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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Dear BMSC Graduate Program Faculty,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Our BMSC students are starting their classes today. They have been in some of your labs doing rotations since 2<sup>nd</sup> week of July. Hope all is going well.</span><span style="color:#201F1E">
The BMSC graduate program leadership recently met with the Graduate Advisory Council (GAC) and received full support to update the PhD lab rotation requirement and lab placement.</span><span style="color:black"> Exceptional cases can be discussed individually
with PI and Grad Advisor.</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:#201F1E">The following changes will be implemented immediately</span><span style="color:black"> and followed by all BMSC Program faculty</span><span style="color:#201F1E">:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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All incoming PhD students will be <b>required to complete a minimum of three 10-week lab rotations before being able to start in a home/dissertation lab</b>.<span style="color:black"> Please use the updated rotation form.</span><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
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<span style="color:black">No technical rotation will be allowed during this period.
</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<b><span style="color:black">Lab rotations are part of the BMSC 261 required curriculum</span></b><span style="color:black"> and
<b>Rotation Faculty will provide feedback and a Satisfactory/No Credit grade to the BMSC Graduate Advisor</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
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<span style="color:black">Students will write a summary of the completed rotation and evaluation of the rotation lab and submit the attached form (BMSC Rotation Writeup and evaluation Form) to the Graduate Advisor.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<li class="xmsonormal" style="color:#201F1E;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
To provide each student equal opportunity to be evaluated and considered for placement in home/dissertation labs, we request that all program faculty wait until after the 3<sup>rd</sup> rotation is
<span style="color:black">over.</span><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
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<b><u><span style="color:black">Feb 1 is the earliest a faculty can offer placement in their lab.</span></u></b><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></li></ul>
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<b><span style="color:#201F1E">Once students are accepted into your lab, a commitment letter</span></b><span style="color:#201F1E">
</span><span style="color:black">from Hermila Torres, Student Services Advisor will need to be signed by both parties.</span><o:p></o:p></li><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="circle">
<li class="xmsonormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="color:#201F1E">a guidance committee composed of the major professor who chairs the committee, and two additional graduate program faculty is established by the end of their first year.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><b><span style="color:black">Tentative Rotation dates:</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;background:white">
<span style="color:black">1<sup>st</sup> rotation end- 1<sup>st</sup> week of September</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;background:white">
<span style="color:black">2<sup>nd</sup> rotation end- 2<sup>nd</sup> week of November</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;background:white">
<span style="color:black">3<sup>rd</sup> rotation end-4<sup>th</sup> week of January</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:black">Do not hesitate to reach out to Dr. Zheng, Hermila or me at any time if you have questions.</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;background:white"><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Seema Kaushalya Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">School of Medicine, University of California Riverside<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rm 3140, Multidisciplinary Research Building <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: (951) 827-7819<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lab: (951) 827-7583<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Email: <span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:seema.tiwari-woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu"><span style="color:blue">seema.tiwari-woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">President of American Society of Neurochemistry (2021-2023)<o:p></o:p></p>
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