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Len Levin, MS LIS, MA

Deputy Director
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617-432-4147

Len Levin is the Deputy Director of the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. He is the Director of both the Research & Instruction Department and the Collections & Knowledge Management Department. Len holds a Masters Degree in Library and Information Sciences from Simmons College and a Master of Arts in Psychology and Religion from Andover Newton Theological School. Before joining the Countway Library in 2017, Len served at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School beginning in 2003. Prior to then, Len was the Health Sciences Librarian at the Paul E. Woodard Health Sciences Library, New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. He has worked in the health care field since 1982. He holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health with the rank of assistant professor.

Publications

  • Urizasr JC, Thurin K, Daffner KR, Gale SA, Levin LL, Donovan N. (2022). Non-pharmacological treatments of neuropsychiatric symptoms in mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Seminars in Neurology. 2022 Apr. 42(2):192-203. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1742486.
  • -Lipsitz M, Levin LL, Sharma V, Herrala J, Rimawi A, Bernier (2):D, Kimberly H, Thomson A, Soucy Z, Henwood P. (2022). The state of point-of-care teleultrasound use for educational purposes: a scoping review. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 41(8):1889-1906. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jum.15885
  • Lee JI, Busler JN, Millett CE, Principe JL, Levin LL, Corrigan A, Burdick KE. (2021). Association between visceral adipose tissue and major depressive disorder across the lifespan: A scoping review. Bipolar Disord. 2021 Sep 22. doi: 10.1111/bdi.13130.
  • Davidow JB, Zide BS, Levin LL, Biddle KD, Urizar JC, Donovan NJ. (2021). A Scoping Review of Interventions for Spousal Bereavement in Older Adults. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 16:S1064-7481(21)00423-1. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.08.002.
  • Noe M, Levin L. (2020). Mapping the use of comics in health education: A scoping review of the graphic medicine literature. Graphic Medicine. [Web Log Post].
  • Camacho E, Levin L, Torous J. (2019). Smartphone apps to support coordinated specialty care for prodromal and early course schizophrenia disorders: a systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2019 Nov 12;21(11):e16393. doi: https://doi.org/10.2196/16393.
  • Kostova Z, Levin LL, Lorberg B, Ziedonis D. (2019). Mindfulness based interventions with children and adolescents in clinical mental health settings: a literature review. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 28(10):2633-2649.
  • Byatt N, Xu W, Levin L, Moore Simas TA. (2019). Perinatal Depression Care Pathway for Obstetric Settings. International Review of Psychiatry. May;31(3):210-228.
  • Moore Simas TA, Cain JM, Milner RJ, Ockene JK, Meacham ME, Levin LL, Bannon AL, Nili A, Leung K, Thorndyke LE. (2017). A systematic review of developmental programs designed to address leadership in academic medical center faculty. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 2018 Dec 5.
  • Benjamin S, MacGillivray L, Schildkrout B, Cohen-Oram A, Lauterbach MD, Levin LL. (2018). Six Landmark Case Reports Essential for Neuropsychiatric Literacy. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 30(4):279-290.
  • Ulbricht CM, Chrysanthopoulou SA, Levin L, Lapane KL.(2018). The use of latent class analysis for identifying subtypes of depression: A systematic review. Psychiatry Res. 2018 Mar 17. pii: S0165-1781(17)30312-8.
  • Moore Simas TA, Flynn MP, Kroll-Desrosiers AR, Carvalho SM, Levin LL, Biebel K, Byatt N. (2018). A Systematic Review of Integrated Care Interventions Addressing Perinatal Depression Care in Ambulatory Obstetric Care Settings. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2018 61(3):573-590.
  • Golden L, Levin L, Mizrahi R, Biebel K. (2018). Promoting Mental Health in the Transition from College to the Workplace. White paper prepared for the Jed Foundation.
  • Erskine NA, Tran H, Levin LL, Ulbricht CM, Fingeroth JD, Kiefe CI, Goldberg RJ. (2017). A systematic review and meta-analysis on herpes zoster and the risk of cardiac and cerebrovascular events. PLoS One. 12(7):e0181565.
  • Hall WC, Levin LL, Anderson ML. (2017). Language deprivation syndrome: a possible neurodevelopmental disorder with sociocultural origins. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2017 Feb 16;52(2) :1-16.
  • Gardner A, Lahoz MR, Bond I, Levin L. (2016). Assessing the Effectiveness of an Evidence-based Practice Pharmacology Course Using the Fresno Test. Am J Pharm Educ. 2016 Sep 25;80(7):123.
  • Martin ER., Nicholson J, Biebel K., Levin L., Kostova Z. (2016). eMental Health Bridges Project: A Web Site Development Project to Provide Needed Mental and Physical Health Information to People with Serious Mental Illness. Psychiatry Information In Brief.
  • Savageau J., Levin L. (2015 November 29). Identifying the best place to publish your evaluation findings. [Web Log Post].
  • Byatt N., Levin L., Ziedonis D., Moore-Simas T., Allison J. (2015). Enhancing uptake of depression care in outpatient perinatal care settings. Obstetrics and Gynecology. 126(5):1048-58.
  • Levin L. (2014 November 5). Literature Search Strategy Week: Len Levin on Understanding and Finding Grey Literature. [Web Log Post].
  • Levin L., Gildea, R. (2013). Bibliotherapy: tracing the roots of a moral therapy movement in the United States from the early nineteenth century to the present. Journal of the Medical Library Association. 2013, 101(2):89-90.
  • Fladger A., Levin L. (2001). Proposed changes to the Hospital Libraries Section. National Network. 26(1):16-17.
  • Levin L. (1999). Beware of roadblocks on the way to Arial. National Network. 24(4):14.