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Upcoming ARC Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Calendar of Upcoming ARC Events and Seminars<\/h3>\n

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ARC Name\/ Director(s)<\/strong><\/td>\nSymposium\/<\/strong><\/p>\n

Seminar<\/strong><\/td>\n

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Interdisciplinary Approach to Tuberculosis Research<\/strong>\u00a0 (TIARA ARC)\/<\/p>\n

CoDirectors: Karen Jacobson (Karen.Jacobson@bmc.org<\/a>),Charles ‘Bob’ Horsburgh (rhorsbu@bu.edu<\/a>), Laura White (lfwhite@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/span><\/td>\n

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Mini-Symposium<\/p>\n

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Research Talk<\/p>\n

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Research Talk<\/td>\n

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Featuring Dr. Tim Rodwell, \u201cBreaking up with Culture: A Future of TB Diagnosis Based on DNA and Blood\u201d<\/p>\n

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Featuring Dr. Rebecca Clark, title TBD<\/p>\n

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Featuring Dr. Alanna Brennan, title TBD<\/td>\n

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May 9,\u00a0 2024<\/p>\n

1:00-3:00pm<\/p>\n

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May 23, 2024<\/p>\n

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June 6, 2024<\/td>\n

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Evans Seminar Room, E112A<\/p>\n

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Crosstown 2020<\/p>\n

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Crosstown 2020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Fibrosis ARC:<\/strong> Connecting Tissues and Investigators (FCTI) <\/strong>ARC Program\/ CoDirectors: Maria Trojanowska (trojanme@bu.edu<\/a>), Irving Bigio (bigio@bu.edu<\/a>), Bob Varelas (xvarelas@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/td>\n <\/p>\n

Meeting,
Seminar<\/p>\n

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Meeting,
Seminar<\/td>\n

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Sudhir Kumar
(Nephrology, BUMC)<\/p>\n

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Zhen Jiang (Pharmacology Physiology and Biophysics, BUMC)<\/td>\n

Thursdays
12:00-1:00p<\/p>\n

May 9, 2024<\/p>\n

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June 13, 2024<\/td>\n

Boston University Medical Campus (Seminars in room K103)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders <\/strong>ARC Program \/CoDirectors:<\/p>\n

Lindsay Farrer (farrer@bu.edu<\/a>), Rhoda Au (rhodaau@bu.edu<\/a>), Alice Cronin-Golomb (alicecg@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Research Talks<\/p>\n

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2024 Symposium<\/p>\n

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Speaker: Phillip Hwang
Speaker: Kathleen Morgan<\/p>\n

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Inflammation, Immunity and Alzheimer’s Disease: From Mechanisms to Potential Therapeutics<\/p>\n

[speakers: Katerina Akassoglou, MD (UCSF); Cynthia Lemers, PhD (HMS); Dorothy Schager, PhD (UMass); Richard Sherva, PhD (BU); Mal\u00f9 Tansey, PhD (UFla); Daniel Watterson, PhD (Northwestern U)]<\/td>\n

Wednesdays
10:00-11:00a<\/p>\n

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May 8, 2024<\/p>\n

June 12, 2024<\/p>\n

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May 10, 2024
12:00\u2013 4:00pm est<\/p>\n

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Zoom<\/p>\n

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Musculoskeletal Biology Over a Lifespan <\/strong>(MHet ARC)\/ CoDirectors:<\/p>\n

David Felson (dfelson@bu.edu<\/a>), Paola Divieti Pajevic (pdivieti@bu.edu<\/a>),<\/span> LaDora Thompson (lvthomp@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/td>\n

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Symposium<\/p>\n

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Annual MHet Symposium<\/p>\n

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May 24, 2024 (tentative)<\/p>\n

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CRC-TDB<\/p>\n

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Thrombosis and Hemostasis <\/strong>ARC Program\/<\/p>\n

Co-Directors: Vipul Chitalia (vichital@bu.edu), Katya Ravid (kravid@bu.edu), Jean Francis (Jean.Francis@bmc.org)<\/td>\n

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Invited collaborative mini-Symposium with the CVI<\/td>\n

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2024 Mini-symposium Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Craig Morrell<\/p>\n

Topic: Thrombosis in the Lung<\/td>\n

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June 4, 2024<\/p>\n

12:00-1:00p<\/td>\n

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In person<\/p>\n

Medical Campus<\/p>\n

650 Albany St, X715<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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A Multi-Disciplinary Program to Identify Predictors of Efficacy and Resistance to Cancer Checkpoint Inhibition <\/strong>(PIPER-C ARC)\/<\/p>\n

CoDirectors: Matt Kulke (Matthew.Kulke@bmc.org<\/a>), Evan Johnson (wej@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/span>, David Sherr(dsherr@bu.edu<\/a>), Gerald Denis (gdenis@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/span><\/td>\n

Mini-symposium<\/td>\n <\/p>\n

TBD<\/td>\n

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June 4, 2024<\/p>\n

1:30p-3:00p<\/td>\n

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TBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Mobile and Electronic (ME)-Health <\/strong>ARC Program\/<\/p>\n

Director: Belinda Borrelli (belindab@bu.edu<\/a>); Leadership: Rebecca Mishuris, Swathi Kiran<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nInvited Seminar Speakers; watch for current announcements for details<\/td>\nTBD<\/td>\nTBD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Bridging Basic and Clinical Science to Reduce Harms and Consequences of Persistent or Risky Substance Use (SUD-Pre-ARC)<\/strong>\/ CoDirectors: Venetia Zachariou (vzachar@bu.edu<\/a>), Alex Walley(Alexander.Walley@bmc.org<\/a>), Preclinical consultant:<\/span><\/p>\n

Kathleen Kantak (kkantak@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/span><\/td>\n

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Synopsis 5\u2019<\/p>\n

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Research on Tap<\/td>\n

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Bridging Basic and Clinical Science to Reduce Consequences of Substance Use<\/td>\n

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Date in June to be announced<\/p>\n

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Date for Fall semester to be announced<\/td>\n

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Synopsis 5\u2019, MED<\/p>\n

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RoT, CRC<\/p>\n

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Respiratory Viruses: a focus on COVID-19 <\/strong>ARC program\/ Director: \u00a0<\/em>Markus Bosmann<\/p>\n

(mbosmann@bu.edu<\/a>), Mohsan Saeed (msaeed1@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nSpring events have just concluded. Check back for event dates for next semester.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Printable ARC Seminars Symposia Special Events, 2017-2021<\/a><\/h3>\n

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ARCs during April 1, 2017-March 31, 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Mobile and Electronic Health (ME-Health), Director, Dr. Belinda Borrelli<\/a>, Co-Directors, Drs. Lisa Quintiliani and Tibor Palfai<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Systems Biology Approaches to Microbiome Research, Co-Directors, Drs. Daniel\u00a0Segr\u00e8<\/a> and Evan Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, Co-Directors, Drs. Rhoda Au<\/a>, Alice Cronin-Golomb and Lindsay Farrer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Etiology and Pathogenesis of Oral Cancer (EPOC), Co- Directors, Drs. Maria Kukuruzinska<\/a>, Avrum Spira and Maria Trojanowska
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thrombosis to Hemostasis in Health and Disease, Co-Directors, Drs. Vipul Chitalia<\/a>, Jean Francis and Katya Ravid<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preserving Child Health and Preventing Unhealthy Aging: The PnemoniARC, Director, Dr. Jay Mizgerd<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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ARC Programs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Protein Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Disease, Director, Dr. Lindsay Farrer<\/a>
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Highlight of activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

May 30, 2017: <\/strong>Thrombosis to Hemostasis ARC, \u201cNormalizing the Thrombosis Risk by Targeting Uremic Thrombosis Axis?\u201d, Dr. Vipul Chitalia<\/p>\n

July 11, 2017: <\/strong>TDRR, collaboration with Office of Technology and CTSI, R MacDonald presented Evans Center IBR and IBRO<\/p>\n

October 3, 2017: <\/strong>Evans Center Seminar, \u201cInsights Into Vascular Calcification Through the Study of Rare Disease\u201d, Dr. Cynthia St. Hilaire, Asst Prof, Dept Medicine, Cardiology, Univ of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

November 2, 2017:<\/strong> 2nd<\/sup> Annual Mobile and Electronic Health Symposium<\/p>\n

November 7, 2017:<\/strong> Systems Biology Approaches to Microbiome Research ARC, Special Seminar<\/p>\n

November 8, 2017:<\/strong> Precision Medicine in Alzheimer Disease ARC, Special Seminar<\/p>\n

November 15, 2017: <\/strong>Precision Medicine in Alzheimer Disease ARC, Museum of Science\u00a0Lee and Nile Albright Annual Symposium \u201cPrecision Medicine:Precision Health\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

December 6, 2017:<\/strong> Research on Tap, Connecting Tissues and Investigators: Fibrosis in health and disease \u2013 13 presentations, this forum will present the Fibrosis preARC to inform and find potential collaborators<\/p>\n

December 8, 2017: <\/strong>Microbiome ARC talk w KRavid, presentation to Biology Department \u2013 this forum will present the potential collaborations available across departments and campuses<\/p>\n

January 8, 2018: <\/strong>Evans Center, Boston Nutrition Research Center ad Endocrinology Grand Rounds, \u201cHow they Talk! Inter-organ Communication and Diabetes Pathogenesis\u201d, Keynote speaker, Dr. Richard Bergman, Director, Cedars – Sinai Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute (DORI), Alfred Jay Firestein Chair in Diabetes Research, Cedars – Sinai Medical Center, Professor – in – Residence, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

January 18, 2018:<\/strong> Tissue Fibrosis: Connecting Tissues and Investigators, Introductions and Initial Meeting<\/p>\n

February 14, 2018: <\/strong>Systems Biology Approaches to Microbiome Research ARC, Mini-Symposium, Microbiome Day<\/p>\n

March 21, 2018: <\/strong>Environmental Toxicants, Initiative introduction, Drs. Jessica Fetterman, David Sherr and Stefano Monti<\/p>\n

March 28, 2018: <\/strong>BU-wide Even<\/span>t, BU Technology Wonders: Potential Biomedical Applications |\u00a0<\/span>Speakers:<\/em> 1 Michelle Sander, Engineering, ENG “Infrared Laser Technology: Label-free Photothermal Imaging and Nerve Stimulation”, 2 Kamil Ekinci, Mechanical Engineering, ENG “Harnessing Nanomechanical Fluctuations of Cells for Drug Susceptibility Testing”, 3 Wilson Wong, Biomedical Engineering, ENG “Synthetic Biology in Cancer Cellular Immunotherapy”, 4 James \u2018Jacy\u2019 Bird, Mechanical Engineering, ENG “Measuring and Modeling Bioaerosol Transport”, 5 Joyce Wong, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, ENG “Biomaterials to Detect and Treat Disease”, 6 Allison Dennis, Biomedical Engineering, ENG “Heavy Metal-Free Quantum Dots for Biomedical Imaging and Biosensing”, 7 Mark Grinstaff, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Director, Nanotechnology Innovation Center at BU, ENG “Mechanoresponsive Drug Delivery”, 8 Darren Roblyer, Biomedical Engineering, ENG “Diffuse Optics for Deep Tissue Functional Imaging”, 9 Selim \u00dcnl\u00fc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENG “Interferometric Imaging: Detection and Visualization of Biological Nanoparticles and Digital Microarrays”, 10 Ji-Xin Cheng, Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENG “Chemical Imaging for Molecule-based Diagnosis & Treatment”, 11 Yannis Paschalidis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Director, Center for Information and Systems Engineering, ENG “Health Analytics for Personalized Predictions and Prescriptions”, 12 Muhammad Zaman, Biomedical Engineering, ENG “Saving Lives through Safer Drugs\u201d<\/p>\n

ARCs during April 1, 2018-March 31, 2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tobacco Regulatory Science, Co-Directors, Drs. Jessica Fetterman<\/a><\/strong>, Naomi Hamburg, Andrew Stokes and Stine Grodal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connecting Tissues and Investigators (Fibrosis in Pathology), Co-Directors, Drs. Maria Trojanowska, Irving Bigio and Bob Varelas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mobile and Electronic Health (ME-Health), Director, Dr. Belinda Borrelli<\/a><\/strong>, Co-Directors, Drs. Lisa Quintiliani and Tibor Palfai<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Systems Biology Approaches to Microbiome Research, Co-Directors, Drs. Daniel\u00a0Segr\u00e8<\/a><\/strong> and Evan Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, Co-Directors, Drs. Rhoda Au<\/a><\/strong>, Alice Cronin-Golomb and Lindsay Farrer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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ARC Programs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Thrombosis to Hemostasis in Health and Disease, Co-Directors, Drs. Vipul Chitalia (\u00a0<\/strong>vichital@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Jean Francis and Katya Ravid<\/strong><\/p>\n

Etiology and Pathogenesis of Oral Cancer (EPOC), Co- Directors, Drs. Maria Kukuruzinska (\u00a0<\/strong>mkukuruz@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Avrum Spira and Maria Trojanowska<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protein Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Disease, Director, Dr. Lindsay Farrer (\u00a0farrer@bu.edu<\/a>)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Highlight of activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

April 10, 2018<\/strong>: BU\/VA Cancer & Thrombosis mini-Symposium | 12:30p – 5:00p | seminar rooms X714&715 | 650 Albany St, 7th floor<\/p>\n

May 7, 2018<\/strong>: State of the ARCs mini-Symposium | 2:00p – 5:00p | seminar rooms X714&715 | 650 Albany St, 7th floor<\/p>\n

September 2018<\/strong>:\u00a0Neurodegenerative Disease-Associated Cardiovascular Disease mini-symposium led by Drs. Victoria Bolotina and Benjamin Wolozin, hosted by BU IBRO\/Evans Center IBR\/MAS<\/p>\n

January 23, 2019:\u00a0<\/strong>Luncheon seminar by\u00a0Dan Lilly<\/a>, Small Business Innovation SBIR Advisor, will provide an overview of the SBIR program, including information on the program’s purpose, elegibility and sources of funding and ideas of what is necessary to succeed. | 11:30a – 1:00p | seminar room X714 | 650 Albany St, 7th floor |\u00a0Hosted by Evans Center for IBR, IBRO and Office of Vice Chair for Research<\/p>\n

February 6, 2019<\/strong>: BU Data Science (BUDS) Day | 8:30a – 5:30p | Trustee Ballroom, Metcalf Trustee Center |1 Silber Way, 9th floor | http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/datascience\/buds2019\/<\/a><\/p>\n

February 26, 2019<\/strong>: Environmental Toxicants Program-in-discussion, Mini-Retreat | 1:00p – 3:00p | seminar room X714 | 650 Albany St, 7th floor<\/p>\n

March 12, 2019:\u00a0<\/strong>Workshop over lunch | Patenting your invention and developing biotech industry partnerships | 12:00p – 1:00p | seminar room X714 | 650 Albany St, 7th floor | Hosted by Evans Center for IBR, IBRO and Office of Vice Chair for Research | Presented by Thomas McMurry, BU OTD and Marc Scatamacchia, BU Industry Engagement<\/p>\n

March 20, 2019:\u00a0<\/strong>Research on Tap: High Tech and High Touch: Digital Innovations from BU’s Mobile and Electronic Health ARC | 4:00p – 6:00p |\u00a0Trustee Ballroom, Metcalf Trustee Center |1 Silber Way, 9th floor\u00a0| Hosted by Belinda Borrelli, Professor, Health Policy & Health Services Research, and Director, Center for Behavioral Science Research, SDM; Director and PI, ME-Health ARC<\/p>\n

March 31, 2019:<\/strong>\u00a0Research on Tap: Mechanobiology: How Force and Stretch Shape Life | 4:00p – 6:00p | Photonics Colloquium Room | 8 St. Mary’s St, 9th floor | Hosted by Bioengineering (Dr. E. Morgan) and IBRO (Dr. K. Ravid)<\/p>\n

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ARCs during April 1, 2019-March 31, 2020<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tobacco Regulatory Science, Co-Directors, Drs. Jessica Fetterman (<\/strong>jefetter@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Naomi Hamburg, Andrew Stokes and Stine Grodal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connecting Tissues and Investigators (Fibrosis in Pathology), Co-Directors, Drs. Maria Trojanowska, Irving Bigio and Bob Varelas (\u00a0xvarelas@bu.edu<\/a>)
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mobile and Electronic Health (ME-Health), Director, Dr. Belinda Borrelli (<\/strong>belindab@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Co-Directors, Drs. Lisa Quintiliani and Tibor Palfai<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>Systems Biology Approaches to Microbiome Research, Co-Directors, Drs. Daniel\u00a0Segr\u00e8 (\u00a0<\/strong>dsegre@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>) and Evan Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, Co-Directors, Drs. Rhoda Au (\u00a0<\/strong>rhodaau@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Alice Cronin-Golomb and Lindsay Farrer<\/strong><\/p>\n

ARC Programs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Thrombosis to Hemostasis in Health and Disease, Co-Directors, Drs. Vipul Chitalia (\u00a0<\/strong>vichital@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Jean Francis and Katya Ravid<\/strong><\/p>\n

Etiology and Pathogenesis of Oral Cancer (EPOC), Co- Directors, Drs. Maria Kukuruzinska (\u00a0<\/strong>mkukuruz@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Avrum Spira and Maria Trojanowska<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protein Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Disease, Director, Dr. Lindsay Farrer (\u00a0farrer@bu.edu<\/a>)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Highlight of activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

April 10, 2019<\/strong>: BU VA mini-symposium, \u201cCancer-Associated Thrombosis and Vascular Dysfunction: <\/em>From Molecular to Large Data Base<\/em>s\u201d, hosted by the ECIBR Thrombosis to Hemostasis ARC, IBRO, BUMC Cancer Center, the CTSI, Boston VA Healthcare and MAS<\/p>\n

May, 2019:<\/strong> presentation of field-test preliminary studies at American Thoracis Society conference, progress will lead to submission of 2 manuscripts and a second RO1 in Feb 2020 (first was recommended for funding after first submission, \u201cDelivery of a Smoking Cessation Induction Intervention via Virtual Reality Headset During a Dental Cleaning\u201d)<\/p>\n

October 3, 2019<\/strong>: Evans Days presentation of State of the ARCs \u2013 this forum is to highlight interdisciplinary achievements of funded ARCs and to invite continued cross-pollination of ideas from both campuses<\/p>\n

November 4, 2019: Tobacco Regulatory Science ARC <\/strong>mini-symposium \u2013 this forum was to engage the CRC researchers, especially those who have been unable to travel to MED campus for regular meetings<\/p>\n

December, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tentative, Spring 2020<\/strong>: Collaborative programming with Lucie Rochard of MassBio and the Mass Academy of Sciences focused on two goals: (1)\u00a0 focused on connecting resources<\/em><\/strong> of all three entities through shared symposia and networking, and (2) hopefully to bring new ARC ideas to fruition; tentative \u2013 Spring 2020, State of the ARCs mini-symposia (same program presented during Evans Days, Oct 3, 2019) to include 6 ARC speakers and 6 MAS speakers<\/p>\n

March\/April 2020<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Beginning March 2020, pandemic-related shut-down and stay-at-home orders were in effect resulting in cancelling in-person events scheduled for April-August 2020, and rescheduling until we could pivot as a university community and resume activities online.<\/em><\/p>\n

March 16, 2020:<\/strong> Adolescent Health Equity, Prevention, and Translation (AdHEPT) pre-ARC Inaugural Public Meeting and Meet and Greet, held via Zoom, Director: Monica Wang, ScD, Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences Department, BUSPH AdHEPT pre-ARC Co-Director: Kimberly Nelson, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences Department, BUSPH<\/p>\n

POSTPONED, rescheduled for 2021<\/em>: March 30, 2020:<\/strong> Tobacco Regulatory Science ARC Symposium, Keynote Speaker, Dr. Stanton Glantz, USCF, is an internationally renowned expert in the cardiovascular effects of tobacco products and the impact of tobacco control policies on use patterns.<\/p>\n

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ARCs during April 1, 2020-March 31, 2021<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Respiratory Viruses: a focus on COVID-19, Director, Markus Bosmann ( <\/strong>mbosmann@bu.edu<\/a>) and Co-Director, Mohsan Saeed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tobacco Regulatory Science, Co-Directors, Drs. Jessica Fetterman (<\/strong>jefetter@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Naomi Hamburg, Andrew Stokes and Stine Grodal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connecting Tissues and Investigators (Fibrosis in Pathology), Co-Directors, Drs. Maria Trojanowska, Irving Bigio and Bob Varelas (\u00a0xvarelas@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pre-ARC: Platform Development for Evaluation of Tryptophan Metabolites and the Cancer Microbiome, Co-Directors: Matt Kulke ( <\/strong>mkulke@bu.edu<\/a>) and James Galagan<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

ARC Programs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mobile and Electronic Health (ME-Health), Director, Dr. Belinda Borrelli (<\/strong>belindab@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Co-Directors, Drs. Lisa Quintiliani and Tibor Palfai<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Systems Biology Approaches to Microbiome Research, Co-Directors, Drs. Daniel\u00a0Segr\u00e8 (\u00a0<\/strong>dsegre@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>) and Evan Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thrombosis to Hemostasis in Health and Disease, Co-Directors, Drs. Vipul Chitalia (\u00a0<\/strong>vichital@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Jean Francis and Katya Ravid<\/strong><\/p>\n

Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, Co-Directors, Drs. Rhoda Au (\u00a0<\/strong>rhodaau@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Alice Cronin-Golomb and Lindsay Farrer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protein Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Disease, Director, Dr. Lindsay Farrer (\u00a0farrer@bu.edu<\/a>)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Highlight of activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

March\/April 2020<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Beginning March 2020, pandemic-related shut-down and stay-at-home orders were in effect resulting in cancelling in-person events scheduled for April-August 2020, and rescheduling until we could pivot as a university community and resume activities online.<\/em><\/p>\n

October 1, 2020:<\/strong> Tobacco Regulatory Science ARC, 3-5:30p, \u201cTobacco Regulatory Science ARC Annual Symposium\u201d, invited speaker Stanton Glantz, PhD, UCSF (postponed his talk due to COVID-19 hospitalization), talks instead given by ARC researchers & collaborators.<\/p>\n

November 5,\u00a02020: <\/strong>Evans Day, Shining Light on BU Affinity Research Collaboratives (ARCs), 12:30-1:30p: BU Covid-19 pre-clinical ARC research | \u201cInnovative approaches to Covid-19 pre-clinical research and relevance to equitable care<\/em>\u201d by co-Directors Drs. Markus Bosmann and Mohan Saeed and Drs. Darrell Kotton, Benjamin Linas and Dr. Jay Mizgerd, \u201cRespiratory Viruses as an epidemic now, and beyond\u201d<\/p>\n

November 12<\/strong>, 2020:<\/strong> Mobile Health ARC, 1-4p, \u201c4th<\/sup>\u00a0Annual Symposium\u201c, invited speakers Susan Murphy, PhD, Radcliffe Institute, “Challenges in Developing Online Learning Algorithms to Dynamically Personalize Mobile Health Interventions” & David C Mohr, PhD, BU Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs), “Making Digital Mental Health Work in the Real World”<\/p>\n

November 17<\/strong>, 2020:<\/strong> Fibrosis ARC, 1-3:45p, \u201c<\/strong>Fibrosis ARC symposium: identifying and understanding conserved and organ-specific mechanisms associated with tissue fibrosis\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

November 30, 2020:<\/strong> \u201cColloquium: Health Disparity Research at BUMC\u201d, chaired by Drs. Katya Ravid and David Coleman (49 faculty in attendance)<\/p>\n

January 25<\/strong>, 2021:<\/strong> Tobacco Regulatory Science ARC, 3-4p,\u00a0<\/strong>Omar El Shahawy, MPH, MD, PhD, “Evaluation of Factors Associated with E-Cigarette Use Perceptions and Patterns ”<\/p>\n

January 26<\/strong>, 2021: <\/strong>Connecting Tissues and Investigators: Fibrosis ARC, 2-3p, Steven Huang, MD “Epigenetics of lung fibrosis”<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 8<\/strong>, 2021: <\/strong>Tobacco Regulatory Science ARC\u00a0, 3-4p, Stanton Glanz, PhD, UCSF, “E-cigarettes: Back to the Future”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 23<\/strong>, 2021:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>pre-ARC exploration via a Research on Tap mini-symposium: \u201cEliminating Health Disparities: Society & Biomedicine\u201d, 2-3:30p<\/strong><\/p>\n

March 1<\/strong>, 2021: <\/strong>pre-ARC exploration via a Synopsis 5\u2019 mini-symposium: \u201cEliminating Health Disparities: Society & Biomedicine\u201d, 3-5p<\/p>\n

March 19, 2021:<\/strong> Mobile Health ARC, 1-2:15p, Molly Waring, PhD, Assoc Prof, UConn Dept of Allied Health Sciences and Center for mHealth & Social Media, \u201cUse of Social Media in Health Research: Methods & Considerations for Observational Studies and Intervention Research”<\/p>\n

March 30, 2021: <\/strong>Fibrosis ARC, 2-3p, Amy Bradshaw, Medical University of South Carolina, “Unraveling Cardiac Collagen: Exploring Cellular Mechanisms in Regression of Fibrosis\u201d<\/p>\n

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ARCs during April 1, 2021-March 31, 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Respiratory Viruses: a focus on COVID-19, Director, Markus Bosmann ( <\/strong>mbosmann@bu.edu<\/a>) and Co-Director, Mohsan Saeed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tobacco Regulatory Science, Co-Directors, Drs. Jessica Fetterman (<\/strong>jefetter@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Naomi Hamburg, Andrew Stokes and Stine Grodal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connecting Tissues and Investigators (Fibrosis in Pathology), Co-Directors, Drs. Maria Trojanowska, Irving Bigio and Bob Varelas (\u00a0xvarelas@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pre-ARC: Platform Development for Evaluation of Tryptophan Metabolites and the Cancer Microbiome, Co-Directors: Matt Kulke ( <\/strong>mkulke@bu.edu<\/a>) and James Galagan<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

ARC Programs<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Mobile and Electronic Health (ME-Health), Director, Dr. Belinda Borrelli (<\/strong>belindab@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Co-Directors, Drs. Lisa Quintiliani and Tibor Palfai<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Systems Biology Approaches to Microbiome Research, Co-Directors, Drs. Daniel\u00a0Segr\u00e8 (\u00a0<\/strong>dsegre@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>) and Evan Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thrombosis to Hemostasis in Health and Disease, Co-Directors, Drs. Vipul Chitalia (\u00a0<\/strong>vichital@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Jean Francis and Katya Ravid<\/strong><\/p>\n

Precision Medicine for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, Co-Directors, Drs. Rhoda Au (\u00a0<\/strong>rhodaau@bu.edu<\/strong><\/a>), Alice Cronin-Golomb and Lindsay Farrer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Protein Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Disease, Director, Dr. Lindsay Farrer (\u00a0farrer@bu.edu<\/a>)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Highlight of activities<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Apr 9<\/strong>, 2021: <\/strong>Precision Medicine in Alzheimer Disease ARC, mini-symposium: \u201cCognitive Resilience: clinical and translational science\u201d<\/p>\n

May 10<\/strong>, 2021: <\/strong>Thrombosis and hemostasis ARC, symposium: \u201cCovid-19 and thrombosis complications\u201d, (chaired by Drs. Ravid and Chitalia, 12-2p, Yogen Kanthi, MD, NHLBI, NIH & Jean Marie Connors, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital<\/p>\n

May 11<\/strong>, 2021: <\/strong>COVID-19 ARC, seminar, Dario Zamboni, PhD, University of S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, \u201cInflammasomes are activated in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and are associated with COVID-19 severity in patients\u201d<\/p>\n

June 4, 2021<\/strong>: BU Renal Grand Rounds, co-hosted by the Fibrosis ARC, Ben Humphreys, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, \u201cKidney Injury, Repair and Failed Repair: Lessons from Single Cell Multi-Omic Analyses<\/em>\u201d, 1-2p<\/p>\n

ARCs during April 1, 2022-March 31, 2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n

April 12, 2022: <\/b>COVID-19 ARC, Special Seminar, Nihal Altan-Bonnet, PhD, NHLBI, “Garbage in, garbage out? Coronavirus sneaking in and out of cells\u201d, 3-4pm, Invited by ARC Director Markus Bosmann<\/p>\n

April 28, 2022: <\/b>Mobile and Electronic Health ARC\u2019s 5th\u00a0annual symposium,\u00a0 ME-ARC and Hariri FRP joint symposium, Integrating Innovations in Computing Systems & Applied Mobile Health\u201d. This symposium is jointly sponsored with Hariri Institute\u2019s Focused Research Program on the Continuous Analysis of Mobile Health Data Among Medically Vulnerable Populations; featuring speakers from academia and industry, focus on how advancements in computing systems can transform the way health information is delivered to the public, 12-4pm, ARC Director Belinda Borrelli<\/p>\n

May 17, 2022: <\/b>Precision Medicine in Alzheimer\u2019s Disease ARC Program, annual international symposium, \u201cLife Course Factors and Social Disparities for Dementia<\/i>\u201c, ARC Co-Director, Lindsay Farrer<\/p>\n

June 8, 2022: <\/b>ARC Research Retreat: Current and Future Directions, co-hosted by the IBRO and CTSI, presentations by ARC Directors, Round Table Discussions facilitated by Mark Braun and attended by all participants [A. Survey on Creating a DoM Research Forum; B. What new ARCs or Programs or Centers might be proposed as stemming from existing ARC Programs, or unrelated to ARCs including an ARC program veering into an extended new ARC proposal; C. Mapping a successful path to more robust funding: Foundation Relations, moderated by Katharine Canfield (In-person event, attendance, 35)<\/p>\n

June 16, 2022: <\/b>ME-Health ARC Directors Belinda Borrelli and Lisa Quintiliani and PIPER-C ARC Director Matt Kulke, panel discussion as part of the CTSI Community Engaged Research Speaker Series, <\/b>discuss\u00a0interdisciplinary applications of community engaged research (Zoom)<\/p>\n

June 21, 2022:<\/b> Cardio- Cancer seminar event, virtual Mini-Symposium co-hosted by the CVI, and the Thrombosis ARC, Keynote Speakers: Elisabeth M. Battinelli M.D.\/Ph.D., Division of Hematology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, \u201cThe Role of Platelets in Tumor Growth, Metastasis, and Immune Evasion\u201d and Owen McCarty, Ph.D., FAHA, Professor & Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, \u201cCancer metastasis & the blood microenvironment: the good, bad and the sticky\u201d (Zoom)<\/p>\n

July, 2022<\/b>: Initial email invitation sent to DoM Faculty to participate in the DoM Researchers Forum; organized by the Evans Center and spearheaded by Drs. K.Ravid and D.Salant; first meeting was in-person on Tues, Oct 18 at 1p, followed by a second, virtual meeting on Thurs, Dec 8 at 3p.<\/p>\n

October 6, 2022<\/b>: Inaugural Aging Research Symposium, hosted by the new Department of Dermatology-based leaders Vladimir Botchkarev, Rhoda Alani and Vyacheslav \u2018Slava\u2019 Labunskyy<\/p>\n

October 18, 2022:<\/b> (1st meeting) Researchers Forum, in person at 1pm in W502<\/p>\n

October 27, 2022<\/b>: Participation in The International Team Science Conference\u00a0is hosting a Discussion Panel by BU ARC leaders<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Topic:<\/b>\u00a0Team Science through Affinity Research Collaboratives: Addressing Biomedical Problems at University and National Levels<\/p>\n

Panel Leaders<\/b>:\u00a0Katya Ravid, DSc; David Coleman, MD; Rhoda Au, PhD; Lindsay Farrer, PhD; Vipul Chitalia, MD\/PhD and Lisa Quintiliani, MD<\/p>\n

November 9, 2022<\/b>: COVID-19 ARC Special joint-Microbiology Seminar, virtual at noon, “Deciphering the determinants of Omicron pathogenicity”, presented by Mohsan Saeed ARC co-director<\/p>\n

December 8, 2022<\/b>: (2nd meeting) Researchers Forum, virtual at 3pm<\/p>\n

December 13, 2022<\/b>: COVID-19 ARC Special Keynote Speaker (hybrid, 11a-12p), \u201cLarge-scale recoding of SARS-CoV-2 to generate live-attenuated vaccines\u201d | Dr. Volker Thiel, Prof of Virology, University of Bern, Switzerland<\/p>\n

March 30 meetings:<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 4, 2023<\/b>: COVID-19 ARC Special Keynote Speaker (hybrid, 3-4p),<\/p>\n

April 11, 2023<\/b>: Precision Medicine in Alzheimer\u2019s Disease and Related Disorders ARC Program, 3rd Annual FHS-BAP Symposium, (virtual, 1-4:30p)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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