Congratulations to Medical Library Association awardees from the Middle Atlantic Region

Posted by Kate Flewelling on March 11th, 2019 Posted in: @ the RML, In the Region, Member Highlights

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The staff of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Region, congratulates the recipients of awards and honors from our region of Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Awardees include NNLM MAR’s own Academic and Data Services Coordinator Elaina Vitale who was named a 2019-2020 “Rising Star”!

Awardees will be recognized at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL. For a complete list of awardees, go to the MLA website.

Virginia L. and William K. Beatty Volunteer Service Award

Amy Gische Lyons, AHIP, FMLA, Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Consumer Health Librarian of the Year Award

Judy Carol Stribling, AHIP, Samuel J. Wood Library and C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Fellowship

• Michele Klein-Fedyshin, AHIP, FMLA, Falk Library, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• Amy Gische Lyons, AHIP, FMLA, Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

President’s Award

MLA Education Steering Committee, including

• Carrie L. Iwema, AHIP, Member, Falk Library, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
• Keith C. Mages, AHIP, Member, Samuel J. Wood Library and C.V. Starr Biomedical Information Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
• Latrina Keith, Chapter Council Liaison, D. Samuel Gottesman Library, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
• Donna Berryman, AHIP, Former Chapter Council Liaison, Health Sciences Library, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Librarians without Borders® Ursula Poland International Scholarship

Erin RB Eldermire, Flower-Sprecher Library, Veterinary College, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Medical Informatics Section/MLA Career Development Grant

Lori Winterfeldt, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ossining, NY

MLA Librarians without Borders®/Elsevier Foundation/Research4Life Grants

HINARI and Systematic Review Training in Zimbabwe

• Sarah Young, Hunt Library, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Erin RB Eldermire, Flower-Sprecher Library, Veterinary College, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY