Inauguration 2014 Recap
 Morehouse School of Medicine made history with the landmark inauguration of Valerie
Montgomery Rice, M.D., as its sixth president. In a spirit-filled formal ceremony
on Sept. 11, 2014, the Office of President was officially conferred upon Dr. Montgomery
Rice, the first female president of the prestigious institution. Click here for a full recap and to view images of all inaugural activities.
MSM in the News
Dr. Mesfin Fransua was featured on onlinewithandrea, discussing the Ebola virus.
MSM on a Mission
MSM Tackles Cervical Cancer at the 19th Annual HeLa Women’s Health Conference. Mark your calendars for the 2015 event scheduled for September 18.
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Chantelle Young, first year M.D. student, received the F. Edward Hébert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and was commissioned as an officer in the US Navy.
Open Door Hours
Dr. Montgomery Rice will have open-door hours once a week. To schedule a 30 - minute
meeting with the president please contact her office at 404.752.1740. Please find
the scheduled times below:
Sept. 23: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sept. 29: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 8: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Oct. 13: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Oct. 21: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Oct. 27: 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Announcements
Please donate to United Against Ebola. This campaign raises money and awareness to assist physicians working in West Africa
to fight the Ebola virus.
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The MSM Library is offering a 30-day free trial of Clinical Access. Developed and offered by McGraw-Hill, Clinical Access is a ground-breaking clinical decision support tool. Please submit your comments
to Librarians@msm.edu. The trial will end October 1, 2014.
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The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center will offer its Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research course October
14, 2014 to March 9, 2015. Registration is now open will close on Monday, October
6, 2014.
Have News/Ideas?
Share your upcoming events with marketing and communications. We can often leverage these activities as media opportunities, showcase how what
we do aligns with our vision and mission, and highlight our talented faculty. Our
goal is to show the impact MSM is having on communities and national conversations.
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Please send other suggestions, ideas, and concerns to sec@msm.edu.
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Upcoming Events
September 24, 2014
Supervising Others
September 24, 2014
Normal Sleep and Sleep Disorders
September 26, 2014
Annual Resident Mixer
September 29, 2014
Ice Cream Social
September 30, 2014
Natural Neural Projection Dynamics
Underlying Social Behavior
Click here to view other MSM events.
Grand Rounds
September 23, 2014
Institutional Special Patient Safety & Quality Grand Rounds
September 24, 2014
Carolyn M. Clarke, residency program manager, “Electronic Residency Application Service”
at 12:30pm, Buggy Works
September 24, 2014
Institutional Special Patient Safety & Quality Grand Rounds
October 7, 2014
Pediatrics Grand Round at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite presented by David A. Levine, M.D.
Save the Date
October 1, 2014
Health Policy Leadership Fellowship Journal Club
October 1, 2014
5th Annual James Reed Lectureship
October 2, 2014
SSB Online Requisition Training
October 4, 2014
15th Annual Breast Cancer Walk
October 9, 2014
Global Health Research in Low-Middle Income Countries: Training Opportunities for
Clinical and Translational Research at MSM
October 10-11, 2014
The International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB): 2nd Annual Diabetes and
Obesity Consortium Conference
October 16, 2014
Seeking to Tell a Story: Political Action from Slavery to Civil Rights Exhibition
Program
October 16-17
Pfizer International Investigator Program
October 25, 2014
Charles Drew Charter School Annual Fall Festival
November 13, 2014
MicroRNA-31 Mediates Angiogenesis Induced by Microvesicles from Adipose-derived Stem
Cells
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