March 9, 2007

What's Happening

Eldercare discussion group
The Employee Assistance Program will offer its monthly eldercare discussion group March 13, from noon to 1 pm in the Yawkey Center, Room 10650. For more information, visit www.eap.partners.org or call (617) 726-6976.

Internet safety seminar
MGH Police and Security will host a free "Child and Adult Internet Safety" seminar
March 21, from 1 to 2 pm in the Thier Conference Room. Matt Thomas, senior investigator for Police and Security, will discuss issues such as hacking, software piracy, identity theft and child abductions. The seminar is free. To register online in PeopleSoft, visit ibridge.partners.org/getaccess and use course code "PSISS." For more information, contact Thomas at mdthomas@partners.org or (617) 724-3838.

Menopause program
Beginning March 22, the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at MGH will offer a 10-week program, "Mind Over Menopause," Thursdays from 4:30 to 7 pm. Participants will learn self-care skills to help them deal with symptoms of menopause and perimenopause. The program is covered by most insurances, and there is a $150 self-pay fee for programs and materials not billable to insurance. For more information or to register, contact Mimi Bowie at mbowie@partners.org or (617) 732-9754.

Retirement planning seminar
The Employee Assistance Program will offer "Life Stages in Retirement Planning" March 15, from noon to 1 pm in the Thier Conference Room. For more information, visit www.eap.partners.org or call (617) 726-6976.

Daylight-saving time reminder
Daylight-saving time begins March 11. Employees should check their Outlook calendar entries for the next three weeks to confirm they are accurate. Although all Partners network desktops and servers have been patched to accommodate the time change, some events may still be off by one hour. Employees responsible for
managing a public folder calendar for conference rooms must manually adjust all entries for the weeks of March 11 through April 1 and Oct. 28 through Nov. 4. Instructions are available at helpdesk.partners.org/. For more information, contact the Help Desk at (617) 726-5085.

Seminars in problem-based biostatistics
The MGH Clinical Research Program is offering "Seminars in Problem-Based Biostatistics for Physiologic Investigators" March 28, April 4, 11 and 25, from 3:30 to 5 pm in the Simches Center, Room 3110. Registration is required and must be received by March 26. To register, visit hub.partners.org/catalog/crp-2005-biostats-physio and log in with a Partners username and password. For more information, contact Lulie Ebaugh at lebaugh@partners.org or (617) 724-2900.

Last call for 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 submission deadline is March 16. To submit an abstract online, visit crp.abstractcentral.com. For more information, e-mail
crpedu@partners.org or call (617) 726-3310.

Mind/body infertility workshops
The MGH Fertility Center is offering free mind/body infertility workshops March 20 and 27 and April 3 and 10, from 5:15 to 7:15 pm. The workshops are for individuals and couples dealing with infertility and will cover teaching, discussion and practice of meditation and other techniques. For more information or to register, call (617) 724-0386.

AARP employee survey
The MGH is again applying for the AARP's annual list of the 50 best employers for workers over 50. As a part of the application process, the MGH will distribute a survey to a random sample of employees age 40 years or older. The 15-minute survey will be distributed March 9 through e-mail and the deadline to complete it is March 23. Those employees without e-mail access will be sent a letter with instructions about how to take the survey at either the Employee Access Center on Clinics 117 or by using a Partners computer workstation.

Senior HealthWISE exercise class
MGH Senior HealthWISE will offer a one-hour exercise class "Get Warm, Stay Fit" March 15, from 11 am to 1 pm at The Clubs at Charles River Park. Lunch will be served. Registration is required. The class is free for seniors age 60 years or older. For more information or to register, call (617) 724-6756.