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Mar
05
0 comments Tags: Parkinsons disease; Micrographia
The following blog post is written by one of our newest network members, Saba Shahid, the Chief Smiling Officer of The Art Cart, a creativity and movement program for people living with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). As defined by MedlinePlus, PD is a type of movement disorder and occurs when nerve cells in the brain do… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Patient Engagement, Public Health
Feb
23
0 comments Tags: business of healthcare, hospital librarians, hospital library advisory group
On Jan 25, 2018, NNLM NER hosted a webinar on the Business of Healthcare. This webinar is part of an intermittent series aimed at addressing the professional development needs of hospital librarians in the New England Region. Topics are determined by NNLM NER’s Hospital Libraries Advisory Group (HLAG). Example topics include: DOCLINE Update; Advanced PubMed;… Read More »
Feb
20
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The following is the second in a series of blog posts written by NER funded grant recipients. Through these posts you can read about how NLM resources are promoting health in our New England communities. This week’s blog post was written by Meaghan McCarthy, the Eureka! Program Manager from the Girls Inc. organization located in Worcester,… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Funded Project, NLM, Public Health
Feb
09
0 comments Tags: community engagement, hospital librarians, public libraries
Guest post by Alan Lampson, Lead, Frymoyer Community Health Resource Center, University of Vermont Medical Center On June 21, NNLM NER kicked off a 4-part Community of Interest (COI) class on Community Health Engagement with an introductory session. We discussed what a COI is – a community of people who share a common interest or… Read More »
Posted in: Communities of Interest
Feb
06
0 comments Tags: Data, data_science, eScience
NER is happy to welcome our newest staff member, Karen Coghlan. Karen is a recent graduate from the University of Alabama Library Science School. Karen also holds a MS In Biology from Tufts University and JD from Villanova. Karen has worked as a STEM/Technology high school and middle school teacher and as a long-term substitute… Read More »
Posted in: Announcements