Alissa Epworth is a Lead Customer Success Manager at DistillerSR. She leads a team of CSMs who assist customers with DistillerSR implementation, adoption and creating customized workflows that maximize automation and AI features. Prior to joining DistillerSR, she provided library support to the Unity Health Toronto Knowledge Synthesis team that focused on conducting and defining methodology for various types of reviews.

Alla Iansavitchene, MLIS, is a Clinical Librarian on the Corporate Academics team at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC). She specializes in systematic reviews and advancing evidence-based practice.

As a 2024 MLA Research Training Institute fellow, she has focused on donor relationship management and sustainable library funding. Her current continued collaboration with a librarian from Queen’s University draws on their personal experience and aims to equip health librarian researchers with practical strategies for navigating grant writing and securing funding for research initiatives in health sciences librarianship.

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.

I am the Public and Allied Health Librarian at Alaska's only Medical Library, where I work as one of two medical librarians, serving the entire state of Alaska. We serve the health programs at the University of Alaska, as well as our clients who work at clinics and health organizations throughout the state.

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).

Caitlin Carter is the Pharmacy Liaison Librarian at the University of Waterloo, and holds an MLIS degree from Western University (2010). Caitlin’s main duties include providing research services and instruction to School of Pharmacy students, staff and faculty. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo Library, Caitlin worked as a clinical librarian, and attended rounds on the ICU twice weekly, as well as assisted hospital staff with research and instruction requests.

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

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

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.

Caroline Monnin (she/her) is a Health Sciences liaison Librarian at the University of Manitoba. As a liaison, she supports the faculty, staff, and students develop information literacy and research skills. Caroline’s research interests include citation justice instruction and issues of authorship in academic publishing.

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.

Jane Jun (she/her) is the Southern Medical Program Librarian at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. She holds an MLIS from the University of British Columbia and has a background in Education.

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.

Jennifer McKay, MLIS, jamckay@alaska.edu, Professor, Nursing Librarian and Head, Alaska Medical Library, UAA/APU Consortium Library, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK, 99508.

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.

Lindsey Sikora (PhD, MISt) is the Head of Research Support for Health Sciences, Medicine, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (HMSTEM) department at the University of Ottawa Library in Ottawa, Ontario. She earned her Master's of Information Studies from the University of Toronto, and completed her Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Behavioural Neuroscience at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. Lindsey obtained her PhD in Health Professions Education at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Education in November 2024. Her thesis, titled "Barriers and facilitators facing early career researchers and librarians in health professions when conducting systematic and scoping reviews: A mixed methods study," delves into the complexities faced by these professionals, aiming to identify strategies that enhance research quality and efficiency.

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.

Margaret Banka (she/her) is a early career health sciences librarian at the University of Manitoba's Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library. As a learner teaching other learners, recognizing the familiar flash of discovery on a student's face seasons her teaching practice with humility. Her first year serving as a liaison librarian was filled with excitement, lessons, and opportunity, and she looks forward to exploring the interests that emerged during this formative period of time.

Marilia is a health sciences librarian.

Mark Mueller is a librarian with the Saskatchewan Health Authority Clinical Library and the co-chair of the Library of Search Strategies Resources interest group. He is also the co-chair of the CHLA/ABSC Standing Standards Committee and the Education Coordinator for the Saskatchewan health Libraries Association. He earned his MLIS from Western University and his Honour's BA from the University of Toronto.

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.

Melissa Severn is a Customer Success Manager at DistillerSR. She has 20 years of experience as an Information Specialist conducting literature searches for systematic reviews and health technology assessments. Her interests include grey literature searching and the use of artificial intelligence for evidence synthesis. She holds a MISt degree from the University of Toronto.

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.

Renée de Gannes-Marshall is leading the development and implementation of a new knowledge management and strategic research program at the Canadian Medical Association. She has worked in health libraries for more than 15 years and is the President of the Ottawa Valley Health Library Association.

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.

Robin Parker, PhD MLIS, is the Evidence Synthesis Librarian for Dalhousie Libraries in Nova Scotia, Canada where she also supports research and learning for Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Medicine. Robin recently completed an Interdisciplinary PhD at Dalhousie, using sociomateriality and qualitative research approaches to study how librarians teach evidence synthesis methods in online settings. Robin has supported hundreds of review projects and has collaborated on a meta-ethnography regarding the experiences of students who are underrepresented in undergraduate medical education. Robin has been involved with comprehensive searching and evidence syntheses for 15 years.

Romney Adams is a Learning Specialist at DistillerSR, responsible for planning and delivering Instructor-Led training to customers on all aspects of the platform - including our AI Classifier capabilities. She also designs and develops Self-Paced courses housed in DistillerSR Learn, the company's customer-facing LMS. Prior to joining DistillerSR, Romney worked for many years as a Liaison Librarian at Monash University, one of Australia's largest research institutions - so is no stranger to Systematic Reviews!

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.

Talia Greene (she/her) is the Learning & Curriculum Support Librarian at the University of British Columbia - Okanagan.

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.