 Master's, MD & PhD Convocations
The 2024 convocation ceremonies for Master's, PhD and MD students are just around the corner. The GMS Master's Ceremony will take place on May 16 at 10 a.m. and the MD & PhD Ceremony will be held on May 16 at 3 p.m. Both Ceremonies will take place at the BU Track and Tennis Center.
If you plan to march in the MD & PhD Convocation Ceremony, the GMS Master's Convocation Ceremony, or both, you must fill out this form in order to RSVP. On this form, you also will be able to request Commencement regalia be ordered on your behalf. Everyone marching in any commencement ceremony must wear regalia in order to participate. If you are marching in both the MD & PhD and the Master's ceremonies, you only need to fill out the form once.
RSVP is required by midnight on Friday, Feb. 19.
Please contact Kimberly Arena with questions or concerns related to the GMS Master’s Ceremony and Nichole Ciccarelli regarding the MD & PhD Ceremony.
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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.
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Applications Now Open for Early Career, Clinician Educator, & Mid-Career Faculty Leadership Programs
BUMC Early Career Faculty Leadership 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.
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Boston.com
BU researchers publish ‘crucial’ study that could help diagnose CTE before death
Jesse Mez, MD, MS
Health Day
'Whole Blood' Transfusions Might Save More Lives
Crisanto Torres, MD, MPH
Health News
27 and Older? You Can Still Get Your HPV Vaccine
Rebecca Perkins, MD, MSc; Kate White, MD, MPH
Medscape
Hypertension Before 35 Tied to Triple Stroke Risk in Midlife
Hugo Aparicio, MD, MPH
NBC News
Black women under 35 with high blood pressure may have triple the risk of stroke, study says
Hugo Aparicio, MD, MPH
WCVB CityLine
Study of the impact of racism and heart disease
Shanshan Sheehy, MD, MSc, ScD
WCVB
New Boston University study may help develop way to diagnose CTE in living patients
Jesse Mez, MD, MS
WGBH
FDA move to ban formaldehyde in hair straighteners called too little, too late
Kimberly Bertrand, ScD
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Art Days 2024
Date: Tuesday-Wednesday, Feb. 20-21
Time: 3-5 p.m.
Location: Instructional Building, Hiebert Lounge (L14)
Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit artwork of any medium to the 34th annual BUMC Gallery for the Arts, sponsored by the Provost's Office. Art Days was started by Dean Emeritus 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 Dr. Keith Tornheim at tornheim@bu.edu or 617-358-4172.
Artwork (paintings, photos, poetry, sculpture, needlework, etc.) will be collected on Friday, Feb. 16. Pieces should be framed if possible. Security will be provided. Work will be returned Thursday, Feb. 22. Specific instructions will be sent at a later date to those who respond to this announcement.
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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
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