Taneya Koonce completed her undergraduate education in 1997 at Emory University, earning a B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Religion. She earned her Masters of Library Science degree in 1999 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following her graduate degree, Taneya was selected by the National Library of Medicine into their Associate Fellowship Program. During the second year of the fellowship program, she came to the Eskind Biomedical Library, becoming a permanent member of the staff in 2001. While she pursues a MPH degree from Vanderbilt's School of Public Health under the primary mentorship of Dr. Nunzia Giuse, Taneya's research interests will focus on examining information delivery techniques for emergency medicine patients with hypertension.

Publications:

• Giuse NB, Jerome RN, Koonce TY, Sathe NA, Walden RR. Reflections on the Journal of the Medical Library Association. J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 Oct;96(4):285-6. [Read article]
• Koonce TY, Sathe NA, Giuse DA, Jirjis J. Synthesis of informatics literature to support institutional policy statement development. J Med Libr Assoc. 2008 Jan;96(1):3-11. [Read article]
• Koonce TY, Giuse DA, Beauregard JM, Giuse NB. Toward a more informed patient: bridging health care information through an interactive communication portal. J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Jan;95(1):77-81. [Read article]
• Giuse NB, Koonce TY, Jerome RN, Cahall M, Sathe NA, Williams A. Evolution of a mature clinical informationist model. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005 May-Jun;12(3):249-55. [Read article]
• Koonce TY, Giuse NB, Todd P. Evidence-based databases versus primary medical literature: an in-house investigation on their optimal use. J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 Oct;92(4):407-11. [Read article]
• Williams AM, Giuse NB, Koonce TY, Kou Q, Giuse DA. Using knowledge management practices to develop a state-of-the-art digital library. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2004;107(Pt 1):99-103.