{"id":72040,"date":"2020-03-18T10:01:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T14:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?p=72040"},"modified":"2020-03-18T10:01:56","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T14:01:56","slug":"3-15-2020-email-from-gms-associate-provost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/2020\/03\/18\/3-15-2020-email-from-gms-associate-provost\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/15\/2020 Email From GMS Associate Provost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gms\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.30.14-AM-1024x110.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"110\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-71857 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.30.14-AM-1024x110.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.30.14-AM-636x69.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.30.14-AM-768x83.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2020\/03\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-12-at-10.30.14-AM.png 1522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><br \/>\n<b><\/b><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:\u00a0 ANYONE RETURNING FROM TRAVEL ABROAD MUST SELF-QUARANTINE.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Students. Faculty, and Staff,<\/p>\n<p>Spring\u00a0break, with many\u00a0GMS students, faculty and staff\u00a0traveling domestically and abroad, ended on\u00a0Friday.\u00a0 Most of Europe is now at Level 3. Please see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/travel\/notices\">the CDC travel risk assessment levels<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If you have returned from a level 3 or higher country, you\u00a0<strong><em>must\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>self-quarantine for 14 days.\u00a0 Stay at home, self-isolate, do not go out, do not interact with roommates or family members.<\/p>\n<p>If you become sick:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faculty and staff&#8211;contact your primary care physician and\u00a0Occupational Health (617-353-6630)<\/li>\n<li>Postdocs\/Visiting scholars\u2014contact your primary care physician and ROHP (617-358-7647)<\/li>\n<li>Students\u2014contact your primary care physician and Student Health Services (617-353-3575)\n<ul>\n<li>Students can also submit a message to SHS through\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/patientconnect.bu.edu\/\">Patient Connect<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/shs\/coronavirus\/\">SHS COVID-19 Webpage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each BU resource has a web site.\u00a0\u00a0Complete\u00a0the forms\u00a0if you are required to self-quarantine.\u00a0\u00a0The form will guide you\u00a0specific to your situation.\u00a0\u00a0Even though teaching\u00a0is now remote\u00a0, research is continuing on campus.\u00a0 Do not come to campus unless and until you have clearance and permission to do so.\u00a0 Inform your program director and research PI as applicable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Students:<\/strong>\u00a0 If you are required to self-quarantine, you also must contact the GMS Office (tdavies@bu.edu)\u00a0to\u00a0insure your needs are being met, especially\u00a0if you become\u00a0sick and live alone.\u00a0\u00a0After completing quarantine, students are\u00a0<strong><em>required<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0cleared\u00a0by\u00a0Student Health Services before returning to campus.\u00a0\u00a0You must\u00a0provide the clearance to\u00a0the GMS Office\u00a0(<a href=\"mailto:tdavies@bu.edu\">tdavies@bu.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Please practice social distancing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>These are unsettling times, but\u00a0faculty and staff are committed\u00a0to\u00a0providing\u00a0you with\u00a0accurate and timely communications and to\u00a0helping with\u00a0your needs, whether personal or professional.\u00a0 Use common sense, keep us informed and note that spring arrives on Thursday.\u00a0 There is always something good to look forward to.<\/p>\n<p>With warm regards,<br \/>\nDebbie<\/p>\n<p>PS:\u00a0You might consider reading the following article.\u00a0\u00a0It has interactive infection curves in the paragraph below the figure.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ariadnelabs.org\/resources\/articles\/news\/social-distancing-this-is-not-a-snow-day\/\">https:\/\/www.ariadnelabs.org\/resources\/articles\/news\/social-distancing-this-is-not-a-snow-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Associate Provost and Associate Dean\u00a0<em>ad interim<br \/>\n<\/em>Graduate Medical Sciences<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Make a Difference<\/em>\u00a0at GMS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE:\u00a0 ANYONE RETURNING FROM TRAVEL ABROAD MUST SELF-QUARANTINE.\u00a0 Dear Students. Faculty, and Staff, Spring\u00a0break, with many\u00a0GMS students, faculty and staff\u00a0traveling domestically and abroad, ended on\u00a0Friday.\u00a0 Most of Europe is now at Level 3. Please see\u00a0the CDC travel risk assessment levels.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0If you have returned from a level 3 or higher country, you\u00a0must\u00a0self-quarantine for 14 days.\u00a0 Stay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16806,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7158],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16806"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72041,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72040\/revisions\/72041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}