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      ARC Portfolio Report

      ECIBR Newsletter Fall2023

       

      Upcoming ARC Directors Luncheon Meetings:
      12-1:30p | W502 
      May 1
      October 30

      The BRIDGE-SUD pre-ARC is actively seeking new collaborations with researchers from Computer and Data Sciences to broaden the approaches used to mitigate the individual and societal burdens of persistent and risky substance use.
      Read more about this active Pre-ARC:
      Bridging Basic and Clinical Science to Reduce the Harms and Consequences of Persistent or Risky Substance Use

      June 10, ARC applications due by 11:59p
      June 24, ARC Review Panel, 1-3p

      Joining an ARC: Information, expectations and application form

      BIT-ARC Welcomes Collaborators:
      contact Dr. Weining Lu for more information

      Announcement of ARCs funded for 2023-2024

      Thursday, April 25 | 1-2p | TIARA ARCDr. Brittney van de Water (details w zoom link) | Crosstown Building room 2020

       

      Wednesday, May 8 | 10am | Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders ARC Program / Research Talk by Phillip Hwang / contact directors for zoom link

      Thursday, May 9 |12-2p with lunch | TIARA ARC Mini-Symposium | Dr. Timothy Rodwell, UCSD | Evans Seminar Room | RVSP

       

      Friday, May 10 | 12-4p | Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders ARC Program / Register Here for the Annual Symposium: Inflammation, Immunity and Alzheimer’s Disease: From Mechanisms to Potential Therapeutics [Speakers: Katerina Akassoglou, MD (UCSF); Cynthia Lemers, PhD (HMS); Dorothy Schager, PhD (UMass); Richard Sherva, PhD (BU); Malù Tansey, PhD (UFla); Daniel Watterson, PhD (NorthwesternU)]

        Active ARCs

        The Center provides opportunities for collaborations within Affinity Research Collaboratives (ARCs) organized around foci of common research interests. The ARCs create opportunities for new interdisciplinary approaches to both research and training in biomedical research.

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        Mission Statement

        Faculty affiliated with the Evans Center hold academic appointments with different departments. The Center provides opportunities for collaborations within Affinity Research Collaboratives (ARCs) organized around foci of common research interests. The extraordinary strength in biomedical and physical sciences at Boston University, and the support and development of the ARCs create opportunities for new interdisciplinary approaches to both research and training in biomedical research. Basic science discovery promoted by ARCs are also available to the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and to other centers for collaborative translational applications.

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        Katya Ravid, Fellow of the American Heart Association

        Katya Ravid has been elected Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) conferred by the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS). This Fellowship welcomes Dr. Ravid "into one of the world’s most eminent organizations of cardiovascular and stroke professionals". It is recognition "for excellence, innovative and sustained contributions in the areas of scholarship, practice and/or education, and […]

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        Drs. Katya Ravid and Vipul Chitalia lead a Center focused on Cancer-Associated Thromboembolism as Affected by Health Disparities (CAT-HD)

        Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine part of the American Heart Association’s new focused research network devoted to addressing disparities that intersect heart disease & cancer. Drs. Katya Ravid and Vipul Chitalia, co-directors of Thrombosis and Hemostasis ARC were awarded by the AHA, along with BUSM/BMC/VA colleagues, to lead a Center focused on […]

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