House Librarians

A central component of the UMMS Learner-centered Integrated Curriculum (LInC) is the assignment of each School of Medicine student into one of six learning communities or "houses". In this environment small-group learning, career development and mentoring will occur. In addition to house leaders and faculty advisors/mentors, each house has been assigned a librarian who will help students develop life-long skills at finding and interpreting high quality and Evidence-Based medical information.

Departmental Liaisons

Liaison librarians serve the faculty, students and staff of UMass Medical School and clinical affiliations by sharing information about library collections, services, department-specific resources, and by supporting the teaching, clinical, and research needs of each department.

• Department of Anesthesiology – Becky Baltich Nelson
• Department of Cell Biology – Leah Honor
• Department of Dermatology – Leah Honor
• Department of Emergency Medicine – Tori Rossetti
• Department of Family Medicine and Community Health – Leah Honor
• Department of Geriatric Medicine – Leah Honor
• Department of Infection Control – Catherine Carr
• Department of Medicine (Internal Medicine) – Catherine Carr
• Department of Neurology – Catherine Carr
• Department of Nursing – Tori Rossetti
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology – Becky Baltich Nelson
• Department of Ophthalmology – Jessica Kilham
• Department of Orthopedics/Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation – Tori Rossetti
• Department of Pediatrics – Becky Baltich Nelson
• Department of Plastic Surgery – Becky Baltich Nelson
• Department of Psychiatry – Catherine Carr
• Department of Radiology – Becky Baltich Nelson
• Department of Rheumatology – Leah Honor
• Department of School Services Outreach Programs – Vivian Okyere
• Department of Surgery – Tori Rossetti
• Department of Urology – Becky Baltich Nelson
• Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences – Sally Gore, Tess Grynoch, Kim MacKenzie and Lisa Palmer
• Graduate School of Nursing – Tori Rossetti and Leah Honor

If your department would like a librarian assigned to be a liaison, contact Regina Raboin, Associate Director, Library Education & Research, at 508-856-2099.

Clinical Librarians

• Jessica Kilham – 508-856-6028
• Catherine Carr – 508-856-8778
• Victoria Rossetti – 508-856-2463
• Leah Honor – 508-856-2458
• Becky Baltich Nelson – 508-856-2229

Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research (IRB)

Librarians are members of the IRB committees and also assist in locating evidence/literature to support the reviewers of the protocols.

• Committee 1 – Victoria Rossetti
• Committee 2 – Leah Honor

For more information, contact Regina Raboin, Associate Director, Library Education & Research, at 508-856-2099.