Health Sciences

We offer a wide range of services and support. Visit our location pages to learn more: 

• Virginia Tech Carilion School Of Medicine (VTCSOM) Library (2 Riverside Roanoke),
• Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Health Sciences and Technology (FBRI HS&T) Library (4 Riverside Roanoke), 
• Veterinary Medicine (Vet Med) Library (245 Duck Pond Rd. Blacksburg)

Get Started with Topic Overview Resources, such as PubMed Health (clinical effectiveness), MedlinePlus, and more.

VT Libraries has many guides related to Health Sciences. Search all Subject Guides, or try out one of these:

Biochemistry

Consumer Health

Genetics, bioinformatics, and computational biology

Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise

Medicine

Population Health Sciences

Psychology

Health Sciences Librarians

• Kiri DeBose, Director, Health Sciences Libraries -- health specialization: Head, Veterinary Medicine (VetMed) Library, and has administrative oversight of the VTCSOM Library & Learning Commons and the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and Health Sciences & Technology Library. Also serves as the liaison to Animal Sciences; primary subject expertise in veterinary medicine, and animal sciences, secondary in environment and human medicine

• Tim Mey, Head, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) Library -- Liaison to School of Medicine

• Roberto Silva, Head, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute and Health Sciences & Technology (FBRI HS&T) Library, Liaison to Translational Biology, Medicine & Health

• Ginny Pannabecker, Assistant Dean and Director of Research, Collaboration and Engagement -- specialization: health sciences and life sciences expertise

Collaborative Librarians w/Health Sciences areas

• Anne Brown, Science Informatics Consultant & Health Analytics Coordinator

• Jackson Hoch, Evidence Synthesis Resident Librarian -- health specialization: Liaison to Human Nutrition Foods & Exercise

• Inga Haugen, Agriculture, Life Sciences, and Scholarly Communication Librarian -- health specialization: plants, soils, Extension, ag econ, ag tech, entomology, food science, and biological systems engineering.

• Amanda MacDonald, Undergraduate Research Services Librarian -- health specialization: Human Development 

• Rachel Miles, Research Impact Librarian -- health specialization: Neuroscience, Psychology​

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