Meet the NLM Investigators: Richard Scheuermann and Decoding Disease with Computational Biology

Meet the NLM Investigators: Richard Scheuermann and Decoding Disease with Computational Biology

Guest Author May 21, 2025 7 min read
Richard Scheuermann, PhD, went from facing a high school counselor’s skepticism about attending MIT to becoming NLM’s premier Scientific Director. Today, his research focuses on using AI to find patterns in information about the millions of cells that make up our bodies to better understand how they work and keep us healthy.
There’s No Place Like NLM: Your Home at NIH for Biomedical Informatics Research Opportunities

There’s No Place Like NLM: Your Home at NIH for Biomedical Informatics Research Opportunities

Guest Author May 14, 2025 3 min read
The NLM Division of Extramural Programs supports innovative research and enhancing health through collaborative funding initiatives with other NIH institutes and centers. Their focus on impactful and creative projects positions NLM as a vital research hub for transformative discoveries and a pivotal “home” in the era of AI and machine learning.
Transforming Transparency Through Policy

Transforming Transparency Through Policy

Guest Author May 5, 2025 3 min read
Policy can be a dynamic tool for providing public access to vital research resources. The keys to harnessing these tools are transparency and data sharing, and groundbreaking initiatives like the revised Public Access Policy NIH are the proactive approaches needed to improve health outcomes and enhance confidence in scientific research.
Meet the NLM Investigators: Dr. Jeremy Weiss is Transforming Clinical Notes into Actionable Timelines with AI

Meet the NLM Investigators: Dr. Jeremy Weiss is Transforming Clinical Notes into Actionable Timelines with AI

Guest Author Apr 23, 2025 7 min read
Free-text clinical notes capture important details about a patient’s medical history, including critical timing information about symptoms, treatments, and recovery. But finding and structuring this information can be difficult. Dr. Jeremy Weiss and his research team are looking to solve this problem with the help of AI.
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ClinicalTrials.gov: A 25-Year Journey to a Half-Million Registered Studies

Guest Author Apr 2, 2025 6 min read
ClinicalTrials.gov is celebrating its 25th anniversary! This comprehensive database provides the public with access to clinical trial information on more than 500,000 studies. NLM’s recent modernization efforts ensure the continued value of ClinicalTrials.gov for patients, researchers, and health care providers.

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Meet the Acting Director

Stephen Sherry, PhD, is the Acting Director of the NIH National Library of Medicine, a leader in biomedical informatics and computational health data science research and the world’s largest biomedical library. Prior to this position, Dr. Sherry served as Director of NLM’s National Center for Biotechnology Information and NLM Associate Director for Scientific Data Resources. Under his leadership, NLM developed advanced computational solutions for life and health science information needs and facilitated open science and scholarship through a growing array of data, literature, and other information offerings and services made available by NLM.

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About the Mezzanine

Perched over the southeast corner of the NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland, the National Library of Medicine building is an impressive limestone structure topped with a large gull wing dome (a four-quadrant hyperbolic paraboloid shell made of reinforced concrete, to be precise).

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