Alyssa Foote is a health data and informatics professional with expertise in leveraging data for improved health outcomes. With a Master of Data Science from UBC and a Bachelor of Science in Health Information Science and Computer Science from UVic, she has experience working with Canadian and English health data. As a Health Data Research Associate at the World Data System, she contributes to improving health data accessibility and interoperability. Alyssa is passionate about facilitating the sustainability and equitability of healthcare research.

Ashley Farrell (MLIS) is a graduate from the Masters of Library and Information Science program at Western University. She has worked in primarily in hospital libraries throughout her career and is currently an Information Specialist for the University Health Network (UHN). In her role at UHN Libraries, she provides training sessions, research consultations, literature search and knowledge synthesis support to hospital staff, researchers and learners. Ashley is the Senior Editor for the Journal of Canadian Health Libraries Association/Journal de l’Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (JCHLA/JABSC).

I am an early career librarian working part time at UCW in Vancouver, BC.

Carol Cooke (she/her) currently serves as the Acting Head of the Health Science and Science Division at the University of Manitoba Libraries. She holds a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Western Ontario. With thirty years of experience, primarily as a liaison librarian for Medicine and in web services, she now supervises librarians at both the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library and the Jim Peebles Science and Technology Library.

Eden A. Kinzel (BSc, MLIS) is a Liaison & Education Librarian at the Gerstein Science Information Centre at the University of Toronto. Her role includes supporting the Department of Family and Community Medicine as well as the Clinical Public Health, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology divisions of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health via instruction, research consultations, and collaborating on knowledge syntheses. Prior to Gerstein, she was a liaison to Pharmacy and various medical disciplines at Memorial University of Newfoundland and an Associate Fellow at the National Library of Medicine.

Eleni Philippopoulos (she/her/elle) is an Assistant Librarian at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Her liaison areas include undergraduate medical education, LGBTQ+ health, and consumer health information. She has previously worked as a hospital librarian at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal and at Sinai Health in Toronto.

Elizabeth Sanders (she/her/hers) is the Interim Department Head of Research, Engagement, and Learning and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) Coordinator at Mary & John Gray Library, Lamar University. Her research interests include government information, evidence synthesis, promoting access to and awareness of information for underrepresented populations (e.g., LGBTQIA+ community, indigenous peoples), information literacy instruction, and experiential learning.

Elizabeth Yates (she/her) is a Research Librarian at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, where she leads the Library's evidence synthesis team. She is active with the leadership team of the Niagara chapter of Pflag Canada, a charitable organization which provides peer support, education and advocacy for members of the 2S&LGBTQ+ community, their families and loved ones. Elizabeth is the Pflag representative on the Niagara Transgender Action Coalition and participates in Brock University's 2S&LGBTQ+ Working Group.

Emily Jones, MLIS, AHIP, (epjones3@email.unc.edu) is the Dentistry Librarian and Systematic Review Coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Health Sciences Library. She is passionate about leveraging artificial intelligence to improve systematic review processes, developing technologies that enhance workplace productivity and streamline workflows, and advancing educational research by exploring innovative teaching and learning approaches.

Erica Nekolaichuk, MA, MLIS, is an instructional librarian with the Gerstein Science Information Centre at the University of Toronto. Prior to arriving at Gerstein, Erica worked in continuing medical education and as a solo hospital librarian at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Alberta. Through her experience in hospital and academic health science libraries, she has been involved in a number of systematic and scoping reviews and has provided expert searching and systematic review training for clinicians, students, and researchers. Erica also teaches a course at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information called "Evidence-Based Healthcare for Librarians."

Erin Brady-Randle is a settler and a librarian at Fraser Health, serving from the Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer (ARHCC).  She graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in writing from the University of Central Arkansas and holds an MLS from Texas Woman's University.  Erin applies her background in public librarianship to the health library, providing a patient-centered library services model with equity as a core value.

Glyneva Bradley-Ridout (She/her) is a Liaison and Education librarian at Gerstein Science Information Center at the University of Toronto where she liaises primarily with Pharmacy and Nutritional Sciences disciplines. Glyneva also works with the health sciences collection as a selector and supervises graduate student employees. Her current research interests are the impact of play in library spaces, student wellness, and AI applications in searching.

Jeanna is Manager of the Clinical Library, Health Information Centre, and Patient Education Lead at Halton Healthcare in Ontario, Canada. A Past President of CHLA/ABSC, she contributed to the CHLA Standards Subcommittee/Library Value Planner and the HISC Library Value Toolkit. At her organization, Jeanna leads the corporate patient education process, serves on key committees/rounds, and promotes bedside resource integration. She has taught web design in Ethiopia, champions information literacy, and partners with public libraries on health literacy programs. Jeanna holds advanced degrees from Leeds Metropolitan University and the University of Guelph and a recipient of the Joan Leishman Award of Excellence.

Kaitlin Fuller, MLIS, is a Scholarly Communications and Health Sciences Librarian at St. Francis Xavier University (StFX). Before joining StFX, she worked as a liaison librarian to the MD Program at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include exploring librarian teaching practices for knowledge synthesis (KS), examining the impact of affordable laptops on students, investigating the role of play in academic libraries, and assessing the use of AI tools in search strategies. She is passionate about empowering students, faculty, and researchers through education and fostering relationships that lead to meaningful collaborations.

Lorri Zipperer is a Digital Projects and Systematic Review Librarian at the Blaisdell Medical Library with the University of California Davis. Ms. Zipperer was a founding staff member of the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF). She has been monitoring the published output of the patient safety movement since 1997 and has been with AHRQ Patient Safety Network since the site launched in 2005. Her editorial work has produced books and articles on topics including knowledge management, patient safety, resilience engineering, and systems thinking. Ms. Zipperer is an American Hospital Association/NPSF Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship alumnus and an Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) Cheers award winner. She develops content to engage multidisciplinary teams in creative thinking and innovation around knowledge sharing to support high quality, safe patient care. Ms. Zipperer earned her MA in Library and Information Studies from Northern Illinois University.

Marilia is a health sciences librarian.

Melissa Caines is a settler and the Library Services, Manager at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine (CCNM). She has a BA Hons in Germanic and Gender Studies from Rutgers University, a research MLitt in Germanic Studies from Trinity College Dublin, and a Library Technician Diploma from Snəw̓eyəɬ leləm (Langara College). Currently, she is an MLIS candidate at University of Alberta and the Vice President/President Elect of the Health Library Association of British Columbia (HLABC). At CCNM Melissa works collaboratively and interdepartmentally to support curriculum and research, ensuring students and faculty have access to current evidence-based resources.

Nan Bai is a knowledge management specialist at the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), where she provides database management and research services to facilitate evidence-based decision making and optimal utilization of organizational knowledge in support of the CMA’s strategic plan. She is a seasoned health librarian with over 18 years of experience.

Nicole Capdarest-Arest, MA(LIS), AHIP is Deputy University Librarian and Associate University Librarian for Research & Learning at UC Davis. She advances library initiatives supporting research, education, clinical care, and public engagement. Her research focuses on leadership, and innovative services enhancing student success and research impact. With prior roles at Stanford University, the University of Arizona, and as a consultant, she brings an adaptive approach to library leadership.

Rachael Bradshaw, MLIS, MAS, is a Reference Librarian at the University of British Columbia and the coordinator for library support for UBC’s distributed rehabilitation programs. Her special interests include pedagogy and advocating for the expertise of librarians to improve knowledge synthesis work. She is currently serving as the secretary of the Health Libraries Association of British Columbia.

Rina Garcia Chua (she/her/siya) is a creative and critical scholar from the Philippines. She was a 2022-2023 Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellow in the Humanities at Simon Fraser University, a 2023 Affective Currents Institute Fellow at Dartmouth College, and she received her PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of British Columbia Okanagan, where she currently manages the Academic Integrity Matters (AIM) Program.

Sandra McKeown is a Health Sciences Librarian at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, where her main liaison areas are postgraduate medicine and public health sciences. Prior to becoming an academic librarian in 2016, she spent eight years working as a hospital librarian at London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ontario. Sandra has over 15 years of experience supporting knowledge synthesis activities and led the development of a formalized knowledge synthesis library service at Queen’s. She advocates for high quality synthesis methods and reporting in her role at Queen’s and has presented and published on various systematic review topics at local and international conferences. Scholarly profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2728-6702 Email: sandra.mckeown@queensu.ca

Suzanne Fricke is a medical librarian at the Washington State University Health Sciences Library in Spokane, WA. She provides teaching, reference and evidence synthesis services for the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.

Tyler Ostapyk is a liaison librarian with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Virtual Library at the University of Manitoba.

I am currently an Adjunct Professor at Western University, a Research Associate at London Health Sciences Centre, and a Part-Time Assistant Professor at McMaster University. My expertise spans health research methodology, clinical epidemiology, and guideline methodology for various international organizations. Previously, I served as a Cochrane Information Specialist for ten years and a Managing Editor for four years for the Cochrane Gut group. Before immigrating to Canada, I worked as a Gastroenterologist in China for seven years.

Zahra B. Kamarei (Zary), MLA, AHIP is the Director of Library Services for Taylor Health Sciences Library at the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education since July 1, 2020. Prior to this position she worked as the Director of Science and Engineering Libraries at the University of Rochester, and Director of Science Libraries at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before assuming leadership role in science libraries, she was a science librarian at the University of Notre Dame, Isfahan University of Technology, and UNC- Chapel Hill.