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GSLIS Students Can Attend MAHSLIN for Free!

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Posted by GSLIS, February 21, 2006
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The Massachusetts Health Sciences Library Network 2006 Planning Committee cordially invites Simmons GSLIS students to the MAHSLIN ANNUAL MEETING. (You must register to attend, but there is no cost to current GSLIS students. See registration information below.)

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2006
9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Massachusetts Medical Society Headquarters
http://www.massmed.org/Content/NavigationMenu/About/DirectionstoMMS/Directions_to_MMS_Headquarters.htm
860 Winter Street, Waltham Woods Corporate Center
Waltham, MA

THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY

Morning Program: Thinking Globally Three local healthcare professionals speak on Healthcare Disparity issues: Christopher Gill, MD (Avian Flu) Alice Coombs, MD (Healthcare Disparities in Massachusetts) Ernest Wu, MD (Dancing With Crocodiles: Medical Mission in Ghana, a multimedia presentation)

Afternoon Program: Acting Locally MAHSLIN members show us how they address underserved populations and unaddressed healthcare issues: Sally Gore (All Health is Local: Introducing Go Local Massachusetts) Cara Helfner (Resources and Services for People with Disabilities) Brandy King (Ontologies: Solving the Search Problem for Literature on Media and Child Health) Eric Albright (SPIRAL: Selected Information Resources in Asian languages)

Join us for Continental Breakfast (8:00 – 9:00 a.m.) and a Business Meeting (9:00 – 9:45 a.m.) followed by the Think Globally – Act Locally program.

Registration - including lunch - is free for current Simmons GSLIS students! Use registration form: http://www.mahslin.org/2006MeetingRegistration.pdf (YOU MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND!)