Scanning electron micrograph of a cluster of breast cancer cells showing visual evidence of programmed cell death (apoptosis). Credit Annie Cavanagh, Wellcome Images
Inside the Medical Section
Formed in 1996, the Medical Section of DBIO is a forum for DBIO members who are engaged or interested in the acquisition, organization, dissemination and use of information in the biomedical and health sciences.
The Medical Section provides leadership and an opportunity for the development, promotion, and improvement to meet continuous learning and professional development needs, within the field of medical librarianship.
Our distribution by organization type:
- 33% of our members work in an academic setting (with and without hospitals)
- 23% are corporate librarians
- 19% are work in hospitals or medical centers
- 12% are affiliated with government entities, or non-profit institutes, or academies
- 21% don't really fit into any category
Section members by geography:
- 36% from the East (DC on up to ME)
- 27% from the Midwest
- 18% from the West
- 12% from the Southeast
- 4% from the Mountain West and Southwest
- 3% from Canada
- and one from Hawaii