Welcome Miles Dietz-Castel, Office Coordinator for the NNLM Greater Midwest Region office. Miles joined the GMR of National Network of Libraries of Medicine this January. In his new role, Miles will be assisting the GMR office as it fulfills its mission to improve and provide equal access of biomedical information to health professionals and theContinue reading “Welcome Miles Dietz-Castel, NNLM/GMR Office Coordinator!”
Category Archives: Greater Midwest Region
Sam Watson, MLIS | Outreach Specialist | National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region
Meet Sam Watson, Outreach Specialist for the National Library of Medicine-Greater Midwest Region. As a late comer to the library field, I’m still grooming my information professional pedigree. I bring with me an academic librarian instruction and science liaison experience from my time at Knox College and an MLIS degree from my fledgling librarian yearsContinue reading “Sam Watson, MLIS | Outreach Specialist | National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Greater Midwest Region”
Brittney Thomas, MLIS | All of Us Manager
Meet Brittney Thomas, Manager for the NNLM All of Us Coordinating Center. Brittney joined the Greater Midwest Region of the National Network of the Libraries of Medicine in November and has spent the last few weeks learning as much as she can about health librarianship. In her new role, Brittney will be coordinating outreach andContinue reading “Brittney Thomas, MLIS | All of Us Manager”
UI awarded $3.6M NIH Grant for “All of Us” personal medicine initiative
Originally published in IowaNow online. UI to lead national campaign educating Americans, health care professionals about precision medicine $3.6 million NIH grant will make the UI a national hub for creating and distributing educational information for the ‘All of Us’ initiative By: Richard C. Lewis | 2017.11.29 | 09:45 am The University of Iowa is poised to lead aContinue reading “UI awarded $3.6M NIH Grant for “All of Us” personal medicine initiative”
Underserved Health Communities Project | Greater Midwest Region | National Libraries of Medicine
The Greater Midwest Region National Network of Libraries of Medicine at Hardin Library has launched the Underserved Health Communities Project which is an interactive map showing data and stories related to twenty medically underserved counties within the ten state Greater Midwest Region which includes Iowa. The project includes an interactive map that highlights these twentyContinue reading “Underserved Health Communities Project | Greater Midwest Region | National Libraries of Medicine”
Health News from the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) Office @Hardin Library | February 2017
The GMR Office is using its Facebook page to help members make connections between health news and available National Library of Medicine (NLM) resources and databases. Health news is presented to us daily and the GMR Office hopes to increase health literacy by linking these current health issues to a variety of resources to help itsContinue reading “Health News from the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) Office @Hardin Library | February 2017”
Bindings, UI Libraries Magazine, features story on Regional Medical Library @Hardin
The Spring issue of Bindings has a story on Hardin Library’s $6.5 million dollar grant and designation as a Regional Medical Library. Bindings also contains other information about the University of Iowa Libraries services, programs, and exhibits. Read the complete issue online. Request printed copies.