MSM on a Mission
 Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) and Emory University School of Medicine have joined
forces to establish the MSM/Emory Cardiovascular (MECA) Center for Health Equity,
with funding from the American Heart Association (AHA). <<MORE>>
 Dr. Carey Roth Bayer co-directed and produced four new films with the Association of American Medical
Colleges team on teaching gender identity and transgender health. SHLI Health Policy
Leadership Fellow alumnus Dr. lore dickey served as a content expert and interviewee
for one of the films. <<MORE>>
 Dr. Kisha Holden and team published an article in Health, Culture, and Society titled, "Qualitative
Examination of African American Women's Perspectives about Depression." <<MORE>>
 Grady Hospital, led by Dr. Anekwe Onwuanyi, has received the Get With the Guidelines - Heart Failure Silver-Plus Quality Achievement
Award for implementing special improvement measures outlined by the American Heart
Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation. <<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
 SHLI welcomes its 2015-2016 Health Policy Leadership Fellows, Charizma Amila Chapman, Angelica Geter, Mario Ramsey, and Renee Monique Haynes. The fellowship program, now in its 7th year, prepares postdoctoral health professionals
to take leadership roles promoting policies and practices that reduce disparities
and advance health equity.
The Health Promotion Resource Center (HPRC) team, under the leadership of Dr. Mary Langley, in the Department of Community HealthPreventive Medicine (CHPM) has received a new five-year HIV Prevention and Capacity Building grant ($1,419,375) from the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), to
work with rural and micropolitan county boards of health to provide prevention services
to address HIV and viral hepatitis in target populations. The HPRC staff will partner
with Preventive Medicine residents to provide educational programs and will also utilize
the screening services of the MSM Research Mobile Unit. Dr. Beverly Taylor, chair of CHPM, will serve as the Clinical Director for this initiative. The target
counties for this innovative grant are Lamar, Meriwether and Spalding.
On September 1, MSM Travel & Expense implemented the travel phase of its new premier travel and expense system. The new T&E system 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.
The Clinical Research Center (CRC) is in the final two weeks 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>>
The Satcher Health Leadership Institute was awarded a 5-year, $250,000/year grant to support the Health Policy Leadership Fellowship Program from the CDC National
Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). This will help
support the fellowship program which will be welcoming its 7th cohort of fellows on
September 1st.
The Student Employee Health Services-IC announces its updated hours, locations, contact information, and self-triage procedures.
Click here for more information.
Over the next weeks, the Office of Information Technology will begin Phase I of a multi-phase project to transform MSM's IT Infrastructure
Core. 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.
Every year, the Planning and Institutional Research updates its directory of Notaries within the MSM Community. If you are a Notary and would like to be listed, please complete this quick survey.
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 9, 2015
Surgical Grand Rounds: Historical Perspective Current Practice, Limitations and Future
Solutions for EVAR
Grady Clinical Trials and Research Education Session - See more at: http://calendar.msm.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo#sthash.DoaUozK1.dpuf
Grady Clinical Trials and Research Education Session - See more at: http://calendar.msm.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo#sthash.DoaUozK1.dpuf
Grady Clinical Trials and Research Education Session - See more at: http://calendar.msm.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo#sthash.DoaUozK1.dpuf
September 23, 2015
Grand Rounds: Ethical Issues and HIV/AIDS
September 30, 2015
Grand Rounds:
6th Annual James Reed Lectureship
Upcoming Events
September 9, 2015
Consumer Health Impact Awards
September 10, 2015
CVRI Seminar Series: Racial Disparities in Incident Cardiovascular Risk Factors
September 11, 2015
Convocation & White Coat
and Pinning Ceremony
September 12, 2015
Doctors Day at the Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center
September 16, 2015
Grady Clinical Trials and Research Education Session - See more at: http://calendar.msm.edu/cal/event/showEventMore.rdo#sthash.DoaUozK1.dpuf
Grady Clinical Trials
and Research Education Session
September 18, 2015
20th Annual HeLa
Women's Health Conference
September 19, 2015
Healthy Living
& Community Engagement Day
September 23, 2015
Men of MSM Networking Mixer
September 24, 2015
MSM Town Hall Meeting
September 24, 2015
MSM Team Fitness 2015:
Kaiser Permanente 5K Run/Walk
September 26, 2015
4th Annual First Look Program
October 5, 2015
REDCap Overview and Training
October 6, 2015
2015 State of Public Health Conference
October 15, 2015
Innovations Learning Laboratory:
GA Community Health Worker Summit
October 17, 2015
Celebrate Sisterhood: A Multicultural Women's Health & Wellness Summit
Save the Date
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
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