October 13, 2006

In General

Barbara Roberge, RN, PhD, principle investigator, and Ellen Mahoney, RN, DNS, co-investigator, recently were awarded a grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their research project "The MGH Nursing Ambulatory to Hospitals Transitions (NAHT)" program. The goal of the NAHT program is to test the impact of identifying and communicating a pre-hospital preventive patient risk profile on nurse-sensitive quality outcomes for hospitalized older adults.

May Pian-Smith, MD, co-chief of Obstetric Anesthesia at the MGH, recently was elected chair of the Joint Committee on the Status of Women (JCSW) at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM). The JCSW was formed to facilitate and enhance the contributions of women at HMS and
HSDM by expanding and improving opportunities for advancement.

The Boston Business Journal recently recognized three MGH employees as "Champions in Health Care" for their far-reaching contributions to patient care, the community and medicine. These employees are Karen Holland, RN, of Emergency Services; James Luisi, chief executive officer of the North End Community Health Center; and Larry Ronan, MD, of the Department of Medicine and director of the Thomas Durant, MD, Fellowship in Refugee Medicine.