{"id":2567,"date":"2018-03-11T16:49:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T20:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/?page_id=2567"},"modified":"2023-02-09T11:24:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T16:24:09","slug":"upcoming-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/events\/upcoming-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=UA-117784070-2\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\r\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\r\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\r\n  gtag('js', new Date());\r\n\r\n  gtag('config', 'UA-117784070-2');\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4><span>March 2023<\/span><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Introduction to science policy and science policy panel discussion\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Wednesday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong><span> Virtual via Zoom<br \/>\n<strong>Register:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/professional-life\/totalapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up via the TOTAL App<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><strong>Description: <\/strong>What is science policy? How does the federal government impact scientific discovery, and why should the scientific community care about what happens in Washington, DC? Participants will learn about the federal government\u2019s role in science, including funding and regulations. The range of science policy careers and the skills one might need to pursue a job in science policy will also be considered.<\/p>\n<p><u>Pre-session suggested reading:<br \/>\n<\/u>In advance of the session, participants may wish to look at this helpful guide to science policy careers from the Alumni Network of the California Council on Science and Technology: https:\/\/ccst.us\/reports\/science-policy-a-career-guide-to-policy-careers-for-scientists\/<\/p>\n<p><em><u>Lecturer<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><em>Ms. Jennifer Grodsky; BU Vice President for Federal Relations<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Panelists<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><em>Dr. Libby O\u2019Hare; Senior Principal, Lewis-Burke Associates<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Dr. Naomi Webber; Senior Principal, Lewis-Burke Associates<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Dr. Carrie Wolinetz; Senior Advisor to the NIH Director, The National Institutes of Health<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Moderator<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><em>Dr. Barbara Schreiber; Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine Associate Professor of Biochemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Careers in industry panel discussion\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Wednesday, March 22 from 10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong><span> Virtual via Zoom<br \/>\n<strong>Register:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/professional-life\/totalapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up via the TOTAL App<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Panelists<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><em>Dr. Alexander Barron;\u00a0Principal Scientist, Leukocyte-Tissue Interface Group, Pfizer<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Dr. Elissa Everton; Senior Associate Consultant, Clarion Healthcare<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Dr. Andrew Hoss;\u00a0Director, Computational Biology, Yarrow Biotechnology<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Dr. Claire Steppan;\u00a0Senior Director Primary Pharmacology, Pfizer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Moderator<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><em>Dr. Barbara Schreiber; Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine Associate Professor of Biochemistry<\/em><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span>April 2023<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h4>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #993300;\">A variety of biomedical careers panel discussion<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Wednesday, April 12 from 10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong><span> Virtual via Zoom<br \/>\n<strong>Register:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/professional-life\/totalapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up via the TOTAL App<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Panelists<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><em>Dr. Claudia Hormann;\u00a0<\/em><em>Associate Director Intellectual Property, Synlogic<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Dr. Elyse Kozlowski; Special Assistant to the Office of the Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, NIH All of Us Research Program<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Dr. Douglas Macdonald; Director, Research Operations and Scientific Alliances, CHDI Foundation<br \/>\nDr. Angel Rubio; Scientist, ImmunityBio<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Moderator<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><em>Dr. Barbara Schreiber; Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine Associate Professor of Biochemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Careers in academia panel discussion<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Wednesday, April 19 from 10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Location:<\/strong><span> Virtual via Zoom<br \/>\n<strong>Register:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/students\/professional-life\/totalapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up via the TOTAL App<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Panelists<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><em>Dr. Fadie Coleman; Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Harvard School of Dental Medicine<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Dr. Richard Giadone;\u00a0Postdoctoral Fellow,\u00a0Harvard University<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Dr. Aditi Gurkar;\u00a0Assistant Professor,\u00a0University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Dr.<\/em>\u00a0<em>Chris Seh Hong Lim;\u00a0Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies, MGH Institute of Health Professions<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><u>Moderator<br \/>\n<\/u><\/em><em>Dr. Barbara Schreiber; Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine Associate Professor of Biochemistry<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 2023 Introduction to science policy and science policy panel discussion\u00a0 Date:\u00a0Wednesday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. Location: Virtual via Zoom Register:\u00a0Sign up via the TOTAL App Description: What is science policy? How does the federal government impact scientific discovery, and why should the scientific community care about what happens in Washington, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14559,"featured_media":0,"parent":1196,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2567"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2567"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4753,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2567\/revisions\/4753"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}