Michelle Rau joined Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine in 2023 as an Assistant Professor and Medical Librarian, bringing over fifteen years of experience in education and health sciences libraries. Her expertise spans health informatics, evidence synthesis, and leadership in academic medical librarianship.
She earned her Master of Library and Information Science from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, with a specialization in Health Informatics. During her graduate studies, Michelle was awarded the Miriam T. Larson Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Health Sciences and served as a Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Deborah Charbonneau.
Michelle is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Medical Library Association (MLA), Michigan Academic Library Association (MiALA), Michigan Health Sciences Library Association (MHSLA), Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group (MDMLG), and the Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA). She serves on various committees and professional associations, supporting initiatives that advance medical librarianship and health information access.
Specialties:
Evidence-Based Medicine, health information literacy
Education:
MLIS, Wayne State University, School of Information Sciences
B.A., University of Windsor
Research Interests:
Bioinformatics, Visual Literacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in Medical Education, Generative AI and Scholarly Communications
