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Anatomy Now Weekly | July 29, 2020

 

Anatomy Now Weekly: An Official Newsletter of the American Association for Anatomy

IN THIS ISSUE

 

ADA turns 30

New group membership available

Well-being during COVID-19

Reopening anatomy labs

Upcoming webinars

Fetal tissue research

Careers

 

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ADA Turns 30

 

In , the CDC reported that one in four Americans lives with a disability. As the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has shown us, that impact can be enormously positive. We each benefit from the unique perspectives of persons with all levels of ability – and from the world we (re)build with those perspectives in mind. Thanks to the ADA and human ingenuity, we all now enjoy environmental improvements like easier access to sidewalks and buildings via ramps, audible pedestrian signals, and technologies for navigating the digital world (along with working from home!), just to name a few.

 

As an organization, we continue to strive to recognize diversity in all aspects, including levels of ability. You can help! Simply . These data will be used to measure our progress toward inclusivity over time – and are visible only to you and AAA staff.

 

July 26 was the 30th anniversary of the ADA, which outlawed employment discrimination based on physical or mental disability and required accessibility to buildings and transportation. To mark this anniversary, below is a non-exhaustive collection of resources you may find useful for ADA compliance and online instruction in general. Members who have specific issues/questions on related topics can find existing threads of discussion on Anatomy Connected – or start new ones.

 

The ADA’s Impact

Accessibility Resources

Instructional Resources
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Supporting Ph.D. Students in the Time of COVID-19

 

Marina K. Holz, a member of the Women in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Committee of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), wrote in ASBMB Today about the unique hardships imposed on graduate students by the pandemic. to mentors and advisers for supporting those students.
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July 30: Well-Being Tweet Chat

 

The Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS) is hosting a Tweet chat on well-being in academic medicine during these difficult times, hosted by Dr. Mona Abaza, chair of the CFAS Faculty Resilience Committee, and Dr. Stuart Slavin, Senior Scholar for Well-Being at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. To join in, follow on Twitter July 30, 7-8 pm ET.

 

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Lab Precautions & COVID-19

 

In our , we shared a Science article with approaches to reopening labs around the world during a pandemic. Now, follow Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) staff writer Patrick Boyle as he checks in on how biomedical labs around the US are monitoring health and resuming experiments as they reopen. .
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July 30: Live Discussion about In-Person Labs

 

Haviva Goldman, Drexel University, will moderate a live discussion, Challenges and Solutions for Socially Distanced Anatomy Labs, on July 30 at 3 pm ET. Registration is available for members only and is limited to keep the discussion engaging and manageable. .

 

For more information about this event and related topics, on Anatomy Connected.

 

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August 7: Intersectionality in Academia Webinar

 

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is hosting a webinar series on Women of Color beginning August 7. The first installment explores foundation elements of intersectionality and examines how institutions can acknowledge it in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. .

 

August 12: Filling the Gap: Teaching Anatomy as a Non-Anatomist

 

The current demand for anatomy educators exceeds the supply of graduates trained specifically in anatomy and anatomy instruction. As more non-anatomists find themselves being called upon to teach anatomy, institutions need to provide support for these faculty, connect them with instructional resources, and help them build skills to teach anatomy. focuses on the experiences of faculty who were not trained as anatomists (or may not consider themselves to be anatomists) who found themselves having to teach in the anatomical sciences. The speakers will describe the unique trajectories that led them to anatomy teaching and share the resources they used to learn anatomy ‘on the job.’ This webinar will also emphasize the need for professional societies and institutions to offer continuing education for individuals interested in pursuing post-graduate anatomy education.

 

Featuring: Justin Shaffer, Colorado School of Mines; Amanda Collins, University of Massachusetts Medical School; Marc Pizzimenti, University of Iowa; Alexandra Wink, Boston University School of Medicine

 

Live Webinar: Wednesday, August 12, 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time

 

On Demand: The recorded webinar will be posted to our website approximately one week after the live webinar. Recordings are available to members only. You do not need to register to view the recorded webinar later. See what’s already available on demand at .
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Support for Use of Fetal Tissue in Research

 

AAA was one of 90+ signatories to a July 28 letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Human Fetal Tissue (HFT) Research Ethics Advisory Board, in advance of its July 31 meeting to advise on ethical use of HFT in proposed biomedical research. The letter expresses ongoing support for use of HFT in such research, citing HFT’s “potential to advance our understanding of human biology and the development of new treatments that will reduce suffering from human diseases.” .

 

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