MSM on a Mission
 Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice talks to HBCU Digest about her path to the presidency, her vision for broadening
care to black communities, and her vision for MSM as a world class medical school.
<<MORE>>
 MSM hosted its 31st Fall Convocation, White Coat & Pinning Ceremony on September 11,
2015 and welcomed its largest-ever entering class of 159 new students.
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded
a three year, $900,000 grant to MSM. This new award will enable Dr. Ronald Braithwaite (PI) and his staff to expand on their existing work with Morehouse College and Clark
Atlanta University to provide HIV Testing and Substance Abuse Prevention services.
MSM in the News
 Atlanta’s "Hammerin" Hank and Billye Suber Aaron announced a $3 million gift to Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) that will be used to expand the Hugh Gloster
Medical Education building and create the Billye Suber Aaron Student Pavilion. <<MORE>>
 Dr. Michael Early, Sr. assistant professor of Family Practice at Morehouse School of Medicine's Community
Medicine department, received a Community Preceptor Recognition Award. <<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
Morehouse School of Medicine 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. This membership
is free to the MSM community and only lasts one year, so please click here to register and start looking at the many professional development training courses available.
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 week 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 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 17, 2015
Grand Rounds: Pediatric Lupus Erythematosus
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 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 17, 2015
SSB Online Purchasing Requistion Training
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 25, 2015
Atlanta Postdoc Festival 2015
September 25, 2015
Code of Conduct & Ethics Training Event
September 26, 2015
4th Annual First Look Program
September 26, 2015
The American Heart Association Heart Walk in Atlanta (5K)
September 29, 2015
Health Disparities Research Seminar Series: Dismantling Mental Health Disparities
in Post-Uprising Baltimore and Beyond
October 5, 2015
REDCap Overview and Training
October 6, 2015
2015 State of Public Health Conference
October 8, 2015
The Office of Educational Affairs:
Educational Retreat
October 9, 2015
Clinical Faculty Development Retreat
October 15, 2015
Innovations Learning Laboratory:
GA Community Health Worker Summit
October 17, 2015
Celebrate Sisterhood: A Multicultural Women's Health & Wellness Summit
October 24, 2015
The American Heart Association Heart Walk in Marietta (5K)
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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