Pearls of Wisdom – NLM Musings from the Mezzanine

Pearls of Wisdom – NLM Musings from the Mezzanine

Pearls of Wisdom

07/31/2018 04:00 PM EDT

Building a career as a woman in biomedicine

PubMed Health to be discontinued October 31, 2018; content will continue to be available at NLM

07/31/2018 01:00 PM EDT

In an effort to consolidate similar resources and make information easier to find, the National Library of Medicine will be retiring its PubMed Health website, effective October 31, 2018, and providing the same or similar content through more widely used NLM … Continue reading →

Dr. Dina Paltoo Named NLM Assistant Director for Policy Development

07/27/2018 01:08 PM EDT

NLM Director Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, has announced the appointment of Dina Paltoo, PhD, MPH, as NLM Assistant Director for Policy Development. In this role, she leads NLM’s policy and legislative activities which promote access to scientific data and information, as well as health information technology. Dr. Paltoo had performed the duties in an interim capacity since April 2018 while on detail from the NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP), Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH). Her official appointment took effect July 9, 2018.