MSM in the News
 Read about the need for the new Kennedy Center for Mental Health Policy and Research
in the article, "Poll: 71% of Americans Call for 'Significant' or 'Radical' Changes in Way Mental Health
and Addiction are Treated."
The autobiography of former MSM president Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, Breaking Ground: My Life in Medicine, won an NAACP Image Award.
 Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice was featured in a news segment for Black History Month on Fox 5 Atlanta on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015.
MSM on a Mission
Dr. Rohan Mankikar, chief resident, internal medicine, has been invited to speak at
his alma mater, the Medical University of Lublin, in Lublin, Poland on Feb. 9, 2015.
Dr. Adriana Harbuzariu, postdoctoral fellow, microbiology, biochemistry and immunology,
was selected as a 2015 Health Disparities Research Training Award Program scholar.
Erika T. Brown, associate dean for faculty affairs and development, has been selected
to serve on the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Minority Faculty Educational
Advisory Committee.
Dr. Ruben Gonzalez-Perez, professor, department of microbiology, biochemistry and
immunology, received a grant from the Morehouse School of Medicine/Tuskegee University/UAB
Comprehensive Cancer Center Partnership. The grant is a pilot proposal titled, "Leptin-Notch
axis in pancreatic cancer."
Announcements
Do you have a name idea for the new MSM Cafe? Enter it in the Naming Contest. The deadline for name submissions is Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at 5:00 p.m.
Learn how to utilize our External Training feature in Cornerstone.
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI)/Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center
(TCC) Pilot Project Program is now accepting requests for applications. The application deadline is Feb. 13, 2015.
Nominations for the 2015 Employee Awards & Recognition Awards of Distinction category are open until Feb, 16, 2015.
The Atlanta Clinical Translational Science Institute (ACTSI) Community Engagement
Research Program (CERP) is now accepting applications for the 2015 Dissemination Micro Grant Program. The application deadline if Feb. 16, 2015.
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI), Division of Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention (HPDP) is now accepting applications for the 2015 Community Health Leadership Program (CHLP). The application deadline is Feb. 18, 2015.
The Benjamin Carson Science Academy is currently accepting applications from rising fifth graders for the Summer Academy.
The application deadline is March 6, 2015.
The American Red Cross' Fourteenth Annual Minority Recruitment Luncheon will be on Feb. 26, 2015, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency. Dr.
Valerie Montgomery Rice will be the guest speaker. RSVP by Feb. 16, 2015.
The Third Annual Walter Rodney Public Speakers Series takes place each Thursday this Spring semester from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. in the Atlanta
University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.
Moment in Black History
Rebecca Lee Crumpler (1831-1895)
 The first African-American female to earn a medical degree in the U.S. She spent her
life improving health in the black community, especially for poor women and children,
using both clinic medicine and research. Following the Civil War, she moved from Boston,
Mass., to Richmond, Va., to perform missionary work for newly freed slaves
Brought to you by the MSM student Black History Month committee.
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Town Hall
The MSM Town Hall meeting is from 4:45 to 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015. Please
take a moment to view MSM's new strategic plan that highlights our mission and vision for future growth and relevancy. We invite
you to share your thoughts and feedback with us.
MSM Moment
 Why did you join MSM, and, perhaps more importantly, why do you stay?
Please sign up to share your story. We will shoot the videos every Wednesday. Send your name, title, and department to marcomm@msm.edu, and you will be contacted for your interview.
Upcoming Events
February 10, 2015
TGF-β Signaling During Different Stages of Prostate Cancer
February 11, 2015
Curtis L. Parker Student Research Symposium
February 11, 2015
Town Hall Meeting
February 12, 2015
Social and Psychological Determinants of Cardiovascular Health among African-Americans
February 12, 2015
Managing Your Money
February 12, 2015
Saving for Retirement
February 12, 2015
Exploring Cancer Literacy and Cancer Screening Behaviors in Older Asian Americans:
The First Step Toward Cancer Disparity Elimination
February 13, 2015
Book Club and Panel Discussion
Save the Date
February 17, 2015
Health Disparities in Chronic Diseases
February 20, 2015
Disruptive Effects of Cocaine on the Circadian Rhythms of Mice
February 27, 2015
Neuroscience Semi-Social Event
February 27, 2015
MSM Night with the Hawks
March 5, 2015
Employee Awards and Recognition
Grand Rounds
February 3, 2015
Motivational Interviewing
February 11, 2015
Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapeutics
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