National Library of Medicine’s Tweets

White House Office of Science & Technology Policy

Jan 21

"Protecting the Integrity of Gov't Science" is meant to ensure science remains accurate & objective. Jerry Sheehan, NLM deputy director, served as co-chair of

@WHOSTP

's Scientific Integrity Fast-Track Action Committee, which developed the report: whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl

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@WHOSTP

· Jan 12

Whole-of-government

Comprehensive

Forward-looking Read the Scientific Integrity Task Force report aimed at restoring public trust in federal decision-making: whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda

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NLM History Talks - National Library of Medicine

Jan 20

View the full lineup in the 2022 #NLMHistTalk series and tune in all year:

nlm.nih.gov

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circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov

Jan 20

Alexandre White, PhD, of

@JHUArtsSciences

will give an #NLMHistTalk on Thurs., 1/27 at 2 p.m. ET. He will discuss "Narratives of Pandemics Past: Archival Approaches to Understanding the #COVID19 Pandemic." More in this Circulating Now interview: loom.ly/KGJ9_4o

@A1RWhite

Narratives of Pandemics Past: Archival Approaches to Understanding the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alexandre White, PhD will speak on Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET. This program will be live-streamed globally, and archived, by NIH VideoCasting. Dr. White is Assistant Professor of Soci…

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Diversity in Data Science and Informatics (DDSI) Research Summer Internship Program

Jan 20

The NLM Diversity in #DataScience & Informatics program provides training & research opportunities in #ComputerScience to students from diverse backgrounds. This is a chance to drive innovation while working alongside NLM researchers. Apply by Tues., 3/1.

nlm.nih.gov

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Jan 19

From serving on the

@ONC_HealthIT

Advisory Committee to using natural language processing to remove patient info from research documents & more, NLM staff members are committed to protecting privacy.

reflects on this NLM priority: nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2022/01/19/you

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Patti Brennan

· Jan 19

Patient privacy is more important now than ever! @NLM_NIH works to ensure your privacy & that of all patrons who use our resources. We are also proud to provide guidance to other federal agencies on this topic. Learn more: nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2022/01/19/you

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Experience ORISE

@ExperienceORISE

Jan 18

The National Library of Medicine (

) Associate Fellowship Program is seeking recent #LibraryScience graduates interested in a career in health sciences librarianship. Deadline to apply is Jan. 28. Learn more » bit.ly/2ZDzEN8

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CDC

@CDCgov

Jan 18

Libraries are critical in supporting health literacy needs of communities they serve. Some provide training, resources & funding for health literacy initiatives. See what the Network of the National Library of Medicine offers: bit.ly/3tjy8MO. #HealthLiteracy

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Jan 18

Learn more about how "AI may help improve doctor-patient communication" in this research spotlight from

@NIHOBSSR

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@NIHOBSSR

· Jan 18

This @NLM_NIH & @NIDDKgov funded study sought to understand physicians use of simple language versus their adaptation of written language to match the HL of patients & whether physicians’ tendency to use either strategy is assoc. w/patient understanding: bit.ly/3r9JAYr

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Jan 14

📣 Closing soon! Join the NLM team as a Supervisory Librarian in Library Operations! In this role, you will provide strategic leadership for cataloging & metadata management of biomedical literature & collection resources. Apply by Sun., 1/16: loom.ly/IEu4CJc #MedLibs

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Explore the story of this album & more in "Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine" in the NLM Digital Collections: loom.ly/hmugDLo

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circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov

This week's Circulating Now blog looks at photos from the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05). The album features images from Port Arthur (Lüshunkou), the Russian Hospital located there, & the care of Russian soldiers by Japanese medical personnel.

“Human bullets,” A Russo-Japanese War Photo Album

By Alexander Bay ~ Originally published in Hidden Treasure: The National Library of Medicine, 2011. This essay takes a look at an album of 50 original gelatin silver photographs with handwritten ca…

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NEH Digital Humanities

@NEH_ODH

Check out the terrific list of speakers for this year's #NLMHistTalk series. We at

@NEHgov

are proud to co-sponsor two of the lectures this year and look forward to tuning in for them.

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· Jan 11

NLM is pleased to announced a great lineup of speakers for our 2022 #NLMHistTalk series. These lectures, which will take place throughout the year, will be available online and archived for later viewing. Learn more: loom.ly/RmxAXy4

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An NLM-funded study in

@J_FormativeRes

investigated social media’s potential role in increasing #COVID19 vaccine acceptance in pregnant populations. Learn more: formative.jmir.org/2022/1/e33792

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· Jan 6

JMIR Formative Res: Toward Using Twitter Data to Monitor #covid19 Vaccine Safety in Pregnancy: Proof-of-Concept Study of Cohort Identification dlvr.it/SGdqdK

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NIH

@NIH

Lessons learned from leading NIH

Former #NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins reflects on his 12+ years leading the agency and shares his hopes for future #NIH leaders. Read more:

science.org

Having just stepped down from serving three presidents over 12 years as director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have led this noble...

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#NIH researchers at

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are using #ArtificialIntelligence to create a smartphone-based tool to simplify screening for #CervicalCancer. Learn more on the "I Am Intramural" #blog: go.usa.gov/xtrVC #CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth

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Patti Brennan

Partners on the Health Care Team: Librarians Collaborating with Nurses

Jan 12

Librarians & nurses are both indispensable resources, but how do they work together to improve health care? Explore the many ways #MedLibs contribute to nursing education in this guest blog post by two librarians from

@UICnursing

/

@UIHealth

&

@LHS_Chicago

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nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov

Guest post by Annie “Nicky” Nickum, BSN, MLIS, AHIP, and Rebecca Raszewski, MS, AHIP, faculty and nursing liaison librarians at the University of Illinois Chicago. Occasionally we focus on the inte…

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Confused by what your doctor tells you? A new study discovers how communication gaps between...

"Our findings suggest that most doctors can & should adjust how they listen & respond to patients to achieve more effective communication." This

@ConversationUS

article expands on the importance of this research for the field of health communications:

theconversation.com

Communication breakdowns between doctors and their patients have real-life consequences and can result in poorer health outcomes and sicker patients.

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A

@ScienceAdvances

paper about a study funded in part by NLM looks at clinician skills & behaviors that facilitate communication. Doctors who matched their language to patient needs (i.e., "precision communication") were able to overcome confusion. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc

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Science Advances

@ScienceAdvances

· Dec 18, 2021

Physicians may communicate with patients more effectively by tailoring their language to match each individual’s health literacy level, according to a new analysis. fcld.ly/g35cxb2

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NLM is pleased to announced a great lineup of speakers for our 2022 #NLMHistTalk series. These lectures, which will take place throughout the year, will be available online and archived for later viewing. Learn more: loom.ly/RmxAXy4

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Jan 7

Join the NLM team as a Supervisory Librarian in Library Operations! In this role, you will provide strategic leadership for cataloging & metadata management of biomedical literature & other collection resources. Learn more & apply by Sun., 1/16: nlm.nih.gov/careers/Superv #MedLibs

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Advocates and Allies: The Pioneers of Progress

Mary Lasker is also recognized on

@theNCI

's "Advocates and Allies: The Pioneers of Progress" page: cancer.gov/news-events/nc #NothingWillStopUs

@NCIadvocacy

cancer.gov

Cancer advocates have a long history of making sure patients get heard. In fact, one notable advocate had a major role in helping to get the National Cancer Act signed into legislation. Meet these...

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Learn more about Mary Lasker's contributions to #CancerResearch & explore relevant items in the NLM Digital Collections with our Profiles in Science page: profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/tl/f

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Kaiser Health News

@KHNews

· Jan 10

Mary Lasker pestered President Nixon to fund cancer research. She paid for full-page ads in papers like @nytimes and @washingtonpost saying: “Mr. Nixon: You can cure cancer.”

: Gabrielle Emanuel, @WBUR / KHN

: The Mary Lasker Papers / National Library of Medicine

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National Commission on AIDS, 1989-1993

Explore the new Profiles in Science page on NCAIDS. Integrated with the NLM Digital Collections, it presents a curated selection of digitized materials together with a narrative “story” that provides historical context & a chronology of the work of NCAIDS.

profiles.nlm.nih.gov

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circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov

This Circulating Now blog looks at a new Profiles in Science page about the Nat'l. Commission on AIDS (NCAIDS). From 1989-1993, NCAIDS explored the #HIV/#AIDS epidemic through testimony from health workers, experts, & people w/ AIDS: loom.ly/PPwWOqc

@NIH_OAR

@HIVinfo_NIH

The National Commission on AIDS, 1989–1993

By Susan L. Speaker ~ The National Library of Medicine recently launched a new Profiles in Science site! Unlike most of our earlier Profiles, which feature the careers of individual biomedical scie…

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Experience ORISE

@ExperienceORISE

The National Library of Medicine (

) Associate Fellowship Program is seeking recent #LibraryScience graduates interested in a career in health sciences librarianship. Deadline to apply is Jan. 28. Learn more: bit.ly/2ZDzEN8

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Staff Scientist 1 in Bioinformatics

The NLM Intramural Research Program has an opening for a Staff Scientist 1 in Bioinformatics. This person will help devise a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cancer/other diseases. Learn more & apply: loom.ly/LOT8TU4

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NIH Office of Data Science Strategy

@NIHDataScience

If you can't attend the workshop, your voice can still be heard. We're requesting info on search capabilities across the #biomed landscape for NIH-wide data discovery deadline through January 28, 2022! #DataScience #NIHdata #ai #fairdata #ml datascience.nih.gov/search-rfi-sub

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NIH Office of Data Science Strategy

@NIHDataScience

There's still time to register for our upcoming workshop to explore current capabilities, gaps, and opportunities for global data search across the data ecosystem. #datascience #biomed #NIHData #ai #ml #BigData web.cvent.com/event/9eec8239

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By the numbers: Health disparities in pregnancy | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

Jan 7

Approximately 700 women die each year in the U.S. as a result of pregnancy-related complications. Health disparities in pregnancy affect communities everywhere. Learn about #HealthDisparities in pregnancy by the numbers with NIH MedlinePlus Magazine.

magazine.medlineplus.gov

Statistics around pregnancy-related health disparities.

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Jan 7

Join the NLM team as a Supervisory Librarian in Library Operations! In this role, you will provide strategic leadership for cataloging & metadata management of biomedical literature & other collection resources. Learn more & apply by Sun., 1/16: nlm.nih.gov/careers/Superv #MedLibs

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NIH Office of Science Policy

@NIH_OSP

Jan 6

Hello Twitterverse! Welcome to the new OSP Twitter page! Make sure to keep up with all the latest info by following us! #NIH #SciencePolicy

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2021 Research Highlights — Human Health Advances

Lawrence A. Tabak

@NIHDirector

Jan 6

Check out some of the health advances, promising medical findings and basic research insights made possible by #NIH-supported research in our 2021 Research Highlights:

nih.gov

With NIH support, scientists across the United States and around the world conduct wide-ranging research to discover ways to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability.

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New treatments possible for a rare childhood cancer | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine

Jan 5

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare #ChildhoodCancer of the soft tissue accounting for about 3% of all pediatric cancers. Thanks to new research from

@NCIResearchCtr

&

@ICR_London

, children may be able to receive more targeted treatments: loom.ly/4INWgLI

@NCI_CCR_PedOnc

magazine.medlineplus.gov

A new study on RMS can help researchers develop new therapies for patients.

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Jan 5

While the pandemic put a stop to physical NLM tours, the "Welcome to NLM" page (nlm.nih.gov/virtualtour/in) serves as an alternative to help visitors explore the world's largest biomedical library. Read how we are bringing NLM to you in this week's blog post: nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2022/01/05/bri

A collage of images showcasing the work of the National Library of Medicine.

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Patti Brennan

· Jan 5

Now you can visit NLM from wherever you are! Check out our new virtual #tour and learn more about @NLM_NIH. nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2022/01/05/bri

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Join

on 1/7 at 12 pm ET for a #DataScience presentation titled "Mutational Signatures as Sensors of Environmental Exposures: Role of Smoking in #COVID19 Vulnerabilities" by Dr. Teresa Przytycka

@NCBI

Registration info: nih.zoomgov.com/meeting/regist

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NCBI

@NCBI

Jan 4

Calling all grant administrators, managers, & research team administrative assistants who support #NIH or #NSF grant proposals & awards for US-affiliated Researchers! Apply for this virtual workshop today. #GrantSupport 👇

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NCBI

@NCBI

· Dec 28, 2021

Learn how to create a #biosketch at our virtual workshop, “Creating an NIH or NSF Biosketch with #SciENcv for Delegates & Grant Specialists”. Apply now! #SciEd #GrantWriting loom.ly/_63TleE

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NIH Office of Data Science Strategy

@NIHDataScience

Jan 4

APPLICATIONS CLOSE TODAY! Apply now to join a discussion at the intersection of AI/ML and biomedical #ethics. Topics include: -Public interest -Research -Health equity Apply now for the January 12 microlab! apply.hub.ki/aiandethics/ #NIHData #biomed #equity #AI

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Jan 4

The January 2022 release of #RxNorm is here and includes three new #COVID19-related drug concepts. Download: nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/ #HealthIT

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