Here’s all about us, in order of importance (says Danielle)…
Danielle
I’m working at a national charity which has seen me building an intranet using SharePoint as well as managing the current awareness service and keeping their website up to date. I have previously worked for a small organisation that develops guidelines for the NHS. My role was to create and run systematic searches for 5 guidelines. Past positions have been at the BMJ, the Institute of Population Health at the University of Ottawa, and the Effective Practice and Organisation of Care group of the Cochrane Collaboration, also at the U of O. I am from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and have been living, and sometimes blogging, in London since spring 2006.
I’ve got a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science (MLIS) from the University of Western Ontario. My first love was psychology and I majored in this at the University of British Columbia. I was a dabbler (loved film studies, latin, and short fiction) and part of me thinks I am an artist, photographer and/or writer.
I’m on the Editorial panel of the Gazette, the fortnightly publication of the Chartered Institute of Library and Informational Professionals (CILIP). I write a column that reviews blogs relevant to information professionals but on a variety of topics (e.g. project management, search engines).
My email is danielle.marie.w {at} gmail.com.
Alan
I work for a small company who do evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews, evidence briefings, procurement designation guides and the such, and part of that revolves around finding the best evidence in a transparent, reliable, repeatable and systematic fashion, and, well, that is what I try and do. My job also concerns aspects of knowledge management, copy and content editing, proofreading, market research, project management and HR management. As I say, we’re a small company.
I’ve a degree in Biology from Royal Holloway, University of London, and a doctorate from the University of Warwick. I spent around three years as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sainte-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal before a short stint as a scientific writer. Upon my return to the UK I did an MA in Information Studies at the University of Brighton.
I’m on the committee of the Information for the Management of Healthcare (IFMH) group and am a Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London.
My email is alan.lovell {at} bazian.com.
Hanna
I am an information professional and work for a well known UK drug rationing body. I have an interest in philosophy of science from doing a Combined Social Science degree at Durham University and have nearly graduated from UCL with a very traditional library studies MA. I am on the committee of the Commercial, Scientific and Legal Group (CLSIG) which is affiliated with CILIP (although I am not) and am a member of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) otherwise dabbling with the Health Libraries Group (HLG) and UK e-information group (UKEIG) as well. I love acronyms which is pretty much compulsory when working in the medical field.
Outside of work I like all manner of arty things, arguing at the telly and wandering the streets of London.
My email is hanna.lewin {at} gmail.com
Alan Fricker (africker)
I am an NHS Librarian of longish standing and above average height. I am interested in most things that touch on the professional work of health informatics folk often to an extent that even I find surprising. I am a past Chair of HLGand am on more committees than I care to own up to. I thoroughly enjoyed my MSc Information Management from Sheffield and surprised myself by finding real value in becoming an MCLIP.
Away from work I do other stuff.
Email me at alan.fricker {at} newhamhealth.nhs.uk
