MLA Research Section Executive Committee
2008/2009

Medical Library Association
Research Section
Officers & Executive Committee
2008-2009

Elected Officers

Chair Susan Lessick, MA, MLS, AHIP (6/08-5/09)
Head, Grunigen Medical Library/ UCI Medical Center
101 The City Drive, Bldg. 22A
Orange, CA 92868
(714) 456-6488 (voice) (714) 634-9252 (fax)
slessick@uci.edu
http://medical.lib.uci.edu
Chair-elect/Program Chair Rosalind F. (Roz) Dudden, MLS, FMLA (6/08-5/09)
Library Services Director
Gerald Tucker Memorial Medical Library
National Jewish Medical and Research Center
1400 Jackson Street
Denver, Colorado 80206
(303) 398-1483 (voice) (303) 270-2149 (fax)
duddenr@njc.org
http://Library.NationalJewish.org
Immediate Past Chair/
Nominating Committee Chair
Martha R. (Molly) Harris, MA, MLS, AHIP (6/08-5/09)
Harris Abstract Services
10100 Whites Creek Rd
College Station, TX 77845-6117
(979) 260-4270 (voice) (979) 204-4242 (cell)
aggie2005mom@yahoo.com
Secretary/Treasurer Gale A. Oren, MILS, AHIP (6/07-5/09)
Director of Library Services
John W. Henderson Library
Kellogg Eye Center
University of Michigan
1000 Wall Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 USA
(734) 763-9468 (voice) (734) 936-9050 (fax)
goren@med.umich.edu
http://www.kellogg.umich.edu
Section Council Representative Mary Holcomb, MLS, MA (6/07-5/09)
Head of Collection Services
Arizona Health Sciences Library
University of Arizona
1501 N. Campbell Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85724
(520) 626-2924 (voice) (520) 626-2922 (fax)
mholcomb@ahsl.arizona.edu
http://www.ahsl.arizona.edu/
Section Council Representative-Elect Carole Gilbert, AHIP (6/08-5/09)
carolemg@wowway.com

Committee Chairs

Awards Committee Co-Chairs (Papers) Ruth Fenske, PhD, AHIP (6/08-5/09)
Coordinator, Reference
John Carroll University Grasselli Library
20700 North Park Blvd.
University Heights, OH 44118
(216)397-4523 (voice) (216)397-4256 (fax)
rfenske@jcu.edu

(Posters) Kris Alpi, MLS, MPH, AHIP
Director, Veterinary Medicine Library
NCSU Libraries North Carolina State University
4700 Hillsborough St.
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone (919) 513-6219 Fax (919) 513-6400
kris@jeffalpi.net
Bylaws Committee Chair Peggy Mullaly-Quijas, PhD, AHIP (6/08-5/09)
Assistant Director
Health Sciences Library
University of Missouri - Kansas City
2411 Holmes Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
(816) 235-1871 (voice) (816) 235-6570 (fax)
Mullaly-QuijasM@umkc.edu
http://www.umkc.edu/lib/hsl
Continuing Education Chair Claire Twose, MLIS (6/08-5/09)
Associate Director, Public Health and Basic Science Liaison Services
Welch Library,
Johns Hopkins University
1900 East Monument Street #209
Baltimore, MD 21205 (410) 502-0490 (voice)
ctwose1@jhmi.edu
Government Relations Liaison Elaine G. Powers, MSLS (6/08-5/09)
Director of Library Services
Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
2265 Kraft Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060
(540) 231-3763 (voice) (540) 231-5252 (fax)
epowers@vcom.vt.edu
http://www.vcom.vt.edu
Hypothesis Co-Editors Kathel Dunn (6/08-5/10)
Associate Director
National Network of Libraries of Medicine Middle Atlantic Region
New York University Medical Center
423 East 23rd Street, Floor 15
South New York, NY 10010
(212) 263.4197 (voice) (212) 263.4258 (fax)
dunn@library.med.nyu.edu
http://nnlm.gov/mar

Lisa Ennis, MA, MS (6/08-5/10)
Systems Librarian / School of Nursing Liaison
Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0013
205-934-6322 (voice)
lennis@uab.edu
http://www.uab.edu/lister
International Research Jon Eldredge, MLS, PhD, AHIP (6/08-5/09)
Collaboration Liaison Associate Professor, School of Medicine
Library Knowledge Consultant, Learning Design Center
Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Health Sciences Center
University of New Mexico
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 272-0654 (voice) (505) 272-5350 (fax)
jeldredge@salud.unm.edu
Membership Committee Co-Chairs Dee Jones, MLS, AHIP (6/08-5/09)
Head, Cataloging
LSU Health Sciences Center Medical Library
1501 Kings Highway
P.O. 33932
Shreveport, LA 71130-3932
(318) 675-5458 (voice) (318) 675-5442 (fax)
djone4@lsuhsc.edu
http://lib-sh.lsuhsc.edu/

Beatriz Varman, MLIS (6/08-5/09)
Public Affairs
Houston Academy of Medicine
Texas Medical Center Library
1133 John Freeman Blvd. Houston, TX 77030
(713) 799-7169 (voice) (713) 797-0163 (fax) beatriz.varman@exch.library.tmc.edu
Research Agenda Committee Chair Jon Eldredge, MLS, PhD, AHIP (6/07-5/10)
Associate Professor, School of Medicine
Library Knowledge Consultant, Learning Design Center
Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Health Sciences Center
University of New Mexico
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 272-0654 (voice) (505) 272-5350 (fax)
JEldredge@salud.unm.edu
Web Site Co-Editors Allan Barclay, MLIS, AHIP (6/08-5/09)
Information Architecture Coordinator
Ebling Library for the Health Sciences
University of Wisconsin - Madison
750 Highland Ave, Room 2376
Madison, WI 53705-2221
(608) 262-3957 (voice) (608) 262-4732 (fax)
abarclay@library.wisc.edu
http://ebling.library.wisc.edu

Nicole Mitchell, MLIS, MA (6/08-5-09)
Reference Librarian and Liaison to the School of Health Professions
Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
1530 3rd Ave South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0013
(205) 934-2230 (voice) (205) 975-8313 (fax)
anmitch@uab.edu
http://www.uab.edu/lister