NEWS

Baystate Authors' Recent Papers Make the "Top 10 List" In Two Journals


Jane L. Garb and Richard B. Wait's paper Estimating Popluations at Risk for Disaster Preparedness and Response is the #1 article on the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness' list of top 10 downloads.* The rankings are based on the average number of full-text downloads per day since the paper was posted.

Garb and Wait, along with Ric Skinner and Chris Boyd, have also authored Using GIS for spatial analysis of rectal lesions in the human body which is at #4 on the Journal of Homeland Security'sTop 10 most accessed articles* for the last 30 days.

*as of May1, 2007

Baystate's Resident Chapter of the American Geriatrics Society Becomes its First Resident Affiliate

Baystate's Resident Chapter of the AGS is led by internal medicine residents:

• Reham Shaaban, MD , President
• Rukshana Cader, MD, Vice President

• Michal Sarah Wall, MD, Secretary/Treasurer

The Chapter's faculty advisors include:

• Maura Brennan, MD

• Sandra Bellantonio, MD

• Arnulfo Deray, MD

Since its inception in the fall, Chapter members have been involved in several community programs  including seminars for the Eastfield Mall Walkers on Code Status, led by Dr. Eileen Kehoe, a third year internal medicine resident, and Sexuality, by Dr. Rosette Odulio, a geriatrics fellow. In honor of Older Americans Month in May the Chapter will partner with the Baystate VNA & Hospice to conduct a Memory Screen on May 16th at the Baystate Health Educational Center in Holyoke.

The AGS is an organization of over 6,700 health professionals with a mission is to improve the health, independence and quality of life of all older people.

Conflict of Interest Disclosure

COI Process is Now Electronic

In accordance with the Baystate Health Conflict of Interest Policy, Principal Investigators, Sub-Investigators, Coordinators and other Key Research Personnel are required to disclose potential conflicts of interest and to acknowledge annually the requirements of the Policy.

The electronic Conflict of Interest disclosure process* can be accessed at e-Workplace > Applications > Conflict of Interest.

Although it is impossible to list every circumstance giving rise to a potential Conflict of Interest, common examples are:

• Relationship with Person or Entity Doing Business with Baystate. 

• Relationship with Competitor of Baystate. 

• Governmental Affiliations. 

• Relationship with Prospective or Current Baystate Employee. 

• Misuse of Baystate Resources. 

 

Our Chief Compliance Officer, Christopher Gingras, at 794-3610 or christopher.gingras@bhs.org will answer any questions you may have.

* Completing this software disclosure eliminates the need to complete separate Financial Disclosure Forms for each research study.

25 TUSM Third-Year Students Start at Baystate
on July 3rd

The Tufts University School of Medicine lottery for the rising third-year medical students was recently held. Twenty-five students elected to come to Baystate for their entire third-year and will begin here on Tuesday, July 3rd.

Baystate offers all of the medical school clinical clerkships in one location. The students who spend their entire year at Baystate also benefit from repeated and greater contact with faculty throughout the year, a mentorship program, and dedicated multidisciplinary conferences developed just for the third-year students.