April 9, 1999

Summer camp at the Backup Child Care Center
The MGH Backup Child Care Center will sponsor School Age Vacation Camp for children ages 6 to 12 this summer from June 28 to July 2, Aug. 23 to 27 and Aug. 30 to Sept. 3. The camps will run from 7:30 am to 6 pm each day and feature a variety of programs and activities, including excursions to such local spots as Georges Island, the historic North End and Fenway Park. To make reservations, call the Backup Child Care Center at 4-8414. Reservations will be taken beginning at 8 am on April 15 for the June camp week and on April 16 for the August camp weeks.

Weight management class
MGH Nutrition Services will offer a 10-week weight management class "Winning at the Losing Game," which will meet every Tuesday 5:30 to 7:30 pm, beginning April 27. The class will include education about nutrition by a registered dietitian, an exercise program supervised by a physical therapist and behavior modification to assist with lifestyle change. The class costs $215 for MGH employees and $225 for nonemployees. Because of limited availability, early registration is recommended. To sign up or for more information, call 6-2779.

Mothers and sons
The Employee Assistance Program will present a seminar entitled "Mothers and Sons: Staying Connected" April 15, noon to 1 pm, in the Wellman Conference Room. Cate Dooley, MS, from the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at the Stone Center, Wellesley College, will discuss alternatives for raising boys. Fathers and other caretakers also are encouraged to attend the seminar. For more information, call 6-6976.

Financial tips
The Association of Multicultural Members of Partners (AMMP) will host a seminar entitled "Personal Financial Tips for the 21st Century" April 13, 9:30 to 11 am, in Burr Conference Room 5, third floor, Bartlett Hall Extension. A financial expert will discuss investments, future planning and retirement. To make a reservation, call 4-3312.

Cancer Center newsletter goes online
The Cancer Center Corner, a new online newsletter providing updates and news for MGH Cancer Center staff now is available on the Cancer Center website at www.cancer.mgh.harvard.edu. To submit story ideas or contributions, call Chris Foster at 6-7423 or send e-mail to cfoster@partners.org.

Women's Health Symposium
A free, public Women's Health Symposium will be held April 15, 5:30 to 8:30 pm, in the second floor conference room, at the MGH·Charlestown HealthCare Center. Screenings will be available for cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure, and women will have the opportunity to speak with members of the clinical staff, including a cardiologist, primary care physician, nutritionist and stress management expert. For more information, call 4-2074.

Severe illness in children
The MGH Institute of Health Professions will present a seminar entitled "Children and Death" about children facing severe illness, 9 am to noon, 101 Merrimac St., room 336. The guest speaker will be Ida Martinson, RN, PhD, FAAN, dean of the School of Nursing at Hong Kong Polytechnic Institute. For more information, call 6-3163.

Research job fair
The Partners Corporate Employment Office will sponsor its annual research job fair April 29, 11 am to 5 pm, at the Swissotel, Boston. Departments that would like to participate in the recruitment event, which each year attracts hundreds of attendees seeking positions in the research communities of MGH and BWH, may contact their Human Resource generalist by April 12 to register and reserve a table. For more information, call 4-8568.

MGH Angel Fund reception
Sculler's jazz club, located at the Doubletree Suites Hotel in Boston, is hosting a reception to benefit the MGH Angel Fund supporting Lou Gehrig's disease research, April 15, 8 pm. Famous jazz pianist George Shearing will perform with the George Shearing Quintet. For tickets, call (800) 729-3987.

Irene Epstein Rosenthal Memorial Lecture
Henry Mankin, MD, former chief of Orthopædics at the MGH, will deliver the first annual Irene Epstein Rosenthal Memorial Lecture April 15 at noon, in Conference Room 8a and b, at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. The topic will be "New Developments in the Treatment of Bone Tumors." Lunch will be served. To register, call 573-2921.

Latino health lecture
David Hayes-Bautista, PhD, from the University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, will present "Latino Health Movement: Affirmative Action 30 Years Later" April 15, 6 to 7 pm, in the Carl Walter Amphitheater, Tosteson Medical Education Center, 260 Longwood Ave., Harvard Medical School. A reception will begin at 5:15 pm in the Atrium on the second floor. The MGH community is welcome. For information, call 432-1572.