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In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I am excited to share what I am grateful for this year. In years past, I’ve used this space to reflect with gratitude on the efforts of the 1,700 men and women who work at NLM. Other times, I’ve reflected on the impact of individuals who have contributed to my … Continue reading One NLM: I Am Thankful for How Far We Have Come!
Last weekend, Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD, FACMI, Marion V. Nelson Professor of Biomedical Informatics, and Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School received the 2020 Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence at the AMIA 2020 Virtual Annual Symposium. This award – the highest honor in informatics – is bestowed to an … Continue reading Dr. Isaac Kohane: Making Our Data Work for Us!
Guest post by NLM staff: David Anderson, UMLS Production Coordinator; Liz Amos, Special Assistant to the Chief Health Data Standards Officer; Anna Ripple, Information Research Specialist; and Patrick McLaughlin, Head, Terminology QA & User Services Unit. Shortly after Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD was sworn in as NLM Director in 1984, he asked “What is NLM, … Continue reading Making Connections and Enabling Discoverability – Celebrating 30 Years of UMLS
Guest post by Jerry Sheehan, Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine. Making research data broadly findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable is essential to advancing science and accelerating its translation into knowledge and innovation. The global response to COVID-19 highlights the importance and benefits of sharing research data more openly. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) … Continue reading Fostering a Culture of Scientific Data Stewardship