What's Happening
Blood drive
challenge giveaways
As part of the MGH/BWH Employee Blood Drive Challenge, the MGH Blood Donor Center will offer the following incentives to donors Aug. 27 – Sept. 7:
Aug. 27: Movie passes for platelet donors only
Aug. 28: Raffle for tickets to Tomb, an interactive adventure show
Aug. 29: 10 giveaways of free flights on AeroBalloon
Aug. 30: Raffle for autographed New England Revolution jersey
Aug. 31: Free Bertucci's pizza beginning at 11:30 am for all donors. Morning donors are welcome to come back for pizza.
Sept. 4: Raffle for three
one-month memberships to the Clubs at Charles River Park
Sept. 5: Raffle for free wash, cut and blow dry at MGH Images Hair Salon
Sept. 6: Raffle for autographed New England Revolution jersey
Sept. 7: Free pizza for all donors beginning at 11:30 am. Morning donors are welcome to come back for pizza.
Senior HealthWISE events
The MGH Senior HealthWISE film series will host a free screening of “Failure to Launch” Aug. 28, from 2 to 4 pm in the Haber Conference Room. Registration is required. The Senior HealthWISE lecture series will offer “Fall Prevention” Sept. 6, from 1 to 2 pm in the Haber Conference Room. Allison Squadrito, PT, DPT, GCS, and Meaghan Costello, PT, DPT, both of the MGH Department of Physical Therapy, will be the guest speakers. For more
information or to register,
call (617) 724-6756.
Conversations with Caregivers Eldercare Series
As part of its Conversations with Caregivers Eldercare Series, the MGH Geriatric Medicine Unit will offer “Caring for Yourself While Caring for Another” Aug. 28, from 5:15 to 6:30 pm in the Blum Center. Ann Webster, PhD, of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at MGH, will be the guest speaker. For more information, call (617) 726-4612.
Four Seasons Run of Hope
The Four Seasons Boston will sponsor the annual 5K Run of Hope Sept. 9 at the Esplanade. Registration begins at 8 am,
the Fun Run/Family Walk at
10 am, and the 5K race at
10:30 am. Prizes will be awarded to the leading runners, and the top fundraiser will receive a
trip to the Four Seasons Resort Great Exuma in the Bahamas. All proceeds will benefit cancer research and care at the MassGeneral Hospital for Children. For more information or to
register, visit
www.fourseasonsrunofhope.com.
Clinical Innovation Awards
The MGH Clinical Research Program is now accepting
applications for its Clinical Innovation Awards program. The program is designed for clinicians who have limited research experience and
supports physicians, nurses or allied health professionals with an interest in overcoming current barriers to effective
clinical care. The awards provide 20 percent protected time for recipients to devote to their
project; infrastructure support such as informatics development,
biostatistics and project
administration; and mentorship from the Clinical Research Program’s Disease Management Unit. Letters of intent are due
by Sept. 4 and applications are due by Sept. 21. For more
information, visit
www.massgeneral.org/crp or contact Kay Ryan at
kryan10@partners.org. To discuss a potential project, contact Richard Grant, MD, MPH, at
rgrant@partners.org.
Change in Hotline schedule
Due to the Labor Day holiday, MGH Hotline will not be published Aug. 31. The regular publishing schedule will resume Sept. 7.
