Associate Dean, Welch Medical Library
Johns Hopkins Medicine, School of Nursing, Bloomberg School of Public Health
Since 2014, Ms. Seymour has been the Associate Dean of the Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, overseeing library and information services for the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health, and the Johns Hopkins Health System, and she holds a faculty appointment at all three health science schools. She leads an expert team of managers, informationists, and digital systems specialists serving the information needs of, and collaborating with, faculty, researchers, clinicians, and students. Prior to Johns Hopkins, she was the Associate Director for Information Services at the University of Pennsylvania’s Biomedical Library.
She has a special interest in global health issues and their relationship to local public health and health disparities. She has applied her expertise in evidence-based health care and health sciences informatics to research projects and capacity building in the global health arena, especially in resource-limited settings. She is a regular presenter on building and sustaining informationist programs; librarian leadership in healthcare settings; and on global health research and opportunities for librarians. She is actively engaged with the Association of Health Sciences Libraries and the Medical Library Association.