• MGH/HSPH study finds nearly half of college students used tobacco in one year
  The first national study to report on both cigarette and non-cigarette tobacco use by college students found that nearly one-half of college students (46 percent) reported using tobacco products in the previous year, and one-third of students had used tobacco in the past 30 days.
  

• MGH gears up for blood donor challenge
  Preparations now are under way for the MGH/BWH employee blood donor challenge to take place Aug. 28 through Sept. 15.
  

• Hohmann named to lead Partners IRB program
  Elizabeth Hohmann, MD, an MGH infectious disease specialist, has been named chair and director of the institutional review board (IRB) for Partners HealthCare System. She will direct the IRBs at the MGH, BWH and affiliated sites, supervising the physician and administrative staffs, operations and policies of the Partners IRBs.
  

• SummerWorks program helps students get into the action
  MGH patient Solangel Vargas also became an MGH employee this summer, working with the Police and Security Department as an intern through the SummerWorks program.
  

• Is that your final answer? Game helps prepare for JCAHO
  Tension is mounting in the MGH outpatient practices as employees wait to see who will win the "Who Wants to be a JCAHO Standardaire?" game.
  

• JCAHO survey resource
  In preparation for the upcoming JCAHO survey, the Treadwell Library has created a web site with links to key online clinical resources.
  

• Latin American Festival
  The MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center was a proud sponsor of the annual Latin American Festival in Chelsea Aug. 5.

• In memoriam: Guillermo Sanchez, MD
  Guillermo C. Sanchez, MD, a physician at the MGH for more than 50 years, died last week of prostate cancer at his home.

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