MSM on a Mission
 Morehouse School of Medicine hosts 20th Annual HeLa Conference, unveils statue of Henrietta Lacks with her descendants in attendance, and hosts
Healthy Living & Community Engagement Day.
 Drs. Glenda Wrenn and Fatima Kasiah were recently published in the Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics on using
a self-service kiosk to identify behavioral health needs in a primary care clinic
serving urban, underserved population. <<MORE>>
 On September 23, 2015, MSM to host the Men of MSM Networking Mixer, 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
 MSM President and Dean Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice and 3rd year resident Dr. Benjamin Renelus were on WABE 90.1 discussing remedies for the lack of black men in medical school
<<MORE>>
 Daniel Dawes, the Executive Director, Government Relations, Policy and External Affairs at Morehouse
School of Medicine, interviewed by NBC News and speaks on "Can Policy Move the Needle
in Health Equity?" <<MORE>>
 WABE 90.1's Rose Scott honored with one of MSM's "Media Partnership in Health Equity" awards at MSM's Healthy
Living and Community Engagement Day <<MORE>>
MSM's Clinical Research Center took part in federal study titled SPRINT, which suggests lower blood pressure guidelines
could be "lifesaving." <<MORE>>
Alice Jackson, program coordinator for teen pregnancy prevention at MSM, speaks on school's recent
grant-funded teen pregnancy prevention program SCALE <<MORE>>
 MSM President Emeritus Dr. Louis Sullivan to give keynote speech at University of Georgia's College of Public Health's 10th
anniversary on Oct. 5 <<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
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.
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.
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. Most recently, installation of fiber cabling throughout the buildings has taken
place. Click here for more information.
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.
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.
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 23, 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 - 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.dpufSeptember 23, 2015
Grand Rounds: Ethical Issues and HIV/AIDS
September 30, 2015
Grand Rounds:
6th Annual James Reed Lectureship
Upcoming Events
September 23, 2015 (Save The Date!)
Men of MSM Networking Mixer
September 23, 2015
Physiology Department Seminar Series Presents: Genomic Investigation of Infection-Related
Cancers
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 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
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 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 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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