Marie St. Pierre completed her graduate certificate of Health Data Informatics and Analytics from the University of Denver.
Catisah Benjamin was named an Editorial Board Member for Doody’s Special Topics Lists.
Emily Peterson is a slector for Doody’s Special Topics List for Health Literacy, which went live in July.
Liz Kellermeyer was named an Editorial Board Member for Journal of the Medical Library Association.
Nina McHale for was accepted into the MLA Research Training Institute for 2021 and received a $750 scholarship. Nina’s research topic is post-MLS training for medical and health sciences librarians in evidence-based medicine and advanced literature searching.
Sam (Kennefick) Wilairat was offered and has accepted a position as one of the NLM Associate Fellows for 2021-2022! The Associate Fellowship program is a one-year postgraduate training fellowship with NLM. The program is designed to provide a broad foundation in health sciences information services, and to prepare librarians for future leadership roles in health sciences libraries and in health services research.
Yumin Jiang was awarded an AAHSL Leadership Diversity Scholarship. Yumin used the scholarship to attend the Siena College Leadership Institute for Academic Library Managers in late July.
Nina McHale and Christi Piper were promoted July 1, 2021. Nina is now an Associate Professor and Christi is an Assistant Professor.
Shandra Knight started a new role as the Deputy Director of Strauss Health Sciences Library on September 1, 2021.
Huge congrats to Lisa Traditi for successfully completing her term as MLA President in May!
Presentations
MLA vConference, May 2021
Papers
- · Nina McHale & Yumin Jiang: Making Hard Choices a Little Easier: Gathering Actionable Data from the Campus Community to Inform Collections Decisions
- · Nina McHale, Sam (Kennefick) Wilairat, Ellie Svoboda & Christi Piper: Diversify Your Health Sciences Course Syllabus: A Pilot Program
- · Christi Piper, Dana Abbey & Tina Moser: Facilitating Updates to Faculty Governing Documents: A Better Process for Encouraging Participation
Posters
- · Kristen DeSanto: Using an Email Template to Increase Library Class Registrations
- · Nina McHale & Lisa Traditi: Librarian Engagement with the Cochrane US Network at Affiliate Institutions
- · Christi Piper & Sam (Kennefick) Wilairat: Experience Required: A Survey of MLIS Student Experiences with Graduate Employment in Libraries
5th Annual Joint Substance Abuse Librarians & Information Specialists and Association of Mental Health Librarians Virtual Conference, April 2021
- · Kate Elder: Library Services to Hospital Patients During the Pandemic
CLiC Spring Workshop, April 2021
- · Christi Piper and Nina McHale: Cracking the Code: Applying for Academic Library Jobs
Colorado Cochrane Affiliate, April 2021
ACRL meeting, April 2021
- · Sam (Kennefick) Wilairat and Christi Piper: Experience Required: A Survey of MLIS Student Experiences with Graduate Student Employment (poster)
Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology, August 2021
- · Ben Harnke: Making it count: Recognizing Open Educational Practices (OEP) and Resources (OER) in Promotion.
Publications
Kovac, M. (2021) HIPAA and Telehealth: Protecting Health Information in a Digital World. Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy. 6:2, DOI: 10.5860/jifp.v6i2.7556
Patel, A. D., Bullock, G. S., Wrigley, J., Paterno, M. V., Sell, T. C., & Losciale, J. M. (2021). Does sex affect second ACL injury risk? A systematic review with meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 55(15), 873-882. doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2020-103408
Wilairat, S., Svoboda, E., & Piper, C. (2021). Practical Changes in Reference Services: A Case Study. Medical reference services quarterly, 40(2), 151–167. doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2021.1912567
Panchal, P., Piper, C., Whitmore C., & Davies, R. D. (2021) Providing supportive transgender mental health care: a systemized narrative review of patient experiences, preferences, and outcomes, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2021.1899094
Rodrigues Pessoa, R., Mueller, A. C., Boxley, P., Flaig, T. W., Piper, C., Konety, B., Yu, J. B., Gershman, B., Kukreja, J., & Kim, S. P. (2021). Systematic review and meta-analysis of radiation therapy for high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Urologic oncology, S1078-1439(21)00118-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2021.03.009
Stotz S, Hebert LE, Brega AG, Lockhart S, Henderson JN, Roubideaux Y, DeSanto K, Moore KR (2021). Technology-based health education resources for indigenous adults: a scoping review. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 32:2, 318-346. doi:10.1353/hpu.2021.0066.
Lyon C, Iruku S, Hoss M, DeSanto K. Is NPH associated with fewer adverse events than analog basal insulin for adults with T2D? (2021) J Fam Pract.70:4, E5-E6.
New Members
Stephanie Weldon new systems library director for Sisters of charity leavenworth. She used to work for the University Health Sciences Library years ago.
Teresa McGinley is a Medical Librarian at Harley E. Rice Medical Library/Centura Health.
Carole A. Durst is a student at Texas Women’s University working on her dual Master's degree in Library Science and Health Studies. She is also a Library Program Coordinator in the Denver Public Library system.
You can see Jacob Galley featured in our new member profile on our website or Facebook.