2026 MLA Awards

Janet Doe Lectureship

Sally Gore, FMLA

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Estelle Broadman Award for the Academic Health Sciences Librarian of the Year

Fred LaPolla

NYU Langone Medical Center

Lois Ann Colaianni Award for Excellence and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship

Basia Delawska-Elliott, AHIP

Providence Shared Services

Consumer Health Librarian of the Year Award

Deirdre Caparoso

University of New Mexico

Carla J. Funk Governmental Relations Award

Melissa De Santis, AHIP

University of Colorado

Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education

Jessi Van Der Volgen, AHIP

University of Utah

Chapter Project of the Year

Pacific Northwest Chapter

Open Meeting and Chapter Engagement Project

Caucus Project of the Year

Systematic Review Caucus

SR Caucus Summer School

Janet Chan, AHIP

University of South Florida

Melinda H. Berg, AHIP

University of South Florida

Krystal Bullers, AHIP

University of South Florida

Tsu Yin Lue

University of South Florida

Rebecca Carlson, AHIP

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Emily Jones, AHIP

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Christopher Wisniewski

Medical University of South Carolina

Jennifer Wisniewski

Medical University of South Carolina

Emma Barrett-Catton

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Michael Wolcott

University of Colorado

Fei Yu

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

President’s Award

Christine Willis, AHIP

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

President’s Award

Kate Flewelling, AHIP

Boston University

President’s Award

Kate Corcoran

MLA

President’s Award

Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries (AAHSL)/MLA Join Legislative Committee

President’s Award

Academic Librarians Caucus

Open Database to Support Promotion and Tenure Development Committee

MLA Fellowship

Amy Blevins, FMLA

Indiana University School of Medicine

MLA Fellowship

Kelly Gonzalez

University of Texas SW Medical Center

MLA Fellowship

Rikke Ogawa, AHIP

University of California, Irvine

MLA Fellowship

Melissa Rethlefsen, AHIP

The University of New Mexico

MLA Fellowship

Gabriel Rios

Indiana University School of Medicine

Honorary Membership

Kevin Baliozian, MBA, CAE

Medical Library Association

Anna Biszaha, RTIF

The Ohio State University

Jennifer DeBerg, RTIF

University of Iowa

Emily Gilbert, RTIF

University of Illinois Chicago

Juliana Magro, RTIF

NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Rebecca Morin, RTIF

Tufts University

Mary Margaret Thomas, RTIF

University of Iowa

Collection Development Grant

Carole Durst

National Jewish Health

Continuing Education Grant

Carole Ng-He, AHIP

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Continuing Education Grant

Katie Kidwell

Boston College

Continuing Education

Jeannine Creazzo, AHIP

Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset

Continuing Education

Andrea Harrow, AHIP

Norris Medical Library and Keck Medical Center of the University of Southern California (USC)

Continuing Education

David Stewart

Oakland University

Hospital Libraries Professional Development Grant

Frances Chu

Providence Health & Services

Hospital Libraries Professional Development Grant

Jaclyn Morales

North Shore University Hospital

Harriet L. Steuernagel Continuing Education Grant

Jennifer Crumpton, AHIP

University of Florida

Ana D. Cleveland MLA Scholarship

Audrey McDonald

Texas Woman’s University

Gwendolyn S. Cruzat MLA Scholarship

Khaila King

Indiana University Indianapolis

Beverly Murphy MLA Scholarship for Underrepresented Students

Clara Obeng-Akrofi

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Alex Henigman

University of Missouri – Columbia

Samantha Loster, AHIP

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Jenn Monnin

West Virginia University

Ivan Portillo, AHIP

Chapman University