Units and Staff

Administration

The Gerstein Science Information Centre provides comprehensive access to scientific and health science information and innovative services that fosters the search for knowledge and understanding in the University and the wider community

Associate Chief Librarian for Science Research & Information; Interim Director, Gerstein Science Information Centre: Mindy Thuna

Access Services

Responsible for course reserves, the public service desk, maintaining collections, and maintaining physical facilities

Manager, Access Services: Askari Husain

Education and Information Services

Responsible for instruction support, email services, and consultation requests

Research and Innovation Services

Responsible for supporting faculty research & innovation via services, such as the Systematic & Scoping Review Collaboration (SRSC) and entrepreneurship support

Health Science Information Consortium (HSIC)

A collaboration of libraries and information centres in teaching & community hospitals, public health units, educational institutions, and government and non-government organizations in the health sector

More about the HSIC

Executive Director: Lori Anne Oja

Centre for Research & Innovation Support

The mandate of the Centre for Research & Innovation Support (CRIS) is to provide researcher-centred, practical and coordinated supports to faculty and divisional research offices. CRIS is a partnership, launched by the Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation, the University of Toronto Libraries and Information Technology Services.

More about CRIS

Administration

Mindy Thuna

Associate Chief Librarian for Science Research & Information; Interim Director, Gerstein Science Information Centre

Access Services

Askari Husain

Access Services Manager
416-946-5043
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Catherine Duff

Access/Information Services Specialist
416-978-2794

Mary Ellen Brown

Reference Specialist
416-946-7030

Marina Fedchenko

Access Services Associate
416-978-7664

Linda Singh

Senior Access Services Associate
416-978-7258

Andrew Sorcik

Access Services Associate
416-946-8376

Education & Information Services

Glyneva Bradley-Ridout

Glyneva Bradley-Ridout

Liaison & Education Librarian
416-978-4080
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2879-9056
Liaison Subjects:
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Pharmacology & Toxicology
  • Pharmacy
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Mikaela Gray

Liaison & Education Librarian
416 978-6938
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5580-5824
Liaison Subjects:
  • Nursing
Eden Kinzel

Eden Kinzel

Liaison & Education Librarian
416-946-5759
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2504-1063
Liaison Subjects:
  • Biostatistics
  • Clinical Public Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Family & Community Medicine
  • Public Health
Vincci Lui

Vincci Lui

Faculty Liaison & Instruction Librarian | Communications & Web Librarian
416-978-5295
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7371-1258
Liaison Subjects:
  • Bioethics
  • Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
  • Occupational and Environmental Health
  • Public Health
  • Social & Behavioural Health Sciences

Julia Martyniuk

Liaison and Education Librarian
416-978-6434
Liaison Subjects:
  • Institute of Medical Science
  • MD Program
  • Medical Education

Erica Nekolaichuk

Faculty Liaison & Instruction Librarian
416-978-7663
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9392-2669
Liaison Subjects:
  • Kinesiology
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Education & Health
  • Physical Therapy
  • Rehabilitation Science
  • Speech Language Pathology
  • Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
Elena Springall

Elena Springall

Liaison & Education Librarian
416-978-7676
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3686-7098
Liaison Subjects:
  • Medical Education
  • Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Psychiatry
  • Surgery
  • Systematic & scoping reviews

Research and Innovation Services

Heather Cunningham

Heather Cunningham

Assistant Director, Research and Innovation Services (on leave till April 2024)
416-978-2045
Liaison Subjects:
  • Biochemistry
  • Immunology
  • Physiology
Patricia Ayala

Patricia Ayala

Research Services Librarian
416-978-6778
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3613-2270
Liaison Subjects:
  • Health research methodologies
  • Research services
  • Systematic & scoping reviews

Meredith George

Reference Specialist
416-978-1598
Carey Toane

Carey Toane

Entrepreneurship Librarian
416-978-0859
Liaison Subjects:
  • Entrepreneurship

Health Science Information Consortium of Toronto

Lori Anne Oja

Executive Director
416-978-6359