Siobhan Champ-Blackwell

Siobhan Champ-Blackwell recently joined Aquilent in September 2011 bringing with her over thirteen years of experience in the library and information science profession. Currently at Aquilent, Siobhan promotes and implements the disaster health information goals of the Disaster Information Management Research Center (Specialized Information Services Division) at the National Library of Medicine and for the Bethesda Hospitals’ Emergency Preparedness Partnership. She also manages the external communication tools of the project, including networking, use of social media, and partnership development.

Prior to Aquilent, Siobhan worked at the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, MidContinental Region (NN/LM MCR) as a Community Outreach Liaison where she trained a variety of health care professionals, librarians, and community members on NLM resources. In this role, she also developed programs to help increase access to health information for underserved populations. She has been published in the Journal of the Medical Library Association, American Libraries Magazine, and contributed a book chapter to Leadership in Interprofessional Health Education and Practice.