NAME
Abby Stahl
Abhishek Mandal
Ademayowa
Balogun
Adetunji Feyomi
Adolfo Frias
Agustin Cruz
Aliyah Weinstein
Alyce Anderson
Amie Draper
Avi Bayer
Carol Williams
Chelsea Merkel
Clare Gauss
POSITION
EMAIL ADDRESS
Events Officer &
CMP Rep &
Secretary
Treasurer
1st year Rep
ecs40@pitt.edu
Present
Abm66@pitt.edu
atb231@pitt.edu
Present
Present
MGDB Rep
Member
IMM Rep
GPSA Rep &
Webmaster
Member
Biomed. Inf. Rep
MVM Rep
Grad Office
Events Officer
Grad Office
Adf42@pitt.edu
Present
Present
Present
Present
adf44@pitt.edu
cucho@pitt.edu
alw151@pitt.edu
Ajm197@pitt.edu
ajd109@pitt.edu
bayerava@pitt.edu
cawillia@pitt.edu
chm119@pitt.edu
cgauss@medschool.pitt.edu
Courtney Andersen Newsletter
1st Year Rep
Greg Buchan
President
Greg Logan
andersenc@upmc.edu
grb44@opitt.edu
logangre@pitt.edu
Jennifer Boatz
Joyce D’Antonio
Justin Wendzicki
Lisa Clark
Mansi Shah
Marta Wells
Mondraya Howard
Nilesh Amatya
Nyla Naim
Puja Parekh
Rachael Gordon
Ryan Staudt
Jcb122@pitt.edu
Jad155@pitt.edu
jaw211@pitt.edu
ljc32@pitt.edu
mas184@pitt.edu
mmw88@pitt.edu
moh16@pitt.edu
Nia25@pitt.edu
nyn1@pitt.edu
pkp13@pitt.edu
Gordon.rachael@medstudent.pitt.edu
rps37@pitt.edu
Stephanie Ander
Waleed Elsegeiny
Yoojin Lee
Present?
MBSB Rep
Grad Office
MVM Rep
Member
CNUP Rep
Comp Bio Rep
MVM Rep
Member
Pharm Rep
CNUP Rep
WSMA Rep
Member – 1st
Year
Member - 1st Year
Publicity Officer
& Webmaster
MBSB Rep
sta23@pitt.edu
wae9@pitt.edu
Yol40@pitt.edu
Present
Lauren is
stepping in
Present
Excused
Present
Present
Present
Present
Elizabeth Dalberg – MBSB – second meeting
Kristina Buschur – CompBio - first meeting klb170@pitt.edu
Eileen Wong – MVM - first meeting eaw72@pitt.edu
BGSA meeting 09/14/15
1. Call to order, and president’s report (Greg)– 1:31 pm
a. Elections
We need nominations for the following positions:
VP of Programming
First year representative (2x)
Biomedical Informatics
ISB
b. Newsletter – Everyone checked over the newsletter for approval
2. WSMA update (Alyce)
CTS – The CTS PhD is not listed on the BGSA Symposium submission, as an FYI.
WSMA –
•
We will be having a coffee hour with Dr. Grace Lim, an OB Anesthesiologist
and clinician investigator, on September 30th at 5:00PM, location TBD.
If you would like to nominate a speaker or help organize future coffee hours,
please contact Nyla or Alyce
• Agustin suggested having a similar series with faculty from IBGP to better get
to know them and their career paths…WSMA is mostly directed towards
clinical doctors so this may be a good idea. BGSA could likely provide cookies
and coffee.
•
How to start your first lab seminar planning is also underway, please watch
for advertisements for this seminar.
•
Lunch with a speaker from SCIENCE 2015 planning is also underway, watch
for the invite.
3. Secretary report (Abby)
a. Last months minutes approved
b. New members added to attendance sheet, graduated members were removed
4. GPSG report (Aliyah)
a. Travel Grants
i. Funding only available if presenting at a conference, no longer for just
attending
ii. New application is after travel – should be a comparable amount of funding
($100-500)
iii. Email Tim (VP of Finance) for more information
iv. The Travel Grant link was repaired last Friday and you should now be able to
access the application
b. Upcoming Events
i. Pirates Game – new tickets available, Sept 15, $10-15
ii. Pints and Pies – Grad Student Resources 4-7pm Hillman Library, Sept 15
iii. Fall Formal – November
iv. Mockingjay part 2 – November
v. Future Professional Workshops
1. Financial Planning for Grad Students
2. Business Etiquette Dinner
c. Bake Sale – Fundraiser
i. Thursday, 3:30-6:30 Parran Hall, Room 109 to benefit graduate student with
ovarian cancer
ii. BGSA will make a $200 donation
iii. GPSG could match the donation possibly
5. Treasurers report (Abhishek)
a. Expecting more money to be deposited for new school year
b. Jennifer Boatz will be stepping up as new VP of Finance (new title for the Treasurer)
and Abhishek Mandal will be stepping down effective September 16, 2015
6. Grad office report (Lauren)
a. New Student Affairs Specialist
i. Don't forget you can also apply for IBGP travel awards – 3 months in
advance, up to $400
b. Soda in storage room, will move to Lounge, giving away for free because it will
expire before the next Orientation Picnic
7. Past events
a. Orientation picnic
i. Aliyah composed a list of food items
1. Much better idea for future planning of the picnic
ii. Spent $1400 total, for food and venue, about $400-500 under budget
iii. Future improvements
1. Needed more ketchup – 2 bottles
2. Needed to prepare more grilled food in advance
8. Upcoming events
a. Symposium
i. Nomination Forms for awards and oral presentations
1. Award deadline end of next week
2. Oral presentation deadline was last Friday – 30 applications, 6 will be
chosen
ii. Need a Professor to welcome the Keynote Speaker, can be nominated
iii. Presenting a poster is required if you are not a first year IBGP student!
iv. Speaker Dinner at the Porch and Lunch will be at the University Club