House Librarians and Liaisons
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.
Blackstone | Leah Honor |
Brightwood | Catherine Carr |
Burncoat | Kim MacKenzie |
Kelley | Tess Grynoch |
Quinsigamond | Becky Baltich Nelson |
Tatnuck | Victoria Rossetti |
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.