The History of LAMPHHS
(Librarians, Archivists, and Museum Professionals in the History of the Health Sciences)
ALHHS
In 1976, the Association of Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences counted 29 members. In 1992 the organization expanded to become Archivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences.
MeMa
The Medical Museums Association was created to promote long-term contacts among individuals, institutions, and organizations involved in collecting historical artifacts and objects of interest to the health sciences.
Current Officers
| Treasurer | Nicole Topich Contact |
Oskar Diethelm Library, DeWitt Wallace Institute of Psychiatry: History, Policy, & the Arts, Weill Cornell Medical College |
Term: 2025-2027 |
| Officer at Large | Kathy Isham Contact |
Cushing/Whitney Medical Historical Library, Yale University |
Term: 2025-2027 |
| Officer at Large | Sheridan Sayles Contact |
MSK Library and Archives, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
Term: 2025-2027 |
| Officer at Large | Brandon T. Pieczko Contact |
Digital and Special Collections Librarian, Indiana University School of Medicine’s Ruth Lilly Medical Library |
Term: 2024-2026 |
| Officer at Large | DiAnna Hemsath Contact |
Archivist, University of Nebraska Medical Center |
Term: 2024-2026 |
| Secretary/Clerk | Carrie Meyer Contact |
Assistant Professor/Head, Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska Medical Center McGoogan Health Sciences Library |
Term: 2024-2026 |
| President | Keith C. Mages (he/him/his) Contact |
Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection, University at Buffalo |
Term: 2024-2026 |
| Vice President | Sarah Alger Contact |
Director of the Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital |
Term: 2024-2026 |
Appointments 2025-2026
The Watermark
Co-Editor (Indefinite Term): Bob Vietrogoski • Contact
(George F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences, Rutgers University)
Co-Editor (Indefinite Term): Tara Wink • Contact
(Health Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland)
Associate Editor (Indefinite Term): Maria Shellman • Contact
(McGoogan Health Sciences Library, University of Nebraska Medical Center)
Layout Editor (Indefinite Term): Brooke Fox • Contact
(Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina)
Book Review Editor (Indefinite Term): Erin Torell (she/her/hers) • Contact
(McGoogan Health Sciences Library, University of Nebraska Medical Center)
Associate Book Review Editor (Indefinite Term): Arlene Shaner • Contact
(New York Academy of Medicine Library)
Committees 2025-2026
Archivist
Jodi Koste • Contact (Tompkins-McCaw Library, Virginia Commonwealth University)
Education Committee (2022- )
Anna Schuldt, Chair • Contact (Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina)
Judy Chelnick • Contact (Retired Curator, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution)
Ashley Stevens • Contact (Woodruff Health Sciences center Library, Emory University)
Membership Directory
Carrie Meyer, Chair • Contact (Special Collections & Archives, Leon S. McGoogan Health Sciences Library, University of Nebraska Medical Center)
Committee on Guidelines for the Ethical Treatment of Human Remains
Dominic Hall, Chair • Contact (Warren Anatomical Museum, Center for the History of Medicine, Harvard Medical School)
LAMPHHS Annual Meeting 2026
(Buffalo, New York): Program Committee
Brooke Fox, Co-Chair • Contact (Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina)
Howard Rootenberg, Co-Chair • Contact (Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts)
Keith Mages • Contact (Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection, University at Buffalo)
Michelle Marcella • Contact (Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation, Massachusetts General Hospital)
Rena Selya • Contact (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
Heather Stecklein • Contact (W. Bruce Fye Center for History of Medicine, Mayo Clinic)
Travel Scholarship Committee (2025-2026)
Lucy Waldrop, Chair • Contact (Medical Center Archives, Duke University)
Ashely Stevens • Contact (Woodruff Health Sciences center Library, Emory University)
Rachel Jones Lopez • Contact (University of Alabama at Birmingham Libraries)
Sarah Bush • Contact (Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine)
Publication Awards Committee (2025-2026)
Jason Byrd, Chair • Contact (Historical Collections, University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Gabrielle Barr • Contact (Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum)
Brooke Guthrie • Contact (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)
Beth Kilmarx • Contact (Boston Medical Library)
Awards
View guidelines for travel scholarships and awards for distinguished service, Recognition of Merit, publication and curatorship.
Visit here to see a list of past winners.
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