March 10, 2006

What's Happening

MGH Disparities Solutions Center open house
The MGH Disparities Solutions Center will host an open house March 30, from 5 to 6:30 pm in the East Garden Room. Staff from the center will discuss current projects, future plans and opportunities for collaborations to address racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Refreshments will be served. For more information or to
register to attend, call (617) 724-7658 or send e-mail to disparitiessolutions@partners.org no later than March 16.

Taste of the Town blood drive
The MGH Blood Donor Center is hosting a Taste of the Town blood drive Fridays in March, from 12:15 to 3 pm. The center is located in the Gray Lobby. Donors will be able to sample foods from area restaurants. Appointments are encouraged. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call (617) 726-8177.

Senior HealthWISE events
The MGH Senior HealthWISE lecture series will host "Memory" March 14, from
11 am to noon in the Walcott Conference Rooms. Monera Wong, MD, of the MGH Senior Health practice, will present. Senior HealthWISE also will host an exercise session "Get Warm, Stay Fit: Warm Up to The Clubs" March 20, from 11 am to 1 pm at The Clubs at Charles River Park. Lunch will be served, and registration is required. For more information about both events or to register for the exercise session, call (617) 724-6756.

Wellman Center lecture series
The MGH Wellman Center for Photomedicine will host "Enzyme Mediated Molecular Imaging and Photomedicine" March 14, from 2:15 to 3:15 pm in the Thier Conference Room, with a coffee reception at 2 pm. Ching H. Tung, PhD, of the MGH Center for Molecular Imaging Research, will present. To see a complete schedule of Wellman Center events, visit www2.massgeneral.org/wellman/calendar.asp.