June 1, 2007

What's Happening

Senior HealthWISE exercise session
MGH Senior HealthWISE will offer a "Spring into Fitness" exercise session June 7, from 11 am to noon at the Clubs at Charles River Park. Lunch will be served from noon to 1 pm. Registration is required. For more information or to register, call (617) 724-6756.

New location for Harvard Employees Credit Union
On June 4, the MGH branch of the Harvard University Employees Credit Union will move to the first floor of the Bulfinch Building, around the corner from Coffee Central. All MGHers are invited to stop by and participate in opening week festivities. For more information, call (617) 726-1630.

Employee Access Center moves to Bulfinch Building
The Employee Access Center (EAC) is moving from Clinics 117 to a new space in the Bulfinch Building, Room 107. Employees are invited to visit the new location beginning June 11. Contact information remains the same. The phone number is (617) 726-6338 and the e-mail address is ibridge@partners.org. The EAC is a central resource that offers employees access to computer terminals and technical support for PeopleSoft Employee Self Service.

New location for Vincent OB/GYN administrative offices
The administrative offices of the Vincent Obstetrics and Gynecology Service have moved from the VBK Building to Founders 5. All contact information remains the same. For more information, contact Caryn Wilson, administrative director, at (617) 724-1479 or cwilson2@partners.org.

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 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.

CFD Noontime Learning Series
The MGH Center for Faculty Development's (CFD) Noontime Learning Series will offer "How to Increase Your Odds of Acceptance into High Impact Journals" June 11 at noon in the Burr Conference Rooms. Julie Ingelfinger, MD, of the MGH Pediatric Nephrology Division and deputy editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, will teach participants ways to optimize their chances of being accepted into a high-impact journal. CME credit is available. For more information or to register, e-mail cfd@partners.org or call (617) 724-0818.

Online nominations for the 2007 PIE Awards
Online nominations currently are being accepted for the 2007 Partners in Excellence (PIE) Awards. All MGHers are invited to nominate their colleagues — either individuals or teams — for their dedication, creativity and commitment to excellence throughout the year. All nominations submitted during the spring and summer of 2007 will be reviewed during the awards selection process in October. Only individuals employed by the institution at the time of selection will be considered for an award. Honorees will be recognized at the annual awards ceremonies, which will be held throughout December 2007 and January 2008. To submit a nomination, visit pulse.partners.org/PIE/InstructionsWEB.asp. For more information about the awards, visit pulse.partners.org/about/pie_about.htm