Congratulations to Julie Schiavo, dental librarian & recent iSchool grad

Our kudos and congratulations go out to our dental librarian Julie Schiavo, who recently completed ?áa?áCertificate of Advanced Study in Health Sciences Librarianship?áfrom the University of Pittsburgh.

Ms. Schiavo completed a?árigorous?áone year, 15 credit program, which included a Capstone project and presentation. Her capstone, which focused on health literacy rates among patients at the ?áLSU School of Dentistry Student Clinic, was based on a $3,000 outreach award from the?áNational Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region entitled?áÔÇ£Outreach to the LSUHSC-NO School of Dentistry Clinic: Providing Quality Consumer Health Information to Dental Patients”. Ms. Schiavo was awarded the grant ?áin 2009.

Congratulations Julie, we are proud of you!

Photos courtesy of Hanna Kwasik.