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Stony Brook Medicine Healthy Libraries Program recognized for being a community resource

The work of bringing high quality health services and resources to our local communities by Stony Brook librarians, faculty, and interns associated with the The Stony Brook Medicine Healthy Libraries Program (HeLP) has been recognized by CBS news. The Stony

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Paul Offit Announced as the 2021 Antonija Prelec Visiting Scholar

Registration is now open! Dr. Offit’s lecture, You Bet Your Life: The Long, Risky History of Medical Innovation, is open to all and will be held in the Wang Center Theater 20th September 2021 3:00-4:00pm with a live stream available.

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Michael B. Huang Recognized for His Role in International Librarianship

Michael B. Huang, SUNY Distinguished Librarian and Director of Global Library Iniaitives at Stony Brook University has recently been recognized by two major library organizations for his role in promoting international librarianship. Mr. Huang has been elected to serve as

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Wishing luck to SOM students – Match Day 2021

Match Day is tomorrow Friday 3/19! This is the highly anticipated day when medical students find out where they will be training as residents for the next several years. This is a very exciting time as all the foundational skills

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Gregg Stevens – Distinguished member in the Academy of Health Information Professionals

The health sciences library is proud to announce that Gregg A. Stevens, our liaison librarian to the School of Nursing, has been accepted as a Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals (AHIP).  AHIP distinguished membership requires an

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Gregg A. Stevens receives MLA Presidential Award

The Medical Library Association has announced the winners of the 2020 Presidential Awards.  Our very own Health Sciences Librarian, Gregg Stevens, is among this year’s recipients!  Gregg has earned this honor for his contributions to the transformation of the Medical

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LitCovid NIH curated guide to latest research on Covid 19

LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to 1121 (and growing) research articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily and are

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Consumer Guide for COVID-19

As there are more news stories than we can keep up with on the ever changing health infomration, the Health Sciences Library has added a page on its consumer health guide with authoritative information about COVID-19 (Coronavirus). The guide also

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Distinguished Librarian Michael Bailou Huang Presents at Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China

Distinguished Librarian Michael Bailou Huang was invited to present “Collection development for the 21st century academic library: Experience from the Stony Brook University Libraries” at Number 852 Social Science Forum of Shandong Normal University in Jinan, China on October 17,

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2019 Prelec Memorial Lecture a huge success!

Patricia Brennan, the Director of the National Library of Medicine, spent the day at Stony Brook University on Friday, September 6, 2019 where she met with bioinformatics professionals and medical librarians and gave a fantastic presentation on the use of

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