March 2, 2007

What's Happening

Call for nominations for community service awards
The Office for Diversity and Community Partnership at Harvard Medical School (HMS) is requesting nominations for the 2007 Dean's Community Service Awards, which were established to recognize HMS faculty, students, trainees and staff who have made outstanding personal efforts in serving the local, national or international community. Guidelines and nomination forms are available at www.mfdp.med.harvard.edu/awards/csa. The deadline is March 16. For more information, contact Tracy Billy at (617) 432-3020 or tracy_billy@hms.harvard.edu.

Cell sorting and analysis services available
The Flow Cytometry Facility at the Cutaneous Biology Research Center currently has time available to provide cell sorting and analysis services to the MGH research community. The center is located at CNY 149. For more information or a consultation, contact Joanne Yetz-Aldape at jyetzaldape@partners.org or (617) 724-0247.

Senior HealthWISE events
MGH Senior HealthWISE will offer hypertension and blood pressure screenings March 5, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm at the Hill House, 127 Mt. Vernon St. The Senior HealthWISE lecture series will host "Exercise and Aging" March 8, from 11 am to noon in the Haber Conference Room with guest speaker Sandy Connor, a trainer at The Clubs at Charles River Park. Both events are free for seniors age 60 years and older. For more information, call (617) 724-6756.

Call for abstract submissions for Clinical Research Day
The MGH Clinical Research Program invites investigators to submit abstracts for Clinical Research Day, which will be held May 17. Abstracts must be on clinical research and unpublished at the time of submission. Two individual awards of $1,000, one translational research award of $1,500 and one team award of $5,000 will be presented for the best clinical research abstracts. A number of departmental prizes also will be awarded. The abstract submission deadline is March 16. Abstracts may be submitted online at crp.abstractcentral.com. For more information, e-mail crpedu@partners.org or call (617) 726-3310.

EAP manager and supervisor training sessions
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) will offer a training course for managers and supervisors regarding the use of the EAP as a resource to assist with behavioral, mental health and substance abuse concerns March 6, from 9 to 11 am in the Haber Conference Room. Additional sessions will be held June 7, Sept. 13 and Dec. 4. Light refreshments will be served. To register, call (617) 726-6976. For more
information, visit www2.massgeneral.org/leadershipacademy.