September Edition of Connective Issues Newsletter

This edition features an abundance of informative and entertaining articles.

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NIH Request For Information – Seeks Opinions On Child Enrollment in the All of Us Research Program

You have until Sept 22 to respond to the RFI  to Inform Plans for Child Enrollment in the All of Us Research Program.  Responses should be submitted to this web form.

The All of Us Research Program is an historic effort to gather data from one million or more people living in the United States to accelerate research and improve health. The enrollment of children in the cohort has consistently been an important goal of the program: the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) Precision Medicine Initiative Working Group, which developed the final report that informs the All of Us Research Program, strongly supported the inclusion of children in the cohort, recommending that the NIH work thoughtfully and carefully to “develop specific approaches to address the needs of [children] so that they may be included and retained in the cohort.”  The efforts of the Child Enrollment Scientific Vision Working Group (CESVWG), and this RFI, are key to the program’s efforts to develop a thoughtful and appropriate plan for the addition of children to the program.

The CESVWG seeks public input on the pediatric research that the All of Us Research Program may be uniquely positioned to enable through the enrollment of children. Responses should include:

  • What are the most significant short- (0–5 years), medium- (5–10 years), and long-term (more than 10 years) precision medicine research questions that could be addressed by the inclusion of pediatric populations in the All of Us Research Program?
  • What are the key gaps in current pediatric study designs that might be appropriate for All of Us to address through the enrollment of children (for example, preconception studies, sibling studies, etc.)?
  • What are the research resources that the inclusion of children into the All of Us Research Program could potentially generate (for example, innovative algorithms, methodologies, etc.)?
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Whiteboard Project: Best Book Series Adaptation?

book series adaptations poll

With season 7 of the popular TV show Game of Thrones drawing to a close in August, we were interested in which well-known book series had produced the best film or TV adaptation. Somewhat surprisingly given all the recent hype, Game of Thrones only came in third place out of four among our voters. The Harry Potter movies came in second place, and the Lord of the Rings films were the clear favorites. The James Bond movies were the most unloved, garnering only six votes. It seems we have many Tolkien fans out there!

Don’t miss your chance to weigh in on our current poll about the best chairs in the library – come by and vote!

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HS/HSL Labor Day Weekend Hours

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HS/HSL will be closed Saturday, Sept. 2 – Monday, Sept. 4 in observance of the Labor Day holiday. The library will begin its regular fall hours on Tuesday, Sept. 5. See the library website for more information on the fall hours.

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HS/HSL Fall Hours Begin Tuesday Sept. 5th

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HS/HSL Fall Hours : Tuesday, Sept. 5 – Thursday, Nov. 30

Monday – Thursday: 6 a.m.* – 1 a.m.**

Friday: 6 a.m.* – 8 p.m.

Saturday: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Sunday: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.

 

Exceptions to Regular Hours

Labor Day Weekend Saturday, Sept. 2 – Monday, Sept. 4: CLOSED

Wednesday Nov. 22: 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Thanksgiving Thursday, Nov. 23 – Friday, Nov. 24: CLOSED

 

* Early Morning Study

  • Between 6 a.m. – 8 a.m., Monday through Friday, enter through the SMC Campus Center with your UMB ID or UMMC ID.
  • Library services and access to classrooms begin at 8 a.m.

**Late Night Study

  • Floors 1 & 2 will be open until 1 a.m. as a study hall
  • Library services and floors 3, 4 & 5 will close at 10 p.m.
  • Building entrance after 8 p.m. is limited to those with a current UMB One Card, UMMC id or an id badge from a University System of Maryland campus.
  • Visitors and borrowing members may not enter the building after 8 p.m.
  • Visitors and borrowing members entering the Library for research purposes before 8pm may remain until 10 p.m.
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Whiteboard Project: Which Citation Manager Do You Prefer?

citation manager poll

There are lots of options out there for citation management software, and we wanted to know which one you like best! Our poll results show a clear preference for EndNote over RefWorks, with a few write-in votes for other tools. RefWorks is available for free to the UMB community through HS/HSL, and EndNote is now available at a discount through the campus technology office. If you want to learn more about how to use citation managers to save time while writing, talk to a librarian or attend one of our workshops!

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Fall Workshops at the HS/HSL

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The HS/HSL offers a variety of free workshops to faculty, students, and staff.

This semester’s topics include:

  • Leveraging research impact data for tenure and promotion
  • Citation management with RefWorks
  • Research data management basics
  • Creating effective presentations using Powerpoint
  • Finding research literature using PubMed
  • Bioinformatics on the Cloud

See the full schedule and registration information.

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Whiteboard Project: Best Anatomy Atlas?

whiteboard poll

We asked, you answered. Netter’s Atlas of Human Anatomy trounced Gray’s Atlas of Anatomy in last week’s whiteboard poll. Perhaps this result reflects the number of people who are still loyal fans of the Grey’s Anatomy TV show after all these years… Regardless of which version you prefer, we have a wide variety of anatomy atlases available for checkout.

Be sure to stop by the library to weigh in on our current poll, RefWorks vs. EndNote for citation management!

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Join Us Today at Our Meet the Makers Series: Dr. Warren L. Grayson

“Regeneration of Vascularized Skeletal Muscle”
Dr. Warren L. Grayson, Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering
Thursday, September 21, 2017, 12pm
Health Sciences and Human Services Library, Gladhill Boardroom

Join us as we kick off Meet the Makers, an HS/HSL speaker series focused on emerging technology in the life sciences.

Our first guest speaker will be Warren L. Grayson, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Grayson’s tissue engineering work combines biodegradable 3D printed models and stem cells for craniofacial and orthopaedic applications. You can learn more about this work by watching his TedxBaltimore 2016 talk, Tissue Engineering for Regenerative Medicine.

This event is free and open to the public.

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