January 4, 2008

What's Happening

Memorial service for Eqerem Mete
A memorial service for Eqerem Mete of Health Information Services will be held Jan. 10, from 2 to 3 pm in the MGH Chapel with a reception immediately following. Mete died unexpectedly Nov. 18. All are invited to attend.

Pharmacogenetics presentation
The MGH Clinical Research Program and the MGH Center for Human Genetics Research are co-sponsoring "Pharmacogenetics: What Do Researchers Need to Know?" Jan. 14, from 1 to 5 pm in the Simches Research Center, Room 3110. Registration is required. To register, visit
hub.partners.org/catalog/crp-pharmacogenetics. For more information, contact Suzanne Guerette at sguerette@partners.org or (617) 724-2900.

Ethics forum
The MGH Ethics Task Force will host "Ethics, Disparities and Cross Cultural Care: Identifying and Addressing Key Challenges" Jan. 11, from noon to 1 pm in the Yawkey Center, Room 2210. Joseph Betancourt, MD, MPH, director of the MGH Disparities Solutions Center, will be the guest speaker. For more information, contact Alex Cist, MD, at acist@partners.org.

Partners Physicians Day
The annual Partners Physicians Day will be held Feb. 2, from 8 am to 5 pm at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. All Partners physicians are invited to attend. Online registration is available until Jan. 11. Registrations after that date will need to be completed on-site. To register, visit clinicalaffairs.partners.org. For more information, e-mail Grace Bommarito at gbommarito@partners.org.

Senior HealthWISE lecture series
The MGH Senior HealthWISE lecture series will offer "Understanding Skin Cancer" Jan. 10, from 11 am to noon in the Haber Conference Room. Ruth Ann Vleugels, MD, of MGH Dermatology, will be the guest speaker. For more information, call (617) 724-6756.