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| Category: Employment | Back to top |
| Question: What is the process for applying for a job at the
Lister Hill Center? |
| Answer: The Lister Hill Center seeks to recruit and retain highly skilled professionals in the following fields for permanent or time limited positions: Medical Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine, Information Science, Other Fields Associated with Medical Informatics. Interested individuals may send their curriculum vitae, letter of interest, and three letters of reference to the Lister Hill Center:
LHNCBC Attention: Recruit,
U.S. National Library of Medicine,
8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20894,
E-Mail recruit@mail.nlm.nih.gov
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| Category: Lectures | Back to top |
| Question: Who is invited to speak at the Lister Hill
Center? |
| Answer: Individuals from Universities and Industry who are involved in cutting edge biomedical informatics research are invited to speak at the Lister Hill Center. |
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| Category: Overview | Back to top |
| Question: Who works at the Lister Hill Center? |
| Answer: Lister Hill Center staff have backgrounds in medicine, computer science, library and information sciences, linguistics, cognitive science, education, and engineering. The Center's research staff maintain the Lister Hill Center's leadership position in biomedical information research and development. A Medical Informatics Training Program ranging from a few months to more than a year is also available for visiting scientists and students.
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| Question: Who was Lister Hill? |
| Answer: Senator Joseph Lister Hill was one of America's foremost healthcare proponents. Throughout over forty years in Congress, Senator Hill championed numerous pieces of health care legislation, including legislation that created the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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| Question: Where can I find more information? |
| Answer: Please contact the Lister Hill Center for more information.
For general information call: (301) 496-4441 or send a letter to: LHNCBC, Attention: Lister Hill Center Office of the Director, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20894 |
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| Category: Publications | Back to top |
| Question: Do Lister Hill Center staff regularly publish articles?
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| Answer: Yes. Lister Hill Center staff have a mission to regularly publish articles in all aspects of biomedical informatics research and development. |
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| Category: Research Branches | Back to top |
| Question: How is the Lister Hill Center organized? |
| Answer: The Lister Hill Center consists of the Communications Engineering Branch, Cognitive Science Branch, Computer Science Branch, Audiovisual Program and Development Branch, the Office of High Performance Computing and Communications, and the Office of the Public Health Service Historian.
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| Category: Technical Reports | Back to top |
| Question: What are Technical Reports? |
| Answer: Technical reports are documents intended for the dissemination of research, data, or other documentation not suitable for submission to a journal or publication due to their length or nature, but may provide valuable information for research purposes. |
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| Category: Visitor Information | Back to top |
| Question: Are visitors allowed in the Lister Hill Center? |
| Answer: Yes. However, due to increased NIH security concerns, everyone is required to show a government-issued photo ID when entering the campus of the National Institutes of Health (e.g., federal employee badge, driver's license, passport, green card, etc.). |
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