• The ins and outs of facial processing
  The human brain devotes some of its most basic structures to recognizing faces and the subtleties of facial expression. Now an MGH study has shown that a key part of the brain reacts differently to faces from the person's own racial group than to faces from another racial group.

• Life journey interrupted
  Hotline is pleased to present two articles written by a freelance writer about the MGH "Steps to Success" cognitive rehabilitation program for patients who suffer from brain injuries.  A patient in the program wrote these stories for Hotline as a part of his rehabilitation process. (To read more about the patient, see "About the Author – A patient's journey" in this issue.)

• About the author – A patient's journey
  Jack Pilgrim began receiving treatment for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) at the MGH in the summer of 1999. To read articles written by Jack, see "Life journey interrupted," also in this issue.

• MGH goes head-to-head with BWH in blood donor challenge
  The MGH zoomed into the lead in the first week of the MGH/BWH employee blood donor challenge, which began Aug. 28 and will continue through Sept. 15. The goal of this challenge is to encourage employees at both hospitals to help the blood donor centers meet the blood needs of patients when donations are traditionally low.

• Support service employees recieve grants
  The Support Service Employee Grant Program recently announced the recipients of the third round of educational grants. The program is supported by the MGH Diversity Committee, chaired by James J. Mongan, MD, MGH president.

• New imaging center opens at Mass General West
  The MGH Radiology Department recently opened a state-of-the-art, full-service imaging facility in the Mass General West building in Waltham. Mass General West Imaging is the only free standing, full-service, multi-modality imaging facility west of Boston.

• Graduates of Project RISE
  Eleven graduates of Project RISE – a rigorous seven-week job-readiness training program – were honored at a luncheon Aug. 25. Participants in Project RISE are prepared for employment by learning such job skills as workplace etiquette, resume writing, interview skills, basic literacy, math and computer skills.

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