{"id":96967,"date":"2021-08-27T14:53:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/?page_id=96967"},"modified":"2022-09-30T12:33:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T16:33:33","slug":"ay2022-state-of-the-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/offices-services\/office-of-the-dean\/ay2022-state-of-the-school\/","title":{"rendered":"AY2022 State of the School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Faculty, Staff and Students,<\/p>\n<p>This week we welcomed our graduate students back to campus for the new academic year.\u00a0 Our medical students had returned to campus in July and August. We are looking forward to in-person teaching, learning and research, using all of the tools available to keep our community safe, in this year two of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Our community continues to be resilient, creative and productive despite COVID, and I\u2019d like to list a number of highlights from the 2021-22 school year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Honors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many of our faculty have received well deserved recognition. For a list of those who received national and international honors this year, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/about\/office-of-the-dean\/ay2022-state-of-the-school\/ay2021-awards-honors\/\">here<\/a>. (When you receive an honor or award, please notify <a href=\"mailto:mpober@bu.edu\">Maria Ober<\/a>, associate dean for communications, so that we can track the accomplishments of our faculty and staff. If you received an honor or award that is not listed, please contact her now.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our researchers continue to receive significant media coverage for their exceptional published work. In fact, BU faculty have published more than 1,400 papers, essays, data bases, etc. in COVID research since March 2020 (see <a href=\"https:\/\/datastudio.google.com\/u\/0\/reporting\/197233e5-7a0e-4203-8c3c-92808004368e\/page\/z0ooB\">dashboard<\/a>).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Holick published two studies in\u00a0<em>PLOS ONE\u00a0<\/em>detailing the risks associated with low vitamin D and COVID-19 risk. Yvette Cozier\u2019s study also in <em>PLOS ONE\u00a0<\/em> found Black American women with low levels of vitamin D appeared to be related to increased incidence of COVID-19 infection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Priya Anand\u2019s study in the journal\u00a0<em>Neurology<\/em> found neurologic complications common even in moderate COVID-19 cases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Bob Sterns\u2019 study in the<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>journal\u00a0<em>Neurology<\/em> provides\u00a0new criteria for diagnosing the clinical syndrome of<em>\u00a0<\/em>chronic<em>\u00a0<\/em>traumatic encephalopathy during life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Wendy Qui\u2019s study in the journal of\u00a0<em>Alzheimer&#8217;s &amp; Dementia <\/em>found<em>\u00a0<\/em>midlife loneliness is a risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kimberly Bertrand\u2019s study in the journal\u00a0<em>Carcinogenesis<\/em> found moderate use of hair relaxers does not increase breast cancer risk among black women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Allan Walkey\u2019s study in the\u00a0<em>Journal of the American Medical Association<\/em> found that lottery-based incentive systems, intended to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates, were not associated with an increase in COVD-19 vaccinations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>New Research Grants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/about\/office-of-the-dean\/ay2022-state-of-the-school\/top-2021-new-and-current-grants\/\">here<\/a> to see our top new and current grants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Foundation awards of note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Katya Ravid received a $2.75m grant from the American Heart Association for \u201cCancer-Associated Thrombosis as Affected by Health Disparities.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Rhoda Au received a $1.95m grant from the Alzheimer\u2019s Drug Discovery Foundation for \u201cFramingham Cognitive Aging and Dementia Study.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finn Hawkins received a $672k grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for a CReM research study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Lawreen Connors received a $400k grant from the Wildflower Foundation Inc., for amyloidosis research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>John Polk and Maura Kelley received a $247k grant from the Vertex Foundation for the EMSSP\/BEAMS programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Weiming Xia received a $173k grant from the Cure Alzheimer\u2019s Fund for \u201cAlzheimer\u2019s Disease Pharmacomics in 3D.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Julie White received a $160k grant from the Deborah Monroe Noonan Memorial Fund for the Pediatric Autism in Underserved Communities program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Dennis Jones received a $100k grant from METAvivor for breast cancer research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/about\/office-of-the-dean\/ay2022-state-of-the-school\/ay2022-initiatives-departments-centers\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0to read the latest news from our associate deans, chairs, center and institute directors.<\/p>\n<p>Best wishes for an exciting, productive and healthy new academic year.<\/p>\n<p>Karen H. Antman, MD<br \/>\nProvost, BU Medical Campus<br \/>\nDean, Chobanian &#038; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Faculty, Staff and Students, This week we welcomed our graduate students back to campus for the new academic year.\u00a0 Our medical students had returned to campus in July and August. 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