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Biographical Sketch, Betsy L. Humphreys, Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine
Title:
Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine
Office:
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Bldg. 38, Room 2E17A
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
Telephone:
(301) 496-6661 (voice)
(301) 480-3271 (fax)
Electronic mail:
betsy_humphreys@nlm.nih.gov
Betsy L. Humphreys, Deputy Director,
National Library of Medicine
Betsy L. Humphreys is Deputy Director of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). As Deputy Director, she shares responsibility with the Director for overall program development, program evaluation, policy formulation, direction and coordination of all Library activities. In addition, the Deputy Director is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Library, and in the absence of the Director, assumes full responsibility for all functions performed by the National Library of Medicine. Ms. Humphreys also coordinates the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) project, which produces knowledge sources to support advanced retrieval and integration of information from disparate electronic information sources, and NLM's activities related to health data standards.
Ms. Humphreys received a B.A. from Smith College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.L.S. from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics, a Fellow of the Medical Library Association, and a Distinguished Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals. She is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Marcia C. Noyes Award, which is the Medical Library Association's highest honor, the first Cornerstone Award conferred by the Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries, and a President's Award from the American Medical Informatics Association. Ms. Humphreys presents and publishes widely. A selected bibliography is available.
Last reviewed: 18 June 2008
Last updated: 18 June 2008
First published: 08 February 2005
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