VCU Libraries Faculty Vita
Dana Ladd
Community Health Education Center Librarian (Instructor)
Outreach Services,
Main Hospital, 1
Email: dlladd@vcu.edu |
(804) 628-2429
Education
M.S. Information Science. University of Tennessee, 2000.
B.A. History. College of William and Mary, 1994.
Previous Professional Experience
Electronic Resources Librarian II
Williamsburg Regional Library, 2004-2006
Adult Services Librarian I
Williamsburg Regional Library, 2001-2004
Assistant Branch Manager
Jefferson Madison Regional Library, 2001
Publications
Ladd. "Hippocrates' Shadow: Secrets from the House of Medicine (Book Review)." Library Journal (Submitted).
Ladd. "The Surgeons: Life and Death in a Top Heart Center (Book Review)." Library Journal Reviews (September 15, 2007).
Ladd. "Your Symptoms are Real: What to do When Your Doctor Says Nothing is Wrong (Book Review)." Library Journal Reviews (October 15, 2007).
Ladd. "Intern: A Doctor's Initiation (Book Review)." Library Journal Reviews (November 15, 2007).
Ladd. "Patient By Patient: Lessons in Love, Loss, Hope, and Healing from a Doctor's Practice (Book Review)." Libraryjournal.com Xpress Reviews (March 4, 2008).
Ladd. "Life in the Balance: A Physician's Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia (Book Review)." Library Journal Reviews (March 1, 2008).
Ladd. "Conquer Back and Neck Pain: Walk it Off (Book Review)." Library Journal Reviews (June 15, 2008).
Ladd. "Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing (Book Review)." Library Journal Reviews (June 15, 2007).
Ladd. "Treatment Kind and Fair: Letters to a Young Doctor (Book Review)." Libraryjournal.com Xpress Reviews (June 15, 2007).
Ladd. "Great Expectations: Baby's First Year (Book Review)." Libraryjournal.com Xpress Reviews (July 15, 2007).
Ladd. "House of Hope and Fear: Life in a Big City Hospital (Book Review)." Libraryjournal.com Xpress Reviews (January 15, 2008).
Ladd and Monica Leisey. "Community Health Education Center (CHEC) at Five." (Forthcoming).
Ladd. "This Common Secret: My Journey as an Abortion Doctor (Book Review)." Libraryjournal.com Xpress Reviews (December 4, 2007).
Presentations
"Consumer Health Information Patient Bedside Rounds - New Roles for Librarians (Poster)" with Patricia Hammond. MAC/MLA Annual Meeting Atlanta, Ga. 2006
Teaching Experience
Multicultural Health Resources: Finding Spanish Language Consumer Health Information, Virginia Commonwealth University. 2008
Providing Health Information to Patients: An Elective for Fourth Year Medical Students, Virginia Commonwealth University. 2008
Pulling it all Together: Finding Consumer Health Information, Virginia Commonwealth University. 2006-2007
University Committee Work
Community Health Education Center Advisory Committee. Co-chair. 2006 -.
Community Health Education Center Steering Committee. Member. 2006 -.
Interdisciplinary Patient Education Committee. Member. 2006 -.
Professional Organizations
American Library Association. 2004 -.
Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association. 2006 -.
Virginia Library Association. 2001-2006.
Collection Management Subject Areas
Consumer Health.
Research Interests
Consumer Health.