Department of Medicine Faculty Meeting Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Announcements Clinical Update VA Update

Announcements BMC update Grant opportunities (see – “Putting the ABIM Charter into Practice Grant ($20K) – Macy Faculty Scholars ($100k/yr x 2 yrs) Evans Days awards – Catherine Rich, M.D. – Community based teaching – Janice Quan, M.D. – Witzburg Award for ambulatory teaching – Christine Campbell-Riordan, M.D. – Citizenship Award – Marie McDonnell, M.D. – Junior Faculty Mentoring Award – Neil Ruderman, M.D. – Research Faculty Mentoring Award – Hap Farber, M.D. – Inpatient Teaching Award

Announcements (con’t) Searches update – GI – Residency Training Program Director – Geriatrics Medical Student rotations in ambulatory setting Internship Selection/Recruitment interviews

ARCs Metric: initial assessment (mid 2009-end of 2010): 32 co-authored publications or in-press; 33 grants applied; 13 co-PI or co-Investigator grants funded, 11 pending, 3 in revision, 1 funded PPG; 43 presentations at meetings; 27 pre- docs and 19 post-docs involved in research related to ARCs ***************************************** Protein Trafficking and Neurodegenerative Diseases Dr. Lindsay Farrer ***************************************** Sex differences in adipose tissue: mechanisms and role in disease risk associated with obesity Drs. Susan Fried and Paul Pilch ***************************************** Blood Microbiome Drs. Marie McDonnell and Lisa Ganley-Leal ***************************************** Biomarkers Drs. Mark McComb, Catherine Costello and Richard A. Cohen -Will take this year to re- organize goals- **************************************** **************************************** The Boston University Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cell Bank Drs. Gustavo Mostoslavsky and Darrell Kotton **************************************** Mitochondria ARC (mtARC): Mitochondrial Dynamics in Health and Disease Drs. Orian Shirihai and Anthony Molina **************************************** Cardiovascular Consequences of Metabolic Disease Dr. Kenneth Walsh -ARC completed with PPG awarded- ****************************************

Congratulations to new ARCs (mission: Transformative Research)  Atrial Fibrillation Risk and Cohort Development in an Urban Care Center Drs. Emelia Benjamin, Elaine Hylek and Jared Magnani, Directors  Calcium Homeostasis in Health and Disease Drs. Victoria Bolotina and Michael Kirber, Directors  Mechanisms and Treatment of Arterial Stiffness Drs. Richard A. Cohen and Kathleen Morgan, Directors  Obesity, Cancer and Inflammation Drs. Gerald Denis and Barbara Nikolajczyk, Directors Katya Ravid, DSc/PhD, Evans Center Director

Evans Center Seminars: SAVE THE DATES: -Thursday, December 16, pm, Keefer Auditorium. Speaker: Dr. Alan Shuldiner " The Thrifty Microbiome: Role of gut microbial communities in obesity and metabolic complications ", Hosted by The Blood Microbiome ARC, Drs. Marie McDonnell & Lisa Ganley-Leal, Directors -January 26, 2011 at 4 pm Mitochondria ARC is starting the first Evans Center lecture series on bridging ARCs with Clinical Research: “ Major Clinical Problems in Diabetes and relevance to mitochondria research” Speaker: Marie MacDonald -Thematic Seminars: Evans Center-Biochemistry in Cancer Stem Cells and Development (March 31, April 7 and April )

Faculty Development and Diversity Seminars Monday, Jan 10: “Thinking Beyond Power Point” Kitt Shaffer Thursday, Jan 13: “Teaching Clinical Reasoning” Warren Hershman, Subha Ramani, and Rob Lowe Tuesday, Jan 18: “Deciding Authorship and Negotiating Science” Francine Montemorro Note: All Seminars 12-1 pm, Wilkins Boardroom, lunch served

Grand Rounds December 17, 2010: “AIDS: International Update”, Jon Fuller, M.D. January 7, 2011: “Thinking Like a Doctor: Learning and Teaching Clinical Reasoning”, Warren Hershman, M.D.