NLM is kicking off the start of the summer with a blood drive called NLM Gives Back as a way to invest in our community.
During June, July, and August, you can make a difference by registering to give blood at the NIH Blood Bank on the Main Campus where your donations will support NLM Gives Back.
Donations are by appointment only, so contact the NIH Blood Bank to schedule your appointment today – and don’t forget to mention you are an NLM staff member. Details on how to make an appointment, timing donations around vaccinations, and other information can be found on the NIH Blood Bank homepage. Federal staff can be granted up to 2 hours of Administrative Leave per donation.
Updates about the blood drive will be in upcoming issues of NLM Insider.
For questions, please contact the NLM Office of Communications and Public Liaison at NLMCommunications@nlm.nih.gov.
A recent Musings from the Mezzanine blog post highlighted the outstanding efforts and representation of NLM at the virtual Medical Library Association (MLA) conference. Read the full story here and be sure to subscribe to the blog for all the latest from Dr. Brennan and our NLM/NIH colleagues.
Can you answer the following questions from the MLA 2021 Trivia Night with Dr. Brennan? Answers will be provided in the July issue of the NLM Insider!
Q1: How many clinical trials are currently testing LSD? Answer Options: A) 97 B) 136 C) 68 or D) 121
Q2: How many miles of shelving is there at NLM? No Answer Options. Take a wild guess!
Q3. What are CDE’s? Hint: 5 letter word SPACE 4 letter word SPACE 8 letter word
Histamines are what make up allergies. Why do we have such an annoying chemical and what can be done about it? Subscribe to the NLM YouTube channel and find out!
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Building repairs, pre-renovations, and renovations have been ongoing during the time of maximum telework. Here are some highlights. For all renovation and construction updates, please visit the NLM wiki.
Building 38A: AV equipment being installed in 9th floor conference spaces.
Building 38A: AV equipment being installed in 9th floor conference spaces.
Building 38A: Bird's eye view of the Data Center utility worksite and tunnel. Road and walkway temporarily shifted.
Building 38A: Road and walkway shifted to make space for Data Center utility worksite.
Outside of Building 38: Stairwell nearest loading dock is being replaced. The ramp to the loading dock entrance is open.
Building 38 by the front entrance: Protection for trees for forthcoming excavation. This will solve water penetration issues on the south side of Building 38.
Building 38 front entrance: Preparing for new stonework and handrails to improve the appearance and correct issues with entrance.
Dr. Michael Chiang, in addition to his role as Director of the National Eye Institute, will join NLM’s Intramural Research Program as an investigator in ophthalmic informatics. Dr. Chiang was an NLM fellow from 2001-2003, and almost all of his research work has involved biomedical informatics in areas such as telehealth, artificial intelligence, data science, and EHRs.
He is most looking forward to interdisciplinary collaborative research with colleagues that advance our ability to take better care of patients. He has always been amazed to see how people with different backgrounds (academic or otherwise) can approach a problem from different perspectives to develop new insights.
Dr. Chiang hasn’t watched a single TV show for almost 20 years…until this pandemic. During the quarantine, he and his family watched all 22 Marvel Cinematic Universe movies.
Welcome New Intramural Research Program (IRP) Trainees
This summer, hundreds of students will log on for the 2021 NIH Virtual Summer Internship Program. NLM is proud to recognize our incoming summer trainees and new Postdoctoral Fellows to the IRP. We look forward to seeing research progress this summer at NLM.
Additionally, congratulations to the mentors who have won the Office of Intramural Training and Education Mentor Award.
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Tochi Oguguo
Mentor: Dr. Ghada Zamzmi
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Vishesh Javangula
Mentor: Dr. Vinh Nguyen
- Goonmeet Bajaj
- Thilini Wijesiriwardene
- Brian Ondov – Postdoctoral Fellow
- Oliver Bear Don't Walk IV
- Deahan Yu
- Sreenidhi Sankararaman
- Deniz Kavzak Ufuktepe
- Keith Dufault-Thompson – Postdoctoral Fellow
- Ashley Weiss
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Solome Teferi
Mentor: Dr. Nash Rochman
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Maryori Maloney Lopez
Mentor: Dr. Nash Rochman
- Amr Elsawy – Postdoctoral Fellow
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Elaheh Aghaarabi
Mentor: Dr. Qingyu Chen
- Aaron Sun
- Ivvone Zhou
- Kaily Johnson
- James Han
- Andrew Moyer
This month, we celebrate the first NIH Emeritus from NLM, a Mover & Shaker, and recognize two retirements.
NLM is proud to announce the appointment of Stephen F. Altschul, PhD as a Scientist Emeritus at the NIH. Dr. Altschul is the first NLM intramural investigator to receive this honor. In this role, Dr. Altschul will continue to collaborate with scientists inside and outside of NIH, complete existing and join new research projects, and write and review scientific journal articles.
Dr. Altschul retired as a Senior Investigator from the Computational Biology Branch at NCBI on September 30, 2020. Over the course of 35 years at NLM, Dr. Altschul managed a robust bioinformatics research portfolio.
2021 Library Journal Mover & Shaker
Congratulations, Kathryn (Katie) Funk, Project Manager of PubMed Central who was named a 2021 Mover & Shaker by Library Journal. Ms. Funk was recognized for helping launch the Public Health Emergency COVID-19 Initiative, providing open access to coronavirus-related research and data as part of a collaboration with publishers and journals.
Congratulations to Patricia Gallagher who will retire on June 30. Since 2012, Patricia has been a librarian in our National Information Center on Health Services Research & Health Care Technology (NICHSR) and later in the Public Services Division. Prior to NLM, Patricia worked at the New York Academy of Medicine. She was honored to serve two terms on the Leiter Committee, including last year, when the Leiter Lecture was hosted virtually for the first time.
Stephen Greenberg, PhD, head of the History of Medicine Division’s (HMD) Rare Books and Early Manuscripts (RBEM) Section, will retire from NLM on June 30, following 29 years of federal service. Dr. Greenberg has worked as a rare book librarian in HMD at the National Library of Medicine since 1992 and as the Head of the RBEM Section since 2017. Dr. Greenberg has exemplified the very best of public service.
IRP Tenure-Track or Tenure-Eligible Investigator in Clinical Data Science
IRP Tenure-Track or Tenure-Eligible Investigator in Biomedical Image Processing
The NIH Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers employees professional consultation, short-term counseling, workshops, and online resources from licensed mental health professionals to enhance personal and professional wellbeing. EAP is a confidential, no cost benefit for all staff members and their immediate family. For more information contact the EAP office at (301) 496-3164 or visit their website for online resources here.
NLM Town Hall – June
Link to be provided in Broadcast email.
06/30 at 10:30 am
NLM Intramural Research Program (IRP) Seminars
06/10 at 3:00 pm – Soumitra Pal
06/15 at 11:00 am – Ryan Bell
06/22 at 11:00 am – Max Savery
06/24 at 11:00 am – Sergey Shmakov
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