Medical Librarian
Washington University
Washington University in St. Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri
Judy Hansen, MAEd, MLIS works for Becker Medical Library as the consumer health librarian for the Center for Families at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. She provides information to families (both within the hospital and within the community) about pediatric diagnoses and family wellness issues. In addition, she represents the Center for Families at health fairs and other outreach activities. A frequent speaker on how to find reliable online health resources, Judy has presented workshops to public librarians, school librarians, Parents as Teachers educators, and school nurses. She has given lightning talks at MLA meetings in 2013 and 2015. She is a co-author of an article in the Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet about the Mobile School Health Information Initiative (MoSHI). In 2019, she published an article in the Medical Reference Services Quarterly about her involvement in the electronic medical records at St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
Monday, August 10, 2020
3:15 PM – 4:30 PM CT