WHSC Library Collection Highlights: Social Determinants of Health

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the issue of healthcare disparities and related inequalities to the forefront. This fall’s collection highlight’s display features books on systemic racism, socioeconomic discrimination, access to education, the physical environment, social support, and health equity in contemporary and historical perspectives. The titles examine these problems and offer potential solutions to help improve Read More …

Welcome SOM Class of 2026!

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The SOM Class of 2026 began its orientation this last week. This incoming class includes: 148 students (Largest in the SOM’s history) 103 women; 45 men 93% of students include “non-traditional” students who did not matriculate into medical school immediately after graduating from their undergraduate programs. The class includes students from 28 States, Puerto Rico, Read More …

Join the WHSC for a Juneteenth Online Film Screening and Panel Discussion, Thursday June 16, 12 – 1:30 PM

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

To celebrate this year, the School of Medicine’s Office of Equity and Inclusion’s 3rd annual Juneteenth program is partnering with Emory Healthcare, the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing,​ Rollins School of Public Health, and Grady Health System to host an online screening of the film Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution. Read More …

WHSC Library Summer Hours

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The WHSC Library will begin summer hours on Monday May 9th.  Please see below for further details: May 7-8, 2022 WHSC Library will be closed for new carpet installation Beginning May 9, 2022: Regular Summer WHSC Library Hours Monday-Thursday: 8AM-10PM Friday: 8AM-6PM Saturday: 10AM-6PM Sunday: 11AM-10PM Monday, May 30, 2022: CLOSED in observance of Memorial Read More …

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

Posted onAuthorKimberly 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 …

WHSC Library Reading Collection Highlights: Neuroscience

Posted onAuthorKimberly 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 …

National Library Week 2022

Posted onAuthorKimberly Robin Powell

The National Library Week from April 3-9, 2022 is a celebration of libraries sponsored by the American Library Association to highlight all that libraries can do for their schools and communities.  Check out some fun facts and ways to connect with your Emory University Libraries: DID YOU KNOW? A growing body of evidence suggests that Read More …

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

Posted onAuthorKimberly 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 …