# NNLM Region 5:  Reaching More People in More Ways

> **NIH LM UG4** · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2026 · $115,683

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT – Admin Core, NNLM Region 5 RML/University of Washington (UW)
Reporting to Tania Bardyn, PI/Director, key personnel in the Region 5 Regional Medical Library (RML) will
include Associate Director Catherine (Cathy) Burroughs, who will supervise and manage personnel to carryout
programs and services of the cooperative agreement for the Network of National Library of Medicine (NNLM)
Region 5 based at the University of Washington Health Sciences Library in Seattle, Washington. Ms. Bardyn is
Associate Dean for University Libraries; Director of the Health Sciences Library; Adjunct Assistant Professor in
the UW School of Medicine Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education department; and is PI of the 2016-
21 NNLM Region 5 RML Cooperative Agreement. Ms. Bardyn has 24 years of professional experience working
in academic health sciences libraries in public and private institutions as an educator and administrator. She
has expertise in budgeting, accreditation, grants administration, negotiation, leadership development programs
and biomedical decision support systems. As PI/Director, Ms. Bardyn will chair and Catherine (Cathy)
Burroughs will serve as ex-officio the Region 5 Executive Committee (EC) for Region 5. EC members from 9
partner institutions in 6 states will be the first level of oversight in the governance structure that assures
initiatives are aligned and widely understood by Region 5 members. The 10 partners from 9
universities/organizations include: University of Alaska, Fairbanks (AK); University of Washington (WA);
Washington State University (WA); Orbis Cascade Alliance (OR); Portland State University (OR); Cal State,
Los Angeles (CA); UCSF (CA); University of Hawaii (HI); University of Nevada, Reno (NV). If awarded, UCLA
would be invited to serve on the Executive Committee. The governance model includes a total of two levels of
oversight from inter-institutional and regional leadership. This outward facing and participatory structure

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11494731
- **Project number:** 3UG4LM013725-05S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Tania P Bardyn
- **Activity code:** UG4 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** LM
- **Fiscal year:** 2026
- **Award amount:** $115,683
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-05-01T00:00:00 → 2027-04-30T00:00:00

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11494731

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11494731, NNLM Region 5:  Reaching More People in More Ways (3UG4LM013725-05S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11494731. Licensed CC0.

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