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The Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center's Liaison Librarian Service creates partnerships between the library and its constituents by pairing librarians with departments, centers, institutes, and programs at the Feinberg School of Medicine. The aim is to enhance communication, collaboration, and the effectiveness of the library in supporting the education, clinical, and research needs of Feinberg. Please see the Liaison Librarian Service description at the end of this page for further information.

Check the listing below to find your liaison. If your department isn't listed, contact GHSL-ref@northwestern.edu to be matched with a librarian who can assist you.

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Departments

Departments Liaison  
Anesthesiology Denise Nunes  
Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Pamela Shaw  
Cell & Developmental Biology Pamela Shaw  
Dermatology Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
Emergency Medicine Annie Wescott  
Family and Community Medicine Annie Wescott  
Medical Education Krystal Madkins  
Medicine Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     Allergy-Immunology Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     Cardiology Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     Gastroenterology and Hepatology Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     General Internal Medicine Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     Geriatrics Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     Hematology/Oncology Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     Hospital Medicine Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     Infectious Disease Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     Nephrology and Hypertension Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     Pulmonary and Critical Care Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
     Rheumatology Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes  
Medical Social Sciences Corinne Miller  
Microbiology-Immunology Pamela Shaw  
Neurological Surgery Annie Wescott  
Neurology Annie Wescott  
Obstetrics and Gynecology Molly Beestrum  
Ophthalmology Molly Beestrum  
Orthopaedic Surgery Eileen Wafford  
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Eileen Wafford  
Pathology Pamela Shaw  
Pediatrics (Feinberg faculty, residents, and fellows) Denise Nunes  
Pediatrics (Lurie Children's and Stanley Manne staff) Andrea Fawcett  
Pharmacology Pamela Shaw  
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Eileen Wafford  
Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences Eileen Wafford  
Physiology Pamela Shaw  
Preventive Medicine Eileen Wafford  
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Annie Wescott  
Radiology Eileen Wafford  
Radiation Oncology Eileen Wafford  
Surgery Eileen Wafford  
     Breast Surgery Eileen Wafford  
     Cardiac Surgery Eileen Wafford  
     Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery Eileen Wafford  
     Organ Transplantation Eileen Wafford  
     Pediatric Surgery Eileen Wafford  
     Plastic Surgery Eileen Wafford  
     Thoracic Surgery Eileen Wafford  
     Trauma & Critical Care Eileen Wafford  
     Vascular Surgery Eileen Wafford  
Urology Corinne Miller  
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Feinberg Institutes & Centers

Institutes & Centers

Liaison

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Eileen Wafford

  • Cancer Survivorship Institute (CSI)

Corinne Miller

  • Center for Global Oncology

Eileen Wafford

  • Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute (NBTI)
Annie Wescott
  • Northwestern Institute for Comparative Effectiveness Research (NICER)

Mark Berendsen

  • Polsky Urologic Cancer Institute

Corinne Miller

The Heart Institutes

 

  • Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute

Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes

  • Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute

Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes

  • Center for Kidney Research and Therapeutics

Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes

  • Center for Molecular Cardiology

Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes

  • Center for Vascular and Developmental Biology

Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes

Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS)

Pamela Shaw

  • Biostatistics Collaboration Center (BCC)

Pamela Shaw

  • Center for Clinical Research (CCR)

Molly Beestrum

  • Center for Community Health (CCH)

Eileen Wafford

  • Center for Data Science and Informatics (CDSI)

Pamela Shaw

  • Center for Education and Career Development (CECD)

Annie Wescott

  • Center for Translational Innovation (CTI) 

Annie Wescott

  • Center for Translational Pain Research
Annie Wescott

Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM)

 

  • Buehler Center for Health Policy and Economics

Eileen Wafford

  • Center for Applied Health Research on Aging

Corinne Miller

  • Center for Behavior and Health
Annie Wescott
  • Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities

Molly Beestrum

  • Center for Communication and Health
Annie Wescott
  • Center for Community Health (CCH)

Eileen Wafford

  • Center for Education in Health Sciences

Krystal Madkins

  • Center for Engineering and Health
Krystal Madkins
  • Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research

Corinne Miller

  • Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET)

Eileen Wafford

  • Center for Health Services & Outcomes Research

Eileen Wafford

  • Center for Health Information Partnerships (CHIP)

Molly Beestrum

  • Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes

Mark Berendsen

  • Center for Epidemiology and Population Health

Eileen Wafford

  • Center for Primary Care Innovation

Corinne Miller

  • Center for Translational Metabolism and Health

Corinne Miller

Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine

Pamela Shaw

Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health

Eileen Wafford

Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH)

Corinne Miller

Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics (QSIB)

Pamela Shaw

Simpson Querrey Institute for Epigenetics

Pamela Shaw

Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute

Andrea Fawcett (Lurie Children's)

Women's Health Research Institute (WHRI)

Molly Beestrum

Institute for Translational Neuroscience

 

  • Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders
Annie Wescott
  • Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment
Annie Wescott
  • Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies

Pamela Shaw

  • Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine

Pamela Shaw

  • Center for Neurogenetics

Pamela Shaw

  • Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease

Pamela Shaw

  • Les Turner ALS Research and Patient Center at Northwestern Medicine

Pamela Shaw

  • Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center

Pamela Shaw

Center for Bedside Medicine Corinne Miller & Denise Nunes

Center for Diabetes and Metabolism

Corinne Miller

Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science

Annie Wescott

Center for Genetic Medicine (CGM)

Pamela Shaw

Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience

Annie Wescott

Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine

Pamela Shaw

Comprehensive Transplant Center

Eileen Wafford

Osher Center for Integrative Medicine

Eileen Wafford

Shirley Ryan Ability Lab

Eileen Wafford

Surgical Outcomes & Quality Improvement Center (SOQIC)

Eileen Wafford

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About the Liaison Librarian Service

What are Liaison Librarians?

Liaison librarians have been designated as the primary contacts between the Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center and a department or center of Feinberg School of Medicine. The goal of the liaison service is to provide faculty, students, residents, fellows, and staff with the name of at least one person they can call upon as a starting point for assistance with or information about any library service or issue. Liaison librarians foster communication between the library and Feinberg's programs, and understand the information needs of their departments.

Liaison Librarians are:

  • Well-informed about the library’s collections, services, policies, and resources, and skilled in interpreting and promoting these to faculty and students in their departments
  • Knowledgeable of the subject matter and nature of the teaching and research conducted by the department
  • Adept at working together with teaching faculty to ensure that relevant information access skills and tools are incorporated into academic programs

Your liaison librarian will:

  • Actively foster communication with the assigned department or center
  • Provide education services to inform and teach users in the departments how to use the library’s resources and find information
  • Promote library services and resources to the departments and centers
  • Inform library users how to access library resources and services
  • Be a contact for collection development and requests for resources or services
  • Participate in professional development activities to enhance skills and knowledge to support assigned departments

What your liaison librarian can do for your department

Communication

  • Produce information guides on new services, collections, and research tools
  • Prepare or update subject research Web guides
  • Schedule regular on site visits, e.g. office or computer lab hours
  • Write a feature or column for your departmental newsletter
  • Send information packets to new faculty
  • Meet with the Department Head, faculty and staff members to learn about current plans for your department or center and gather feedback on the library services
  • Attend departmental meetings or other relevant gatherings
  • Serve on a departmental committee
  • Assist with departmental or center program, re-accreditation, or grant applications

Orientations, Instructional Sessions, and Demonstrations

  • Schedule individual orientation meetings with new faculty
  • Schedule library orientation sessions for new residents
  • Create, review, and revise orientation or instruction programs
  • Demonstrate relevant library resources and services
  • Attend departmental events
  • Survey and document your faculty research interests

Collection Development

  • Create or update a collection development profile for library materials
  • Perform a library collection review
  • Get feedback on serial and book use and elicit suggestions for purchase
  • Assist in evaluating and selecting materials for existing or future collections

Liaison Activities for the Curriculum

  • Work with you to insure information literacy is fully incorporated into the your curriculum
  • Establish a teaching partnership with a member of your department
  • Teach a course or a course component in your department or program
  • Establish a research partnership with a member of your department or program
  • Develop or help develop a program that promotes active student centered learning
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Updated: October 8, 2024