{"id":135624,"date":"2025-06-27T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=135624"},"modified":"2025-06-27T13:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T17:15:49","slug":"meenakshi-lakshminarayanan-mba-named-distinguished-staff-of-the-month-for-july","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2025\/meenakshi-lakshminarayanan-mba-named-distinguished-staff-of-the-month-for-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Meenakshi Lakshminarayanan, MBA, Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for July"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Awards &amp; Honors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMeenakshi Lakshminarayanan, MBA, Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for July\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">June 27, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/MeenakshiLN_Headshot-1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Woman with brown skin and black hair wearing a blue collared shirt\" class=\"wp-image-135626\" width=\"175\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/MeenakshiLN_Headshot-1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/MeenakshiLN_Headshot-1-491x636.jpg 491w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/MeenakshiLN_Headshot-1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/MeenakshiLN_Headshot-1-278x360.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/MeenakshiLN_Headshot-1-396x512.jpg 396w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/MeenakshiLN_Headshot-1-556x720.jpg 556w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/MeenakshiLN_Headshot-1-773x1000.jpg 773w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/MeenakshiLN_Headshot-1-600x779.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/MeenakshiLN_Headshot-1-335x435.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/06\/MeenakshiLN_Headshot-1.jpg 989w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><figcaption>Meenakshi Lakshminarayanan, MBA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Dean\u2019s Office is pleased to announce that Meenakshi Lakshminarayanan, MBA, has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meenakshi is the administrative director for the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM). She joined the BU community as a researcher in November 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her nominators say, \u201cMeenakshi is the glue that holds CReM together and she views CReM as her baby \u2013 a very personal and proud approach that really propels our success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe tirelessly works with all investigators on their pre-award plans, and helps to guide 65 scientists of varying levels across each of our 10 PI-led teams. She mentors trainees and junior faculty as they learn lab management and \ufb01nancial planning skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2023\/02\/Staff-of-the-Month.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-110791\" width=\"194\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2023\/02\/Staff-of-the-Month.png 329w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2023\/02\/Staff-of-the-Month-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2023\/02\/Staff-of-the-Month-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2023\/02\/Staff-of-the-Month-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMeenakshi is a kind and humble person who is liked and respected by all who work with her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dean\u2019s Office is pleased to announce that Meenakshi Lakshminarayanan, MBA, has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for July. Meenakshi is the administrative director for the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM). She joined the BU community as a researcher in November 2008. Her nominators say, \u201cMeenakshi is the glue that holds CReM together [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19603,"featured_media":133803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[356],"bu-publication":[367],"medicine-article-category":[],"medicine-topic":[],"news-article-category":[],"news-topic":[],"bu_edition":[390],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/135624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19603"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135624"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/135624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136296,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/135624\/revisions\/136296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135624"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=135624"},{"taxonomy":"medicine-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medicine-article-category?post=135624"},{"taxonomy":"medicine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medicine-topic?post=135624"},{"taxonomy":"news-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article-category?post=135624"},{"taxonomy":"news-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topic?post=135624"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=135624"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=135624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}