November 5 , 2004

What's Happening

Parking garage construction
The MGH Fruit Street parking garage will be closed the first three weekends in November for repairs. The garage will close from Nov. 6 at 7 am to Nov. 8 at 6 am; Nov. 13 at 7 am to Nov. 14 at 6 am; and Nov. 20 at 7 am to Nov. 21 at 6 am. All vehicles in the garage before each closure will be able to exit the garage at any time. MGH employees can park in the Parkman Street garage using night/weekend access cards. On the above construction dates, employees will be allowed to park in the Yawkey Center garage by pulling a ticket upon entry. Employees will need to present the ticket and their night/weekend card to a cashier in the Yawkey lobby to exit. For more information, call the MGH Parking Office at (617) 726-8886.

EAP seminars
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will sponsor the second part of "Working and Breastfeeding: Returning to Work and Maintaining Your Milk Supply While Working" Nov. 9, from noon to 1 pm in VBK 401. Germaine Lambergs, RN, an MGH lactation consultant, will provide expectant and nursing parents the basics on how to use breast pumps and how to solve possible problems that may arise.
The EAP also will hold the next meeting of its elder care monthly series Nov. 9, from noon to 1 pm in the Trustees Conference Room, Bulfinch 225A. For more information on either event, call the EAP at (617) 726-6976 or visit www.eap.partners.org.

Bowling league recruiting members
The MGH/Partners bowling league still has openings on its team. The team meets Thursdays at 5:30 pm at Sacco's Bowl Haven in Somerville near the Red Line's Davis Square T stop. For more information, call Judy Boyer at (617) 732-6965, Bill Dignan at (617) 724-4542, Carolynn DiRienzo at (617) 724-0543 or Lenny Givens at (617) 724-9930.

Hazmat recruitment drive
The Hazmat Response Team will hold a recruitment drive Nov. 18, from 10 to 11 am in the Wellman Conference Room. The presentation will cover the training and other requirements for becoming a Hazmat Response Team member. A Human Resources representative also will be on hand to provide information about attending training and drills. For more information, call Eliza Gregory at (617) 726-1332.

CRP seminar
The Clinical Research Program (CRP) and the Laboratory of Computer Science will offer "Using the Web-based Partners Research Patient Data Registry to Find Patient Cohorts for Clinical Research Studies" Nov. 17, from 4 to 5 pm in the O'Keeffe Auditorium. Shawn Murphy, MD, PhD, of the Laboratory of Computer Science, will present a brief overview of this Partners information resource. Registration is recommended. To register, visit http://crnet.mgh.harvard.edu/. For more information, call Elaine Almeida at (617) 726-5010.