May 4, 2007
What's Happening
MGH history tour spring/summer
schedule
The MGH Office for Visitor Education Programs offers history tours of
the MGH on the third Friday of every month from 12:30 to 1:45 pm. The
spring and summer 2007 tour dates are May 18, June 15, July 20 and Aug.
17. Tours begin in the White Lobby and are limited to 25 people and registration
is required. To register, e-mail full name and department to mghvep@partners.org.
For more information, call Shelly Riley at (617) 726-8363.
Eldercare discussion group
The Employee Assistance Program will host its monthly eldercare discussion
group
May 8, from noon to 1 pm in the Yawkey Center, Room 10650. For more information,
call (617) 726-6976 or visit www.eap.partners.org.
2007 Collins Lecture Series
As part of the 2007 Collins Lecture Series, the MGH
Department of Radiation Oncology will host "Endothelial and Epithelial
Cell Apoptosis in the Acute Radiation Syndrome and During Radiation Therapy"
May 8, from 5 to 6:15 pm in the Ether Dome. David Kirsch, MD, PhD, of
MGH Radiation Oncology, will present. For more information, call Julie
Finn at (617) 724-1155.
Methods in Bioengineering Conference
The MGH Center for Engineering
in Medicine and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
will co-host the second annual Methods in Bioengineering Conference July
12 and 13 in the Kresge Auditorium at MIT. The conference will cover current
state-of-the-art technologies in BioMEMS, regenerative medicine, functional
imaging, opto-electronics and cellular modeling. For more information
or to register, visit cem.sbi.org/MiB.
Senior HealthWISE events
MGH
Senior HealthWISE will host a guided tour of the Howard Ulfelder,
MD, Healing Garden on the eighth floor of the Yawkey Center May 14, from
1:30 to 2:30 pm. Lisa Couto, project coordinator for the MGH
Cancer Center, will lead the tour. Registration is required. For more
information or to register, call (617) 724-6756.
Zervas Lecture
The eighth annual Nicholas T. Zervas, MD, Lecture, "The Molecular
Basis for IGF Deficiency" will be held May 15 at noon in the Ether
Dome. Ron G. Rosenfeld, MD, senior vice president for Medical Affairs
at the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, will present.
For more information, call Ivy Babbitt at (617) 726-3870.
Support Service Employee Grant information
session
MGH Training and Workforce Development will host a Support Service Employee
Grant information session May 9, from 11 am to 1 pm outside the Eat Street
Café. The grant is open to eligible non-exempt employees working
in clinical, technical, service and clerical positions. For more information
or to download an application, visit is.partners.org/hr/New_Web/mgh/mgh_training.htm.
Summer Jobs Programs
Part-time summer help is available for MGH departments through two MGH
Community Benefit youth employment programs: SummerWorks and Jobs
for Youth. Students from the James P. Timilty Middle School, East Boston
High School and the Health Careers Academy spend 25 hours per week at
the hospital, Monday through Friday, from early July through the end of
August. The programs are supported by an on-site manager who works closely
with participating departments and student employees. The programs are
funded by MGH Human Resources and are available at no cost to hospital
departments. For more information, contact Dan Correia at dcorreia@partners.org
or (617) 724-6424.