A Chapter of the Medical Library Association

Sola Whitehead has been the Medical Librarian for the VA Portland Health Care System in Portland, OR since 2014. In her previous life she was an IRB Administrator also for VA Portland and did exciting things like writing policies, attending meetings, and generating unmeasurable amounts of correspondence out to research teams. Now, as the solo librarian, she serves health care providers of all stripes to make sure that they have the information they need to provide high quality, evidence-based care. She also serves Veterans and family members who come into her small library, answering questions such as “Why is the HPV vaccine not recommended for adults over 45?” and “Can you make me a copy of this?” In her free time, she enjoys hiking with her husband and teenage twin boys, knitting, and biking around town on her e-bike.

Basia Delawska-Elliott is a Medical Librarian for Providence System Library Services in Portland, OR. Before returning to Providence in December 2021, Basia was a Health Sciences Research and Education Librarian with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).

John C.T. Bramble, MLIS, MBMI, Librarian, Eccles Health Sciences Library, Univ. of Utah. John is the Executive Director of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Region 4 and National Training Office. John has been an active member of MLA since 2001 where he regularly presents at annual conferences and has been a member of the Technology Advisory Committee and co-founder of the Gaming in Adult Leaning SIG, now merged with the Technology in Education Caucus.

Also starting in 2001, John is very active with the Midcontinental Chapter of MLA, where he has held various roles, such as Chapter Chair, chair of several subcommittees, and is currently serving as the Annual Meeting Advisor and a member of the Research Committee. John loves his job with the NNLM, primarily because it allows him to connect with a wide and diverse group of individuals who are committed to increase access to quality health information for their key stakeholders to use to make decisions that improves patient outcomes or that impacts the health of health information consumers or their loved ones.  

Cathy Burroughs is Executive Director of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Region 5, under a cooperative agreement grant with the National Library of Medicine (NLM).  Cathy serves as a member of the broader NNLM leadership team and provides program, communication, grant management, supervisory, and evaluation support under the UW Libraries Associate Dean for Health Sciences /Director, NNLM Region 5. In 2001 - 2004, Cathy served as Assistant Director of the NNLM Outreach Evaluation Resource Center. From 1997-2001, she was project manager for an outreach evaluation study, funded by the Office of Health Information Programs Development at NLM.  Cathy has also managed several health communications and clearinghouse contracts awarded by NIH to a small business contractor in Rockville, MD. She received an MLS, with a health sciences specialization, from UCLA.

 

Carolyn Martin is the Outreach and Education Coordinator for the Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 5. Her primary focus is consumer health. Previously she worked as a hospital librarian in Indianapolis for over 20 years, providing services to all hospital staff. However, her favorite patrons were patients and their families which is where she gained her experience in consumer health and health literacy and then incorporated in her work at the local public library and now at NNLM.