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Fellows: Jennie Abrahamson 
BiographyJennie A. Abrahamson earned a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) from the University of Washington's Information School in 2004. While at the iSchool, Jennie was a graduate assistant in reference and instruction at UW's Odegaard Undergraduate Library and a recipient of the Koon Family Endowed Fellowship. Jennie also worked as a research assistant for the Information Behavior in Everyday Contexts (IBEC) research group at the iSchool. Prior to graduate school, Jennie worked for several years in graduate and undergraduate reference and information services at Cornell University Libraries, where she discovered a joy of connecting people with the health information they seek to live and improve their lives. Jennie’s research and teaching interests include consumer health informatics, research design and evaluation, and health information behavior (social and cognitive aspects of how people need, seek, use, and share health information). Jennie is particularly interested in applying information behavior research to information and communication technology (ICT) design to reduce domestic and international health disparities. Her current work focuses on leveraging the potential of lay information mediaries (those who seek information on behalf or because of others) and ICTs to improve individual and community health. Recent PublicationsAbrahamson, J.A. & Fisher, K.E. (2007). ‘What's past is prologue’: towards a general model of lay information mediary behaviour. Information Research, 12(4) paper colis15. [Available at http://InformationR.net/ir/12-4/colis/colis15.html] Professional Service Paper reviewer, Annual Symposium, American Medical Informatics Association. (2005-2007) Advisory Board Member, Northwest Resource Center, Cross Cultural Health Care Program, Seattle, WA. (2007 - ) Professional Memberships American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) |
