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Library Staff Accomplishments

September 2025-present

The TMC Library staff participate in a variety of professional activities. Included on this page are recent publications, presentations, courses completed, professional service activities, and major library projects. For staff accomplishments prior to September 2025, visit Library Staff Accomplishments Archive.

  1. Van Orne J, Brooks M, Virgin B, Gibbs KD, Ouellette L, Acorda DE. Use of simulation in educating caregivers of children with tracheostomies: A scoping review. Respir Care. 2026;71(7):784-794. doi: 10.1177/19433654261425222.
  2. Tang NL, Williams JJ, Stockton J, Bottazzi ME, Weatherhead JE. A scoping review of the associations between ascariasis, helicobacter pylori infection and gastric pathologies. Parasite Immunol. 2026;48(5):e70080. doi: 10.1111/pim.70080.
  3. Honarvar S, Ajose M, Sutherland B, Fernandez A, Hardy ST, Cano MA, Sullivan S. Sex and Gender Differences Between Experiences of Discrimination and Physical Health: A Systematic Review. Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle). 2025. https://doi: 10.1177/26884844261428407
  4. Van Orne J, Brooks M, Virgin B, Gibbs KD, Ouellette L., Acorda DE. (2026). Use of Simulation in Educating Caregivers of Children With Tracheostomies: A Scoping Review. Respir Care. 19433654261425222. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/19433654261425222 PMID 41873621
  5. Strother, A. K., Anderton, R. M., Kalavar, N., Ayla, A. Y., Ashby, T., Mayer, A., Dongre, R., Bonomi, F., Randone, S. B., Hughes, M., & McMahan, Z. H. (2026). Gastrointestinal histology of systemic sclerosis: A systematic review. Autoimmunity reviews, 25(2), 103988. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2026.103988 PMID 41580223
  6. Desjardins, S. Y., & Quinn, J. (2026). PsycInfo platforms: a tale of two interfaces (Ovid vs. EBSCO). Medical reference services quarterly, 1–8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2026.2619781
  7. Dolce, R., Barnes, R., Ouellette, L., & Cuccaro, P. M. (2026). Overcoming barriers to vaccination among U.S. farmworkers: a scoping review of targeted interventions and strategies. BMC public health, 10.1186/s12889-026-26342-3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26342-3. PMID 41580727
  8. Zingg, A., Tovar, L. I., Witte, L., Koym, K. L., & Godwin, K. (2025). Clinical Informatics Education to Advance Learning Health Systems: A Scoping Review. Learning health systems, 10(1), e70050. https://doi.org/10.1002/lrh2.70050. PMID 41560987
  9. Karpe, A. S., Fajemisin, M. O., Ugarte, S. M., Ouellette, L., Blakely, M. L., Khraish, G. H., Sanghvi, S. V., Kwak, M. J., Lee, J. L., Kao, L. S., & Puzio, T. J. (2025). Video Conversation Aids to Assist in Goals-Of-Care Discussions With Older Adults in a Medical Setting: A Systematic Review. The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 10499091251408757. https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091251408757. PMID 41424255
  10. Morales, J. M., Villar, C. F., Varman, B., Colombo, G. M., Li, D., Sadek, S. J., Robinson, M. E., Murali, C. N., Ayers, K., Gomez, J., Lee, B., Sutton, V. R., Storch, E. A., & Wiese, A. D. (2025). Psychiatric Comorbidities and Treatment Modalities in Children With Osteogenesis Imperfecta: A Systematic Review of Mental Health. American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 10.1002/ajmga.70023. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmga.70023. PMID 41373180
  11. Desjardins, S. Y. (December 2025). Why Doody's New Health Humanities List is a Vital Catalyst. Doody's Core Titles Newsletter. https://www.doody.com/dct
  12. Thadani, S., Horvat, C. M., Silos, C., Sutherland, B., Dolan, K., Chen, J., Akcan-Arikan, A., & Neyra, J. A. (2025). Current status and future directions for the use of artificial intelligence in pediatric critical care nephrology. Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany), 10.1007/s00467-025-07019-2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-025-07019-2. PMID 41291255
  13. Martinez Ugarte, S., Fajemisin, M. O., Varman, B., Towns, P. C., Chamely, E. A., Green, R. W., Rieger, W. D., Wootton, S. H., & Kao, L. S. (2025). Ertapenem as an Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Colectomies and Laparotomies: A Systematic Review. Surgical infections, https://doi.org/10.1177/10962964251396052 PMID 41253420
  14. Fernández-Sánchez H., James J., Zahoui Z., Ging L., Vásquez-Ventura I., Stockton J., Santa Maria D. (2025) Labor trafficking among migrant populations: a scoping review and qualitative interview study with stakeholders. Frontiers in Human Dynamics. 7:1620713. https://doi.org/10.3389/fhumd.2025.1620713
  15. Pierce Farrier, K., Desjardins, S., Haygood, L., (2025). Developing the professional knowledge of librarians through a webinar series. Journal of the Medical Library Association.. 113 ( 4), 336-341 (2025). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2025.2171
  16. Araji, S., Turkoglu, O., Maktabi, M. A., Ashby, T., & Van den Veyver, I. B. (2025). Prenatal Metabolomics Analysis and Fetal Congenital Anomalies and Genetic Conditions: A Review of Current Literature. Prenatal diagnosis, 10.1002/pd.6895. https://doi.org/10.1002/pd.6895. PMID 40973925
  17. Arredondo, K., Witte, L., Paterson-Roberts, A., Caloudas, A.B., Vincenti, M., Watts. B.V., Sutherland, B., & Touchett, H.N. (2025) Strengthening Rural Healthcare: A Scoping Review of Nurse Recruitment and Retention Strategies. Medical Care. 64(1S):p S18-S25, January 2026. DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000002202. PMID 41359985

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  1. Justice, A.V., Kennedy, B., Diaz, J. Pasos, M., Marrero, S., Desjardins, S.Y. (2026, May 21). Cultura, Collaborations, and Chisme: The Latinx Caucus’ Oral History Project [Poster Presentation]. Medical Library Association Annual Conference 2026, Milwaukee, WI.
  2. Justice, A.V., Diaz, J., Pasos, M., Desjardins, S.Y. (2026, May 19). Keeping our Collaborations Cultured: Representation of Hispanic/LatinX Medical & Health Sciences Librarians [Paper Presentation]. Medical Library Association Annual Conference 2026, Milwaukee, WI.
  3. Scott-Sellers, K. T., Desjardins, S., Williams, J. B., Shanahan, M. L., Parra-Valencia, I., Caloudas, A. B., Bryan, J. L., Anyanwu, J., Boykin, D. M. (2026, March). Socioecological determinants and mental health outcomes in veterans with military sexual trauma: A systematic review. Poster to be presented at the 2026 Annual AMSUS Meeting for the Society of Federal Health Professionals, National Harbor, MD.
  4. Qureshi F., Silveira S., Aitken M., McKay S., Ott S., Chandler E., Cruz Ojeda N., Rogers D., Daugherty J. Dettmer J., Wolfkiel R., Desjardins S., Rix, K. (2026, accepted) Traumatic Brain Injuries and Mobile Phone Applications: State of Current mHealth Apps. Poster presentation. Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research 20th Annual Meeting, Providence, RI.
  5. Sandra Desjardins has been accepted to present a paper entitled Onboarding Challenges, Preferences, and Work Environments: A Survey of Early Career Medical and Health Science Librarians at Medial Library Association Conference 2026 in Milwaukee, WI on May 19-22, 2026.
  6. Alice Sherwood presented a lightning talk entitled Doing More with Less: Featuring and Marketing Your Institutional Repository Collections at Northeast Institutional Repository Day (NIRD25) on December 4th-5th, 2025.
  7. Alice Sherwood presented a lightning talk entitled Integrating Digital Archives and Scholarship: Raising Awareness of Library Historical Collections at Medical Institutional Repositories in Libraries (MIRL) Symposium on November 20, 2025.
  8. Celeste Perez, Brandon Kennedy, Katie Prentice, Sonya Fogg, Jennifer Stockton, Bronwyn Sutherland, Lara Oulette, Sandra Desjardins, Beatriz Varman, and Tracy Ashby presented a poster entitled: Librarians On Call: A Review of Search Tools Utilized by Fourth Year Medical Students on a Mock Call, at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Chapter Meeting: Little Rock, Arkansas, October 24-29, 2025
  9. Brandon Kennedy, Brianna Hales, Samantha Nunn, Sarah Villere and Alex Heningmann presented a poster entitled: Brewed Connections: Bringing Early Career Librarians Together through Virtual Coffee Chats, at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Chapter Meeting: Little Rock, Arkansas, October 24-29, 2025
  10. Alice Sherwood presented a poster entitled: Integrating Digital Archives & Scholarship: Raising Awareness of Library Historical Collections. South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Chapter Meeting: Little Rock, Arkansas, October 2025.
  11. Henigman, A., Kennedy, B. (2025, October 8-9). Strengthening the Future: Sparking Growth and Connection Among Early Career Librarians [Poster Presentation]. 2025 Missouri Library Association Annual Conference, Chesterfield, MO.

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  1. Lara Ouellette is the chair of the Public Services Caucus of Medical Library Association (2026-2027).
  2. Joanne Romano was invited to join the Subscribe 2 Open (S2O) Community of Practice, an international working group of libraries and publishers who discuss open access and scholarly communications issues. (October, 2025)
  3. Katie Prentice is serving on the Bylaws Committee of South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association (2025-2027).
  4. Stephanie Lapka is serving on the Credentialing Committee of South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association (2025-2027).
  5. Brandon Kennedy and Bronwyn Sutherland are serving on the Continuing Education Committee of South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association (2025-2027).
  6. Alice Sherwood is serving on the Awards & Scholarships Committee of South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association (2025-2027).
  7. Sandra Desjardins is the 2025-2026 chair-elect of the Social Justice and Health Disparities Caucus of the Medical Library Association.
  8. Lara Ouellette is the 2025-2026 chair-elect of the Public Services Caucus of the Medical Library Association.
  9. Tracy Ashby is the 2024-2026 Co-Chair of South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association Early Career Librarians Initiative.

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  1. Tracy Ashby got accepted to the Systematic Reviews: Opportunities for Librarians which will be held in person at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on April 22 & 23, 2026.
  2. Tracy Ashby was selected as the recipient of the Armadillo Professional Development Award from the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association (SCC/MLA) to earn MLA Systematic Review Services Specialization Certificate. Through this award, Tracy will be pursuing the MLA Systematic Review Services Specialization Certificate.
  1. Bronwyn Sutherland completed the Medical Library Association Systematic Review Service Specialization, Level II (August, 2026)
  2. Brandon Kennedy completed the Medical Library Association Consumer Health Information Specialization (CHIS) Level II (Advanced) (2025)
  3. Bronwyn Sutherland completed the Medical Library Association Systematic Review Services Specialization Level 1 (2025)
  4. Sandra Desjardins completed the Medical Library Association Systematic Review Services Specialization Level 1 (2025)
  5. Lara Ouellette completed the Medical Library Association Systematic Review Services Specialization Level 1 and Level 2 (2025)

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