The Department of Health and Human Services wants to hear from you about regulations dealing with protection of human research subjects. HHS has proposed the first changes in years to the system known as The Common Rule, which covers practices such as informed consent and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). Continue reading
MSKCC in the News: July 18 – August 1
- Researchers at MSKCC found that in addition to higher rates of physician-detected melanomas, doctors also are more likely to detect thinner lesions, or cancers in the earliest stages.
- A MSKCC study predicts improved survival in primary mediastinal nonseminomatous germ cell tumors.
- Gregory Riely of MSKCC was quoted in a Reuters article about the potential unreliability of CT scans to measure long tumors.
Reference & Consultation Services – Small Change has Big Impact!
A few weeks ago, I read with interest an article from the Library Journal (May 1, 2011) entitled “Revamping Reference / The User Experience” by Aaron Schmidt and started to think about our user community, their experience with the reference team, and the recent change to one of our information kiosks.