Robin O'Hanlon's Profile Page

My key areas of responsibility include leading Research & Education Services, which encompasses the Library's Systematic Review Service and Liaison Program, reference and consultation services, and outreach to MSK’s clinical, research, education, and patient communities, as well as overseeing Document Delivery Services.

Education:

• Master of Information Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Master of Arts, Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY
• Bachelor of Arts, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

• O’Hanlon, R. (2025). Punishing Pregnancy Loss: Miscarriage Criminalization as an Embodied Carceral Practice. Critical Criminology.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-025-09818-3

• Goldberg, J., Snijdewind, H., Godwin, K., Soudant, C., O'Hanlon, R. (2025). How Do Oncology Journals Approach Plagiarism? A Website Review. Research Integrity and Peer Review, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-025-00160-4 

• O’Hanlon, R., Altice, F.L., Lee, R., W., LaViolette, J., Mack, G., Papakyriakopoulos, O., Saha, K., De Choudhury, M., Kumar, N. (2023). Misogynistic Extremism: A Scoping Review. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 25(1): 1219-1234. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380231176062

• O’Hanlon, R., & Broome, J. (2022). The Experiences of Older Formerly Incarcerated Adults in a Specialized Reentry Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 61(6), 281-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2081647

• McFarland, D. C., Doherty, M., Atkinson, T. M., O’Hanlon, R., Breitbart, W., Nelson, C. J., & Miller, A. H. (2022). Cancer‐related Inflammation and Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis. Cancer.  https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.34193

• O'Hanlon, R., Angell, K., Walsh, S. (2021). Moral Distress Among Consumer Health Information Professionals: An Exploratory Study." Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice, 16, 2(45-69).  
   
• Smith, E., Moon, A.S., O'Hanlon, R., Leitao, M.M., Sonoda, Y., Abu-Rustum, N.R., Mueller, J,J,  (2020). "Radical Trachelectomy for the Treatment of Early Stage Cervical Cancer: A Systematic Review." Obstetrics and Gynecology, 136(3), 533-542. 
   
• O'Hanlon, R., McSweeney, J., Stabler, S. (2020) "Publishing habits and perceptions of open access publishing and public access amongst clinical and research fellows." Journal of the Medical Library Association. 108(1): 47-58. 
   
• McFarland, D.C., Hlubocky, F., Susaimanickam, B., O’Hanlon, R., Riba, M. (2019). "Addressing depression, burnout and suicide in oncology physicians." American Society of Clinical Oncology Education Book. 39, 590-98. 
   
• O'Hanlon, R., Laynor, G. (2019). "Responding to a New Generation of Proprietary Study Resources in Medical Education." Journal of the Medical Librarian Association. 107(2): 251-257. 
   
• Halevi, G., O'Hanlon, R. (2016). "Content Marketing for Libraries: Case Study." Journal of the Medical Library Association.  104(4): 342-345. 

Non Peer-Reviewed Publications:

• "The Current Conflict of Interest Landscape and the Potential Role of Information Professionals in Supporting Research Integrity." (August 2020). Co-authored with Donna Gibson. The Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 
• “Cultivating a Mindfulness Ethos” in Recipes for Mindfulness in Your Library. (2019). Book chapter. ALA Editions. Co-authored with Rebecca Snyder.
• "Using Content Marketing to Reach Elusive Population" in The Library Outreach Casebook. (October 2018). Book chapter. Association of College & Research Libraries. Co-authored with Gali Halevi. 
• "Video Marketing for Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians." (August 2017). Book. Rowman & Littlefield. Co-authored with Heather A. Dalal and Karen Yacobucci. 
• "Can Learning PubMed be… Fun?"  (January 2017). Article. Medical Library Association News. Co-authored with Rebecca Snyder.
• "Ace the Interview: Land a Librarian Job." (January 2016). Book. ABC-Clio/Libraries Unlimited. 
• "Introverts and Customer Service in the Library: An Unexpected Fit." (Fall 2011). Oregon Library Association Quarterly. Article. Co-authored (as Robin Milford) with Tania Wisotzke. 

Conference Papers

• Goyal, A., Parekh, N., Yin Cheung, L., Saha, K., L Altice, F., O'Hanlon, R., Ho Chun Man, R., Fong, C., Poellabaurer, C., Guarino, H., Gelabert, P.M., & Kumar, N. (2023, September). Predicting Opioid Use Outcomes in Minoritized Communities. In Proceedings of the 14th ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Informatics (pp. 1-2). https://doi.org/10.1145/3584371.3613023
• Chen, K., Feng, A., Saha, K., Wong, Al., Schwitzky, Z., Lee, K.W., O’Hanlon, R., De Choudhury, Altice, F.L., Khoshnood, K., Kumar, N. (2023). Categorizing Memes About the Ukraine Conflict. In: Dinh, T.N., Li, M. (eds) Computational Data and Social Networks. CSoNet 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13831. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26303-3_3

Pre-Prints

• Goyal, A., Siddique, M., Parekh, N., Schwitzky, Z., Broekaert, C., Michelotti, C., Wong, A., Cheung, L.Y., O’Hanlon, R, De Choudhury, M., and Lee, R.K.W., 2023. ChatGPT and Bard Responses to Polarizing Questions. arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.12402.

Conference and Meeting Presentations:

• American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. 2023. Philadelphia, PA. Presented “Investigating Racialized Policing: How Has Research Defined the Problem, and Where Do We Go From Here?” Panel session: A Report on the NYPD Criminal Justice Reform and Collaborative Plan.
• American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. 2023. Philadelphia, PA. Presented “A Few Millimeters of Bone: How Male Supremacists Leverage Scientific Theories to Reinforce and Promote Misogynistic Ideologies Online.” Panel session: Primary Prevention of Violent Extremism: Innovations & Obstacles.
• American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. 2023. Philadelphia, PA Presented “Exploring the Use of Hustle Culture by Multi-Level Marketing Organizations to Recruit and Exploit Participants.” Lighting talk.
• American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting. 2022. Atlanta, GA. Presented  “Misogynistic Extremism: A Scoping Review.” Panel session.
• Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health, Virtual. 2022. Special Populations: 60 Minutes: Aging Out: An Interdisciplinary Toolkit for Working with Incarcerated Older Adults.
• Medical Library Association, Virtual Conference, 2020. "Moral Distress Related to Ethical Dilemmas Among Consumer Health Information Professionals" with Katelyn Angell and Samantha Walsh.  
• Metropolitan New York Library Council "The Future is Open, But How Do We Get There? Symposium, New York, NY, 2019 - "Author Processing Charges: Barriers to Open Research, Barriers to Progress." 
• American Library Association, New Orleans, LA, 2018 -  “Selling Your Story: Best Practices for Library Marketing Videos" with Heather Dalal and Karen Yacobucci
• Dartmouth College Library Conference, Hanover, NH, 2017 -  “When Outreach Met Instruction: A Cross-Team MPH Focus Group Success Story.”
• Library Association of the City University of New York Annual Institute, New York, NY, 2017 - Co-facilitated dialogue “Engaging Wikipedia in a Post-Truth World: Theories & Strategies fo Information Professionals.”
• Library Collective Unconference, Knoxville, TN, 2017 - “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up: At Your Library.”
• Metropolitan Library Council Annual Conference, NY, NY, 2017 - “Will This Be On the Test? Rethinking Information Literacy Course Design for High School Students.”
• American Library Association, Orlando, FL, June 2016 - Presented ALA JobList Career Development Workshop, “Ace the Interview: Land a Librarian Job.”
• ACRL Library Marketing & Outreach Interest Group Greater NYC Fall Meeting, October 2015 - “Best Practices for Video Marketing for Academic Libraries.”
• East Coast WMS User Group Gathering, Charlottesville, VA, June 2015 - “Enter the Matrix: Understanding Circulation Configuration.”
• Northwest ILL Conference, Portland, OR September, 2013 - “The Kids Are Alright: Developing a Comprehensive Training Program for ILL Student Assistants.”
• American Library Association Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2013 - Presented at FEAST (Future and Emerging Access Services Trends), “Customer Journey Mapping for Libraries.”

Posters:

• Medical Library Association. 2025. Pittsburgh, PA. Poster: Co-presented “Are Citations in Policy Documents Useful for Measuring Research Impact?"
• Medical Library Association. 2024. Portland, OR. Poster: Co-presented “Plagiarism Checking Procedures Among Oncology Research Journals.”
• Medical Library Association. 2024. Portland, OR. Poster: Co-presented “Adding Author Identifier ORCiD Metadata to PubMed Records: The Publisher’s Role.”
• Medical Library Association. 2023. Detroit, MI. Poster: Co-presented “Analyzing Our Systematic Review Service Data: Do We Collect What Matters?” 
• Medical Library Association Virtual Conference. 2022. Poster: Co-presented  “Supporting Future Biomedical Researchers via Online Evidence Synthesis Instruction.” 
• Medical Library Association Virtual Conference. 2021. Poster: Co-presented “Preprints and COVID-19: Analysis of 2020 Pandemic-related Works from a Single Institution.”
• Medical Library Association Virtual Conference. 2021. Poster: Co-presented “Through the Eyes of Our Researchers: Enhancing the Collaborative Role and Value of Librarians Within the Systematic Review Team.”
• Medical Library Association, Virtual Conference, 2020. "'We Cordially Invite You': Characteristics of Email Solicitations from Potentially Predatory Conferences" with Donna Gibson, Johanna Goldberg, and Celine Soudant. 
• Medical Library Association, Virtual Conference, 2020. "National Institutes of Health (NIH) Funded-Research: Do Authors Always Publish in Reputable Journals?" with Konstantina Matsoukas, Lindsay Boyce, Donna Gibson, Kendra Godwin, Johanna Goldberg, Marina Chilov, and Celine Soudant.
• Medical Library Association, Chicago, IL, 2019 - "'I Want to Be Open, But How Can I?' Publication Habits and Perceptions of Open Access Publishing Amongst Clinical Fellows." Poster presentation. 
• Medical Library Association, Chicago, IL, 2019 - "How Lit Is It? An Analysis of Research Approaches in Health Sciences Libraries." Poster presentation with Barnaby Nicolas, Rachel Pinotti, and Judy Stribling. 
• Medical Library Association, Chicago, IL, 2019 - "COI, Oh My: The Current Conflict of Interest Landscape and the Potential Role of Information Professionals in Supporting Research Quality." Poster Presentation with Donna Gibson.
• North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries Conference, New Haven, CT, 2016 - Poster presentation with Rebecca Snyder – “Rethinking Med Student PubMed Instruction: Enhancing Learning through Engagement & Enjoyment.”
• UC Merced Assessment as Research Symposium, March 2014  - Poster presentation with Sara Davidson Squibb, Elizabeth McMunn-Tetangco, Susan Mikkelsen - “Using Scholarly Sources: Are Students as Prepared as They Think They Are?” 

Webinars:

• Metropolitan Library Council. 2024. Webinar. Tackling Misinformation: What Information Professionals Need to Know About the Manosphere. 
• ACRL Presents Webinar, May 2016 - “Where Do You See Yourself in 10 Years?: Thinking Critically About Interviewing for Librarian Positions.”
• WMS Success Story Webinar, November 2016 - “Managing Your Library in the Cloud – The Medical Library Experience” webinar with Elsa Anderson.

Affiliations:

• Medical Library Association member (2016-present)
• Cancer Librarians Section, Member (2018- present); Chair Elect (2020-2021)
• Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, Nominating Committee Chair (2019)
• Research Training Institute Fellow (2018)
• Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, Chair (2017-2018)
• Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, Chair Elect (2016-2017)
• Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, Consumer Connections newsletter editor (2016-2018)
• Consumer Health Information Specialization, Level II
• Association of College and Research Libraries member (2012-present)
• Science & Technology Section Liaison to the Medical Library Association (2017-2019)
• American Library Association member (2007-present)

Research Interests:

User engagement & outreach, consumer health information, health literacy, and criminalization of pregnancy.

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