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NewsLink, June 24, 2022 |
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College News Welcome, students and residents! 
New students in the Physician Assistant Program and the Orthotics and Prosthetics Program in the School of Health Professions started classes last week. This includes 36 PA students and 24 O&P students. Learn more here about these two new classes. New residents and fellows also started arriving on campus this week, where their orientation included demonstrations and fittings of personal protective equipment, pictured here. Welcome to Baylor! Parking subsidy increase Reminder that the parking subsidy provided by Baylor to those using commuter options, including Metro and other bus services and van pools, and those parking in TMC remote lots will increase effective July 1. To view the new subsidy amounts and to learn what commuting options are available, head to the Parking and Commuter Services web page. Funding opportunity: Environmental health disparities research Applications are open for funding from the Maternal and Infant Environmental Health Research Center to support pilot projects that focus on reducing environmental health disparities. Postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows, assistant professors and NIH-designated early stage investigators are invited to apply, with letters of intent due Aug. 1. The center also will host an interactive workshop for potential pilot project applicants on July 12, 4:30 – 6 pm. where center faculty from Baylor and Texas Southern University will provide information about the pilot project program, discuss potential research topics in environmental health disparities and answer questions. View the event flyer and pilot project program RFA and register here to receive the Zoom link. Questions? Email Nesh Aqrawi or Dr. Hamisu Salihu. Events Join BCM Pride for celebration The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and BCM Pride are hosting a booth at Houston LGBT+ Pride Celebration, June 25, 1 – 6:30 p.m. in downtown Houston near City Hall. All members of the Baylor community who are attending the celebration are invited to visit the booth. To volunteer to staff the booth, sign up here. Merchandise Summer Sale The BCM Team Shop is having a Merchandise Summer Sale Tuesday, June 28, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in Rayzor Lounge at main Baylor. Get BCM gear 25% off; credit card only. Can't visit in person? Shop online at the BCM Team Shop. DocTalk on spine health Join Dr. Emanuel Narcis Husu, an interventional pain management specialist with the H. Ben Taub Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, June 29 at noon for a DocTalk on spine health. Register via Zoom. Participants must correctly complete the survey shared during the presentation to earn BCM BeWell points. Volunteer opportunity: Kids' Meals Inc. Join your colleagues Wednesday, July 13, from 12-1 p.m. in Rayzor Lounge in the Cullen Building to decorate brown lunch bags for Kids' Meals Inc, a local organization that delivers free healthy meals to children in need. Brown lunch bags and decorating materials will be provided. If you cannot attend the event on July 13, you can decorate your own brown lunch bags at your convenience (see instructions) and drop off by Thursday, July 14, in suite 176B at main Baylor. There also will be an in-person volunteer opportunity at Kids' Meals Inc., 330 Garden Oaks Blvd., July 13, to fill previously decorated lunch bags. Sign up here. Questions? Email Alex Alanis. Awards and Recognitions Ferreon earns Welch grant
Zoghbi honored for Rett research
Faculty in the News
Dr. Lindy McGee spoke with Prevention magazine about how lower nicotine levels in cigarettes could reduce addiction among adolescents. See Baylor's other news media mentions in Faculty in the News, and follow BCMHouston_News on Twitter to keep up with our experts in the media. Interested in science news? Read the latest in From the Labs. Follow BCM
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