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Peace Ossom

Associate Director NNLM Center for Data Science and Delivery of Data Services

I am most motivated by contributing toward the improvement of health through prevention and education, and I am passionate about using and teaching tools that can accomplish these aims.

Degrees Held:

MLS – Texas Woman's University, 2013
M.S. in Health Studies – Texas Woman's University, 2013
B.A. in Psychology – University of Oklahoma, 2010

Career Highlights:

I am the Associate Director, NNLM National Center for Data Services at NYU Health Sciences Library and Associate Curator, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. My expertise includes research data services, scholarly communications, and health sciences information literacy. Awards include the 2021 Texas Woman’s University Hallmark Alumni Award as well as the Medical Library Association’s 2020 Ida and George Eliot Prize which recognizes the most effective article in furthering medical librarianship.

In which online degree program do you teach?

BS in Public Health

Link to share:
All publications are available at https://rc.library.uta.edu/uta-ir/handle/10106/25213.
Which class do you teach online?
KINE 3351: Public Health Informatics
What do you want students to take away from your class?
- Identify and describe key public health information systems and how these systems are used to improve population health
- Locate and describe current U.S. public health surveillance and environmental monitoring systems
- Describe privacy, confidentiality and information security issues encountered in implementation of public health information systems
- Utilize data to communicate about a public health issue
- Apply evidence-based communication methods and web systems in development of an online application
Why did you start teaching?
I am most motivated by contributing toward the improvement of health through prevention and education, and I am passionate about using and teaching tools that can accomplish these aims.

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