MSM on a Mission
 Watch the full video of Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice's State of the School Address at Georgia Pacific. <<WATCH>>
 Morehouse School of Medicine names Dr. Dominic Mack as the new Director of the National Center for Primary Care. <<MORE>>
 GA-HITEC helps over 4,000 Georgia primary care doctors reach Electronic Health Records' Meaningful
Use. <<MORE>>
MSM in the News
 Dr. David Satcher and Patrick Kennedy's 5-point system for flawless brain health outlined in Huffington Post. <<MORE>>
Morehouse School of Medicine mentioned in article looking at how GA is looking at offering tax credits for philanthropic
support of rural healthcare. <<MORE>>
 Former MSM adjunct professor of Immunology from 1994-2002, C. Reynold Verret, invested as new president of Xavier University of Louisiana. <<MORE>>
True Health Initiative founder Dr. David Katz lists Dr. David Satcher among the True Health Coalition's Council of Directors. <<MORE>>
 Former MSM Board of Trustee member Robert Froehlke remembered by his native city's newspaper the Hub City Times of Marshfield, Wisconsin.
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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
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute (SHLI) celebrates its 10th Anniversary in 2016. Click for the full schedule of events.
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.
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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.
Flu vaccine available for the MSM community at the CRC Tuesday & Thursday 12:30 - 4 pm and the Student Employee Health Services (SEHS) clinic in East Point (Buggy Works) Mon. & Wed. 9 am - 5 pm.
Want to see what is happening for the MSM 40th Anniversary? Here's the calendar.
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Strategic Plan Updates
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Grand Rounds
March 3, 2016
Lessons Learned from Fecal Microbiota Transplantation - Implications to Address Health
Disparities in Children
March 16, 2016
Molecular Epidemiology in the Context of Health Disparities; Cardio Metabolic Examples
in the Current Obesity Epidemics
Upcoming Events
March 3, 2016
2nd Annual Janssen Pharmaceuticals Day
March 9, 2016
2nd Annual MSM Faculty Development Awards and Recognition Reception
March 10, 2016
CVRI Seminar Series: Factors Influencing the Collagen Fiber Angle Distribution in
the Mouse Aorta
March 11, 2016
Morehouse School of Medicine Blood Drive
March 17, 2016
27th Annual Induction Ceremony Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
March 18, 2016
Neuroscience Institute Seminar Series: Synapses, Muscular Dystrophy and Brain Disorders
March 22, 2016
SHLI Open House & MSM Library Exhibit featuring the Life and Legacy of David Satcher,
M.D., Ph.D.
April 6, 2016
8th Annual Dr. Daniel S. Blumenthal Public Health Summit: Community-Based Solutions
to End Violence
April 14, 2016
7th Annual ACTSI Academic & Industry Intersection Conference
April 16-17, 2016
New Horizons in Pediatrics Conference
April 20, 2016
Annual Dewitt C. Alfred Jr., MD, Psychiatric Research Symposium - Integrated Care:
Getting to Outcomes
April 27, 2016
3-Part Webinar Series Pt. 2: Challenges Facing Clinicians Treating Tobacco Use Patients
April 27, 2016
OVID Training Session
May 5, 2016
MSM Town Hall Meeting
May 19-20, 2016
Board of Trustees Meeting
Save the Date
March 18, 2016
Match Day
April 21, 2016
Hugh M. Gloster Society Celebration
May 20, 2016
Class Day
May 21, 2016
32nd Commencement Exercises
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