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Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series, April 21 at 2pm: Significance testing is the reason that scientific results have poor reproducibility.

Posted onApril 18, 2022April 18, 2022AuthorKimberly Robin Powell

WHSC Library Seminar Series on Rigor and Reproducibility presents: Significance testing is the reason that scientific results have poor reproducibility. Date/Time: Thursday, April 21st at 2:00pm Register: https://emorylibraries.libcal.com/event/9080188 Presenter: Timothy Lash, DSc, MPH, Rollins Professor and Chair of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health. In the last years, some in the scientific community have raised Read More …

Emory Libraries launches “library voice” survey

Posted onApril 14, 2022AuthorKimberly Robin Powell

Adapted from original post on Emory Libraries Blog, March 29 2022. Emory Libraries has launched a campus-wide engagement survey to learn how members of our community perceive and use the libraries’ services, programs, and spaces. Our last survey, distributed in 2017, provided valuable feedback from our most frequent users that helped us to shape our Read More …

WHSC Library Reading Collection Highlights: Neuroscience

Posted onApril 11, 2022April 8, 2022AuthorKimberly Robin Powell

Now on display at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library are highlights from the neurology and neuroscience collections, in print and electronic format. From addiction, ethics, and athletics, to the shaping of our personalities and identities, explore the role of the brain from different perspectives in the fields of neurology and neuroscience. In print An Read More …

Celebrating Women’s History Month 2022: Providing Healing, Promoting Hope

Posted onMarch 28, 2022April 8, 2022AuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The following is adapted from the original post created by Jennifer Elder, Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies librarian for Libraries News, March 16 2022 The theme of Women’s History Month 2022 is “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” This theme was chosen by the National Women’s History Alliance to acknowledge “the ceaseless work of caregivers and Read More …

Nature Masterclasses at Emory: online training for researchers & scientists by the editors from Nature

Posted onMarch 24, 2022AuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The WHSC Library now offers an unlimited user subscription to Nature Masterclasses. Nature Masterclasses is a suite of online professional development courses for researchers and scientists created and presented by editors from the prestigious scientific journal, Nature. While Nature Masterclasses originally started with only the Scientific Writing and Publishing course it has now expanded to Read More …

AccessDermatologyDxRx is now available at Emory University!

Posted onMarch 17, 2022March 17, 2022AuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library now provides access to AccessDermatologyDxRx from McGraw Hill, available to all Emory faculty, staff, and students. AccessDermatologyDxRx is an online medical resource that provides a complete spectrum of authoritative, trusted, and current information. Key features within AccessDermatologyDxRx include: Image Gallery: Thousands of images and artworks to facilitate diagnoses Study Read More …

Undergraduate Research Award applications due Friday, March 25

Posted onMarch 14, 2022AuthorKimberly Robin Powell

Originally posted as Announcing the 2022 Elizabeth Long Atwood Undergraduate Research Award from Libraries News, March 2 2022 Dear undergraduate students, did you work on a stellar research paper or digital project this academic year? If your answer is yes, please consider submitting it for the Elizabeth Long Atwood Award. The Woodruff Library is Read More …

18th Annual Hamilton E. Holmes, MD Memorial Lecture to be held February 16

Posted onFebruary 15, 2022AuthorKimberly Robin Powell

Named in honor of the first African American to graduate from Emory School of Medicine, the 18th annual Hamilton E. Holmes, MD Memorial Lecture will be held February 16 at 5pm via Zoom. Titled “In Our Hands: Improving Health Outcomes for Black Mothers and Infants”, the session will feature a panel of healthcare leaders and Read More …

New Website Coming March 7, Preview Available Now

Posted onFebruary 9, 2022February 9, 2022AuthorKimberly Robin Powell

Emory University Libraries have launched a preview of their new websites. Featuring a unified design, the release helps the Libraries move one step closer to the long-term goal of bringing all Emory University Libraries, locations, and services under one web presence. The preview for the WHSC Library website is located at: https://preview.libraries.emory.edu/health The Emory community Read More …

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series, Feb 3 at 2pm: Why is it so hard to do good science?

Posted onJanuary 27, 2022AuthorKimberly Robin Powell

WHSC Library Seminar Series on Rigor and Reproducibility presents: Why is it so hard to do good science? Societal approaches to improving the rigor and reproducibility of preclinical biomedical science have largely been technical in nature with a renewed focus on the role of statistics in good experimental designs. By contrast, the importance of preconceived Read More …