THE GOODS - November 29, 2021

 

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November 29, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 12

MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN

Dear GSBS Community, I hope that you all had a restful Thanksgiving, filled with feasting, friends, family and gratitude. While the ongoing pandemic and recovery have contributed to the challenges of our time, we all have much to be thankful for. I find an attitude of gratitude gives me the strength to meet challenges and appreciate all that I have. I am thankful to my mentors (and I have lost three this year), for helping me to believe in myself and bring my best to my career. I am especially thankful to you, our students, faculty and staff, who work each day to make us a better place. Finally, today I am thankful to Beth Storrs who will step away from GSBS in December. She has been promoted and will administer Slate across all Tufts graduate schools. She has been a strong advocate for GSBS students for over a decade and her efforts in promoting DEI, especially in Admissions, has made her a valuable colleague. I will miss her wise advice and innovative thinking and her continued efforts to make GSBS a better, more diverse, and more inclusive community. Dan Jay

HIGHLIGHTS

Common Book Discussion: Caste and Current Events Thursday, December 9 | 4 - 5pm Register here. Join the GSBS Anti-Racist Working Group for our third and final discussion of this year's Common Book, Isabel Wilkerson's Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. The third discussion will focus on the ways the American caste system intersects with current events. For more information, see the flyer.

GWiSE Candy Gram Sale Order Deadline: December 3 Order here. The holiday season is coming up, and everyone is excited to celebrate! Before you head back home or travel the world, send your friends and colleagues a candy gram and support Tufts GWiSE Boston! Candy grams are $3 each, and you have the option to donate $1 to Rosie's place with each order! We will be accepting orders through December 3rd, and we will deliver to the Boston and Medford campuses the week of December 6th! Happy Holidays, and we look forward to delivering candy and goods to you soon!

Reminder: Masks Required Indoors at All Times We have received reports of students and others not following the masking requirements. People are unmasked for extended periods of time. Please note that masking is required indoors at all times except for brief periods when eating and drinking.

UPCOMING EVENTS

December 1 NIH Funding Opportunities for Methodological Research in Mental Health 2 - 3pm Register here. The Center for Quantitative Methods and Data Science (QM&DS), in partnership with the Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Center at Tufts CTSI and the Data-Intensive Studies Center (DISC) at Tufts University, invite you to attend this upcoming seminar by Christine M. Ulbricht, PhD, MPH. For more information, see the website. PHPD DEAR COUNCIL: Race and Racism Event 5pm Register here. The PHPD DEAR Council, in partnership with the MBS program, invites students, faculty, and staff to join them for a talk by Dr. Chase T. M. Anderson, a child and adolescent psychiatry fellow at University of California at San Francisco. His talk is titled The Impact of Identity: How it affects mental health, what it means to be minoritized, and how we can help. For more information, see the flyer. December 15 Using Machine Learning to Increase Equality in Healthcare and Public Health 2 - 3:30pm Register here. The Center for Quantitative Methods and Data Science (QM&DS), in partnership with the Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) Center at Tufts CTSI and the Data-Intensive Studies Center (DISC) at Tufts University, invite you to attend this upcoming seminar by Emma Pierson. For more information, see the website. Recurring Events Associate Dean Dan Volchok's Office Hours Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday MedEd 813 Associate Dean Dan Volchok will be in the office most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Students are welcome to make an appointment in advance by emailing Daniel.Volchok@tufts.edu, or just stop by! Virtual Yoga and Meditation Classes Thursdays | 4:30 - 5:30pm Register here. The Student Advisory & Health Administration Office is offering Virtual Yoga & Meditation classes for all students on the Boston Campus. Please see the flyer for the fall semester schedule and class details. This class will be taught via Zoom; you will be sent the link prior to the first class on September 9th. To sign up, click the link. When registering, students must complete and upload the Yoga Release Form within the Qualtrics sign-up survey. Please contact Gianna Vroom if you have any questions. VIEW THE FULL CALENDAR

ANNOUNCEMENTS

GSBS Anti-racist Working Group - Open Meetings and Suggestions Document The GSBS Anti-racist Working Group will be opening up its meetings to any member of the community who wishes to attend. Students, faculty, staff, and postdocs are invited to stop by and share their suggestions, comments, and feedback. Watch this space for meeting details.  If you can't attend a meeting, or would prefer to make suggestions in a different format, the group has a Google Doc of proposed topics, initiatives, and action items. Members of the GSBS community members are free to look at the doc and add their own suggestions. Cherish Chinatown Challenge All November, join Tufts students, staff and faculty in supporting small businesses in Boston’s Chinatown by participating in the Cherish Chinatown Challenge! Order from restaurants, bakeries and stores in Chinatown in the month ahead. After you make a purchase (in-person or delivery), enter into the weekly Cherish Chinatown Challenge raffle. Twenty winners will receive $25 restaurant gift cards and one grand prize winner will receive $200* to a restaurant of choice in Chinatown! For more information, see the website or email communityrelations@tufts.edu. Research Survey on Graduate Professional Development Fill out the survey here. Against the backdrop of a clear need for professional development targeted at graduate students pursuing careers in and out of academia, this research project will gather survey data on graduate students’ experiences with professional development opportunities available to them at their institutions of higher education, located throughout New England. At the conclusion of the survey, respondents will have the opportunity to express interest in participating in follow-up focus groups, the purpose of which will be to gather more in-depth understanding of graduate students’ experiences. Read more about the survey's goals here, or reach out to investigator Jovana.Milosavljevic@unh.edu with questions. Washington University in St. Louis Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program Application Deadline: January 7, 2022 Apply here. Annually, the Institute for Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis hosts a popular, informative and engaging Summer Research Program. The eight-week Summer Research Program enables students from any university to develop expertise in one of two tracks: Public and Global Health and Aging and Neurological Diseases. For more information or to apply, see the website. 21st Annual New England Science Symposium  Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30, 2022 | Abstracts Due January 14, 2022 Submit your abstract here. On behalf of the Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership and the Biomedical Science Careers Program (BSCP), we are pleased to invite students involved in biomedical or health-related scientific research to submit their research projects to the 21st annual New England Science Symposium (NESS). For more information, see the program flyer. Now Hiring! Postdoctoral Training Program: Tufts IRACDA Application Deadline: February 1, 2022 Tufts IRACDA (Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards Program), is funded by NIH-NIGMS. The program prepares talented young scientists for the multiple demands of an academic career in biomedical research. Scholars spend on average 75% of their time conducting bench research and 25% of their time in career development activities. For additional information on the Tufts IRACDA Program and application procedures, please visit our website, see the flyer, or contact us with your questions at iracda@tufts.edu. Reminder: Medical Education Building is Nut Free We want to remind you that we have a number of students in the medical school with very severe peanut and tree nut allergies with reactions that include anaphylaxis. We have worked to eliminate peanuts and tree nuts from all of our catered meals and snacks but need your assistance and awareness to make things as safe as possible. We are asking that all community members avoid bringing nut products into the Med Ed Building. When you bring in outside food, please be cognizant that there are students with allergies to nuts and nut products and plan accordingly.  We know that this adjustment may be difficult for some of you but hope to keep things as safe as possible for everyone on campus! QM&DS seminars available for viewing on I Learn The Center for Quantitative Methods and Data Science (QM&DS) is pleased to announce that the Center's summer seminars are available for viewing on I Learn. Creating a free account is required to view the seminars. Once you are logged in, you can enroll (free) for the seminars using this link. In addition, several recent seminars are available for viewing: “To everything there is a season: synchronization of infectious outbreaks” (Elena Naumova) “Spatial Epidemiological Analysis and Modeling of Opioid Decedent Data” (Thomas Stopka & Jennifer Pustz) “Steps Toward Reproducible Research” (Karl Broman) Wang YMCA Information and Rates 2021-2022 Tufts University has partnered with the Wang YMCA to offer Dental, Medical, Nutrition, Public Health, Physician Assistant and Biomedical Sciences students discounted membership rates. Please see the flyer for details regarding 2021-2022 rates. The Wang YMCA staff created a plan to ensure the health and safety of all members, please make sure to review the new procedures prior to attending the Wang Y. New Membership Process Student Verification Forms are required for Boston Health Sciences students that are not currently a member at the Wang Y. Student Verification Forms can be obtained by emailing saha-admin@tufts.edu. New members must set up an online account. Once your account is created, please call 617-426-2237 or go into the YMCA to speak with someone so your discount can be applied. Your Wang YMCA Metro membership entitles you to use any of the 13 branches listed on the rate flyer. More information can be found here.

HIRSH LIBRARY NEWS

Hirsh Library Office Hours for GSBS Students Tuesdays 11am - 12pm Wednesdays 1pm - 2pm Those who wish to attend office hours in person should go to the Library Service Desk on the 4th floor of MedEd. Those who wish to join via Zoom should see this invite.

CAREER NEWS

Career Coaching Meetings with Sarah Cardozo Duncan One component of our Career Services is the opportunity to meet with our career strategist for both career and job search advice. Sarah Cardozo Duncan is a career strategist with a concentration in STEM careers and is the career coach in residence for GSBS and the Tufts Postdoc community. She has been instrumental in aiding in careers and job searches for Tufts trainees since 2017. Sarah will again be available for the 2021-22 academic year. She will be offering a career development workshop at the beginning of the Spring semester - more details to come - as well as one-on-one career coaching sessions throughout the terms. Priority for one-on-one meetings will be given to those who have attended a career workshop in the past. All meetings will be via Zoom. The final Fall one-on-one session will take place on December 13. Email miriam4sarahcareerstrategist@gmail.com to set up a one-on-one session.

The Scripps Research Fellows Program Is Accepting Applications Apply here. The Scripps Research Fellows Program seeks scientists of exceptional promise and creativity who have recently completed their PhD in chemistry or biology, or spent less than a year working as a research associate in the biomedical sciences. Scripps Research Fellows receive salary support for themselves and two co-workers for three years. As a Fellow, they have Principal Investigator status and apply for external grants, while working closely with a faculty sponsor who shares laboratory space and equipment. Successful Fellows frequently gain promotion to tenure-track faculty. For more information, see the website. HRiA is Hiring a Grants Officer HRiA is seeking a recent life sciences M.A., Ph.D., or current postdoc for an exciting position in biomedical research grantmaking to join our biomedical research grantmaking division. We also have short term consulting positions available in this area. This is a great opportunity for an aspiring researcher who wants to learn more about grant funding from the funder perspective, or for someone interested in exploring an alternative career in biomedical research. For more information, click here or email Kim Lezak, PhD.

STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Wellness Advising Office Mon | 9:30am - 5:00pm Tue | 11:00am - 7:00pm Wed/Thurs/Fri | 9:30am - 5:00pm   Email Sharon.Snaggs@tufts.edu to set up a meeting. Check out the Week in Wellness Newsletter! This week's issue includes suggestions for local holiday activities and autumn recipes. Contact Catherine Choi, catherine.y_choi@tufts.edu, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences' representative for the Student Wellness Advisory Committee, with questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding student health and wellness.

Talk One2One - 1.800.756.3124 Free and Confidential counseling service available 24/7 In-person counselors are available on the Boston Campus and can be arranged at off-site locations. Make an appointment through the secure group email account Tuftscounseling@allonehealth.com. You can also call the 1-800 number for immediate ”in the moment” mental health support, and/or if you prefer speaking with a person to assist in getting connected.

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