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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000">Sent on behalf of the Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences Director.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear BMSC Graduate Students:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With the campus-mandated return to in-person instruction effective Jan 31, we know that many of you are excited to be in person but that some of you may have concerns for your health by this return to in person classwork.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The graduate leadership and the faculty very much understand the concerns raised and shared by our graduate students. To address and serve these health-related needs there is a dedicated campus office for students. The Student Disability
Resource Center (SDRC). SDRC has a confidential and individualized process by which accommodations for health concerns are designed and approved for students (including but not limited to COVID related issues). It is important that individuals use these processes
to protect the privacy of their information, to have professional skilled individuals design appropriate accommodations in an equitable manner. When a student is approved for an accommodation, as faculty we do not question why or what is the cause. That
is private. We only attend to what we are to accommodate and how we are directed to accommodate by SDRC (more time on tests, alternative learning material, remote education, whatever we have been directed).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please note that according to the Provost’s Compassionate Clause,
<b>circumstances qualifying for accommodation include when the person</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">a. Live with children under the age of 5 who do not attend in-person school or daycare.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">b. Are immunocompromised themselves or live with one or more immunocompromised individuals.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you need an accommodation, please go through SDRC. The link to SDRC is
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sdrc.ucr.edu_&d=DwMF-g&c=LsLxleeqPm1pgCNn-PN_bQ&r=EvZYZ_YpN_uXFMRvIwq0EbMPYXbncjwNPQB1qU8kNOqLHJ5XqfdZI2CI1LT21M14&m=koK-qLKFUy2Ksc1lTbT5Zf-SQxBtmXp_oEDdlJLpFvuwIJfO5tDX_-k49eVrzC5I&s=gLVo6KErXe1ghYGwB8TjhmVBuGWoXj3afXF2qNGGo70&e=">
https://sdrc.ucr.edu/</a>, with the specific link for the accommodation approval process here:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__sdrc.ucr.edu_apply-2Daccommodations&d=DwMF-g&c=LsLxleeqPm1pgCNn-PN_bQ&r=EvZYZ_YpN_uXFMRvIwq0EbMPYXbncjwNPQB1qU8kNOqLHJ5XqfdZI2CI1LT21M14&m=koK-qLKFUy2Ksc1lTbT5Zf-SQxBtmXp_oEDdlJLpFvuwIJfO5tDX_-k49eVrzC5I&s=AHmq1B_VCe1ICm2_2OEFQ2Dk9xBiSw0HE-NBBWtRjyI&e=">
https://sdrc.ucr.edu/apply-accommodations</a>. 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. You can also reach the office via
email, <a href="mailto:sdrc@ucr.edu">sdrc@ucr.edu</a>, and a SDRC staff member will follow up with the you directly.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>If you cannot get an accommodation approved by this Friday or Monday</u>, we can definitely be compassionate, but we need you to confirm to us BEFORE missing a class that you have made/or are making an appt with the disability office.
In addition, Christina Granillo in SOM Student Affairs, <a href="mailto:christina.granillo@medsch.ucr.edu">
christina.granillo@medsch.ucr.edu</a>, is a resource to help with these issues. She might also be a good starting point for information on potential for religious exemptions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Seema<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Seema Kaushalya Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD</b><br>
Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director, Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences<br>
School of Medicine, University of California Riverside<br>
Rm 3140, Multidisciplinary Research Building
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900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521<br>
Office: (951) 827-7819<br>
Lab: (951) 827-7583<br>
Email: <a href="mailto:seema.tiwari-woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">seema.tiwari-woodruff@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:seema-tiwari-woodruff@axonremyelination.org" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">seema-tiwari-woodruff@axonremyelination.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">President of American Society of Neurochemistry (2021-2023)”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Hermila Torres<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">BMSC Graduate Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Graduate Student Services Advisor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Division of Biomedical Sciences | UC Riverside School of Medicine<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:hermila.torres@medsch.ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">hermila.torres@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:biomedsci@medsch.ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">biomedsci@medsch.ucr.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://biomed.ucr.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://biomed.ucr.edu/</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">900 University Ave | 1143 Webber Hall | Riverside, CA 92521<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Office: (951) 827-4540<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="color:#0D0D0D;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">New hybrid schedule as of September 2021: Available in-person on campus Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays 8:00AM-4:30PM. I will be available remotely on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays from 8:00AM-4:30PM.</span></i></b><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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