## Lead Instructors ##  **Elaine Martin, DA** Dr. Martin is Director and Chief Executive Officer, Francis A. Countway Library at Harvard Medical School. The Countway serves both academic and practicing physicians at Harvard Medical School, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine and the Massachusetts Medical Society. Elaine is an award-winning library executive, researcher, and educator with more than 25 years of experience. She has taught courses in medical librarianship and scientific data management at Simmons College School of Library and Information Sciences and the University of Rhode Island.  **Julie Goldman, MLIS** Ms. Goldman is the Countway Research Data Services Librarian with the Harvard Library. Julie is collaborating with members of the Harvard Library community to help build a new data services program, and working at Countway Library of Medicine to develop and deliver services directly to researchers at Harvard Medical School. Julie is also the Managing Editor for the *Journal of e-Science Librarianship*. Julie was previously eScience Coordinator with the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. With the NNLM, her work focused on building research data education and resources for librarians in New England. <br> <br> ## Additional Instructors ## **Thea Atwood, MSLIS** <br>Science and Research Data Services Librarian <br>University of Massachusetts Amherst ***Videos**: Research Lifecycle; Data Storage and Security; Data Management Policy* Thea Atwood is the Science and Research Data Services Librarian at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A recipient of an e-Science Fellowship from Syracuse University, Thea has received specialized training on methods to support the research data lifecycle. In her current role, she uses this training to provide consultation, education, and outreach services around data management, including best practices, software and tool use, and data management plan assistance. <br> <br> **Chieko Azuma, DVM, PhD, CPIA** <br>IACUC Protocol Specialist <br>University of Massachusetts Medical School ***Videos**: Institutional Animal Care and Use in Research* Dr. Azuma earned her D.V.M. degree at Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan and Ph.D. in Comparative Biomedical Sciences (Radiation and Cancer Biology) at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in Raleigh, NC. Dr. Azuma has served on IACUC as a member at Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and currently serves as a core member of IACUC and research administration at University of Massachusetts Medical School. Her areas of expertise include radiation and cancer biology, radiation oncology, canine model of human diseases, veterinary medicine, and research methodology. Dr. Azuma is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology (Radiation Oncology) and Certified Professional IACUC Administrator. <br> <br> **Allison Blodgett, PhD, CIP** <br>Director of IRB Operations <br>University of Massachusetts Medical School ***Videos**: Institutional Review Board; What Does the IRB Want From Me?* Allison Blodgett is the Director of IRB Operations at UMASS Medical School. The Institution Review Board (IRB) is the committee that reviews, approves, and monitors research on human subjects. As the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research, the UMass IRB serves as IRB of record for all human research conducted by UMass faculty and investigators at the Medical School or at associated research locations. Allison oversees the application review process and provides support to researchers to ensure they are complying with federal and institutional requirements. <br> <br> **Daina Bouquin, MLIS** <br>Head Librarian, John G. Wolbach Library <br>Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University ***Videos**: Data Sharing Tools; Data Tools Examples* Daina Bouquin is the Head Librarian at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. At the CfA, her work focuses on lowering social and technical barriers that impact the community’s ability to create and share new knowledge. Some of Daina's specific topics of interest include open science, research software preservation, library design, data visualization, machine learning, and the history of science. <br> <br> **Brian Coleman, CISSP, CISM** <br>Associate CIO Information Security Officer <br>University of Massachusetts Medical School ***Videos**: Information Security* Brian Coleman, Information Security and Compliance Officer, leads the Information Security function for UMASS Medical School. He is responsible for ensuring that UMMS information is properly secured and university employees and students are aware of the importance of protecting confidential data. Brian brings to UMMS 20 plus years of IT management experience in Financial Services and Health Care, the last 10 years leading high performing Information Security teams. Brian has enjoyed success in implementing effective security programs and policies by partnering with stakeholders across the enterprise. He has a track record of working with management and users alike, educating and empowering them to play a critical role in protecting information. Brian has achieved his Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) certifications. <br> <br> **Andrew Creamer, MLIS** <br>Scientific Data Management Librarian <br>Brown University ***Videos**: Research Data Management; Plans for Research Data* Andrew Creamer is the Science Data Management Librarian at Brown University. He helps students and faculty researchers with NSF data management plans and digital curation projects. Prior to Brown, Andrew worked on research data management initiatives at the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region. <br> <br> **Jen Ferguson, MS, MSLIS** <br>Assistant Head, Research & Instruction Librarian, Science and Data Services, Snell Library <br>Northeastern University ***Videos**: Contextual Details; Metadata* Jen Ferguson spent 10+ years in academia teaching & doing research, mostly in molecular biology. Now in her second career as a librarian, Jen is interested in the intersection of science, data, and libraries. She specializes in resources for biology, as well as research data management and data management plans. Her specialties include e-science, data curation & preservation, digital libraries & repositories, and Open Access initiatives. <br> <br> **Glenn Gaudette, PhD** <br>Professor, Biomedical Engineering <br>Worcester Polytechnic Institute ***Videos**: Data Types, Formats & Stages; Regeneration of Functional Heart Tissue in Rats* Glenn Gaudette aims to develop a treatment for the millions of Americans suffering from myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases. His lab focuses on regenerating mechanical and electrophysiological function in the heart, supported by the government (National Institutes of Health), nonprofit (American Heart Association), and private agencies (Synovis Life Technologies). Glenn has 18 years of experience in the cardiac research field, including 10 years in cardiac surgery research. Glenn worked on the New England Collaborative Data Management Plan, developing case studies based on his research to teach librarians and undergraduate researchers the importance of research data management within a scientific project. Glenn instills best practices in his research lab, such a specific file naming conventions, and strives to educate all in these best practices. <br> <br> **Leah Honor, MLIS** <br>Education and Clinical Services Librarian, Lamar Soutter Library <br>University of Massachusetts Medical School ***Videos**: Working with Researchers; Librarian’s Role on a Research Project* Leah Honor is a reference librarian in the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Leah is interested in library instruction and research collaboration, and is currently involved in a project to develop best practices for data citation and reuse with the Child and Adolescent NeuroDevelopment Initiative (CANDI). Leah has worked as a research associate investigating genetic models of pediatric cardiomyopathies in labs in Boston and New York City before starting her library career. <br> <br> **David Kennedy, PhD** <br>Professor of Psychiatry <br>Director, Division of Neuroinformatics at CANDI <br>University of Massachusetts Medical School ***Videos**: Working with Librarians; Research Project Overview* Dr. Kennedy is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He is Director of the Division of Neuroinformatics at the Child and Adolescent Neurodevelopment Initiative (CANDI). He has extensive expertise in the development of image analysis techniques and was a co-founder of the Center for Morphometric Analysis (CMA) at the Massachusetts General Hospital. His career has seen participation in the advent of such technologies as MRI-based morphometric analysis (1989), functional MRI (1991) and diffusion tensor pathway analysis (1998). He has long standing experience with development of neuroinformatics resources. Dr. Kennedy is a founding editor of the journal Neuroinformatics that debuted in 2003. <br> <br> **Amanda Kowalsick, BS, PhD** <br>Postdoctoral Researcher & Project Manager, Research Data Management Service <br>Tufts University ***Videos**: Research Workflow; Research Data Files* As a Postdoctoral Researcher, Amanda was looking at climate effects on tea secondary metabolites in addition to assisting with the Tufts Sensory Panel. Amanda developed the analytical tools necessary to unravel complex, natural plant products using multidimensional gas chromatography and mass spectrometry to produce characteristic volatile secondary metabolite profiles for quality control purpose. Part of her responsibilities in the Robbat Research Group included developing a research data management plan for the lab, and also training student researchers in data management and electronic lab notebooks. <br> <br> **P. Scott Lapinski, MSLIS** <br>Scholarly Communication & Research Librarian, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine <br>Harvard Medical School ***Videos**: Data Sharing and Reuse* Scott Lapinski is currently the Scholarly Communication & Research Librarian at Harvard Medical School’s Francis A. Countway Library. Since 1990, Scott has enjoyed multiple roles within academic libraries, including supervising IT departments, administering digital repositories, supporting open access initiatives, as well as providing research consultations & instruction to university faculty and students. Scott serves as a liaison to Harvard’s Office for Scholarly Communication, and provides outreach and education to students and faculty regarding scholarly publishing, copyright awareness, and disseminating scholarship via open access repositories, whether to align with funder based OA mandates and grant reporting obligations, or simply understand how to share their research through open access opportunities for the greater public good. <br> <br> **Nancy McGovern, PhD** <br>Head, Curation and Preservation Services <br>Massachusetts Institute for Technology ***Videos**: Curation and Preservation for Data; Community Context; Open Archival Information Systems; Digital Preservation; Digital Content Management: MIT Example* Nancy McGovern is the Head, Curation and Preservation Services (CPS) at MIT. Nancy is a highly respected leader in the field of digital curation and preservation with a well-established national and international reputation. She has 30 years experience with the preservation of digital content and a sound understanding of good practice for the conservation of tangible materials. Nancy along with Anne Kenney, now University Librarian at Cornell University Library, co-developed the highly successful Digital Preservation Management Workshop that Nancy continues to lead. Formerly the Digital Preservation Officer and a Research Assistant Professor at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), Nancy’s responsibilities included developing policies that reflect prevailing standards and practice in the digital preservation community and developing appropriate preservation strategies for the expanding range of content ICPSR collects. Nancy holds a B.A. in History from Saint Anselm College, an M.A. in History from Northeastern University, and a PhD in Information Studies from the University College London. <br> <br> **Loren Maloney, JD, CHC, CHPC** <br>Senior Privacy Officer <br>University of Massachusetts Medical School ***Videos**: Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act* As Senior Privacy Officer, Loren was responsible for oversight of all activities related to privacy compliance at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He focused on the development and maintenance of a robust privacy program that prioritized the protection of sensitive data while enhancing the organization's ability to thrive financially across a wide spectrum of business and academic enterprises. He advised senior UMMS leaders on privacy and compliance risks, conducted investigations and strategically mitigated privacy issues, performed comprehensive risk assessments, developed and presented educational programs and analyzed legal issues and negotiated contracts. <br> <br> **Lisa Palmer, MSLS, AHIP** <br>Institutional Repository Librarian, Lamar Soutter Library <br>University of Massachusetts Medical School ***Videos**: Open Access; Open Data & Data Sharing; Impact of Research Data; Sharing & Citing Data* Lisa Palmer is the Institutional Repository Librarian at the Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She oversees eScholarship@UMMS, the medical school’s repository and publishing system for digital research and scholarship. In this role she serves as an editor for the Journal of eScience Librarianship and other publications. She also provides support for scholarly communication activities, open access, author rights, copyright, research data management, and NIH Public Access compliance. <br> <br> **Regina Raboin, MLIS** <br>Associate Director for Library Education and Research, Lamar Soutter Library <br>University of Massachusetts Medical School ***Videos**: Introduction and Overview; Data Management Services* Regina Fisher Raboin is the Associate Director for Library Education and Research at the Lamar Soutter Library, at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. As associate director she oversees the education, clinical, research, scholarly publishing (copyright, open access, and the institutional repository), and outreach services at the library. Prior to joining UMass, Regina was the Data Management Services Group Coordinator and Science Research & Instruction Librarian at Tisch Library, Tufts University, where she led a team of Tufts librarians who assisted Tufts faculty with data management plans and best practices in research data management. <br> <br> **Rebecca Reznik-Zellen, MLIS** <br>Head of Research and Scholarly Communication Services, Lamar Soutter Library <br>University of Massachusetts Medical School ***Videos**: Data Policy; Funder Policies; Institutional Policies; Publisher Policies; Who Owns Research Data?; Ownership & Intellectual Property; Biomedical Ethics* Rebecca Reznik-Zellen is the Head of Research and Scholarly Communication Services at the Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School. In this capacity, Rebecca coordinates library services and outreach on a range of topics related to the publication, dissemination and impact of UMMS scholarship. Prior to joining the Lamar Soutter Library, Rebecca worked as the Digital Strategies Coordinator at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries and as the Science Librarian for Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Rebecca is experienced in disciplinary repository development, digital library collection development, strategic planning and digital project management, and research data management services. <br> <br> **Evan Simpson, MSIS** <br>Associate Dean, Research and Learning Services, Snell Library <br>Northeastern University ***Videos**: Electronic Lab Notebooks* Evan Simpson is the Associate Dean for Research and Learning Services at Northeastern University. Evan has deep experience in academic libraries, which has lead to his experience managing change, building teams, and developing critical initiatives that strengthen connections with stakeholders at all levels. Prior to joining Northeastern, Evan was Head of Research and Instruction at Tufts University and had the opportunity to be involved in the implementation of electronic lab notebooks at the university. His understanding of services design in libraries and information technology, and research methods across disciplines, lead to the successful use of ELNs within the Tufts research community.