Member Achievements - April, 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."