Thu, 07 May 2026 03:53:16 -0600WeeblyWed, 22 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMThttps://www.ccmlnet.org/member-achievements/member-achievements-april-2026

• Brittany Robinson completed the Manager Certification Program at CU Anschutz.
• Catisha Benjamin has been nominated to become Chair of AAMLA for MLA.
• Lori Micho was elected Chair-Elect of the Complementary and Integrative Health Caucus for MLA
• Catisha Benjamin was a panelist for the MLA session: AHIP 101: A Beginner’s Guide for Medical Librarians.
• Congratulations to all the adjoint faculty who successfully renewed their status for 2025: Catisha Benjamin, Liz Kellermeyer, Rub`y Nugent, and Marie St. Pierre.
• Yumin Jiang and Liz Kellermeyer were invited panelists for MLA’s Collection Development Caucus’s Forum on Collection Development Policies in March.
• Carole Durst was awarded a 2026 MLA Collection Development Professional Development Grant, which she will use to attend the Charleston Conference in November.
• Ruby Nugent received an MLA 2026 Travel Grant to attend the annual conference.

MLA
The following posters will be presented at MLA 2026 in Milwauke, WI:

• Lori Micho and Laura Riley: Small Team, Big Mandate: A Practical Roadmap to Digital Accessibility Compliance in an Institutional Repository
• Catisha Benjamin and Marie St. Pierre: Librarian's Literature Search's contribution to Hospital’s 5 Year Goals
• Brittany Robinson: Growing Smarter Systems: Creating Efficient Student Employee Workflows Through Collaboration
• Brittany Robinson, Rachel Helbing and David Martinez: Improving Virtual Reference Through Collaboration: An AskUs Overhaul
• Ruby Nugent: In U.S. We Trust? Librarians Perspectives on Federal Government Health Information Reliability (presenting during both the RTI Fellow presentation session and in-person poster session)

 
Carole Durst was a session organizer for the Collection Development Symposium: Adaptation and Navigation: Collections in a Time of Change

Publications
Swenson KS, Bothwell S, Zhivotov A, Sieverts A, Devireddy S, Shuff K, Nocon K, Carl A, Molison K, Grzybacz L, Avila B, Ikomi C, Cohen L, Svoboda E, Davis S. Demographic Composition of Participants in Sex Chromosome Aneuploidy Studies Across the Globe: A 20-Year Systematic Review. Am J Med Genet A. 2026 Mar;200(3):619-631. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.64285. Epub 2025 Nov 5. PMID: 41190564.
 
Hua JT, Farah WH, Rose CS, Kellermeyer L, Zell-Baran LM. Silicosis and silica dust sampling in mineral mining across 30 countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 2026 Mar 21. doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-27032-w. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41862874.
 
Liu SH, Shah M, Leslie L, Lo JE, Ansah-Asiedu E, Harnke B, Hauswirth SG, Virgili G, Li T. Artificial Intelligence for Diagnosing Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies. Cornea. 2026 Mar 18;. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000004151. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41931504.
 
Bammann E, Paula de Oliveira Pereira A, Jaramillo D, Harnke B, Dye-Robinson A, Li AS, Krisher L, Ogden PH, Newman LS, Dally M. Scoping Review of Interventions to Prevent CKD of Unknown Origin in Working Populations. Kidney Int Rep. 2026 May;11(5):106379. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2026.106379. eCollection 2026 May. PMID: 41907817. PMCID: PMC13022669.
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]]>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.ccmlnet.org/member-achievements/member-achievements-nov-2025Dana Abbey earned a Public Health Law Academy Certificate.
Liz Kellermeyer renewed AHIP at Distinguished Level.
Hannah Pollard earned a Systematic Review Services Specialization Level I from the Medical Library Association.
Kristen DeSanto earned a Level II Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) from Medical Library Association.
Katherine Downton was appointed to the Joint MLA/AAHSL Legislation Committee.
Rachel Helbing was appointed to the MLA Bylaws Committee.
Tina Drew was appointed one of the co-chairs of the MCMLA 2026 Annual Meeting Planning Committee.
Ben Harnke was appointed Parliamentarian for MCMLA.
Sarah Villere was appointed MCMLA ECLI Taskforce 2026 Co-Chair.
Catisha Benjamin was appointed MCMLA DEI Committee Chair and AAMLA Committee Member.
  
PRESENTATIONS:

2025 AVSL (Association of Vision Science Librarians) meeting:

• Michelle Schonken “The Role of Library Investment in Higher Education Performance:  A T-Test & Regression Analysis of Graduation Rates at Public and Private Universities”
• Michelle Schonken, Laura Riley, Hannah Pollard, and Katherine Downton “Critical Conversations in the Stacks: Dismantling Vocational Awe Through Journal Club Dialogue”

 2025 Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh:

• Lightning talks: Ellie Svoboda, Liz Kellermeyer
• Posters: Dana Abbey, Rachel Helbing, Ruby Nugent, Carole Durst
• Symposium panelist: Liz Kellermeyer

 2025 National REFORMA Conference

• Ruby Nugent co-presented the session, Make Some Noise: Remixing the Scholarly Narrative, with fellow REFORMA Research Committee Members.

South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting

• Sarah Villere was co-author on a poster: Brewed connections: Bringing early career librarians together through virtual coffee chats
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Ruby Nugent and Maggie Shawcross were awarded a professional development grant from NNLM Region 4 to attend and present a variety of scholarship at the NDLA/SDLA/MPLA 2025 Tri-Conference in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
·         Maggie and Ruby taught a pre-conference workshop together entitled A Librarian’s Guide to Consumer Health
·         Maggie presented her session entitled Think Fast, Search Smart: Finding Quality Articles in a Hurry
·         Ruby presented a poster entitled Tell Me More: Demystifying Medical Librarianship

Dana Abbey had several presentations:
 Enhancing Public Health Through Legislative Awareness (co-authors Brown D, Strawley G)

• South Central Chapter of MLA, October 2025
• National Association of County Health Officials, July 2025
• Association of Public Health Nurses, May 2025
• Medical Library Association, May 2025
• New Mexico Public Health Association, May 2025

Unlocking Social Services: Navigating FindHelp.org (co-authors Steele F, Strawley G)

• New Mexico Library Association, October 2025
• South Central Chapter of MLA, October 2025
• Association of Rural and Small Libraries, September 2025

Empowering Communities: Libraries Leading Public Health Partnerships (co-authors Brown D, Strawley G)

• Utah Library Association, May 2025

]]>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 06:00:00 GMThttps://www.ccmlnet.org/member-achievements/member-achievements-apr-2025Congrats to Ruby Nugent, who earned the MLA Systematic Review Services Specialization Level 1. 

Brittany Robinson has been chosen as a 2025 Doody's Core Titles Librarian Selector. Prior to the books being formally added to the DCTs, participants will select core books to add to various healthcare specialties and score those books. 

San José Estépar, R., Barr, R. G., Fain, S. B., Grenier, P. A., Hoffman, E. A., Humphries, Crapo, J., Han, M., Kellermeyer, L., Goldin, J., McCollough, C. H., Newell, J. D., Jr, Miller, B. E., … Lynch, D. A. (2025). The Use of CT Densitometry for the Assessment of Emphysema in Clinical Trials: A Position Paper from the Fleischner Society. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202410-2012SO 

Weiss, J., Gilens, J., Spencer, E., & DeSanto, K. (2025). Are sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors safe in patients with chronic kidney disease? Evidence-Based Practice. https://doi.org/10.1097/EBP.0000000000002350 

Thomas, E. M., Smith, J., Curry, A., Salsberry, M., Ridgeway, K., Hunt, B., Desanto, K., & Falvey, J. R. (2025). Association of physical function with hospital readmissions among older adults: A systematic review. Journal of hospital medicine, 20(3), 277–287. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13538 

Abbey, D., Steele, F., & Strawley, G. (2025). Organizing the World of Social Services: A Review of FindHelp.org. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 29(1), 76–85. https://doi.org/10.1080/15398285.2025.2455340 

Kamara, D., Bernard, A., Clark, E. L. M., Duraccio, K. M., Ingram, D. G., Li, T., Piper, C. R., Cooper, E., & Simon, S. L. (2025). Systematic review and meta-analysis of behavioral interventions for sleep disruption in pediatric neurodevelopmental and medical conditions. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsae096 

​Chiu, W. C., Bugaev, N., Mukherjee, K., Como, J. J., Kasotakis, G., Morris, R. S., Downton, K. D., Ho, V. P., Towe, C. W., Capella, J. M., & Robinson, B. R. H. (2025). Management of pleural effusion in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients: A systematic review and guideline. American journal of surgery, 240, 116144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjsurg.2024.116144

]]>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.ccmlnet.org/member-achievements/member-achievements-feb-2025Welcome to Rachel Helbing, the new Department Head of Education and Research for the Strauss Health Sciences Library.
 
Welcome to new member Brittany Robinson, Access Service Specialist for the Strauss Health Sciences Library.
 
We also welcome Laura Riley to her first in-person CCML meeting. Laura started in June as the new Metadata Librarian for the Strauss Health Sciences Library.
 
Sarah Villere started a new position as the Senior Medical Librarian with Intermountain Health, Saint Joseph Hospital.
 
Kimberly Kemp was awarded a place on the Fulbright Specialist Roster. Though not guaranteed a project, she will remain on the roster for 3 years in the hopes of being matched with one of their short-term collaborative projects focused on education and training.
 
Carole Durst been chosen as a 2025 Doody's Core Titles Librarian Selector. Prior to the books being formally added to the DCTs, participants will select core books to add to various healthcare specialties and score those books.
 
Congratulations to all the adjoint faculty who successfully renewed their status for 2025: Catisha Benjamin, Jerry Carlson, Liz Kellermeyer, Ruby Nugent, and Marie St. Pierre.
 
 
Publications and Presentations

Michelle Schonken had a poster presentation, “Assessing Journals for Predatory Practices: Lessons from Revamping the Vetted List of Vision Science Journals Instrument,” at the Library Assessment Conference in Portland, OR.
 
Michelle also co-edited the latest edition of the Association of Vision Science Opening Day List, a compilation of recommended books and journals for a vision science collection: Schonken M, Dow M, Allen C, eds. Opening Day List. Association of Vision Science Librarians. Updated January 16, 2025.
 
Krupinski, E., Abbey, D., Muralidaran, M., Steele, F., Strawley, G. (2025). Libraries as Telehealth Hubs: Bridging the Digital Divide and Expanding Healthcare Access. Telemedicine Reports, 6(1): 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmr.2024.0075
 
Gottman, D. C., Corbisiero, M. F., Saeedi, A., Bothwell, S., Svoboda, E. Ai, A., Roy, S. (2024). Assessing robotic-assisted procedures in otolaryngology: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2024.112175
 
Hinckley, J. D., Conner, B. T., Mauch, R., Arkfeld, P. A., Bhatia, D., Smith, E. E., Svoboda, E., Singh, M. K. (2024). A systematic review: Investigating biomarkers of anhedonia and amotivation in depression and cannabis use. JAACAP Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaacop.2024.08.005
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Ben Harnke, Christi Piper, and Katherine Downton presented a live MLA CE webinar: “Navigating Burnout: Strategies for Re-engaging in Systematic Review Work.”

Sarah Villere presented at the MCMLA Virtual Conference, “Assessing the library needs of health sciences students on a satellite campus”

Liz Kellermeyer presented a lightning talk at the MCMLA Virtual Conference, “Calculating Cost per Use Statistics for ClinicalKey Packages.”

Publications and Presentations

• Abbey D, McHale N, Desanto K, Galley J, Knight S, Piper C, Ostendorf D, Svoboda, E. Piloting a Buddy Program for New Hires. SCCC/MLA Annual Conference. Dallas, TX, October 2024.
• Abbey D, Hiner S, Larson K, Strawley G. The Proximity Project: Using GIS to Develop Collaborations and Partnerships. SCC/MLA Annual Conference. Dallas, TX, October 2024.
• Abbey D, Leaf B. NNLM Regional and National Program Updates. SCC/MLA Annual Conference. Dallas, TX, October 2024.
• Abbey D, Brown D, Strawley G. Empowering Communities: Libraries Leading Public Health Partnerships. Arizona Library Association Conference. Scottsdale, AZ, October 2024.
• Abbey D, Brown D, Strawley G. Using the AIDET® Tool to Enhance the Reference Interview. Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association Conference. Online, October 2024.
• Abbey D, Brown D, Strawley G. Empowering Communities: Libraries Supporting Public Health Initiatives.  Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association Conference. Online, October 2024.
• Abbey D, Brown D, Strawley G. Using the AIDET® Tool to Enhance the Reference Interview. Wyoming Library Association. Casper, WY, October 2024.
• Abbey D, Brown D, Strawley G. Using the AIDET® Tool to Enhance the Reference Interview. South Dakota Library Association. Aberdeen, SD, September 2024.
• Abbey D. Exploring Complementary and Integrative Health Resources​. Colorado Association of Libraries. Breckenridge, CO, September 2024.
  

• ​Abbey D. Tracking Substance Use Disorder Legislation. HHS Region 8 Substance Use Disorder Meeting. Online, September 2024.
  
• ​Retrouvey, H., Harmange, C., Saggaf, M., DeSanto, K., Leversedge, F. J., & Lauder, A. (2024). Low-Velocity Ballistic Trauma-Related Upper Extremity Nerve Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 10.5435/JAAOS-D-24-00121. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.5435/JAAOS-D-24-00121 
  
• ​Thomas, E. M., Smith, J., Curry, A., Salsberry, M., Ridgeway, K., Hunt, B., Desanto, K., & Falvey, J. R. (2024). Association of physical function with hospital readmissions among older adults: A systematic review. Journal of hospital medicine, 10.1002/jhm.13538. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.13538 
  
• Mader, K., Harper, L., & DeSanto, K. (2024). Is patient satisfaction improved with immediate access to test results (ie, through a patient portal)? Evidence-Based Practice. https://doi.org/10.1097/EBP.0000000000002164 
  
• Banks, L., Oberle, L., Olsen, G., Radi, R., & DeSanto, K. (2024). Is aspiration and injection of popliteal cyst an effective treatment of symptomatic popliteal cyst? Evidence-Based Practice. http://doi.org/10.1097/EBP.0000000000002237 
  
• Lyon, C., Rabaza, C., Lines, E., Johnson, M., & DeSanto, K. (2024). Are intranasal steroids an effective treatment of sleep apnea in pediatric patients? Evidence-Based Practice. https://doi.org/10.1097/EBP.0000000000002165 
  
• Neuman, M., Keil, M., & DeSanto, K. (2024). Is physical therapy effective for chronic osteoarthritis knee pain control in adults? Evidence-Based Practice. 
  
• Kattih, Z., Bade, B., Hatabu, H., Brown, K., Parambil, J., Hata, A., Mazzone, P. J., Machnicki, S., Guerrero, D., Chaudhry, M. Q., Kellermeyer, L., Johnson, K., Cohen, S., Ramdeo, R., Naidich, J., Borczuck, A., & Raoof, S. (2024). Interstitial Lung Abnormality: Narrative Review of the Approach to Diagnosis and Management. Chest, S0012-3692(24)05294-2. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2024.09.033 
  
• Carlson, J. (2024). The Here For You Librarian Rides Again: Mobile Library Service in a Multihospital System. Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 24(4), 371–374. https://doi.org/10.1080/15323269.2024.2397919

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• Congratulations to Ben Harnke and Ellie Svoboda who both received promotions July! Ellie is now a Senior Instructor and Ben is an Associate Professor. 
• Michelle Schonken, Ellie Svoboda, and Hannah Pollard contributed to the book lists for Ophthalmology, Ambulatory Nursing, and Pharmacology, respectively for the Doody’s Core Titles 2024 edition.
• Yumin Jiang was awarded a $5,000 Colorado State Library grant to apply towards the library’s collection costs.
• Jensen Fisher was awarded a $5,000 IAMSE- ScholarRx Curriculum Development Grant for a project, “RxMortar: Integrating Disciplines and Organ Systems with MeSAGE Social Accountability and DEI”
    

Publications and Presentations

The MLA Annual Meeting:

• Christi Piper, Ben Harnke, Kristen DeSanto, Ellie Svoboda, and Hannah Pollard: “Do I really need to work with a Librarian?: Exploring the Reporting and Reproducibility of Comprehensive Reviews Published on an Academic Medical Campus” [paper presentation]
• Catisha Benjamin, Ruby Nugent, Marie St Pierre, Ellie Svoboda, Emily Petersen, Jerry Carlson, Kristen DeSanto, Liz Kellermeyer, Melissa De Santis, Michelle Schonken, Ben Harnke. “Academic and Hospital Libraries: Stronger Together with Shared Resources” [paper presentation]
• Liz Kellermeyer. “Calculating Cost per Use Statistics for ClinicalKey Packages” [lightning talk]
• Ruby Nugent, Liz Kellermeyer. “Integrating Journal Impact Factor Metrics into Citation Reports” [lightning talk]
• Sara Villere, Annisija Hunter. “Bridging the Gap: Engaging the LIS Student in Health Sciences Librarianship” [poster]
• Christi Piper, Ben Harnke, Kristen DeSanto, Ellie Svoboda, and Hannah Pollard. “Creating and Validating an Institutional Search Hedge” [poster]
• Lucy Carr Jones, Andrea Denton, and Hannah Pollard. “Evaluating Library Data Services Consultations” [poster]

 
Miller, D. T., Michael, S., Bell, C., Brevik, C. H., Kaplan, B., Svoboda, E., & Kendall, J. (2024). Physical and biophysical markers of assessment in medical training: A scoping review of the literature. Medical Teacher, 1–9. 
 
Walsh, C. J., Friedman, J. C., Piper, C., & Conageski, C. (2024). A Scoping Review of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Dysplasia. Journal of lower genital tract disease, 28(3), 240–253. 
 
Anagnostou, A., Mack, D. P., Johannes, S., Shaker, M., Abrams, E. M., DeSanto, K., & Greenhawt, M. (2024). The Safety and Efficacy of Baked Egg and Milk Dietary Advancement Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 12(9), 2468–2480. 

Floyd, J., DeSanto, K., Bitler, B. G., & Brubaker, L. W. (2024). Polycomb Repressor Complex 1 (PRC1) in ovarian cancer: A scoping literature review. Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 202, 104456. 
 
Labeikovsky, W. & Abbey, D. (2024). Mapping and evaluation of community resources, access, and populations using public-use software and data files. In L. P. Cantwell-Jukovic & T. E. Pierce (Eds.), Spatial literacy in public health: Faculty-librarian teaching collaborations. ALA: ACRL
 
Melissa Kovac is author on a Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies white paper that will be featured at this year’s World Apheresis Association conference in Indonesia. “Optimizing Apheresis Procedures in Pediatrics: A Child Is Not a Young Adult”
 
Michelle Schonken and Ruby Nugent, MCMLA Disability Pride Month webinar "Accessibility Essentials: Crafting Inclusive Presentations & Posters"
 
Ellie Svoboda and Hannah Pollard , COLTT 2024 conference, “AI, OER, & Copyright”
 
Fisher J., Yang A., Sullivan P., Clark S., Duncan M., Frazee J. Compassionate Care and Competence: Transforming Medical Education through Rocky Vista University's Urban Underserved Track. Invited talk at the 2024 Colorado Healthcare Ethics Forum Annual Conference, May 23, 2024, Denver, CO.]]>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.ccmlnet.org/member-achievements/member-achievements-nov-2023The MCMLA Annual Meeting was held this month and there are lots of kudos related to the meeting:

• Ruby Nugent was welcomed as incoming Chair.
• Congratulations to Ellie Svoboda, who won the Best Research Lightning Talk award for “Filling the Gaps: Collecting Instruction Data for Meaningful Benchmarking”
• Ellie also presented a second lightning talk: "Gold Stars: Creating Certificates for Library Class Attendees"
• Hannah Pollard presented a lightning talk: “An Analysis of Publications Regarding Scholarly Activity Among Osteopathic Education Institutions”
• Ben Harnke presented a paper that was co-authored by Kristen DeSanto, Nina McHale, Christi Piper, Hannah Pollard, and Ellie Svoboda: “Creating and Validating an Institutional Search Hedge”

 As the Chair of the MLA Vision Science Caucus, Michelle Schonken gave the Caucus leadership report at the Association of Vision Science Librarians (AVSL) meeting and was co-author on the poster "Publish or Perish in a Catch 22: AVSL's Work to Combat Predatory Publishing" at the American Academy of Optometry conference.
 
 
Publications and Presentations
 
Harris KT, Kong L, Vargas M, Hou V, Pyrzanowski JL, DeSanto K, Wilcox DT, Wood D. Considerations and outcomes for adolescents and young adults with cloacal anomalies: a scoping review of urologic, colorectal, gynecologic and psychosocial concerns. Urology.
 
Terhune E, Heyn P, Piper C, Wethey C, Monley A, Cuevas M, Hadley Miller N. Association between genetic polymorphisms and risk of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in case-control studies: a systematic review. J Med Genet. 2023 Sep 11:jmg-2022-108993. doi: 10.1136/jmg-2022-108993. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37696603.
 
Abbey, D., Chavez, T., Downing, K., Kennedy, B., & Killham, J. (2023, October). Take ’em back: The importance of proper prescription drug disposal. Public Libraries Online Take em Back The Importance of Proper Prescription Drug Disposal. 
 
Radi R, Huang H, Rivera J, Lyon C, DeSanto K. Is low-dose naltrexone effective in chronic pain management? Journal of Family Practice. 2023;72(7):320-321. PMID: 37729143. doi:10.12788/jfp.0654
 
Shawcross MC. Preferred Professional Development Methods for Health Science Librarians. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 2023. doi:10.1080/15323269.2023.2262911
 
 
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• Congrats to Catisha Benjamin, who renewed her AHIP certification at the Senior level. 
• ​Catisha Benjamin has been promoted to the Doody’s Library Board of Advisors.
• Carole Durst participated as a List Selector for Doody’s Special Topics Booklist: PTSD and Informed Trauma, published July 2023.
• Carole Durst was also accepted to be trained as a mentor for The Kindred Mamas, a program which has the support of Children's Hospital Colorado. The program helps connect African American women who are new moms with the resources they need, such as hospital and community partner resources and medical information, fosters self-efficacy, and offers emotional support. 
• Nina McHale who was selected to receive a Sewell Fund stipend that will allow her to attend the AACP (Amer Assoc of Colleges of Pharmacy) Annual Meeting. 
• Congrats to Hannah Pollard who was recently accepted as a member of the Fall 2023 cohort of the Data Services Continuing Professional Education (DSCPE). DSCPE is a ten-week online intensive learning experience geared toward preparing working librarians to provide needed data services. 
• Ruby Nugent was selected to enroll in the Fundamentals of Health Data Science course, hosted by the NNLM National Center for Data Services. This 9-week class covers the basics of programming in Python for data science projects in health sciences and enrollment was limited. 
• Jensen Fisher was awarded the "Research Support Person of the Year" award by Rocky Vista University on July 17, 2023. This award is given to the research support staff member who has made the most significant contributions to the university's research program. Jensen was recognized for his dedication, expertise, and commitment to excellence in research support.
  
  

Publications and Presentations

Lehn C, Chipman C, Augustine S, Lyon C, DeSanto K. Trigger point injection for low back pain. American Family Physician. 2023;108(1):85-86. PMID: 37440745

Morse B, Soares A, Kwan BM, Allen M, Lee RS, Desanto K, Holliman BD, Ytell K, Schilling LM. A transgender health information resource: participatory design study. Journal of Medical Internet Research – Human Factors. 2023;10:e42382. PMID: 37318836. doi: 10.2196/42382

Gates M, Beagle M, Bull L, Radi R, Lyon C, DeSanto K. Does hormone replacement therapy prevent cognitive decline in postmenopausal women? Journal of Family Practice. 2023;72(4):E10-E11. PMID: 37224546. doi:10.12788/jfp.0594

Tavee J, Brannagan TH 3rd, Lenihan MW, Muppidi S, Kellermeyer L, D Donofrio P; AANEM. Updated consensus statement: Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of neuromuscular disorders report of the AANEM ad hoc committee. Muscle Nerve. 2023 Jul 11. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37432872. doi: 10.1002/mus.27922

Kondrad E, Westling A, Burke E, Weldon S. Metformin vs. Lifestyle Changes for Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Am Fam Physician. 2023 Apr;107(4):422-423. PMID: 37054421.

Svoboda E. Creating a Curated Open Educational Resource (OER) Guide on a Health Sciences Campus. Doody’s Core Titles. https://www.doody.com/dct/PublicFeaturedArticle.asp?SiteContentID=463

Submitted for publication:

Lon J Van Winkle, Shane L. Rogers, Bradley O Thornock, Brian D Schwartz, Alexis Horst, Jensen Fisher, and Nicole Michels, "Survey of attitudes toward performing and reflecting on required team service-learning (SASL): Psychometric data and reliability/validity for healthcare professions students in preclinical courses" to be considered for publication in Frontiers in Medicine, section Healthcare Professions Education.

Jean M. Bouquet, DO, FAWM, FACOFP, Rayyan Naji, Carlos Armas, Valentina Roldan, Shadi Selkhi, Camille Bentley, DO, MPH, FACOFP, Isain Zapata, Ph.D., Jensen Fisher, MLIS, "An Innovative Design for the Vaginal Speculum" to be considered for publication in the Journal of Medical Devices and Research.

Presentations:

The following paper and lightning talk presentations were given at the annual MLA conference:

• Hannah Pollard (paper): "An Analysis of Publications Regarding Scholarly Activity Among Osteopathic Education Institutions" with Molly Montgomery, Megan DeArmond and Katie Hoskins
• Dana Abbey (paper): “Piloting a Buddy Program for New Hires”
• Dana Abbey (paper): “Mentoring Health Science Library Students: Practices and Perceptions from a Regional Program” with David M. Brown
• Ellie Svoboda (lightning talk): “Filling the Gaps: Collecting Instruction Data for Meaningful Benchmarking”

New Members 
We are happy to welcome Lori Micho as a new member to CCML. Lori is the Special Collections Librarian for the Strauss-Wisneski Indigenous & Integrative Health Collection at Strauss.]]>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:00:00 GMThttps://www.ccmlnet.org/member-achievements/member-achievements-apr-2023

• Congratulations to Ruby Nugent, who was named a co-recipient of the Medical Library Association’s 2023 Carla J. Funk Governmental Relations Award! This award recognizes Ruby for her work leading a group of medical librarians and subject experts in creating new MeSH terms for the MLA Latinx Caucus Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project.  
• Hannah Pollard  renewed her AHIP certification at a higher level! Hannah is now at the Senior level. 
• Hannah Pollard was elected as the MCMLA Chapter Council Representative and will begin her three-year term at the close of this year’s MLA business meeting.

Publications and Presentations

Herman D, Ghazipura M, Barnes H, Macrea M, Knight SL, Silver RM, Montesi SB, Raghu G, Hossain T. Mycophenolate in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2023 Apr 7. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202301-054OC. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37027538.

Radi R, Ng W, Simcoe R, Lyon C, DeSanto K. (2023). Dry needling for low back pain. American Family Physician, 107(3), 299-300. PMID: 36920827.

Connolly, T., & Svoboda, E. (2023). Open Educational Resources in Nursing Curricula: A Systematic Review. Journal of Nursing Education, 62(3), 147-154. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20230109-04

Makic, MBF., & Svoboda, E. (2023). Staying Informed of Best Evidence to Guide Practice. AACN Advanced Clinical Care, 34(1), 63-66. doi: 10.4037/aacnacc2023372

Misky GJ, Sharpe B, Weaver AC,Niranjan-Azadi A, Gupta A, Rennke S, Ludwin S, Piper C, et al. (2023). Faculty Development in Academic Hospital Medicine: a Scoping Review. J Gen Int Med.

Accepted for publication:

Spencer C, Sitarz J, Fouse J, DeSanto K. Nurses’ rationale for underreporting of patient and visitor perpetrated workplace violence: a systematic review. BMC Nursing.
Zachary Vinton OMS IV, Kevin Wolfe OMS IV, Jensen Fisher MLIS, Amanda Brooks Ph.D. Calcific Aortic Valve Disease and the Implications of Celecoxib Use. Journal of Clinical Medicine.

Presentations:

Rachel Linger Ph.D., Jaqueline Powell Ph.D., Jensen Fisher MLIS. Oral Presentation: "Using Course Evaluations as a tool to mitigate implicit bias and stereotypes in educational content." International Association of Medical Science Educators Conference 2023, June 11, Cancun, Mexico. 

Amanda Brooks Ph.D., Lynne Stephenson M.Ed., Jensen Fisher MLIS. Poster session: "Pursuing Scholarly Activity Without Overburdening Your Schedule (249)". American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Annual Conference: Educating Leaders 2023, April 28, Baltimore, Maryland.

​Jensen Fisher was also a featured speaker at the 2023 NNLM National Virtual Health Misinformation Symposium. The session was held on April 6th from 11:30-12:30, and titled "Turning The Tide Against Medical Misinformation About Transgender Youth and Gender-Affirming Care Will Take All Of Us."]]>Fri, 24 Feb 2023 07:00:00 GMThttps://www.ccmlnet.org/member-achievements/member-achievements-feb-2023

• Carole Durst successfully earned the Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) level 1 through the Medical Library Association. 
  
  
• Kim O'Neill was awarded Outstanding Affiliate Faculty for the Loretto Heights School of Nursing for 2021
  
  
• Ellie Svoboda was accepted as a Provisional member of AHIP – the Academy of Health Information Professionals.
  
  
• Ruby Nugent was selected to participate in the Pilot Training Class on Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK) from December and January.  This intensive 40 hour, 5 week course included 15 students and 5 mentors focused on teaching attendees how by learning more about computable applications they can be part of delivering this knowledge and resources to other librarians and healthcare providers. 
  
  
• Ruby Nugent co-presented at the REFORMA National Conference  with other MLA Latinx Caucus members and academic colleagues outlining a year-long Hispanic/Latinx Inclusive Terminologies Project. This task force was made up of two project teams which conducted  a comprehensive scoping review of Hispanic/Latinx terminology specific to the United States in an effort to capture and recognize the diversity of this population. Based on what they found, they then developed several MeSH and Subject Heading suggestions that were then formally submitted to NLM for consideration.
  
  
• Emily Peterson will be a Doody’s Core Title selector for 2022.
  
  
• Alex Austermann created a historical timeline for Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s 125th anniversary and created a new homepage for the library catalog to showcase it. She is currently working on another timeline for research history.
  
  

Publications

O’Neill, K. (2021). The Little Cemetery that Moved. Regis University Magazine, 29(2). https://issuu.com/regisuniversity/docs/21-mkcm-magazinefa21-final-lowres_1_/24
 
Connolly, T., Coats, H., DeSanto, K., Jones J. (2021). The experience of uncertainty for patients, families and healthcare providers in post-stroke palliative and end-of-life care: a qualitative meta-synthesis. Age and Ageing. 50(2):534-545. PMID: 33206952. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa229
 
Weeks, A., Justice, A. V., Nugent, R., Rodriguez, B., & Linares, B. (2021). ¡Presente!: Affirming Latinx voices within health sciences library scholarship. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 109(4), 693–696. https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2021.1295
 
Melissa Kovac is acknowledged in the following publications:
Beraud, M., Goodhue Meyer, E., Lozano, M., Bah, A., Vassallo, R., & Brown, B. L. (2022). Lessons learned from the use of convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 and specific considerations for immunocompromised patients. Transfus Apher Sci, 103355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transci.2022.103355
 
Sethi, D., Martin, K. E., Shrotriya, S., & Brown, B. L. (2021). Systematic literature review evaluating evidence and mechanisms of action for platelet-rich plasma as an antibacterial agent. J Cardiothorac Surg, 16(1), 277. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-021-01652-2
 
New Members

Alex Austermann is a Research Librarian with Colorado Parks & Wildlife. She states that while she doesn’t provide medical information about people, she does provide articles to researchers, biologists and vets about wildlife.]]>