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Sarah Cantrell (she/her/hers) is the Associate Director for Research & Education at the Medical Center Library & Archives, and is responsible for developing, implementing, and evaluating the Library's research and education programs. She is also the liaison to the Graduate Medical Education programs. Sarah is currently on the steering committee of the Evidence-Based Practice for Health Sciences Librarians workshop, and co-director of the Evidence-Based Practice for the Medical Librarian course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science. Sarah served as a Co-Director of Duke's national Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) workshop for clinicians and librarians from 2019 to 2024. Before joining Duke, she worked at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, where she established a Clinical Librarian Program and joined inpatient care teams for teaching rounds, providing real-time evidence-based decision support and teaching at the point of care. Prior to WRNMMC, she was the Education Services Coordinator and Instruction Librarian at Georgetown University Medical Center's Dahlgren Memorial Library in Washington, DC. 
  • MLIS, Library & Information Studies, University of Wisconsin Madison 
  • BA, English Literature, University of Wisconsin Madison 

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Current Appointments & Affiliations


Recent Publications


Transition to oral beta-lactam therapy in uncomplicated gram-negative bacteremia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Journal Article J Hosp Med · April 4, 2025 INTRODUCTION: Gram-negative bacteremia (GNB) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Transition to oral therapy has traditionally utilized fluoroquinolones or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole rather than beta-lactams due to concerns about phar ... Full text Link to item Cite

Measuring the Longitudinal Impact of a Health Professions Education Academy on Scholarship: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Journal Article J Contin Educ Health Prof · March 25, 2025 Academies highlight the educational mission that is often second to clinical and basic science scholarship on health professions campuses. They help bridge the gap between faculty development and continuing professional development. Owing to their populari ... Full text Link to item Cite

Genomic classifiers and prognosis of localized prostate cancer: a systematic review.

Journal Article Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis · March 2025 BACKGROUND: Refinement of the risk classification for localized prostate cancer is warranted to aid in clinical decision making. A systematic analysis was undertaken to evaluate the prognostic ability of three genomic classifiers, Decipher, GPS, and Prolar ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Clinical Practice Guidelines on Perioperative Management of Heart Transplant Recipients

ResearchLibrary Assistant · Awarded by Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists · 2025 - 2026

Informing public policy support for family caregivers based on typologies of need

ResearchLibrary Assistant · Awarded by Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers · 2022 - 2024

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