{"id":78009,"date":"2021-03-11T15:28:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T20:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?p=78009"},"modified":"2021-03-11T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T20:28:58","slug":"a-2020-pandemic-year-in-review-busm-steps-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/2021\/03\/11\/a-2020-pandemic-year-in-review-busm-steps-up\/","title":{"rendered":"A 2020 Pandemic Year in Review: BUSM Steps Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"\/gms\/files\/2021\/03\/Fit-Rec-Training-Session-scaled-e1615243858605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gms\/files\/2021\/03\/Fit-Rec-Training-Session-scaled-e1615243858605-636x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"272\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-78011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/03\/Fit-Rec-Training-Session-scaled-e1615243858605-636x272.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/03\/Fit-Rec-Training-Session-scaled-e1615243858605-1024x438.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/03\/Fit-Rec-Training-Session-scaled-e1615243858605-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/03\/Fit-Rec-Training-Session-scaled-e1615243858605-1536x656.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2021\/03\/Fit-Rec-Training-Session-scaled-e1615243858605-2048x875.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The year 2020 was like no other\u2014it was business as usual for January and most of February, then everything changed in March. On top of the stress and isolation of a global pandemic, 2020 evolved into a year recognizing racial injustice and political turmoil. In the face of unprecedented adversity, students, faculty and staff at Boston University School of Medicine pulled together and continued its important mission of teaching, learning and discovery.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the BUSM community cared for patients, developed rapid COVID-19 testing,\u00a0stood up a genome sequencing lab, published important research findings, reinforced their commitment to antiracism and diversity, adapted to a Learn\u00a0<em>from<\/em>\u00a0Anywhere format, and so much more.<\/p>\n<p>Students, faculty and staff embodied the principle of<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/about\/\">frontline medicine<\/a>. Their resilience showed great perseverance, compassion and collaboration. As the pandemic surpasses the one-year mark, let\u2019s stop for a moment to acknowledge their accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm\/2021\/03\/10\/a-2020-pandemic-year-in-review-busm-steps-up\/\">here<\/a>!<a href=\"\/gms\/files\/2021\/03\/Fit-Rec-Training-Session-scaled-e1615243858605.jpg\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2020 was like no other\u2014it was business as usual for January and most of February, then everything changed in March. On top of the stress and isolation of a global pandemic, 2020 evolved into a year recognizing racial injustice and political turmoil. In the face of unprecedented adversity, students, faculty and staff at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16373,"featured_media":78010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7154],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78009"}],"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\/16373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78012,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78009\/revisions\/78012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}