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Library Staff Accomplishments

September 2024-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 2023, visit the Library Staff Accomplishments Archive page.

  1. 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.
  2. Buja, L. M., & Fogg, S. E. (2025). The experimental promise and clinical reality of myocardial conditioning for prevention of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury: an umbrella review of systematic reviews. Minerva medica, 116(4), 292–299. https://doi.org/10.23736/S0026-4806.25.09660-0
  3. Henigman, A., & Kennedy, B. (2025). MedPix®: database of medical images, teaching cases, and clinical topics. Medical Reference Services Quarterly, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2025.2533768
  4. Coviello, C. M., Ramesh, U. R., Varman, B., Olson, K. L., & Sivam, S. K. (2025). Management of Postoperative Pain in Septorhinoplasty: A Systematic Review. The Laryngoscope, 10.1002/lary.32433. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.32433
  5. Lam, R. X., Sonia He, Z. M., Thapar, R., Wang, M., Birhiray, D. G., Milad, M., Ouellette, L., Ghilzai, U., Cushing, T. J., Price, M. B., Ronna, B. B., Atassi, O. H., Perkins, C. H., Dawson, J. R., Granberry, W. M., Harrington, M. A., Jr, Dirschl, D. R., & Deveza, L. R. (2025). A Review of Medical Ethics in Orthopaedic Surgery: Current Foci and Future Considerations. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 10.2106/JBJS.24.01137. Advance online publication.
  6. Strahan, K., Jones, S. D., Nelson, T., Desjardins, S. Y., & Haygood, L. (Eds.). (2026). Cultivating Collaboration: Communities of Practice in Librarianship. Rowman & Littlefield.
  7. Chamani, I. J., Taylor, L. L., Ciomperlik, H., Dunn, T., Reynolds, A. C., Varman, B., Fox, K. A., & Detti, L. (2025). Preimplantation genetic testing and disorders of placental implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 10.1007/s10815-025-03441-5. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-025-03441-5.
  8. Harris, D. M., McCafferty, B., Desjardins, S. Y., & Porter, J. (2024). Wellness Initiatives in Academic Libraries. In L. Kallman Hopkins & B. McCafferty (Eds.), Innovative Library Workplaces: Transformative Human Resource Strategies (Chapter 12). ACRL.
  9. Batson, J., Williams, K., Dawson, M., & Desjardins, S. Y. (2024). Offering More Than Just a Desk and Chair: Combatting Librarian Burnout. In L. Kallman Hopkins & B. McCafferty (Eds.), Innovative Library Workplaces: Transformative Human Resource Strategies (Chapter 13). ACRL.
  10. Vance, D. G., Allen, D. Z., Leming, A. B., Cox, M., Fogg, S. E., Siddiqui, S. H., Wilson, H. R., & Tritter, A. G. (2024). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes in Type 1 Thyroplasty Comparing Silastic to Gore-Tex. The Laryngoscope. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.31867
  11. Mulinda, C., Suhail, S., Sutherland, B., Lauren, C. T., & Hunt, R. D. (2024). Pre-procedural Topical Antisepsis in the Neonate: A Systematic Review Evaluating Risk Factors for Skin Injury. Pediatric dermatology, https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.1577. PMID 39367613
  12. Kang E, Ten Hoor GA, Craig DW, Rodriguez SA, Stockton J, Fernández ME, Context, Mechanisms and Community Engagement in Implementation Strategies: A Systematic Review Protocol of Implementation Strategies Designed Using Implementation Mapping. BMJ Open https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088359. PMID 39613426

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  1. Alice Sherwood presented a session entitled Integrating Digital Archives and Scholarship: Raising Awareness of Library Historical Collections at Elsevier Impact Conference in Chicago, IL, July 16-17, 2025.
  2. Alice Sherwood presented a pre-conference workshop round-talk with Q&A session entitled Featuring IR Collections with Monthly Snapshot at Elsevier Impact Conference in Chicago, IL, July 15, 2025.
  3. Moses, T., Jackson, L., Hough, C., Phillips, C., & Desjardins, S. Y. (2025). AI’s Climate Conundrum: The Environmental Costs of Advanced Technology. [Immersion Session Presentation], Medical Library Association’s Annual Conference, Presenter.
  4. Desjardins, S. Y. (2025). The Interplay of Strength Training, Self-Efficacy, Sense of Belonging, and Generational Perspectives on Anxiety: A Scoping Review. [Conference Presentation], SCRA 2025 Biennials Conference, In-Person Presenter.
  5. Joanne Romano will be presenting a poster entitled: Maximizing Benefits for Our Local Authors, at the Electronic Resources & Libraries 20th Annual Library Conference, in Austin, Texas, March 2025.
  6. Sandra Yvette Desjardins, Sonya E. Fogg, Tracy Ashby, Bronwyn Sutherland, Beatriz Varman, Kelsey L. Koym, Jennifer Stockton, Celeste Perez, Katie Prentice, Hilary Fairbrother and Allison Ownby presented Night on-Call: A Dream Team Collaboration, a conference presentation at the STEM Librarian South Conference, Waco Texas, November 2024.
  7. Katie Prentice and Sandra Yvette Desjardins presented Building on Big Dreams for Library Spaces, a poster presentation at South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Chapter Meeting: Dallas, Texas, October 2024.
  8. Sandra Yvette Desjardins, Sonya E. Fogg, Tracy Ashby, Bronwyn Sutherland, Beatriz Varman, Kelsey L. Koym, Jennifer Stockton, Celeste Perez, Katie Prentice, Hilary Fairbrother and Allison Ownby presented Assessing Medical Student Information-Seeking Skills During a Residency Readiness Simulation, a conference presentation at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Chapter Meeting: Dallas, Texas, October 2024.
  9. Alice Sherwood, Jose Javier and Franco Garza facilitated a round table entitled Insights and Opportunities of Serving Academic Partners and Communities with Institutional Repositories at the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association Chapter Meeting: Dallas, Texas, October 2024.

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  1. Sandra Desjardins is the 2025-2026 chair-elect of the Social Justice and Health Disparities Caucus of the Medical Library Association.
  2. Lara Ouellette is the 2025-2026 chair-elect of the Public Services Caucus of the Medical Library Association.
  3. Tracy Ashby is the 2024-2026 Co-Chair of South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association Early Career Librarians Initiative.
  4. Katie Prentice is the 2024-2025 Nominee to the South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association MLA Nominating Committee
  5. Beatriz Varman is the 2024-2025 Chair of the South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association Continuing Education Committee.
  6. Sandra Desjardins is the 2022-2024 Co-Chair of South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association Early Career Librarians Initiative.
  7. Beatriz Varman is serving on the Continuing Education Committee of South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association (2023-2025).
  8. Alice Sherwood is serving on the Fundraising Committee of South Central Chapter of Medical Library Association (2023-2025).

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  1. Brandon Kennedy, one of the contributors to the MCMLA Early Career Health Science Librarian Resource Guide was awarded the 2025 MLA Chapter Project of the Year, Early Career Librarian Initiative Task Force from Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association.
  2. Jasmin Legaspi (Resource Management) and Gagina Leonard (McGovern Historical Center) collaborated to ingest 273 UT MD Anderson print dissertations, that were given to the McGovern Historical Center. This cataloging project spanned from February to April 2025, and required the addition of RDA cataloging fields, subject headings, and 590 notes to MARC records, as well as all the physical processing required for shelving. These dissertations are now a permanent part of the TMC Library's historical print collections.
  3. Chad Metz and Joanne Romano were each awarded the Network of the National Library of Medicine Region 3 Professional Development Award to attend the Electronic Resources & Libraries 20th Annual Library Conference in Austin, Texas, March 2025.
  1. Bronwyn Sutherland completed the Medical Library Association Systematic Review Services Specialization Level 1 (2025)
  2. Sandra Desjardins completed the Medical Library Association Systematic Review Services Specialization Level 1 (2025)
  3. Lara Ouellette completed the Medical Library Association Systematic Review Services Specialization Level 1 and Level 2 (2025)
  4. Alice Sherwood was the awardee of the 2025 DC All-Star Award at Elsevier Impact Conference (2025)
  5. Sandra Yvette Desjardins and Bronwyn Sutherland were awarded the SCC/MLA William D. Postell, Sr. Professional Development Award to pursue the MLA Systematic Review Services Specialization Level I. (2023)
  6. Sandra Yvette Desjardins was selected for the AAHSL/NNLM Professional Coaching for Aspiring Mid-Level Managers Pilot Program (2024-2025).

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