Past Funded Projects

This page includes awards made during the previous NNLM award period (May 1, 2016 - April 30, 2021).

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Title Summary Project Period
Exhibitor Award 55

Exhibit at Atlanta Pride Festival; October 8-9, 2016; Atlanta, GA

October 1, 2016 - October 31, 2016
Exhibitor Award 61

Exhibit at 'Tomora Lights,' sponsored by Twin Lakes Community Center; December 17, 2016 in Ward, SC

December 1, 2016 - December 31, 2016
Exhibitor Award 86: South Carolina Chapter of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities SCAAIDD Annual Meeting

Exhibit at South Carolina Chapter of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities SCAAIDD Annual Meeting, October 4-6, 2017 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

June 1, 2017 - October 31, 2017
Exhibitor Award:Tennessee Public Health Association TPHA Annual Conference

Tennessee Public Health Association TPHA; Annual Conference; September 11-14, 2018; Franklin Marriott Cool Springs. The exhibit will be held at a table at TPHA and will include multiple handouts created by NLM that cover different relevant NLM databases and products. Specific handouts included will cover PubMed, NLM mobile resources, and more. The exhibit will also include a banner advertising medical library services.

July 20, 2018 - August 31, 2018
Expanding Health Information Services in a 95 Telehealth Outreach Program.

This proposal reflects a partnership between the Savitt Medical Library of the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine and the Office of Statewide Initiatives, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. The overarching aim of this proposal, Expanding Health Information Services in a 95 Telehealth Outreach Program, is to make clinically important patient care information presented in teleheath videoclinics more widely accessible and to improve the ability of participating clinicians to engage with the archived content.

May 1, 2020 - April 30, 2021
Expanding Knowledge and Awareness for Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer for Underserved Communities in Greater Philadelphia

Hepatitis B is an infection that can be acute short-term or chronic lifelong that is often not reported or identified. In the United States, there are approximately 2.2 million individuals living with chronic hepatitis B and over 30,000 in Philadelphia, PA. If left undiagnosed, hepatitis B HBV can lead to scarring of the liver cirrhosis, or even liver cancer over time.

June 1, 2020 - April 30, 2021
Expanding Research Data Management Education for Health Science Librarians across the GMR, and for Graduate Students and Faculty at the University of Minnesota Duluth

The Expanding Research Data Management Proposal seeks to offer training on the research data management lifecycle to librarians and 133s. The training courses will be offered by librarians at the Health Sciences Libraries HSL at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities who have a breadth and depth of knowledge to support this work, with experience related to data curation, data management, federal funding compliance, and research reproducibility See Appendix for Description of Setting and Summary of Librarian Expertise.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Expanding Telehealth Services at WCCHC School-Based Health Clinics

Telehealth is rapidly emerging as the standard of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth not only offers a safer alternative to in-person services for both patients and providers, but also reduces barrier to access of appropriate medical, behavioral health, and health education services, particularly in low income, 95 areas. Many of the youth in the communities served by WCCHC cannot sufficiently access telehealth services for a variety of reasons.

September 1, 2020 - April 30, 2021
Expanding the Public Health Museum's educational community outreach programs

The Public Health Museum is a non-profit educational and cultural museum located in a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places on the grounds of Tewksbury Hospital founded in 1854. The mission of the Public Health Museum is two-fold: to educate the public about the achievements and contributions of public health in preventing disease and improving the health of individuals and communities in Massachusetts and worldwide; and to inspire students, 133s, health care workers and 131s to build upon the past and continue to advance the future of public health.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Expanding the Public Health Museum's educational community outreach programs 2018-2019

This project will establish an Outbreak! Alumni Leadership Club. Outbreak! is a free five day interactive program that offers high school students the opportunity to learn the history and impact of public health, while also introducing students to diverse public health careers. The Outbreak! program will incorporate NLM information and resources. Additionally, this project will expanding community engagement and outreach about public health with the 125.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Explore Health - Make Comics

The RCS Community Library will invite students to engage with high quality health information though MedlinePlus in the process of creating graphic novels using the Graphic Medicine Comic or zine Creation Program. This experience will improve their awareness of quality resources and allow them to share their new knowledge with family and community members in person and through a showcase of their work at the Library.

May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020
Exploring Health & Wellness at the Norwin Public Library

We believe the public library can offer more than research-based learning and recreation such as books, movies, music; it can offer emotional and psychological learning, acceptance and mindfulness. Working with several local partners, our library will engage our families in a waide variety of health programming, and integrate health information into our services. To supplement these programs, we will direct patrons towards KidsHealth.org, GirlsHealth.gov, Healthy86.org, and other trusted resources.

May 27, 2020 - April 30, 2021
Exploring the future of medical modeling with a Stereolithography SLA 3D printer

Stereolithography SLA technology is an important 3D technology for medicine because of its accuracy and print capabilities. Anatomy modeling and device prototyping pose some challenges to clients currently using our Lulzbot Taz 5 Fused Deposition Modeling FDM 3D printer. While the existing printer has been a wonderful learning and teaching tool, we wish to expand our outreach to the Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program HPREP with a more precise technology that provides for usage and exploration in our Digital Media Production Studio.

May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2018
Express Outreach: Great Lakes Science Boot Camp

Now in its third year, the Great Lakes Science Boot Camp for Librarians provides affordable educational and networking opportunities for STEM Librarians working in the Greater Midwest Region. The 2017 Science Boot Camp will be hosted at Michigan State University MSU in East Lansing, Michigan from July 19-21 and will build on the success of earlier Boot Camps held at Wayne State University and the University of Notre Dame. The Boot Camp follows an established model consisting of two and a half days of sessions presenting on cutting edge STEM research led by distinguished faculty members.

October 1, 2016 - July 31, 2017
Express Outreach: Health Information Outreach to Homeless Patients at the HOPE Recuperative Care Center

The Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine OUWB will collaborate with the HOPE Hospitality & Warming Center in Pontiac, Michigan to empower discharged homeless patients in its Recuperative Care Center with better health information seeking and literacy skills.

October 1, 2016 - April 30, 2017
Express Outreach: Information Needs Assessment of Unaffiliated North Dakota 95 Health Professionals and Biomedical 133s

University of North Dakota UND Health Sciences Library librarians will develop or select appropriate information needs assessment tools and methods to assess the information needs of unaffiliated North Dakota 95 health professionals. After Institutional Review Board approval is received, 95 health professionals will be invited to share their perspectives regarding their information needs. The project team will assess the data received and complete a final report summarizing the data analysis process and findings.

October 1, 2016 - April 30, 2017
Express Technology 272 - Rebuilding the Medical Library After the Hurricane Florence

Our medical library was destroyed in Hurricane Florence in Sept. 2018. We are in the process of planning for the recreation of the library. We want our new library to have many high tech features including data ports, computers, and printers.

May 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019
Facilitating the Development of Research Data Management Services at Health Sciences Libraries

The proposed Research Data Management program is designed to provide training, tools and strategies for medical libraries seeking to develop research data management services. This program provides a holistic approach to developing data services that focuses on building the required knowledge base, understanding and connecting with 133s, promoting effective outreach strategies, and integrating with the broader institutional data community.

May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2018
Family Matters: Physical, 88tal, and Financial Health

Independence Public Library will provide programming on physical, mental, and financial health to underserved families in the librarys service area.

May 1, 2018 - January 25, 2019
Finding Common Threads: Enhancing Outreach to Underserved Populations Through OK's Health Information Specialists

Staff members at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center's Robert M.

May 15, 2017 - April 30, 2018
Fitbit Kit for Your Community: Belleville Public Library

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Fitbit Kit for Your Community: Big Rapids Community Library

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Fitbit Kit for Your Community: Bloomington Public Library

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Fitbit Kit for Your Community: Carnegie-Stout Public Library

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Fitbit Kit for Your Community: Caseyville Public Library District

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Fitbit Kit for Your Community: Clinton Public Library

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Fitbit Kit for Your Community: Farmer City Public Library

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Fitbit Kit for Your Community: Fergus Falls Public Library

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Fitbit Kit for Your Community: Frank Bertetti Benld Public

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Fitbit Kit for Your Community: Franklin County Public Health

Resolve to Stay Active: A Fitbit Kit for Your Community supports public libraries or other community organizations which serve populations that are underrepresented in biomedical research in providing access to health technology and consumer health resources. Background/Purpose: This award supports the mission of the NNLM Community Engagement Network to: Help public libraries support the health information needs in their communities by providing National Library of Medicine and other quality health education resources to enable individuals to make informed decisions about their health.

February 1, 2020 - April 30, 2020
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