Larsson leaving University of Washington for OHSU Informatics Fellowship

[Laura Larsson]

Friends:

I will be leaving the Department of Health Services at the University of
Washington, my academic home for nearly 20 years, to accept a one-year
NLM Informatics Fellowship at OHSU. My last day at UW is August 31. I
start the Fellowship September 20.

I'm very excited about having a year to study, take courses, do
research, and write papers. Working with such luminaries in the
Informatics field as Joan Ash and Bill Hersh, and with professional
colleagues at OHSU is something I'm very much looking forward to.

I will be concentrating on learning everything I can about public health
informatics, which has been a passion of mine for many years. My
specific research interests are on the topic of "open learning objects"
both by themselves and in conjunction with metadata. Open learning
objects are going to be of increasing interest as distance learning
continues to grow and develop, and I plan to see what I can do to open
up access to online (Web-based) content for you and other public health
colleagues.

Please do not think that this is the last you will see of me. I'm just
changing my venue, NOT my interest in you. I have not yet figured out
what to do about the public health lists that I manage, but rest assured
that if I can't run the lists from OHSU, I will find a listowner who
cares as much about you as I do and who will do as good a job as I have
tried to do. I will try to make the transition as painless as possible
so that none of you will be inconvenienced.

Regards, and have a happy 4th of July. Fireworks are already going off
in my life.

Laura
larsson at u.washington.edu
Listowner