February 13, 2004

What's Happening

Police and security lectures
MGH Police and Security, along with the MGH Safety Department, will host lectures about suspicious packages, suspicious substances, bomb threats and evacuation Feb. 18, from noon to 1 pm at the MGH Everett Health Center; Feb. 19, from noon to 1 pm at CNY, Building 114; Feb. 25, from noon to 1 pm at the MGH North End Health Center; Feb. 27, from noon to 1 pm and 1 to 2 pm at the MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center; and March 2, from 8 to 9 am at the MGH Back Bay HealthCare Center. For more information, call Rebecca Coburn at (617) 724-9649 or Marva Bodden-Carr at (781) 485-6464.

EAP work/life seminar
The MGH Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will offer a Work/Life seminar "Basic Budgeting" Feb. 19, from noon to 1 pm in the Wellman Conference Room. Brendan Vigorito, of Consumer Credit Counseling Services, will focus on skills necessary to manage money, use credit wisely and establish long-term financial goals. For more information, call the EAP at (617) 726-6976 or visit www.eap.partners.org.

Basic Biostatistics for Clinical Investigators
The Clinical Research Program, the General Clinical Research Center and the Center for Clinical Nutrition are sponsoring "Basic Biostatistics for Clinical Investigators" in the Walcott 2 and 3 Conference Rooms, Feb. 17 and 24, from 4 to 5:30 pm. The Feb. 17 lecture, "Drawing Inferences from Data (Part 2): Estimating and Comparing Proportions" will discuss how to analyze data where the outcome is binary. Intended for investigators at the fellow and faculty level with minimal statistical experience, this course will consist of one-hour lectures followed by a discussion. Registration is required. To register, visit http://crnet.mgh.harvard.edu or call Allison Simmons at
(617) 726-1669.

Boston Stroke Society symposium
The Boston Stroke Society will hold its winter assembly "Migraine and Stroke" Feb. 25, at 7:20 pm in the Wellman Conference Room. A limited-seating dinner prior to the event also will be held with advance reservations. Marie-Germaine Bousser, professor and head of Neurology at the Lariboisiere Medical Faculty and Hospital in Paris, will be the featured speaker. To make a reservation, send e-mail to cmcgraw@partners.org by Feb. 20. Cost of dinner is $15 for staff, $5 for residents and fellows.

HOPES seminars
The MGH HOPES (Helping Our Patients and Families through Education and Support) program will offer several seminars and support groups in February. Paula Rauch, MD, and Nina Muriel, MD, both MGH child psychiatrists, and Steve Durant, EdD, an MGH child psychologist, will offer "Parenting with Cancer" Feb. 17 and 24, from 11 am to noon. Elizabeth Cook, an expressive arts therapist, will lead "Art
and Healing" Feb. 17, from 1 to 2 pm. Luba Zagachin, a yoga instructor, will lead "Gentle Yoga" Feb. 19 and 26, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. A "Caregivers Support Group" led by Eileen Joyce, MSW, LICSW, of MGH Social Work, will meet Feb. 19, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm. All events will be held in the Cancer Resource Room on Cox 1. Seminars and drop-in support groups are free, and no prior registration is required. For more information or to obtain a full schedule of workshops, call the Cancer Resource Room at (617) 724-1822 or the HOPES program at (617) 724-6737.