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Dr. Megan Threats, PhD, MSLIS is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information.
She is the Director of the Health Justice Informatics Lab.
Dr. Megan Threats is the Director of the Health Justice Informatics Lab
Recent Updates

New article published in LGBT Health
Association Between Health Care Discrimination and Medical Mistrust Among Black Assigned Female at Birth Adults with Minoritized Sexual and Gender Identities in the United States

Keynote Address at the UNC Wilmington Library (February 2025)
Dr. Megan Threats will be presenting Developing Community-Centered Data: From Carceral to Liberatory Information and Data Practices

New journal article published in Health Equity
Weight-Based Health Care Discrimination and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Black Sexual and Gender Minoritized Assigned Female at Birth Adults in the United States

UPenn CFAR and Annenberg Public Policy Center Talk (January 2025)
I will be presenting at the HIV Communication as Access meeting at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.

AMIA 2024 Annual Symposium (November 2024)
I will be co-presenting "Research Methods to Advance Health and Healthcare Equity within Health Informatics: An Instructional Workshop" at the 2024 American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium.

Scholar in Residence Lecture on October 14th at 5pm
Dr. Megan Threats will be speaking at Michigan State University during Homecoming Week 2024 as the Stephen O. Murray Scholar in Residence.

Megan Threats named 2024-2025 MSU Stephen O. Murray Scholar in Residence
University of Michigan School of Information assistant professor Megan Threats has been named the 2024/2025 Michigan State University Stephen O. Murray Scholar in Residence.

New article published in Frontiers in Public Health
Enhancing healthcare accessibility through telehealth for justice impacted individuals

Grow Detroit's Young Talent
(July 2024)
I will be presenting at Grow Detroit's Young Talent about the intersections of information, healthcare and technology.

2024 IAS Conference (July 2024)
I will be presenting Advancing Equity in addressing HIV Disparities: Contributions of Underrepresented Scholars in Implementing Community-Centric Solutions

Purdue ID:EALS 2024 Keynote Address (April 2024)
I was the keynote speaker at ID:EALS 2024 Symposium presenting "InFormation for Health Justice: Utilizing Intersectionality Theory in (Health) Information Practices Research

2024 Yale University REIDS Conference (June 2024)
I was a panel moderator for the session, "Using Artificial Intelligence in Research to Advance Productivity."

UM Rackham-CRLT Preparing Future Faculty Seminar (May 2024)
I was a panelist for the Preparing Future Faculty Seminar at the University of Michigan Rackham - Center of Research for Learning & Teaching.
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