Welcome 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

• 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.

The 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.

• 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.

Jerry Carlson was a panelist and breakout discussion leader for the Clinical Support Immersion Session “Reflect, Renew, Reconnect To Envision A New Service Model For You, Your Customers, and Your Library” at MLA ’22 in New Orleans, LA.

Kimberly Kemp was named Interim Dean of Dayton Memorial Library at Regis University.
 
Ellie Svoboda won best lightning talk and viewer’s choice lightning talk for her presentation, “Highlighting Hidden Costs: Assigning a Dollar Amount to the Library’s Contributions to Systematic Reviews” at the 2022 MCMLA virtual meeting.
 
Dana Abbey, Nina McHale, Kristen DeSanto, Shandra Knight, Christi Piper, Danielle Ostendorff, and Ellie Svoboda won best paper and viewer’s choice paper for their presentation, “Piloting a Buddy Program for New Hires” at the 2022 MCMLA virtual meeting.

Ruby Nugent was awarded an MCMLA STARS Award at the 2022 virtual meeting.
 
Jensen Fisher was appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Medical Library Association.
 
Svoboda E, Chatterjee D, Harnke B. Do I Need to Ask Permission? Applying Fair Use to Educational Activities. J Grad Med Educ. 2022 Oct;14(5):515-518. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-22-00082.1. PubMed PMID: 36274768; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9580316

Marie St. Pierre is an author on a manuscript that has been accepted to Pediatrics, “Defining an Infant’s Race and Ethnicity: A Systematic Review”.
 
Welcome to Morgan Choate, a student member currently earning her MLIS at the University of Denver.

Catisha Benjamin, Marie St. Pierre, Jerry Carlson, and Liz Kellermeyer were renewed, and Ruby Nugent was appointed, as Adjoint Faculty with the Strauss Health Sciences Library.
Liz Kellermeyer and the National Jewish Health library were awarded an NNLM grant to host a hybrid event with Colorado’s Poet Laureate, Bobby LeFebre: Poetry as Praxis: an exploration of collective discourse and civic health. Information here.
Ellie Svoboda has been accepted into the 2022 MLA Research Training Institute (RTI) and was granted a scholarship that will cover the registration fee.
Carole Durst completed the MLA Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) Level II.
Big congratulations to Carole Durst, who will be graduating from Texas Woman’s University in May with dual Master’s degrees in Library Science and Health Studies!

Publications

Raybin JL, Harnke BD, Hendricks-Ferguson V. Does Creative Arts Therapy Improve Distressing Symptoms in Children with Cancer? A Synthesis of Extant Literature. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing. 2022 January; 39(1):60-71.
Phimphasone-Brady P, Palmer B, Vela A, Johnson RL, Harnke B, Hoffecker L, Coons HL, Epperson N. Psychosocial interventions for women with polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. F&S Reviews. 2022 January; 3(1):42-56. 
Cunningham JM, Persoff J, Piper C, Burger A, Shinnar E, Cunnius P, Stella SA, Frank MG. A Framework for Hospital Medicine's Involvement in Disaster Preparedness and Response. Health Secur. 2022 Mar 24. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35333614. 

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). 
 
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. 
 
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. 
 
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. 
 
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. 
 
New Members
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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.