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Areas of Responsibility
- Responsible for the consumer health information outreach program in the Pacific Southwest Region
- Develops and provides training to librarians and other health information providers to help them offer consumer health services
- Conducts demonstrations, presentations, and offers support for consumer health resources from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), including MedlinePlus, ClinicalTrials.gov, NIHSeniorHealth, and other NLM databases
- Promotes NLM and National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) resources and programs
- Develops partnerships with libraries and community-based organizations for health programming
Background
- MLIS, University of California, Los Angeles; BA, Linguistics, University of California Davis
- Member of the Medical Library Association, American Library Association, and the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona
- Past membership chair of MLA Consumer and Patient Health Information Section
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