Introduction to Clinical Investigation Course
April 3, 10, 19, 24 and May 1
5-6 p.m.
Bigelow Amphitheater,
White 4th floor, MGH
Topics will include study design, epidemiology, quality of life assessment, physiological networking and mentoring. To register, visit crnet.mgh.harvard.edu or call 726-1669. No registration fee.
Quality Rounds: Improving Safety in Ambulatory Care
April 17 • 12-1 p.m.
Anesthesia Conference Room,
CWN L-1
Featured speaker: David Bates, MD, Chief of General Medicine.
Lunch will be served.
Mary Horrigan Connors Lecture in Gender Biology:
“The Role of Androgens in Male Gender Role Behavior”
April 5
Lecture – 4 p.m.,
Bornstein Amphitheater
Reception and Poster Show
–5 p.m.,
Carrie Hall
Featured speaker: Jean Wilson, MD, the first recipient of the Mary Horrigan Connors Visiting Professorship in Gender Biology.
To register or for more information, e-mail Catherine Brush at cbrush@partners.org Wilson is the chair of Biomedical Research and a clinical professor in Internal Medicine at University of Texas Southwestern.
Talk is (Not) Cheap: Forum on Clinician-Participant Communications
April 5
4:30 –7:15 p.m.
Schepens Eye Institute, Starr Center,
Charles River Plaza
The latest evidence shows the impact good communication can make on health outcomes, medico-legal risk and clinician-patient relationships. Register at 724-6416 or email mccunningham@partners.org.
How to Give a Presentation
April 11
4-5:30 p.m.
O’Keeffe Auditorium,
MGH
Andrew A. Nierenberg, MD, Associate Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program will present a quick and easy guide for giving oral presentations and managing performance anxiety. To register, go to: www.crnet.mgh.harvard.edu/education, or call the CRP Education Office at 726-1669.
Medical Staff Grand Rounds
April 12
5:30 p.m.
Bornstein Amphitheater
Partners President and CEO Samuel O. Their, MD, will present a Partners HealthCare System update, which will be followed by a reception in the Cabot Atrium.
A Mammary Epithelial Cell Model for Studies of Onocogenesis
April 12
4-5 p.m.
Carrie M. Hall Conference Center
The speaker will be Joan S. Brugge, PhD, Department of Cell Biology, HMS. Refreshments will be served at 3:45 p.m.