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BULLETINHMS Dean Presents Community Service AwardsFollowing his State of the School address on Sept. 25, Joseph Martin, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, presented the annual Dean's Community Service Awards. The awards were established by Martin in 1999 because of the integral role community service plays in the HMS/HSDM academic mission. The program recognizes and encourages participation in community service activities. Each awardee's community program receives $1,000.
HMS dean Joseph Martin congratulates Dennis Walsh, a research assistant at the New England Regional Primate Research Center, on receiving the Dean's Community Service Award for staff. Walsh received the award for volunteering with the Wanblee Family Alliance, which addresses the needs of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Wanblee, S. Dak. Photo by Liza Green, HMS Media Services Two faculty members, Michael Bierer and Gerald Hass, received awards. Bierer, an HMS instructor in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, was recognized for his work with the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program at MGH, established in 1988 as part of the Medical Walk-in Unit. He was the first clinician to staff dedicated Homeless Clinic sessions in the unit, and he initiated the MGH Committee on Homeless Programs. Bierer also developed complementary programs like a shoe bank and a job service in the MGH human resources office, instituted ambulatory detoxification service in the Walk-in Unit, and developed didactic and experimental curricula for residents. Hass, an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at Children's Hospital, was honored for his work at the South End Community Health Center, which he cofounded in 1969 at the South End library. Since then he has delivered pediatric care at the clinic on a half-time schedule and recruited other pediatricians. Since last year, he has been involved in plans for construction of a new state-of-the-art facility. This year, he retired from private practice so he could work full-time at the clinic. Patrick Linson received the trainee award for his involvement with the Four Directions Summer Research Program. A clinical fellow in radiation oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Children's Hospital, Linson was one of three HMS students who created the eight-week summer research program at HMS designed for talented Native American college students interested in pursuing careers in medicine or biomedical science. Since 1994, Linson has served as codirector of the program, focusing on participant selection, research mentor selection, establishment of job shadow opportunities, and securing funding. The student recipient of the award was Bella Shen, HSDM '01. She recruited both dental students and faculty to serve as volunteers for Bridge Over Troubled Waters, a multiservice program for runaway and at-risk youth. Her efforts resulted in increased volunteerism among both faculty and students on oral health issues. She was also selected for her two years of service in the Big Sister Program. Staff member Dennis Walsh, a research assistant at the New England Regional Primate Research Center, was recognized for his involvement with the Wanblee Family Alliance, a nonprofit, nonsectarian corporation that addresses the needs of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation population in Wanblee, South Dakota. Walsh is the founder and president of the organization, which organizes seasonal clothing drives, crayon drives for preschool and elementary school students at the Crazy Horse School, and a quilt collection program for the Wanblee Health Clinic. The organization also supplies propane for heat for the elderly and offers drug and alcohol awareness programs.
Changing Web PagesCan't get into your web pages to make updates and changes? If you have been given FTP access to the HMS server, are responsible for your department's web pages, but now get an error message when you try to get in, chances are you have been locked out temporarily because Public Affairs and IT did not hear from you by the Oct. 5 deadline. To reactivate your FTP access, fill out and submit the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Access Request Form. The reactivation should take a couple of days. For more information, call the HMS IT Help Desk at 617-432-2000.
Taking time from their coursework, a cadre of medical and dental students ventures out each week to volunteer at community health centers, schools, and other agencies in the Boston area. Their efforts were on display at Ebert Community Service Day on Sept. 25. The annual event celebrates the work of volunteers like Michelle Tang, HMS '04, (left) and introduces new and continuing medical and dental students to a wide range of community service opportunities. Tang chats with Paiman Ghafoori, HMS '04, about her work at Girl Power, which helps introduce African-American and Latina preadolescent girls to science, health, and environmental studies.
Honors and AdvancesThe Keck Foundation has named Children's Hospital researcher Xi He, an HMS assistant professor of neurology, as one of five recipients of its Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research. He will receive up to $1 million over the next five years in support of his research. This award represents the largest private award to junior faculty in this country. In September, Lucian Leape, HSPH adjunct professor of health policy, was made an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada for his efforts to advance patient safety and prevent iatrogenic injury. Charles Czeisler, codirector of the HMS Division of Sleep Medicine and professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, has received a $250,000 grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to study the effects of extended work hours on intern health and safety. For a related study, he recently received $500,000 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to investigate the effects of extended work hours on ICU patient safety. The American Society for Clinical Nutrition presented its 2001 Physician Nutrition Specialist Award to Clifford Lo, director of the Harvard Human Nutrition Program and coordinator of nutrition education in the HMS Division of Nutrition. The national award provides partial salary support to an academic faculty member who has had a leadership role in developing, sustaining, and strengthening nutrition education programs for medical students, residents, and practicing physicians. Lo has been involved in developing nutrition education for students in all four years at HMS.
News BriefHarvard president Lawrence Summers has appointed Alan Stone to be vice president for government, community, and public affairs. Stone currently holds the position of vice president for public affairs at Columbia University. |
