Celebrating Excellence: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships Recipients
We are proud to recognize the outstanding individuals selected as recipients of the 2025 MLA awards, grants, and scholarships. Their achievements reflect a deep commitment to excellence in our field.
Stay tuned—additional recognitions will be announced soon!
Awards and Honors
Estelle Brodman Award for the Academic Health Sciences Librarian of the Year [separate recipients]
- Rachel Hinrichs, Indiana University Indianapolis
- Hilary Jasmin, College of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University
Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship
- Shannon Glover, AHIP, Northeast Georgia Health System
Chapter Project of the Year Award
- Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Early Career Librarian Initiative Task Force
Consumer Health Librarian of the Year Award
- Sydni Abrahamsen, AHIP, Mayo Clinic
Darling Award for Distinguished Achievement in Collection Development in the Health Sciences
- Megan Inman, East Carolina University
Janet Doe Lectureship for 2026
- Shannon D. Jones, PhD, AHIP, FMLA, Medical University of South Carolina
Ida and George Eliot Prize [they are co-authors on this publication]
MLA Research Training Institute (RTI) 2018 and 2019: participant research confidence and program effectiveness. Journal of the Medical Library Association.
- Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA, Distinguished Librarian Emerita, University of California, Irvine
- Jodi Philbrick, AHIP, University of North Texas
- Lorie Kloda, McGill University
Fellowship
- David Duggar, AHIP, FMLA, Health Sciences Library, LSU Health Shreveport
- Sally Gore, FMLA, UMass Chan Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library
- Dale Prince, AHIP, FMLA, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
- Lisa Traditi, AHIP, FMLA, Strauss Health Sciences Library, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, retired
T. Mark Hodges International Service Award [joint recipients]
- Kristi Holmes, Northwestern University
- Anne Seymour, Johns Hopkins University & Medicine
Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award
- Marie Ascher, New York Medical College
Marcia C. Noyes Award
- Susan Lessick, AHIP, FMLA, Distinguished Librarian Emerita, University of California, Irvine
Research Advancement in Health Sciences Librarianship Award [separate recipients]
- London Health Sciences Centre, Health Sciences Library, Toronto, ON
- New York University Langone Health, Health Sciences Library, New York, NY
Rising Stars 2025-2026
- David Petersen, AHIP, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
- Renee Rau, University of Southern California
- Jessica Sender, AHIP, Michigan State University
- Valerie Vera, University of South Carolina
Rittenhouse Award
A Complementary Technological Solution as a Preventive Measure for Maternal Mortality in Black Women in Rural America
- Hripsime Mantecon, University of North Texas
Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships
Naomi C. Broering Latinx Heritage Grant
- Ruby Nugent, National Jewish Health
Collection Development Professional Development Grant [separate recipients]
- Catisha Benjamin, AHIP, Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Zemirah Ngow, AHIP, University of California San Diego
Continuing Education Grant
- Jenn Monnin, West Virginia University
Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship for 2026
- Glorias Asiimwe, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda
- Felix Chisoni, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Blantyre, Malawi
Eugene Garfield Research Fellowship
- Jonathan Eldredge, AHIP, FMLA, University of New Mexico
Hospital Libraries Professional Development Grant [separate recipients]
- Daniel Scopelliti, AHIP, Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
- Judy Lee, Maimonides Medical Center