March 22, 2002

MGH Revere Community Health Day
MGH Revere HealthCare Center is celebrating its third annual Community Health Day, April 11, from 8 to 11 am. Filmmaker Lisa McElaney will speak about her new film "Hello Baby," a prenatal video created to help expectant parents learn about childbirth. Other speakers include Barbara Moscowitz, MSW, LICSW, of MGH Senior Health, who will speak about geriatrics, and Marie Pasinski, MD, an MGH neurologist, who will speak about Alzheimer's disease. For more information, call Bernice MacIntyre at (781) 485-6062.

HMS program seeks advisors
Sponsored by the Minority Faculty Development Program at Harvard Medical School (HMS), Project Success provides an eight-week mentored summer program in biomedical research to under-represented and disadvantaged high school students. The program is seeking those who are interested in advising and providing lab experiences for students in the program. For more information, call Faye Holmes at (617) 432-4697.

Take Our Children to Work Day
The MGH will celebrate Take Our Children to Work Day, April 25, from 8 am to 1 pm. All main campus and CNY employees' children, from 9 to 15 years of age, are invited to learn about health care and careers at the MGH. Employees must obtain approval from their supervisors or managers, and should be able to provide supervision throughout the day's activities. Registration forms must be submitted by April 19. For more information, contact Sunayana Jhalani at (617) 724-7835 or send e-mail to sjhalani@partners.org.

Spanish for Health Care
Registration for Spanish for Health Care classes still is open for courses starting the week of March 25. The fee is $40 for a 10-week course. For more information, call Partners Training at (617) 726-2230.

Children and Healthcare Week art fair
MassGeneral Hospital for Children will celebrate National Children and Healthcare Week, April 21 to May 3. Pediatric patients, children of employees and students at local schools are invited to submit their artwork to the Children and Healthcare Week Art Fair. Artwork should be sent to Joan Drescher, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, 55 Fruit St., Ellison Building, room 1705, Boston, MA 02114. The deadline for submissions is April 17.

Seminars in Biostatistics for Clinical Investigators
The Clinical Research Program, the General Clinical Research Center and the Center for Clinical Nutrition are sponsoring seminars in Biostatistics for Clinical Investigators in the Walcott 2 and 3 Conference Rooms, April 4, 11, 18 and 25, from 4 to 5 pm. Intended for investigators at the fellow and faculty level with minimal statistical experience, this course will address participant questions in a lecture and question and answer format. Registration is required. For more information or to register, visit www.crnet.mgh.harvard.edu or call Amy Walkenford at (617) 726-1669.

Spring 2002 schedule for computer training
Partners Information Systems Training now has released the Spring Computer Workshop training schedule for Microsoft Office applications. Classes are held at Corporate Training, Charles River Plaza, 185 Cambridge St. For more information, visit http://is.partners.org/training for schedules, course descriptions and online registration. Schedules and registration forms also are available by calling (617) 724-1240.