Julia Whelan

Julia Whelan is Senior Outreach Librarian at Treadwell Library, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College, holds a Masters degree from the Graduate School in Library and Information Science at Simmons, and is a member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals at the senior level. She began conducting research on medicinal herbs as a member of the Longwood Herbal Taskforce. She also is team member of the Pediatric Integrative Medical Education project (funded by a grant from NCCAM). She teaches a monthly class at MGH on this topic. In May 2003, she and Dr. Dvorkin gave a presentation at the national meeting of the Medical Library Association titled Plants from Many Healing Landscapes: Herbal Medicines Used by Diverse Cultures. She and Dr. Dvorkin have taught together in classes at Children's Hospital, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and at continuing education programs.