May 14, 2004

What's Happening

Charlestown art exhibit
MATCH-UP Interfaith Volunteers presents "Unlikely Friendships," an art exhibit of black-and-white portraits celebrating friendships at all ages and stages of life complemented by interviews with the subjects. The exhibit currently is displayed in the first floor lobby at the MGH Charlestown HealthCare Center until June 21.

Senior HealthWISE lecture
MGH Senior HealthWISE will sponsor "A Healthy Smile is Always in Style: All About Oral Health" May 17, from 4 to 5 pm in the Walcott Conference Rooms. Cynthia Cho, DDS, from the MGH Dental Group, will discuss how to care for teeth and gums and common oral problems. For more information, call (617) 724-6756.

Career Development Series
As part of the Career Development Series, several half-hour sessions will be devoted to information about careers for technologists and allied health professionals. A seminar about pathology will be held May 18, from noon to 12:30 pm, followed by a seminar about veterinarian technicians, from 12:30 to 1 pm. A respiratory therapy session will be held May 19, from noon to 12:30 pm, followed by a nursing seminar, from 12:30 to 1 pm. All sessions will be held in the Clinics 1 Lower Amphitheater. A technologist and allied health internal career day will be held June 1, from noon to 6 pm in the Walcott Conference Rooms. For more information, call (617) 724-3368.

June vacation club
The MGH Backup Child Care Center will sponsor a school-age vacation club, June 21 to 25 and June 28 to July 2, from 7:30 am to 6 pm, for employees' children from 6 to 12 years old. Reservations will be taken by phone and in person at the Backup Child Care Center beginning May 17. The cost per child for five days is $275 or $60 per child per day. For more information, contact the Backup Child Care Center at (617) 724-7100.

EAP seminar
The MGH Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will offer "Parenting a Child with Special Health Care Needs" May 27, from noon to 1 pm in the Wellman Conference Room. Jim Perrin, MD, director of the MGH Center for Child and Adolescent Health Policy and principal investigator of a study for children with special health care needs, and Betsy Anderson, director of the Partners in Information and Communication Project at Family Voices, will provide information about accessing employer-provided benefits, public and private services and support. For more information, call (617) 726-6976 or visit www.eap.partners.org.

Summer jobs program
Part-time summer help is available for all MGH departments this year through two MGH Community Benefits programs. SummerWorks is a career exploration and internship program for graduating eighth graders from the James P. Timilty Middle School. SummerWorks combines weekly interactive professional development workshops with real work experience. Students spend 23 hours per week at the hospital during the summer. The Jobs for Boston Youth program provides SummerWorks program alumni and students from East Boston High School with job opportunities at the MGH as well. Students spend 25 hours per week at the hospital. For more information about SummerWorks, call (617) 445-5712. For more information about Jobs for Youth, call (617) 724-8326.

Health club memberships
The Clubs at Charles River Park is currently offering summer memberships for MGHers and their families. Sign up for the Family Summer Membership, which includes one full privilege summer membership and two teen, youth or child memberships for $660. Add another teen, youth or child for $110. MGHers also can sign up for an Employee Summer Membership for $330. For more information, call (617) 726-2900 or visit www.clubsatcrp.com.

MIT symposium
The 2004 MIT CRC Symposium "Vascular Biology and Pregnancy: Insight into Hypertension and Diabetes" will take place May 27, from 1:30 to 4:30 pm at MIT Building 34, room 101. Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH, of the MGH Department of Medicine, will be the moderator. Guest speakers include Myles Wolf, MD, from the MGH; Ellen Wells Seely, MD, from BWH; S. Ananth Karumanchi, MD, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; and Robert N. Taylor, MD, PhD, from the University of California at San Francisco.