IDAHO
There is a new librarian in Caldwell, Idaho--Sandy Jenkins. [per Linda Milgrom]

OREGON
Marylou Belknap-Jones has resigned her position at the Oriental College of Medicine in Portland, OR. [per Dana Graves]

Dolores Judkins - As of January, I am now working full time at OHSU. I will be working 75% with the Women's Health Center (currently a virtual center) setting up a resource center and a web page. The other 25% of my time will continue to be in the Reference Dept. I am looking forward to working on this new project at OHSU, as it gives me some new avenues to explore in the library world. I will continue working at Eastmoreland a few evening hours a week either until someone else is hired or through February, whichever comes first.

WASHINGTON STATE

Marilyn Jardine, Librarian at Providence Yakima Medical Center for many years, died on September 25 of 1997 of
cancer. Marilyn was a member of PNC/MLA, the Medical Library Association and of WMLA. She was President of WMLA in 1991. The April 1988 WMLA newsletter reported that she moved to St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Yakima from Portland. [submitted by Maryanne Blake]

Pia Fish - Hello all--I realized recently (upon having several unexpected library-related communications) that many of you might not know of my changed situation. For those of you who know me, this is possibly of interest; the rest of you can hit that old delete key right away.

Two weeks ago I completed a Masters of Public Health degree (MPH) at the University of Washington, something I had been working toward for more than 3 years. My interest in this area stemmed from my work at Fred Hutchinson, where I was the librarian for the Public Health Sciences division of the Center for several years. In that capacity, I worked with epidemiologists, biostatisticians and other population scientists, and found the science of health at the population level a fascinating one, which I eventually decided to pursue myself. I was very fortunate that my director, Eve Ruff, and other Center library staff supported this interest and helped make it work out.

The program at the University requires that graduates complete research and write a thesis. Because I had worked with many scientists at the Center, I was able to able to find a most interesting topic and was blessed to be able to work with some highly renowned individuals. My project was a meta-analysis of 12 studies to examine how body size affects breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women using hormone replacement therapy, compared to non-users; hopefully, it will be accepted for publication sometime next year.

Two of the scientists whose data I used and who I worked with invited me early in the summer to come work on a new grant of theirs, and I accepted this position, which is also at the Hutch. So as of Labor Day, which is when I began the new job, I have not been a librarian, but a (very junior) epidemiologist.

One of the great pleasures I have as a scientist is to get to go to the library as a user! Having now been on both sides of "doing" research, I can make really effective use of the services the library provides and really appreciate how much easier my new endeavors are with the support of a good library. So, even though I've left libraries as a librarian, I will never leave off using libraries, and for that I thank you all for your efforts.

Finally, I would like to say thank you to you all for being engaged and resourceful colleagues over the years. I felt very welcomed when I first became part of the Seattle-area community of medical librarians, learned a lot from all of you, and enjoyed the personal connections. I wish you all much continued resourcefulness and success. [message on Health Library NW List, 10 Dec 1997]

Jenny Bowers is the new librarian at the Seattle Midwifery School. [per Linda Milgrom]