MSM on a Mission
 In conjunction with the year-long SHLI 10 Year Anniversary Celebration, SHLI staff members participated in a three-hour meal packing and meal delivery community
service/team-building activity at Open Hand Atlanta. Twenty staff members successfully packed 2,311 meals and completed seven deliveries
across the metropolitan Atlanta area.
 Community Voices Director Starla Blanks and staff members Jareese Stroud and Whitney Graves were appointed to the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice’s Reentry Task Force.
Ms. Blanks serves on the Mental and Physical Health Task Force, Ms. Stroud serves
on the Parenting Sub Group, and Ms. Graves serves on the Leisure Time Sub Group.
 On March 31, 2016, Dr. Natalie D. Hernandez, assistant professor in the department of CHPM and of the PRC and Center of Excellence
on Health Disparities, received the "Latinas Poderosas Atlanta" award and was recognized
by Mundo Hispanico Atlanta as one of the most powerful Latinas in Atlanta. <<MORE>>
 SHLI staff member Sayon Cooper has been named Head Coach for both the Liberia Track & Field Federation and Liberia
National Olympic Track & Field Team, and will be leading a group of Liberia's best
athletes at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. <<MORE>>
MSM in the News
 Dr. Henrie Treadwell to be among featured speakers at the Florida Blue Foundation's 2016 Sapphire Symposium
and Awards in Orlando on April 20-21. <<MORE>>
Dr. Anne Gaglioti and colleagues from MSM's Family Medicine department address how primary care access
is associated with lower obesity rates in U.S. counties. <<MORE>>
 Dr. David Satcher addresses the CDC's and NIH's different thoughts on government agencies researching
gun violence in wake of the Dickey Amendment. <<MORE>>
 Renowned astronaut and physician Dr. Bernard Harris Jr., who has an honorary doctorate from Morehouse School of Medicine, will be featured
in the 13th annual DeBakey Distinguished Lectureship Series. <<MORE>>
Mandatory for ALL Employees
HR & Compliance Fiscal Year 2016 Mandatory Training Schedule:
- Workplace Harassment: Jul 15 - Aug 23
- Code of Conduct: Sept 25 - Oct 25
- HIPAA: Nov 1 - Dec 10
- Conflicts of Interest: Jan 11 - Feb 12
- Radiation Safety: Mar 7 - Apr 8
- Wage & Hour: Apr 18 - May 19 <<MORE>>
Announcements
 Medical student Tiffany Cochran will be MSM's March of Dimes March for Babies team leader this year. The march will
be Saturday, April 30. Please lend your support (walking and donations) to this event to help fight against
prematurity and infant mortality.
Click for more information and to donate and register with Team MSM!
Navex Ethicspoint is Morehouse School of Medicine's new compliance hotline vendor. Click for direct link and more info.
Important HR Benefits Communication
Summary of Benefits & Coverage (SBC) required by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to
be distributed by group health plans, in simple plain language, to all benefits-eligible
faculty, staff and residents.
Click here for Choice Plus High Plan
Click here for Choice Plus Basic Plan
Class Day Faculty Awards Nominations
Click for information on nominating faculty members. Deadline to submit nominations is April 16, 2016.
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2016. Click for the full schedule of events.
From Human Resources
Have questions about Employment Verification? Contact uConfirm for all your verification needs.
Does your address or other data need to be updated? Use Banner Self-Service to make that change.
Important press release from Emory and Grady on selected brain injury patients to be enrolled in Hypothermia for Patients requiring Evacuation of Subdural Hematoma (HOPES) Trial. Click here for more information.
RCMI R-Center Needs Assessment Survey
The purpose of this survey is to gather information about the RCMI R-CENTER programs,
its resource utilization and how investigators and staff are leveraging these resources
to expand their research projects. Please complete ASAP. Click for survey and more info.
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Strategic Plan Updates
We are pleased to share that after completion of the Annual Goal Templates to the
Leadership Council, we can report that 100% of our top priority and low-hanging fruit strategies are being proactively addressed within the current work of the MSM Community.
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Grand Rounds
April 13, 2016
Rectal Cancer: To open or not to open, that is the question
April 13, 2016
Improving Outcomes & Equity for Patients with Diabetes
Upcoming Events
April 13, 2016
Polish Your Presentation Skills
April 13-14, 2016
Out of the Shadows: Making Mental Health a Global Priority
April 14, 2016
7th Annual ACTSI Academic & Industry Intersection Conference
April 14, 2016
Interactive SAS Basics Workshop
April 14, 2016
CVRI Seminar Series: Discriminatory Stressors and CVD Risk: Implications for Racial
Disparities in Women's Health
April 14, 2016
GEBS Dissertation Defense: Proteomic Profile of Extracellular Vesicles Post-Myocardial
Infarction
April 14-15, 2016
AHA Historically Black Colleges and Universities Scholars Program Symposium
April 15, 2016
GEBS Thesis Defense: Selective Increase in the Biosynthesis of Polycomb Group Proteins
in Neuronal Ischemic Tolerance
April 15, 2016
Financial Literacy Day
April 16, 2016
Epilepsy Community Forum
April 16-17, 2016
New Horizons in Pediatrics Conference
April 18, 2016
Baxalta Student Recruitment Reception
April 18, 2016
Brawley Greenscape and Pedestrian Parkway Ribbon Cutting
April 18-19, 2016
Break The Cycle 11
April 20, 2016
Annual Dewitt C. Alfred Jr., MD, Psychiatric Research Symposium - Integrated Care:
Getting to Outcomes
April 20, 2016
Excellence in Leadership
April 27, 2016
3-Part Webinar Series Pt. 2: Challenges Facing Clinicians Treating Tobacco Use Patients
April 27, 2016
OVID Training Session
April 30, 2016
March of Dimes March for Babies
May 5, 2016
MSM Town Hall Meeting
May 6, 2016
MSM Lampoons 2016
May 10, 2016
Annual MSM Employee Awards and Service Recognition
May 14, 2016
APA Community Knowledge Exchange: Hope for Our Children and Communities
May 18-20, 2016
National Research Mentoring Network Southeast Training
May 19-20, 2016
Board of Trustees Meeting
June 16, 2016
123rd Annual Georgia State Medical Association Annual Meeting "Integrated Care in
Advancing Health Equity" (Roundtable Discussion and Exhibit)
June 21-22, 2016
2016 Southeastern Pediatric Research Innovation Conference
June 29, 2016
3-Part Webinar Series Pt. 3: Challenges Facing Clinicians Treating Tobacco Use Patients
Save the Date
April 21, 2016
Hugh M. Gloster Society Celebration
April 28, 2016
TCC Health Policy Research Summit 2016: Translating Science into Policy Impact
May 20, 2016
Class Day
May 21, 2016
32nd Commencement Exercises
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