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Plenary Sessions

Plenary Sessions

  • Monday, May 10, 2021
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    MLA '21 Opening Session

    Speaker: Lisa K. Traditi, AHIP – Health Sciences Library/University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

    Speaker: Kristine M. Alpi, AHIP – Oregon Health & Science University

    Speaker: Tara Douglas-Williams – Morehouse School of Medicine

    Speaker: Neville Prendergast – Tulane University School of Medicine

  • Monday, May 24, 2021
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    John P. McGovern Lecture

    Keynote Speaker: Damon Tweedy, MD

    Keynote Moderator: Tara Douglas-Williams – Morehouse School of Medicine

  • Tuesday, May 25, 2021
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CT
    Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lecture: The culture of Public Health and Food Safety

    Keynote Speaker: Mitzi D. Baum, MS

  • Wednesday, May 26, 2021
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Janet Doe Lecture: Diversity That Defines Us: The View Through A Crystal Lens

    Keynote Speaker: Sandra G. Franklin, AHIP, FMLA – Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library

    Keynote Moderator: Chris Shaffer, AHIP – University of California, San Francisco

  • Thursday, May 27, 2021
  • 10:15 AM – 12:15 PM CT
    NLM Update

    Speaker: Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD – National Library of Medicine

    Speaker: Dianne Babski – National Library of Medicine

    Speaker: Olivier Bodenreider – Cognitive Sciences Branch/Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communication/National Library of Medicine/NIH/DHHS

    Moderator: Amanda J. Wilson, MSLS – National Library of Medicine

  • 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT
    MLA '21 Closing Session

    Host: Kristine M. Alpi, AHIP – Oregon Health & Science University

    Speaker: Tara Douglas-Williams – Morehouse School of Medicine

    Speaker: Neville Prendergast – Tulane University School of Medicine

    Speaker: Emily J. Hurst – VCU Libraries, Health Sciences Library

    Speaker: Lisa A. Marks, AHIP – Mayo Clinic Scottsdale