{"id":154602,"date":"2019-10-18T16:14:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T20:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?page_id=154602"},"modified":"2020-10-28T17:28:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T21:28:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/practice\/activist-lab\/about-the-activist-lab\/life-on-albany\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h4><strong>SLAC Mission Statement:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Student Life on Albany Committee (SLAC) is a platform where student representatives from the four schools on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) collectively introduce the campus to the challenges as well as resources related to substance abuse, mental health, and homelessness, in and around Albany Street. SLAC works in conjunction with and has been instituted by the Life on Albany Committee.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Duties:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>To begin with, the student representatives will be responsible for compiling a detailed list of the existing resources targeting the aforementioned challenges, in the form of an Excel-based resource guide. In tandem, student representatives will attend monthly meetings to discuss and implement ways to increase awareness. Members will also provide input as well as work towards sharing the LAC\u2019s activities with the BUMC community.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Contact Email:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:bumcslac@gmail.com\">bumcslac@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Current Members<\/h6><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p><b><i>Chair: <\/i><\/b>Harsimar Brar, School of Public Health (<a href=\"mailto:hkbrar@bu.edu\">hkbrar@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Faculty Advisor: <\/i><\/b>Dr. Calabrese, School of Dental Medicine, Associate Dean of Students \u2013 Clinical Associate Professor of General Dentistry \u2013 Director, Geriatric Dental Medicine (<a href=\"mailto:jobean@bu.edu\">jobean@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Dental Medicine<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph Absi <b>(<a href=\"mailto:jabsi@bu.edu\">jabsi@bu.edu)<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li>Cassandra Pierre-Jerome\u00a0 (<a href=\"mailto:cpj@bu.edu\">cpj@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Graduate Medical Sciences<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Matthew Doran (<b><a href=\"mailto:mttdoran@bu.edu\">mttdoran@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>School of Medicine<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kapua (Preferred Name: Mel) Meyer (<a href=\"mailto:kkmeyer@bu.edu\">kmeyer@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Sophie Rosenmoss&gt; (<a href=\"mailto:srosenmo@bu.edu\">srosenmo@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>School of Public Health<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harsimar Brar (<a href=\"mailto:hkbrar@bu.edu\">hkbrar@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Mara Heng(<a href=\"mailto:mgheng@bu.edu\">mgheng@bu.edu<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h6 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Former Members<\/h6><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>Alexandra Greenberg &#8211;<b> Graduate Medical Science <\/b>(<a href=\"mailto:argreen@bu.edu\">argreen@bu.edu<\/a>)\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SLAC Mission Statement: The Student Life on Albany Committee (SLAC) is a platform where student representatives from the four schools on the Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) collectively introduce the campus to the challenges as well as resources related to substance abuse, mental health, and homelessness, in and around Albany Street. 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