BMI Weekly News- December 20, 2021
BMI Weekly News
December 20, 2021
News:
• GSRPD ABSTRACT SUBMISSION! DUE DATE: 24th OF DECEMBER: https://gsrpd9.wixsite.com/gsrpd
Message from the Graduate Student Research Presentation Day (GSRPD) Committee:
Dear Wayne State University School of Medicine Faculty,
The 25th Annual C.P. Lee Endowed Graduate Student Research Presentation Day is virtual again this year! Join us on Monday, January 24th, 2022, via Zoom! The keynote speaker this year is Dr. Gregg Semenza, MD, PhD; 2019 Nobel Laureate in physiology and medicine (profile link https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/details/gregg-semenza).
For the event, there will be 10 oral presentations and 40 poster rapid-fire presentations this year. For those of you that have agreed to be judges, thank you! Your time is valued and we would appreciate if more faculty volunteered to judge presentations. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ms. Deanna Donna or the committee co-chairs, Maryam Safdar and Andrew Kulek, via email at gsrpd@wayne.edu.
If you haven’t already, please go on to the WSU GSRPD website to check out the event, register, and orient yourself with the schedule and the speaker.
Thank you and best regards,
Andrew Kulek and Maryam Safdar
GSRPD Committee
Wayne State University SoM
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• To all BMI members, please remember to close and lock all shared spaces in the department after use.
• Congratulations to Dr. Harley Tse! We give a big shout-out to Dr. Tse on the occasion of his retirement. Dr. Tse is an immunologist and has been an important part of our department’s research and teaching missions since 1986. You will hear more about this in January.
• Congratulations to our recent Ph.D. and M.S. graduates. An in-person graduation ceremony was held recently at the Fox Theater for graduates of the School of Medicines basic science programs (link to story).
Our graduates included two PhD students and four MS students:
- PhD: Dustin Farr (Dr. Withey) and Kendall Muzzarelli (Dr. Kovari)
- MS: Bhavita Bhaya (Dr. Withey), Aliza Fatema (Dr. He), Emma Graffice (Dr. Theis), Detjona Xhaho (Sebzda).
Events This Week:
•No events scheduled for this week.
Upcoming Events:
• Next BMI Seminar: Tuesday, January 18. 2021, 11:30am – 12:30 pm, via Zoom
Speaker: Dr. Lilliana Radoshevich, Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa Health Center https://medicine.uiowa.edu/microbiology/profile/lilliana-radoshevich
Title: and Zoom Link: TBA
Hosted by: Taylor Vensko and BMI Students
Return to Campus:
• CHC Mandate on Booster shots: For full details on CHC mandate on Booster shots: https://i.wayne.edu/view/61bd019924e22?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-61bd019924e22&utm_campaign=Health+Update+and+Booster+Mandate&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web
• Campus Health Center: COVID-19 booster clinics will be held at the CHC: Appointments are required. For full details and to schedule an appointment click on this link: https://outlook.office.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkADI5NTliYWNjLTA5YzAtNDJmOC1hYzI2LWY4ZTkyNTRkZDZlZQAQAPOc07pjo7ZIhPJ%2BON4%2F3Gc%3D
• From Office of President Wilson: Resources with contact numbers to support, guide and assist you while on campus. https://i.wayne.edu/view/6139026798d32?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-6139026798d32&utm_campaign=Welcome+to+a+new+academic+year&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web and additional resources https://wayne.edu/safety
• For Latest Updates and Information: Warrior Safe is Warrior Strong - School of Medicine - Wayne State University
• Coronavirus campus updates: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus/messages
• Everyone must complete the Campus Daily Screener Campus Daily Screener - Wayne State University before coming to campus. All visitors and guests must complete the Guest Campus Screener Guest Campus Screener - Wayne State University.
◦ Mask Mandate Extended: Campus Health Committee will continue to require masks inside all campus buildings. For real-time updates on campus requirement click on the coronavirus website.
• Campus Health Center (CHC) – The COVID-19 Vaccine:
The COVID-19 Vaccine - Campus Health Center (wayne.edu)
• Information on the COVID-19 Vaccines: Vaccines for COVID-19 | CDC
• To schedule a vaccine appointment, click on link: https://health.wayne.edu/covid-vaccine-appointment/
► The BMI Newsletter will return January 10, 2022!
From the BMI Office Staff to all of you,