CV

Current Work

2025-Present | Senior Data Governance & Operations Specialist, Education Research & Data Center (ERDC), Washington Office of Financial Management.

Professional Experience

2021-2024 | Data Librarian for the Health Sciences, Yale University.
2020-2021 | Bioinformatics Analyst, Data Curator, Sage Bionetworks.
2018-20 | Research Assistant, University of Washington — Information School — Open Data Literacy Project.
2015-19 | Owner, Writer, & Editor, Kaitlin Throgmorton, LLC.
2011-16 | Communications Specialist & Volunteer Recruiter, North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts.
2010-11 | Marketing Assistant, Top Flight, Inc.

Education

MLIS — Library & Information Science, University of Washington.
BA — English & Spanish, Covenant College.

Additional Experience

Teaching

LIBRARY TRAININGS

2024 | Course Instructor and Designer. Is Your Data Reusable?: How to Standardize Your Dataa. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2024 | Course Co-Instructor and Co-Designer. Discovering Data in PubMed & PubMed Central: Strategies for Successful Searchesa. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2023 | Course Instructor and Designer. Cleaning and Transforming Data with Python: An introduction to pandas (Python, Part 3)a. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2023 | Course Co-Instructor and Co-Designer. When You Can’t Find the Data You Need: Advanced Data Collection Methods . Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2023 | Course Co-Instructor and Co-Designer. Handle with care: Assessing the quality of literature and data as a health sciences researcher. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2023 | Course Instructor and Designer. Where Are You Going to Put That?: How to Share Data. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2023 | Course Co-Instructor and Co-Designer. Visualizing Information: Designing Effective Posters and Figures. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2023 | Course Instructor and Designer. Fulfilling New Data Management & Sharing Expectations: The New NIH Policy and Beyond [Full recording and slides]. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2022 | Course Instructor and Designer. Analyzing and visualizing data with Python: An introduction to numpy and matplotlib (Python, Part 2). Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2022 | Course Instructor and Designer. Getting started with Python: An introduction to programming (Python, Part 1). Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2022 | Course Instructor and Designer. Where in the world is the data you need? How to find and reuse data. Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
2019 | Volunteer Co-Leader and Co-Designer. Arduino Co-Design Session: Solving Everyday Problems with Arduino. Seattle Public Library.

ACADEMIC COURSES

2021 | Guest Lecturer (for one session). De-Mystifying Biomedical (Meta)Data. Module 5, Data Curation I. University of Washington.
2021 | Guest Lecturer (for one session). Beyond Data Standards. Module 4, Data Curation II. University of Washington.
2019 | Teaching Assistant. Information Literacy for Health Sciences. Seattle Central College.

OTHER WORKSHOPS

2015 | Lead Facilitator and Course Designer. Volunteers Recruiting Volunteers. North Carolina Guardian ad Litem.

Service, Certifications, & Awards

SERVICE

2024 | Member. Climate Survey Working Group: Assessment, Evaluation, Reporting. Yale University.
2023 | Member. Research Storage Working Group. Yale University.
2022-2024 | Member. Editorial Board. Medical Reference Services Quarterly.
2022 | Member. NIH Data Management & Sharing Policy Advisory Group. Yale University.
2020 | Student Representative (Volunteer). iSchool COVID-19 Response Task Force. University of Washington.
2019-2020 | Co-President (Volunteer). Association of Library and Information Science Students (ALISS). University of Washington.
2011-2016 | Marketing Team Member (Volunteer). Activate Good.

CERTIFICATIONS

2022 | Certified Carpentries Instructor
2022 | Certified Mental Health First Aider

AWARDS

2024 | Linda K. Lorimer Award for Distinguished Service. Yale University.
2020 | Ruth Worden Faculty Award for Student Excellence in Library and Information Science. University of Washington.

Publications

Throgmorton, K. F., Festa, N., Doering, M., Carpenter, C. R., & Gill, T. M. (2024). Enhancing the quality and reproducibility of research: How to work effectively with medical and data librarians. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 10.1111/jgs.18741. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18741 [See the accepted manuscript version of this paper, which can be self-archived open-access per JAGS' policy.]
Festa, N., Throgmorton, K. F., Davis-Plourde, K., Dosa, D. M., Chen, K., Zang, E., Kelly, J., & Gill, T. M. (2023). Assessment of regional nursing home preparedness for and regulatory responsiveness to wildfire risk in the Western US. JAMA Network Open, 6(6), e2320207. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.20207 [open access]
Festa, N., Throgmorton, K. F., Heaphy, N. M., Canavan, M., & Gill, T. M. (2023). Association of nursing home exposure to hurricane-related inundation with emergency preparedness. JAMA Network Open 6(1):e2249937. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49937 [open access]
Festa, N., Heaphy, N. M., Throgmorton, K. F., Canavan, M., & Gill, T. M. (2022). Evaluating California nursing homes' emergency preparedness for wildfire exposure. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 71(3):895-902. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.18142 [Read this article for free on PubMedCentral.]
Palmer, C.L., Weber, N., Throgmorton, K., & Norlander, B. (2021). Public libraries and open government data: Partnerships for progress. Library Journal. https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=public-libraries-and-open-government-data-partnerships-for-progress
Throgmorton, K.F., Norlander, B., & Palmer, C.L. (2020). Open data in public libraries: Gauging activities and supporting ambitions. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 57(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.321
Throgmorton, K.F., Norlander, B., & Palmer, C.L. (2019). Open Data Literacy and the library. Alki: The Washington Library Association Journal, 35(2), 27–29.
Throgmorton, K. (2017). Open educational resources: Redefining the role of school librarians. American Libraries, 48(9-10), 16.
Throgmorton, K. (2017). Mental health first aid: Training librarians to help patrons in crisis. American Libraries, 48(3-4), 22.
Throgmorton, K. (2017). The future of library cards: Technology makes library resources more accessible. American Libraries, 48(1-2), 22.
Throgmorton, K. (2016). A balancing act: Shared spaces in libraries. American Libraries, 47(11-12), 20.
Throgmorton, K. (2016). The freedom of reading: Librarians help bring books to prisoners. American Libraries, online edition.
Throgmorton, K. (2016). Recruiting and retaining volunteers: Cultivating a successful program requires time and effort, but the payoff can be worthwhile. American Libraries, 47(6), 42.

Other Works

Throgmorton, K. F., & Dagradi, T. (2024). Data Yesterday and Today: Comparing Dr. Louise Eisenhardt's "Black Book" of Data to Modern Data Management Practices [Poster]. North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries (NAHSL), Mystic, Connecticut. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13936649
Throgmorton, K. F., & Brackett, A. (2024, September 24). Teaching Materials For: Discovering Data in PubMed & PubMed Central: Strategies for Successful Searches. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13830704
Throgmorton, K. F., & Haugh, D. (2024). You've got mail: Designing email courses for medical library users [Poster]. Medical Library Association (MLA), Portland, Oregon. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11110822
Throgmorton, K. F. (2024). Bridging data literacy boundaries with a data management plan email course [Conference lightning talk]. Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit, Virtual. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/WC3GQ
Festa, N., Throgmorton, K.F., Plourde, K., & Gill, T.M. (2023). Nursing home wildfire exposure and preparedness [Poster]. American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Conference, Long Beach, California.
Throgmorton, K.F. (2023). Walk the talk: Turning research data theory into practice [Conference presentation]. Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit, Virtual. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/B2UYG
Throgmorton, K.F., Festa, N., Doering, M., Carpenter, C., & Gill, T.M. (2023). Enhancing your research: How to collaborate effectively with medical and data librarians [Webinar]. CLIN-STAR Coordinating Center, Virtual. https://clin-star.org/clin-star-webinar-librarian-2023
Fertuzinhos, S., Throgmorton, K.F., & Garcia-Milian, R. (2022). Making waves on instruction format: Re-designing stand-alone workshops into a contextualized and collaborative training series: a case study [Poster]. North Atlantic Health Sciences Libraries (NAHSL) Conference, Portland, Maine. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21842364.v1
Allaway, R., Banerjee, J., Throgmorton, K., Guinney, J., & NF Open Science Initiative Consortium. (2021). Three years later: the NF Data Portal in 2021 [Poster]. Neurofibromatosis (NF) Conference, Virtual. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14781873.v1
Throgmorton, K.F. (2021). Applicability of the CDISC clinical data model to support immuno-oncology studies [Conference presentation]. imCORE 4th Scientific Summit, Virtual.
Palmer, C.L., Weber, N., Norlander, B., & Throgmorton, K.F. (2019). Advancing open data: Aligning education with public sector data challenges [Poster]. iSchool Research Symposium, Seattle, Washington.

Press & Government Reporting on Work

U.S. Senate Finance Committee & U.S. Special Committee on Aging Majority Staffs. (2023). Left in the dark: The impact of the 2021 Texas blackout on long-term care residents and the need to improve emergency preparedness. United States Senate Committee on Finance Newsroom. https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/02222023%20Left%20in%20the%20Dark%20-%20Wyden-Casey%20final.pdf
Marselas, K & Towhey, J. (2023). Climate threats grow but many nursing homes don’t know: Yale. McKnight's. https://www.mcknights.com/news/climate-threats-grow-but-many-nursing-homes-dont-know-yale/
Backman, I. (2023). Many at-risk coastal nursing homes are underprepared for hurricanes, Yale study finds. Yale School of Medicine News. https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/many-at-risk-coastal-nursing-homes-are-underprepared-for-hurricanes-yale-study-finds/
Udasin, S. (2022). California nursing homes in high-risk wildfire zones are ill-prepared for emergencies: study. The Hill. https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3783736-california-nursing-homes-in-high-risk-wildfire-zones-are-ill-prepared-for-emergencies-study/