The HSLS Staff News section includes recent HSLS presentations, publications, staff changes, staff promotions, degrees earned, and more.
News
HSLS welcomes Cassie Nespor, MLIS, who serves as the History of Medicine and Special Collections Coordinator. Cassie brings her extensive experience as a library and museum professional, most recently as Curator at Youngstown State University’s University Archives and Melnick Medical Museum, to support strategic initiatives and develop innovative programs to engage new audiences with HSLS’s historical collections.
Farewell to Brian Krummel, who has accepted the position of Webmaster for the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Office of Strategic Communications. Brian joined HSLS in May 2016 as the Web Developer for the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) Web Services Office (NWSO) and served as the Web Services Manager for the NNLM All of Us Program since 2021.
Publications
Alexis Cenname, Data Scientist, coauthored the article:
Carlson KM, Abdul-Rahman NH, Deek RA, Cenname A, Cai W, Demanelis K, Zandberg DP, Contrera KJ, Zevallos JP, Martinson J, Mazul AL. Trends in Human Papillomavirus Testing Among Patients With Oropharyngeal Cancer. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Jul 1;8(7):e2523917. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.23917. PMID: 40728789; PMCID: PMC12308448.
Kelsey Cowles, Research and Instruction Librarian, Rachel Suppok, Research and Instruction Librarian, Rebekah Miller, Research and Instruction Librarian, and Sera Thornton, Instructional Design Lead, coauthored the article:
Cowles, K., Suppok, R., Miller, R., & Thornton, S. (2025). The Case of the Charming Clinician: An Instructional Health-Misinformation-Themed Escape Room. Doody’s Core Titles.