Dr. Kristi Holmes to Deliver the 2025 Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lecture, July 10, 2025

[Editor's note: The recording of the 2025 Leiter Lecture is available on the MLA website.]

Kristi Holmes, PhD, will deliver the 2025 Joseph Leiter National Library of Medicine (NLM)/Medical Library Association (MLA) Lecture virtually on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. EST.

Dr. Holmes is associate dean for Knowledge Management and Strategy, director of Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center, and professor of Preventive Medicine in the division of Biostatistics and Informatics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She serves as the director of Informatics and Data Science at the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS) and chief of Knowledge Management in Northwestern’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. She directs evaluation and continuous improvement for several programs and centers, including the Network of the National Library of Medicine National Evaluation Center. Her work focuses on discovery and access to knowledge through collaborative computational and social information initiatives, including the role of repositories to enable FAIR data practices and a vibrant sharing ecosystem. Dr. Holmes formally served as chair of the NLM Board Of Regents (2023-2024).

This lecture is open to both MLA members and the public. 

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The Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lecture was established in 1983 to stimulate intellectual liaison between MLA and NLM. Leiter was a major contributor in cancer research at the National Cancer Institute and a leader at NLM as a champion of medical librarians and an informatics pioneer. He served as NLM Associate Director for Library Operations from 1965 to 1983.