Biography
Professor Hannigan received a B.A. degree in Philosophy and English and a M.L.S. from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a M.P.H. from the University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston and her Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of North Texas, Denton. She also earned a Certificate in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Personal Statement
I have been a medical librarian for 39 years, the majority of the time working in academic health sciences centers, primarily involved in informatics education. For most of my career I was a faculty member at Texas A&M University, where I was awarded tenure and promoted to Full Professor (University Libraries). I developed curriculum and taught medical informatics to medical students and public health informatics to students in the School of Rural Public Health. Among the courses taught were the first online course at the School of Rural Public Health (Public Health Informatics), two fourth-year electives (Diagnostic Computing and Computers & Medical Information) and the Internal Medicine Clerkship Evidence-Based Practice module at the College of Medicine. I held joint appointments in the College of Medicine and the School of Rural Public Health. I was also hired by the College of Medicine as the Director, Informatics for Medical Education and managed the College’s learning resources centers and was a member of the Curriculum Committee. Currently I am a Research Professor/Research Services Librarian at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center, where I have been involved in writing proposals and securing extramural funding for community projects, and conducting literature searches. Throughout my career I have maintained expert search skills, recently participating as the literature searcher for a CDC-funded comprehensive review to support the National Association of Medical Examiners Recommendations for the investigation, diagnosis, and certification of deaths related to opioid drugs. During my career I have published a book, book chapters, articles, served as a column editor as well as a peer reviewer. I completed a Certificate in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts, which included courses in writing and editing. I particularly enjoy collaborating with colleagues in writing and other endeavors. I continue to be an active member of the Medical Library Association, having held officer positions and received several association awards.
Areas of Specialty
Informatics Education, Health Sciences Librarianship, Informatics and Medicine, Public/Community/Consumer Health, Research Support
Achievements & Awards
1996 Medical Library Association/Institute for Scientific Information Doctoral Fellowship Award.
1996 Estelle Brodman Award for Academic Medical Librarian of the Year, Medical Library Association.
Fellow, National Library of Medicine Course in Medical Informatics, Woods Hole, MA, June 1-7, 1997.
2009-2010, Faculty Development Leave, Texas A&M University
2011 Lucretia W. McClure Excellence in Education Award, Medical Library Association
2015 NN/LM Professional Development Award to attend Annual Meeting of the New Mexico Public Health Association
2018 MLA Presidents Award to Task Force to Review MLA’s Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success (chair)
2021 UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Exemplary Service Award
2021 Outstanding Alumni, University of North Texas, Department of Information Science
2023 Named Fellow of the Medical Library Association
Key Publications
Book Chapter
Henkin, R, Bartold, S, P Hannigan, Gale, 1996 Decision Making, Statistics, and Informatics
Book
Hannigan, Gale, G Brown, J, F 1990 Managing Public Access Microcomputers in Health Sciences Libraries Chicago Medical Library Association
Book
Wood, M, Sandra Eldredge, Jonathan, Hannigan, Gale, 2014 Emerging Trends in Health Sciences Libraries Medical Library Association Books
Book
Hannigan, Gale, 1999 Informatics in the Health Sciences Curriculum. MLA DocKit Chicago Medical Library Association
Gender
Female
Courses Taught
University of Texas, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences. Adjunct
Lecturer, GSLIS 397, Research Methods in Library and Information Science, Fall 1990, Spring 1991, Fall 1991.
Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Elective
IMED-989301 Computers & Medical Information, 1992-2010 .
Texas A&M University Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health,
Course Director, SRPH 640 Public Health Informatics, Fall 1998, Summer 1999,
Summer 2000, Summer 2001, Fall 2002, Fall 2003.
University of North Texas, School of Library and Information Sciences. Adjunct Faculty, Introduction to Health Sciences Information Management, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2004-Fall 2009.
Texas A&M Medical Sciences Library/University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences. Course Co-Director, TAMU BIMS 489/UNT BIOL/HLTH Biomedical Sciences Information Management, Fall 2004, Spring 2005.
Co-coordinator, Informatics Rotation, Internal Medicine Clerkship, Texas A&M College of Medicine, 2000-2009.
Research and Scholarship
Hannigan, G.G. & Brown, J.F. Managing Public Access Microcomputers in Health Sciences Libraries Chicago: Medical Library Association, 1990.
Bartold, S.P. & Hannigan, G.G. “Decision Making, Statistics, and Informatics.” Nuclear Medicine. R. Henkin, ed. 2 ed. New York: Elsevier, 2006:10-32.
Scharmen, T.N. & Hannigan GG. “A Place-Based Approach to Assessing Wellness and Wellbeing: The New Mexico Community Data Collaborative.” In: Page-Reeves, Janet (ed.) Well-Being as a Multidimensional Concept: Understanding Connections Between Culture, Community, and Health. Lexington Books of Rowman & Littlefield. Lanham, Maryland, 2019: 409-430.
Olmstadt, W. & Hannigan, G.G. “Designing and Delivering a Public Health Informatics Course.” Refereed publication. [Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 28, Fall 2000 Online]. Available at: https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/istl/index.php/istl/article/view/1824
Davis GG; National Association of Medical Examiners and American
College of Medical Toxicology Expert Panel on Evaluating and Reporting Opioid Deaths. Complete republication: National Association of Medical Examiners position paper:
Recommendations for the investigation, diagnosis, and certification of deaths related to opioid drugs. J Med Toxicol. 2014 Mar;10(1):100-6. Information Management Consultant.