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Coronavirus Information Mental health resources Support services: BCM has developed options to assist its learners, trainees, staff and faculty with coping during the COVID pandemic. Read more about the services and resources available on the Coronavirus Response website mental health section and see an overview below. Most of these options are available via telehealth. Call 713-798-0292 for more information or to access these resources.
Support group via Zoom: The Psychiatry Service at Harris Health is offering a daily 8 a.m. support group through Zoom starting Monday, Aug. 16, through Sept. 30. Open to all healthcare professionals at BCM and Harris Health, it is designed to provide support for healthcare professionals dealing with pandemic-related upheaval and stress and may include psychological first aid if applicable and referral to professional help when needed. Healthcare providers can access the support group through Zoom. Well-being Index: You can also reassess your well-being on a weekly basis with the Well-Being Index, a brief online self-assessment that provides individualized feedback, tools and national/local resources for mental health. View the Coping Card for well-being tips and to find your specific invitation code to access the Well-Being Index. Sign of hope: Dr. Shital Patel, assistant professor of medicine - infectious diseases, captured this photo from Baylor of a rainbow over the Texas Medical Center as a reminder that there is hope during challenging times. Awards and Recognitions Bijanki earns NIH grant
Dark named journal editor
Mills guest edits diversity publication
Events School supply drive Looking for a way to give back to the community? TMC is holding a school supply drive through Sept. 1 benefiting the Baylor Biotech Academy at Rusk and the Baylor Academy at James D. Ryan Middle School. Donate to the schools by fulfilling a wish on Rusk and Ryan's Amazon Wishlist. Ethics Grand Rounds: Texas 87th Legislature Update Join Ethics Grand Rounds on Aug. 18, at 5 p.m., for a virtual presentation on "Texas 87th Legislature Update," by Timothy Ottinger, division director of government relations at CHI St. Luke's Health. Attend via Zoom (event Password: 458725). Jointly sponsored by Baylor's Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. CME event: Referring to heart failure program "Optimal Timing of Referral to an Advanced Heart Failure Program," is Thursday, Aug. 19, presented by Dr. Andrew Civitello, assistant professor of medicine – cardiology, with Dr. Kenneth Liao, professor and chief of cardiothoracic transplantation, and Dr. Alexis Shafii, surgical director of heart transplantation. The target audience is cardiologists, internists, family medicine, physician assistants and nurses; CME available. Learn more and register. Autism webinar: Genetics 101 The SPARK for Autism program at Baylor Texas Children's will host a Genetics 101 webinar on Friday, Aug. 20, presented by Dr. Robin Kochel, associate professor of pediatrics – psychology, and Dr. Chaya Murali, assistant professor of molecular and human genetics. Register for the webinar. College News Director of clinical sciences curriculum needed The School of Medicine seeks a director of clinical sciences curriculum. This position will provide leadership and oversight for the clinical sciences curriculum under the direction of the associate dean for UME curriculum. Please apply no later than the close of business Friday, Aug. 27. For additional questions, please email Dr. Stacey Rose. See more on Faculty Opportunities. Student appeals and grievances committee Faculty members are needed to serve on the Student Appeals and Grievances Committee. Eligible faculty must have at least three years of experience in teaching, evaluation or assessment of student performance, or mentorship of students and at least one year of prior experience serving on a BCM institutional committee. To apply, submit a cover letter and your CV to studentservices@bcm.edu by Aug. 31. Adolescent anxiety study enrolling Participants are needed for Baylor research on the symptomatic presentation and characteristics of children and adolescents with misophonia, or anxiety problems. Eligible volunteers will participate in online assessment sessions and two optional follow-up surveys. Participants must be 8- to 17-years old, fluent in English and have a parent/guardian willing to participate with them. The study includes a phone screening call, a consent and IQ test conducted over Zoom, a clinical interview over Zoom and bio-behavioral tasks done online. Participants will receive $90 compensation for the online assessment sessions ($30 parent and $60 child) and $15 compensation for completion of each of the two follow-up surveys. For more information, contact Jane Clinger at misophonia@bcm.edu or 713-798-1916. IT news: Scheduled service interruption On Friday, Aug. 13, at 11 p.m. through Saturday, Aug. 14 at 10 a.m., the Office of Information Technology will replace end-of-life cybersecurity networking hardware that protects BCM against external cyber attacks and connects BCM to the "outside world" (infrastructure commonly known as the perimeter firewalls). During this time, most data flowing between BCM and all other entities, including TMC affiliates, the commodity Internet and Internet2, will be interrupted. Examples include, but are not limited to, accessing external websites from within BCM, exchanging data sets between Baylor and affiliate institutions, and accessing Citrix/MyApps portal apps (such as Epic) from home, among many others. See more information. Faculty in the News Check out all of Baylor's news media mentions in this week's 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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