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NLM Mourns William G. Harless, PhD, Creator of the First Natural Language Computer Patient Simulation Model
In this 1985 photograph, William G. Harless, PhD, then director of NLM’s TIME Project, interacts with the clinical simulation titled, “The Case of Frank Hall,” through voice-recognition technology. William G. Harless, President & CEO of Interactive Drama Inc. and former… [ read more ]
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FNLM Receives Award for “Distinguished Public Service” from the Medical Library Association
The Friends of the National Library of Medicine received the Distinguished Publish Service Award from the Medical Library Association on May 16th, at the MLA 2011 Conference. Dr. Donald King, chairman of the FNLM Board of Directors, accepted the award… [ read more ]
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Resolutions of Appreciation
The Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) recently honored Dr. Donald King and the late Paul Rogers for their contributions. The Resolutions of Appreciation detail the illustrious careers of both men and the support they offered the… [ read more ]
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Friends’ Chairman—”Mr. Health”—a Champion For Medical Research
Paul G. Rogers, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Friends of the National Library of Medicine (FNLM), died October 13 while recuperating from surgery for lung cancer. As a Congressman from Florida for 24 years, and in so many… [ read more ]
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Weekly Podcast of Pertinent Medical Topics
The Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg, with the help of Dr. Rob Logan, has initiated a weekly podcast of pertinent medical topics related to NIH research programs. The topic last week was a… [ read more ]
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HapMap Sequencing
Following the successful completion of the sequence of the Genome by the NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Celera Genomics, and a consortium of hundreds of investigators in scores of laboratories throughout the world, the NHGRI initiated a new… [ read more ]
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