BMI Weekly News 

October 5, 2020 

News:  

• Taylor Vensko and Kendall Muzzarelli, BMI Social Justice Committee, has a message (see attached) they would like to share regarding the start of National Diversity Week today here at Wayne State University School of Medicine.   
• Wayne State University requires that all faculty, staff and enrolled students who plan to be on campus for any day this fall, or winter receive flu shots by October 15, 2020.   Link: https://i.wayne.edu/view/5f690536874ab  

○ The flu shot will be available for no-out-of-pocket cost to faculty, staff and all enrolled students if administered by the Campus Health Center.  If your insurance does not cover the flu shot or if you are not insured, you will not receive a bill. Appointments are required. Campus Health Center link: https://health.wayne.edu/flu-shots/  

○ There will be Flu Shots at Scott Hall: Margherio on October 5,6,7,8 & 15, 2020.  Appointments are required. Click on Campus Health Center link: https://health.wayne.edu/medical-school-flu-shot/   

The Flu Shot Documentation process for BMI Faculty and Staff:   

All faculty follow the same outlined process as the outlined campus process.  Both faculty and staff must email their documentation directly to their School of Medicine Human Resources consultant, Ataul Usman ausman@wayne.edu and to the Campus Health Center (CHC) (campushealth@wayne.edu) prior to coming to campus. Options:  

• If you obtain your flu vaccine from the CHC, you must only provide a copy of your medical documentation to your SOM HR consultant, Ataul Usman ausman@wayne.edu.  
  • If you decline to receive the vaccine you should complete the Vaccine Declination Form, attach the medical documentation (if applicable), and email the form and any documentation directly to their SOM HR consultant, Ataul Usman ausman@wayne.edu and to the CHC (campushealth@wayne.edu).   
  • If you obtain your flu shot at another location outside of Wayne State, you should obtain documentation that includes the date, their name and information about the vaccine provided (as there are two different vaccines provided) and send the documentation to their SOM HR consultant, Ataul Usman ausman@wayne.edu and the CHC (campushealth@wayne.edu).  
    
    In any case, the HR consultant will notify your supervisor that you have satisfied the requirement. All protected health information will be maintained with restricted access to ensure the privacy of this information.

 •  Free COVID-19 testing available to all faculty, staff and students: Campus Health Center COVID-19 Testing 

Events This Week: 

• Journal Club: Monday, October 5, 2020, 12:30 – 1:30pm, PhD student candidate, Michael Pawlitz presents title: “Novel Insights into the Development, Function, and Homeostasis of epidermal Langerhans Cells”.   

Zoom Link: https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/92618400747?pwd=RVVScTBhVC9rWlRRWnhiTDBDakRZdz09 

Meeting ID: 926 1840 0747 
Passcode: 970830
Mentor: Dr. Qing-Sheng Mi 

Upcoming Events: 

• Next week’s BMI Seminar: Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 11:30am 

Speaker: Chris Walters, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Graduate Program, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, & Center for Water Sciences, Michigan State University.  

Title: “Cylic di-nucleotides: From cholera to cancer”.  

ZOOM:  https://wayne-edu.zoom.us/j/91921212640?pwd=SmU0RTh4eWNCOGdQZTJkUEIvaHA5QT09  

Meeting ID: 919 2121 2640 
Passcode: 836719 
Hosts: Dhrubajyoti Nag dnag@med.wayne.edu and BMI Post-docs 

• Join us for the BMI Retreat 2020 on Friday October 30, from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM. The purposes are to learn what goes on in labs across the department and in labs of our extended faculty, and to get to know each other better. The program will include 3MT talks from our faculty, brief research presentations from students who are in at least their second year, and a talk from a postdoctoral fellow. The keynote talk will be given by Dr. Maik Hüttemann from the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics (also a member of our Retreat faculty). Dr. Hüttemann will speak about “Mitochondrial mechanisms of neuronal ischemia/reperfusion injury and a novel therapy”. More details to come. 

•  The 24th Annual C.P. Lee Endowed Graduate Student Research Presentation Day (GSRPD) is going virtual.  Join us on Thursday, November 19, 2020 via Zoom as we celebrate another year of graduate student STEM research at Wayne State with keynote speaker Dr. Marlene Belfort of University at Albany - SUNY. 

  Due to time limitations of a virtual format, we will feature 5 oral presentations and 20 poster rapid-fire presentations this year. As tradition, the top 7 presentations will receive monetary awards, so get out there and show us what you've got!  

  Keep an eye out for more details to come soon! For more information, like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, or visit the 2020 WSU GSRPD website. Questions can be directed to conference co-chairs, Shreya Banerjee and Madison Walton, via email at gsrpd@wayne.edu.   

Information for Students: 

• Updated Covid-19 website: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus   

• Medical Campus Operations:  https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/med-campus  

• SOM guidelines: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/guidelines  

• Warrior Safe Training: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus/warrior-safe-training/ 

• Campus Daily Screener: https://forms.wayne.edu/covid-19-screening/   

• Dean of Students Office: https://doso.wayne.edu/ 

• Office of International Students and Scholars (OISSO): https://oiss.wayne.edu/ 

• Parking and Transportation Services Department  

  ◦ The OneCard/Parking Service Center is in the Welcome Center, Room 257, Detroit, MI 48202,  

    313-577-CARD (2273).  

  ◦ For 24/7 Parking Assistance or Motorist Assistance which includes  

    battery jumps, vehicle lock outs, and help locating your vehicle, please call 313-577-1979.  

•  Academic and Registration Calendar 2020-2021: https://wayne.edu/registrar/registration/calendar20-21/   

•  Academic and Registration Calendar 2021-2022: https://wayne.edu/registrar/registration/calendar21-22/     

Lab restart information: 

•  Medical Campus Operations: https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/med-campus   

•  Reminder: Do not throw away the disinfectant bottles & sprayers because they are reusable.   

•  Scott Hall Building is open to authorized students, faculty, staff and visitors. All individuals must follow all   

   SOM guidelines and use their unique daily QR code to scan IN to the building.   

   https://www.med.wayne.edu/coronavirus/guidelines   

•  Warrior Safe Training: https://wayne.edu/coronavirus/warrior-safe-training/  

•  Campus Daily Screener: https://forms.wayne.edu/covid-19-screening/ 

•  If Parking Structure 4 is still closed, use the adjacent surface lot (Lot #75) for parking. 

•  Campus and U.S. Postal Service mail delivery to medical school buildings: Central Receiving 

•  Important new guidelines for equipment servicing - Attached are the guidelines for any outside vendors scheduled to work on your research equipment in a WSU building.  Please make sure you and your vendors follow these instructions prior to coming to WSU campus. 

•  WSU Parking and Transportation Services (PTS) for employees for fall 2020 https://parking.wayne.edu   

Links (as embedded in items above): 

•  Wayne State Flu Shot Mandate from Provost: https://i.wayne.edu/view/5f690536874ab  

•  2020 Flu Shots on Campus: 
https://health.wayne.edu/flu-shots/?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-5f773a2bb72e3&utm_campaign=Friday%2C+October+2%2C+2020+-+Today%40Wayne+-+Wayne+State+University&utm_content=2020+Flu+Shots+on+Campus    

•  Central Receiving Updated Delivery information:     
https://i.wayne.edu/view/5ee36ab5f2673?utm_source=link&utm_medium=email-5ee36ab5f2673&utm_campaign=Mail+and+Package+Delivery+Resumes+June+15&utm_content=Read+this+email+on+the+Web