I will be away at a conference and then on vacation from 5/4 to 5/19. If you need assistance in my absence, please contact our reference desk by email at askhsl @ buffalo . edu or by phone at 716-829-5683.

You are welcome to email me as well, but I will only be checking that sporadically.

Check out our very popular Stress Relief Week running from May 1-3

Two locations from 11am-3pm each day.

Visit the Health Sciences Library on the South Campus, and Lockwood Library on the North Campus.

Therapy, music, and refreshments

Students will also be treated to massage, reflexology, and Reiki!

Check out the UB Libraries Flickr page for photos of past Stress Relief weeks.

3. What exactly is a protocol?

SpringerProtocols can be downloaded to one’s computer for future use. Online access will be granted for the duration of the subscription.

6. Can SpringerProtocols be used off-campus/off-site?

Yes. Through SpringerLink’s and Springer Protocol’s IP enabled authentication, any user can access their institution’s protocols subscription through the campus’/corporation’s intranet. Individual users who register for an account while at an IP authenticated computer will later be able to access protocols while logged in off-campus/off-site.

7. Can pages of SpringerProtocols be printed or saved?

Yes, SpringerProtocols can be both printed and saved. Users can download the PDF onto their computer. Full text can be saved via HTML.

8. Does SpringerProtocols provide subscribers with personalization features?

All registered users can save searches, comment on and upload protocols, and save favorite protocols to the My Protocols area.

9. Where does SpringerProtocols content come from?

The protocols come from a set of tested, trusted book series in biomedicine and life sciences. Chief among these book series is Methods in Molecular Biology. Publishing since 1984, there are currently nearly 1,000 volumes of this essential resource, totaling over 20,000 protocols, which are all available in SpringerProtocols. Additional content is sourced from other book series as well.

10. How often are SpringerProtocols updated?

Protocols are updated as the science and technology discussed in the individual protocols develop, change, and progress. On average, the time between updates is 2-3 years, though some titles on rapidly advancing topics may be updated more frequently. When a new edition of an existing protocol is published, all subscribers maintain access to the older version.

11. How are SpringerProtocols developed?

The content development of SpringerProtocols is overseen by Dr. John Walker, who has been series editor of Methods in Molecular Biology for nearly 30 years. He and his prestigious editorial board select topics based on the current climate of biomedical and life science research. SpringerProtocols titles reflect not only the research currently being performed, but aims to cover traditional and time tested scientific methods, as well as emerging and anticipated areas of research. This allows SpringerProtocols to remain as comprehensive as possible. When a topic is identified by Dr. Walker and his board, an extensive search is begun for known experts in the field to compile a comprehensive cross section of the major protocols researchers need to know.

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The Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection, located on the lower level of the Health Sciences Library, has a new episode of the Curiosity Cabinet available! Each episode features an instrument from the Edgar McGuire Historical Instrument Collection and gives hints as to what the instrument is – the first person to guess correctly wins a pack of beautiful botanical note cards. Take a look at the video, and send your guess to Linda Lohr. Good luck!

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Today’s Theme for National Public Health Week is Protecting You While You’re on the Move

In honor of that, I present you with this little poster from the South Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership.

Seat belt use in the US is up to 85%, but according to the CDC, 1 in 7 people still don’t use them. With motor vehicle crashes being “the leading cause of death for people age 5 – 34,” this is still very much a public health issue.

is on Twitter! If you tweet, be sure to use the hashtag #NPHW

You may also want to visit the National Public Health Week website at: http://www.nphw.org/.

The daily themes for the week are:

Monday, April 1: Ensuring a Safe, Healthy Home for Your Family: Health and safety begin at home. Make prevention a fun family tradition.

Tuesday, April 2: Providing a Safe Environment for Children at School: Schools are the perfect setting for improving child health. Plus, children’s health is a rallying point few can ignore.

Wednesday, April 3: Creating a Healthy Workplace: Wellness and safety in the workplace are good for health and for business. Let’s make prevention work for us.

Thursday, April 4: Protecting You While You’re on the Move: Safety on the go is often in our own hands, but it’s also tied to community design. Together, we can turn our streets into roads to better health.

Friday, April 5: Empowering a Healthy Community: Support public health efforts that create healthy opportunities for all. Good health is a community affair.

Next week is National Public Health Week! There are a number of local activities happening over at the School of Public Health and Health Professions:

April 1: “American Cancer Society Research and Health Promotion Programs” will be held in Room 144 of Farber Hall, at 12 p.m. The lecture will be presented by Dr. Jerome Yates, Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

April 2: “Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction” will be conducted by Drs. Charles Pierson and Kim Dobson at 3:30 p.m. in Room 146 of Diefendorf Hall. This one-hour workshop will provide an introduction to mindfulness as a powerful method for reducing stress and alleviating a range of physical and psychological symptoms.

April 3: A screening of the award-winning documentary “ESCAPE FIRE: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare” in Room 203 of Diefendorf Hall, from 4 to 6:00 p.m. The film features patients, physicians, healthcare reform advocates, military service members and business leaders who share their perspectives and ideas for potential solutions to key problems. Among the challenges cited are the issues of overmedication, overtreatment and a focus on managing disease as opposed to providing care. This event will include a panel discussion that features Dr. Michael Noe, the School’s Associate Dean for Community Relations and Clinical Affairs and Dr. Gary Giovino, Chair, Department of Community Health and Health Behavior.

April 4: Ms. Teresa Semalulu, MPH student in the School’s Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, will present a seminar, “The Evaluation of a Malaria Education Program in Uganda.” The 1-hour seminar will be at 12:00 p.m. in Room 111 of Kimball Tower.

April 5: Dr. Marni Sommer will present “Menstrual Hygiene Matters: Addressing Barriers for Schoolgirls in Low-income Countries.” The 1-hour lecture will begin at 12:00 p.m. in Room 182 of Farber Hall. Dr. Sommer is an assistant professor and director of the sociomedical sciences global health track at Columbia University. Her doctoral research explored girls’ experiences of menstruation, puberty and schooling in Tanzania, and the ways in which the onset of puberty might be disrupting girls’ academic performance and healthy transition to adulthood.

This lecture is also sponsored by the school’s Office of Global Health Initiatives as part of its annual seminar series, which this year is focusing on the health of women around the world. For information about other series events, click here.

April 5: the 3rd Annual Glen E. Gresham Lecture, which features an authority on rehabilitation sciences and related fields, will be held at 2 p.m. in Room 190 of Kapoor Hall. Dr. Ivy Oandasan, an associate professor and research scholar with the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, will present “Being on the Cutting Edge – Advancing Interprofessional Education for Quality Care.” She has conducted a number of research projects related to the development of interprofessional education curricula and interprofessional care practices. This presentation serves to recognize the leading role that Public Health has played in the promotion of interprofessional education.