October 5, 2001

What's Happening

Spanish for health care classes
MGH Human Resources and Partners Training will sponsor Spanish for health care classes beginning Oct. 9. Three levels of classes – including an introductory class for those with no prior experience in Spanish – will be offered. The fee is $40 for a 10-week course. To register, call Partners Training at (617) 726-2230 or stop by 185 Charles River Plaza, second floor.

Poetry therapy workshop
The MGH HOPES (Helping Our Patients and Families Through Education and Support) Program now will offer both poetry and art therapy workshops. Art therapist Elizabeth Cook will facilitate "Poetry to Heal By" on the second Tuesday of each month, beginning Oct. 9, from 11 am to noon in the Cancer Resource Room on Cox 1. All are welcome. For more information, call (617) 72-HOPES.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month
The MGH Domestic Violence Working Group will offer several programs and presentations throughout October, in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Judy Hunt and Carmen Norona, of the Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center, will present "Shelter From the Storm: Clinical Interventions with Children Affected by Domestic Violence," Oct. 11, from noon to 1 pm in the Wellman Conference Room. Activist and violence survivor Yoko Kato will discuss "Transforming Grief Into Action," Oct. 18, from noon to 1 pm in the Wellman Conference Room. Lunch will be served at both events.

National Depression Screening Day
The MGH Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will offer free, anonymous and confidential depression screening tests to all employees Oct. 11, in observance of National Depression Screening Day. The screenings will be held from 9 am to 4 pm in VBK 427. The EAP also will coordinate with the MGH Depression Clinical and Research Program to provide information in the Main Lobby throughout the day. For more information, contact the EAP at (617) 726-6976.

Clinical Research Coordinator Seminar Series
Pat Moran, RN, Colleen McFarland, MSCI, and Julie Kaberry, MHP, of the Partners Quality Improvement (QI) and Human Studies Protection Program, will present "QI and Human Subjects Protection Program Top 10 List: Findings and Corrective Actions," Oct. 17, from noon to 1 pm in the Wellman Conference Room. For more information or to register, call (617) 726-1669.

Working and breastfeeding seminar
The MGH Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will sponsor "Working and Breastfeeding," a seminar for expectant and nursing parents, Oct. 10, from 1 to 2 pm in VBK 401. Germaine Lambergs, RN, IBCLC, will address topics including the use of breast pumps and how to maintain the milk supply while working. For more information, call the EAP at (617) 726-6976.

Introduction to Proteomics
The Partners Research and Ventures Office, the MGH Department of Medicine and the MGH Clinical Research Program will sponsor a new course, "Introduction to Proteomics," Oct. 9, 16 and 23, from 4 to 5 pm in the Haber Conference Room. The course is designed to educate clinical and basic investigators from all departments about the field of proteomics, and to demonstrate opportunities for integrating proteomics approaches into clinical and research activities. The course will be taught by Ashtok Khatri, instructor of Medicine at HMS, and Lakshmanan Iyer, PhD, bioinformaticist at HMS. To register, visit http://crnet.mgh.harvard.edu.