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The World Cup is nearing its end on the other side of the globe, but some members of the Baylor community are getting in on the action right here in our own courtyard. BCM Well-being offered soccer and other activities during a celebration for participants in its annual wellness challenge. Science fair judges needed! Baylor's Center for Educational Outreach is recruiting volunteers to judge middle school student investigations submitted to the Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan Science Symposium and the Baylor College of Medicine Biotech Academy at Rusk Science Fair. Rusk and Ryan are Houston ISD magnet middle schools associated with Baylor. Judging will be conducted online for Ryan middle school Jan. 12 - 14 and in-person at Rusk on Jan. 13, 9 - 11:30 a.m. Judges should have first-hand experience in developing and conducting scientific or engineering research and are asked to commit a minimum of one hour, which generally amounts to judging six projects. To volunteer, sign up here. Questions? Email Beatriz Perez-Sweeney at Ryan or Katherine Harris at Rusk. Share your holiday spirit! Don't forget to share your office, clinic or lab holiday photos with Anna Kiappes by 2 p.m. Dec. 19. Photos will be shared on Baylor’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. Calling all runners! Are you training to run or walk the Chevron Houston Marathon, the Aramco Houston Half Marathon or the We Are Houston 5K on Jan. 14-15 in downtown Houston? The Office of Communications and Community Outreach would love to hear from you! Please email us at pa@bcm.edu to share why you’re training for your race, what you’ve done to prepare for this journey and why running is important to you. Your story may be shared in Baylor's internal communications. Happy running! Nominations open for Gold Foundation humanism award Nominations are open through Jan. 31 for the 2023 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare, which recognizes immigrant professionals in medicine, healthcare and public health whose career achievements demonstrate a commitment to the values of humanism. The Gold Foundation defines humanism in healthcare as "compassionate, collaborative and scientifically excellent care that places the interests, values and dignity of all people at the core of teaching and practice." Recipients receive an unrestricted award of $10,000 and will be honored at the AAMC annual meeting next fall. Learn more. Facilitators needed for social determinants of health (DDASH) course Twenty-five facilitators are needed for the Determinants, Disparities and Social Health of Populations (DDASH) course for third-year medical students in spring 2023. The course helps students explore the ramifications of social determinants, implications on clinical care and the path to pursuing health advocacy. Facilitators can provide either a longitudinal footprint in the course by serving in all the workshops or volunteer to teach in individual sessions. Either form of educational contribution will allow faculty to accumulate strong evidence of teaching and evaluation for portfolios. Training and session guides will be provided. Learn more on the Faculty Opportunities page on InTouch. Questions? Email Dr. Malvika Juneja or Dr. Victoria McCurry. Events HemHub lecture Malignant-Hematology Hub (HemHub) series presents a lecture on "Hematopoietic Stem Cell Intrinsic and Extrinsic Contribution to Aging and Clonal Hematopoiesis," with Dr. Jennifer Trowbridge of the Jackson Laboratory, Dec. 19, noon – 1 p.m., by Zoom (Meeting ID: 387 923 767; Password: 831342). Education Hackathon update Calling all educational innovators! The team registration deadline for the second annual Department of Education, Innovation & Technology has been extended to early January! There is still time to develop a winning idea that offers an innovative solution for an educational problem for the spring 2023 pitch event, with the chance to win $25,000 in grant funding. For more information or to register your team, email DeptEIT@bcm.edu. Awards and Recognitions Kirk image featured by postal service 
Images by Jason Kirk, director of the Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Core, were selected by the U.S. Postal Service to be featured on new stamps in 2023. They are among 20 different images chosen by the USPS in the Life Magnified category that capture details of life undetectable by the human eye. They were taken with microscopes and highly specialized photographic techniques that can capture the fine details found in nature and in many cases used in scientific research. See more here of the latest USPS stamps. Preventza to serve as AATS program co-chair
Clarivate most cited researchers Baylor faculty were among those included on the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list. Highly cited papers rank in the top 1% by citations for a field or fields and publication year in the Web of Science. Faculty members named include Drs. Erez Lieberman Aiden, Nadim Ajami, Christie Ballantyne, Malcolm Brenner, Hashem El-Serag, Richard Gibbs, Helen Heslop, Joseph Jankovic, Sheldon Kaplan, Joseph Petrosino, Cliona Rooney, James Versalovic and Bing Zhang. Med student named Schwarzman Scholar
Faculty in the News While rare, stiff-person syndrome was in the news recently when it was announced that singer Celine Dion was diagnosed with the condition. Dr. Chi-Ying "Roy" Lin helps explain the neurological condition in this Washington Post article. See this and 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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