• Study examines data withholding in academic genetics
  While it is generally acknowledged that the progress of science depends upon the free exchange of resources and knowledge, a new study finds that data, materials and information often are kept secret in academic genetics.

• Illuminating a lesson and a legacy: Julian Bond visits the MGH
  As MGH and Partners employees filed into the O'Keeffe Auditorium Jan. 25, they were faced with a daunting task: finding an empty seat for a presentation by Julian Bond, PhD, featured guest speaker at the Partners and MGH celebration of the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• 2002 Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards applications available
  Applications for the 2002 Claflin Distinguihsed Scholar Awards now are available for junior faculty members interested in supplemental funding for research. Sponsored by the Executive Committee on Research and the MGH Office for Women's Careers, the awards provide funding for junior faculty to sustain research productivity during their child-rearing years.

• The iBridge project: Change in paychecks
  Changes already are under way for the implementation of the iBridge project at the MGH, which began Feb. 1. The iBridge project is the human resources, payroll and timekeeping system that will allow Partners and its member organizations to be connected through a fully integrated web-based process.

• Picking up the PACE: New patient administration project announced
  After several years of discussions and planning, the MGH and the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization are embarking upon a new hospitalwide project that will change the way in which the hospital and its clinicians interact administratively with patients.

• MassGeneral Hospital for Children celebrates second birthday
  A crowd of exuberant well-wishers gathered around a giant cake in the Main Corridor, where MassGeneral Hospital for Children's second birthday celebration took place Jan. 23.

• In memoriam: Charles Weingarten, MD
  Charles Weingarten, MD, of MGH Medicine and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (SRH), died Jan. 6 after a long battle with lymphoma. All colleagues and friends are invited to attend a memorial service in Weingarten's honor Feb. 4, at 1 pm in the eighth floor chapel at SRH.

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