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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:red">Send on behalf of Dr. Monica Carson:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> Dear Biomed Colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The campus vaccination (plus booster) rate is very high, robust campus testing, campus masking and daily wellness survey requirements are in place, and the infection rate within our community is very low. Thus,
many in our community are enthusiastically welcoming the return to in person activities, especially the return to in person classroom instruction that began this past Monday. However, I’ve learned there are significant concerns amongst those who may have
health related issues that the campus-mandated return to in person instruction may cause them potential harm.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#0070C0">In brief, I wish to reassure those with these health-related concerns and re-amplify</span>
<span style="color:#0070C0">the messages sent out by our Provost that there are campus support services available</span><span style="color:black">.
</span></b><span style="color:black">Specifically, to address and serve those with health-related/disability-related needs, there are dedicated campus offices for students and for employees (faculty, fellows and staff).<b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#0070C0">For students,</span></u></b><span style="color:#0070C0">
<b>this office is the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC).</b> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:black">In addition, Christina Granillo in SOM Student Affairs is a SOM student affairs resource able to facilitate navigating
this process for our BMSC graduate students. However, students can also go directly to the SDRC and do not have to go through Christina Granillo.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#0070C0">For faculty, fellows and staff,</span></u></b><span style="color:#0070C0">
<b>this office is the Disability Management office</b>. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Both offices have confidential and individualized processes by which accommodations for health concerns are designed and approved for individuals (including but not limited to COVID related issues). It is important
that individuals use these processes to protect the privacy of their information and to have professional skilled individuals design appropriate accommodations in an equitable manner</span><span style="color:#0070C0">.<span class="apple-converted-space"> I
also note that </span>according to the Provost’s Compassionate Clause, circumstances qualifying for accommodation include when an individual:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><i><span style="color:#0070C0">a. Lives with children under the age of 5 who do not attend in-person school or daycare.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="color:#0070C0">b. Is immunocompromised themselves or lives with one or more immunocompromised individuals</span></i></b><i><span style="color:#0070C0">.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The link to SDRC is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sdrc.ucr.edu_&d=DwMF-g&c=LsLxleeqPm1pgCNn-PN_bQ&r=FnK1iymJu3XoCHGyqz3S_PVoZXHDMzO-hWZxsy6JO1I&m=FwQB5nYpHaZYF7GB--bM7TnhC1XcIGcskaKHTKeIBnAudcFctkqcOp3SpuJ5HgF0&s=_8LPQYVYocC3t_PBPnvfy-9RV4KQgG-MeEYOQG0Ch_E&e=">https://sdrc.ucr.edu/</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>with
the specific link for the accommodation approval process here:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sdrc.ucr.edu_apply-2Daccommodations&d=DwMF-g&c=LsLxleeqPm1pgCNn-PN_bQ&r=FnK1iymJu3XoCHGyqz3S_PVoZXHDMzO-hWZxsy6JO1I&m=FwQB5nYpHaZYF7GB--bM7TnhC1XcIGcskaKHTKeIBnAudcFctkqcOp3SpuJ5HgF0&s=IS10MlFEKLBfqgeqecj6KLKnfRtqk4ll3S2FWXCYSpc&e=" title="https://sdrc.ucr.edu/apply-accommodations">https://sdrc.ucr.edu/apply-accommodations</a>.
The link to the Disability office is <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__hr.ucr.edu_front_workplace-2Dhealth-2Dwellness_disability-2Dmanagement&d=DwMF-g&c=LsLxleeqPm1pgCNn-PN_bQ&r=FnK1iymJu3XoCHGyqz3S_PVoZXHDMzO-hWZxsy6JO1I&m=FwQB5nYpHaZYF7GB--bM7TnhC1XcIGcskaKHTKeIBnAudcFctkqcOp3SpuJ5HgF0&s=yUojaa4bPIcYJO30AHs2VqzwRwdHvPT7yGzD_kvN9EI&e=">
https://hr.ucr.edu/front/workplace-health-wellness/disability-management</a> and their email address is:
</span><a href="mailto:disabilitymanagement@ucr.edu" title="Email address for UCR Disability Management"><span style="color:#234674;background:white">disabilitymanagement@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="color:#455A64;background:white">.</span><span style="color:black">
Again, by going through the UCR office designed and authorized to discuss health related issues, we ensure that situations are handled appropriately, fairly and confidentially –– without faculty or supervisors asking or receiving information we shouldn’t have.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">When an individual is approved for an accommodation by these UCR offices, faculty and supervisors do not question why or what is the cause. That is private. Faculty and supervisors only attend to what they are directed to accommodate
and how they are directed to accommodate by SDRC of the disability management office (ex. more time on tests, alternative learning material, office locations/setups, remote access, whatever we have been directed).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The Division of Biomedical Sciences supports all in the division and the graduate program –– faculty, fellows, students and staff. We actively support all UCR approved accommodations. I am happy to report that over the years, we have
successfully implemented campus generated accommodation plans for a broad spectrum of faculty, staff and students in our division. I strongly encourage all who might need these services to engage in the campus process.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lastly, as a resource for all in our community, the Provost has shared that Environmental Health and Safety is making surgical and N95 masks available to all UCR employees. To request masks, click
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ehs.ucr.edu_coronavirus_facecoverings&d=DwMF-g&c=LsLxleeqPm1pgCNn-PN_bQ&r=FnK1iymJu3XoCHGyqz3S_PVoZXHDMzO-hWZxsy6JO1I&m=FwQB5nYpHaZYF7GB--bM7TnhC1XcIGcskaKHTKeIBnAudcFctkqcOp3SpuJ5HgF0&s=uD79GEzwGq0gjne23wPn6qA6ud0VRq7E36lInKwcxt8&e=">
here</a>. The Well is offering a similar <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__well.ucr.edu_covid-2Dwellness-2Dkits-2Dmasks&d=DwMF-g&c=LsLxleeqPm1pgCNn-PN_bQ&r=FnK1iymJu3XoCHGyqz3S_PVoZXHDMzO-hWZxsy6JO1I&m=FwQB5nYpHaZYF7GB--bM7TnhC1XcIGcskaKHTKeIBnAudcFctkqcOp3SpuJ5HgF0&s=GDFMyyhbmzYLvJbmofHSLdSWdxp1U9EEbtlgKKWALCU&e=">
resource</a> to UCR students.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Please do share and discuss this information with those in our community. As always, I thank everyone for their support of each other and our entire community.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Monica<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Monica J. Carson, Ph.D.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">S. Sue</span></i></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> <b><i>Johnson Presidential Endowed Chair</i></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">Professor and Chair of Biomedical Sciences</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> University of California Riverside, School of Medicine</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Neuroinflammation</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black"> Executive Administrative Assistant: Maribel Velarde</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black">951-827-9150</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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