Congratulations to the 2020 MLA Awards, Grants, and Scholarships Recipients!

Posted by elizabethwaltman on March 27th, 2020 Posted in: All Posts

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Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 Medical Library Association (MLA) awards and honors in the NNLM Southeastern/Atlantic Region!

All recipients will be recognized at the Medical Library Association 2020 Annual Meeting. Visit the MLA Website for a full list of Awards, Grants and Scholarships and 2020 President’s Awards recipients.

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AWARDS AND HONORS

Frank Bradway Rogers Information Advancement Award

• Gail Kouame, Greenblatt Library, Augusta University, Augusta, GA

Janet Doe Lectureship for 2021

• Sandra G. Franklin, AHIP, FMLA, Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Fellowships

• Teresa L. Knott, AHIP, FMLA, Tompkins-McCaw Library of the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond

Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Awards

• Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond

Rising Stars 2020–2021

• Erin M. Smith, University Libraries, Virginia Tech–Blacksburg

Rittenhouse Award

Data Sharing Barriers during Infectious Disease Outbreaks

• Sarah Clarke, AHIP, Darnall Medical Library, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD

2020 President’s Awards

The President’s Award is given to MLA members who have been selected by the association’s offices and Board of Directors for notable or important contributions that enhance the profession of health sciences librarianship or further the objectives of the association.

Futures Task Force, 2013-2014

• Tara Douglas-Williams, AHIP, M. Delmar Edwards, M.D. Library, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
• Lisa Federer, AHIP, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
• Heather N. Holmes, AHIP, Libraries, MUSC Library, Medical University of South Carolina–Charleston
• Steven L. MacCall, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama–Tuscaloosa
• Anne K. Seymour, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• M.J. Tooey, AHIP, FMLA, Health Sciences & Human Services Library and Southeastern/Atlantic Region, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, University of Maryland–Baltimore

Strategic Priorities Task Force, 2015–2016

• Teresa L. Knott, AHIP, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond

Rising Stars, 2016–2017

• Tony Nguyen, AHIP, Southeastern/Atlantic Region, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Health Sciences & Human Services Library, University of Maryland–Baltimore

Communities Strategic Goal Task Force, 2016–2019

• Teresa L. Knott, AHIP, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond
• Anne K. Seymour, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Communities Transition Team, 2019–2020

• Keith W. Cogdill, AHIP, NIH Library, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
• Shannon D. Jones, AHIP, MUSC Libraries, Medical University of South Carolina–Charleston
• Teresa L. Knott, AHIP, Tompkins-McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University–Richmond
• Beverly Murphy, AHIP, FMLA, Medical Center Library & Archives, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC