Educator of the Year Nominations Due March 29

The Neil and Elise Wallace STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation will award a Simulation Educator of the Year Award to one Brigham faculty member and one resident/fellow who have demonstrated outstanding simulation-based teaching during the 2018–19 academic year. Brigham physicians, nurses, physician assistants and other professionals who have conducted courses at STRATUS may be nominated. All nominations are due by Friday, March 29, at 5 p.m. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/SimEduAwards2019.

‘Solving the Crisis with Opioid and Pain Innovations,’ April 2

he Brigham Digital Innovation Hub and MassChallenge HealthTech will host a discussion, “Solving the Crisis with Opioid and Pain Innovations: An iHub Speaker Series and HealthCheck Collaboration,” on Tuesday, April 2, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m., in the Hale Building for Transformative Medicine, first-floor café. The event will highlight current innovative initiatives and opportunities for innovation in the future of care and pain management. Learn more and register.

‘Let’s Get Cooing’ Series Begins April 11

The departments of Food Services and Nutrition invite the Brigham community to attend a cooking series. The program will help support healthy eating at home through cooking demonstrations, recipe tasting and nutrition education. Learn how to create delicious and nutritious meals from experts at the Garden Café, 75 Francis St., on Thursdays from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., April 11–May 9. There is no cost to attend. Email kmcmanus@bwh.harvard.edu or call 617-732-5577 to register.

Quality Rounds: ‘Salt In My Soul: An Unfinished Life,’ April 11

Salt in My Soul: An Unfinished Life is a posthumous memoir based on the diaries of Mallory Smith, a remarkable young woman who was determined to live a meaningful and happy life despite her struggle with cystic fibrosis and a rare superbug from age 15 to her death at 25. Her parents, Diane Shader Smith and Mark Smith, who assembled her diaries into the book, will discuss their family’s experience during Quality Rounds on Thursday, April 11, noon–1 p.m., in Bornstein Amphitheater. Presented by the Department of Quality and Safety. Learn more.