MSM on a Mission
 MSM Town Hall unveils 5-year Strategic Plan "Excellence Through Health Equity" outlining specific strategies and each strategy-leading
champion.
 Special guest of the MSM Town Hall, former Essence magazine Chief Editor Susan Taylor, implores attendees, particularly black men, to sign up as mentors for National CARES,
the national mentoring movement of which she is both founder and CEO.
 On September 24, 2015, Drs. Kisha Holden and Tabia Akintobi presented their project Transforming Metropolitan Atlanta Communities through Prevention,
Primary Care Linkages and Policy Change as a health equity model of excellence at
a recent Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) meeting at the CDC,
Division of Community Health (DCH).
 MSM hosted the 20th Annual HeLa Conference and Healthy Living & Community Engagement
Day on September 18-19, 2015, promoting precision medicine through the life, legacy
and contribution of Henrietta Lacks and recognizing local media partners for championing
health equity. <<MORE>>
 More than 60 were in attendance at the Men of MSM Networking Mixer on September 23,
2015, which provided an opportunity for male students and young professionals to meet
community leaders, converse with industry professionals, and connect with lifelong
mentors.
MSM in the News
 Dr. Daniel Blumenthal, president of the American College of Preventive Medicine and MSM Community Health
and Preventive Medicine associate professor, weighs in on what effect House Speaker
John Boehner's announcement that he will leave Congress will have on the Affordable
Care Act. <<MORE>>
 MSM Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry & Immunology Ph.D. student Viola Lanier took part in "Rally for Medical Research Hill Day" with other local advocates to
lobby lawmakers to increase funding for the NIH. <<MORE>>
 Ashburn Primary Care, part of the Tift Regional Health System network, welcomes MSM
alumna Dr. Mariel D. Hepburn, who will be a family physician providing primary care for both children and adults. <<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
The Clinical Research Center (CRC) is in the final days of screening for its Nutri-Genomic Study, of which Dr. Yuan-Xiang Meng is the PI. The CRC is seeking overweight African-Americans ages 18-70 with high blood
pressure. <<MORE>>
On September 1, MSM Travel & Expense implemented the travel phase of its new premier travel and expense system, Concur. Concur is available to all MSM employees who travel on official MSM business and
will implement the expense phase starting October 1.
Community-Academic Research Partnerships Grants Program requests for applications for the Pilot Study grant and Dissemination grant are due by October 2, 2015.
In an effort to increase the overall efficiencies at MSM, the Operations Department
has launched its Operational Excellence initiative and provided a webpage and email link to the MSM community as a new communication tool to provide suggestions for process
improvements.
Currently, the Office of Information Technology is implementing Phase I of a multi-phase project to transform MSM's IT Infrastructure
Core. Most recently, the installation of a fiber backbone has taken place in order
to increase bandwidth and provide faster speeds. Click here for more information.
MSM just purchased a year-long membership to AI Pro, a service from Academic Impressions (AI) offering access to a variety of professional
development tools for higher education faculty and administrators. Please click here to register.
The Student Employee Health Services-IC announces its updated hours, locations, contact information, and self-triage procedures.
Click here for more information.
The UCSF Postdoc Fellowships in Tobacco Control Research online applications will be accepted until January 20, 2016. Click here to apply.
Want to see what is happening for the MSM 40th Anniversary? Here's the calendar.
President and Dean Valerie Montgomery Rice's new open door hours. Call 404-752-1740 or email sdrobertson@msm.edu to schedule your appointment with the president.
Support the MD class of 2018 by ordering your exclusive Lampoons 2015 T-shirt and DVD. Email Dyanna Fountain dfountain@msm.edu for your ordering needs.
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Grand Rounds
September 30, 2015
Grand Rounds:
6th Annual James Reed Lectureship
October 6, 2015
Grand Rounds: Game Changers: Using Cord Blood to Help the Brain
October 13, 2015
Grand Rounds: Fetal Fibronectin: A Review and Update on its Clinical Use in Obstetric
Practice
October 14, 2015
Grand Rounds: BRCA1: The 20 Year Journey from discovery to Precision Medicine "A Scientist's
Vision"
Upcoming Events
September 28, 2015
Data Science Seminar: "Big Data Research Opportunities in Disaster Management: The
LITMUS Landslide Information Service as an Illustrative Example"
September 29, 2015
Health Disparities Research Seminar Series: Dismantling Mental Health Disparities
in Post-Uprising Baltimore and Beyond
September 30, 2015
SHLI Health Policy Leadership Fellowship Journal Club: Beyond Cairo: Sexual and reproductive
rights of young people in the new development agenda
September 30 - October 3, 2015
Spelman Health Professions Week
October 3, 2015
Morehouse College
16th Annual Breast Cancer Walk
October 4, 2015 (Get tickets now!)
MSM Football Game Day:
Houston Texans vs. Atlanta Falcons
October 5, 2015
REDCap Overview and Training
October 6, 2015
2015 State of Public Health Conference
October 7, 2015
Instructor-Led Training:
Coaching Your Next Star
October 8, 2015
The Office of Educational Affairs:
Educational Retreat
October 8, 2015
CVRI Seminar Series: Nuclear Hormone Receptors and Cardiometabolic Health: Insights
from Genetic Variation and Pharmacological Manipulation
October 9, 2015
Clinical Faculty Development Retreat
October 14, 2015
Instructor-Led Training:
Preventing Workplace Anxiety
October 15, 2015
Innovations Learning Laboratory:
GA Community Health Worker Summit
October 17, 2015
Celebrate Sisterhood: A Multicultural Women's Health & Wellness Summit
October 21, 2015
Instructor-Led Training: Grammar Refresher for Better Business Writing
October 24, 2015
The American Heart Association Heart Walk in Marietta (5K)
October 24, 2015
MSM OB/GYN Interest Group
Breast Cancer Walk
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