Health Sciences Librarian, School of Nursing
A.R. Dyke Library, University of Kansas Medical Center
Brenda Linares, AHIP, currently works at the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), A.R. Dykes Library as the School of Nursing Librarian and is an Adjunct Instructor at SLIM, Emporia State University. She holds a BS in Finance from California State University Northridge (CSUN), a Master’s in Library Science from University of California (UCLA), and a Master of Business Administration from North Carolina State University (NCSU). She has been a health sciences librarian from more than 14 years. She has collaborated with researchers and faculty in Scoping Reviews and Systematic Reviews. she has help co-teach a Health Literacy class (NURS 327) with three other Nursing Faculty where they focus on the importance of evidence-based information, research, communication, and cultural humility. She has worked with diverse populations promoting health literacy and consumer health education. Her interests include outreach, consumer and patient education, instruction and technology, health literacy, evidence-based research, and diversity and inclusion. She has also received grants totalling over $200,000 to collaborate and work on outreach projects to promote patient and consumer health education resources.
Monday, May 24, 2021
11:30 AM – 11:55 AM CT