It is a great delight for
me to introduce and inform you that Laura is now a member of A Ray of
Hope's Global Team of experts. I am convinced that she will contribute
much to yet another important aspect of A Ray of Hope's Global ethos of
friendship and sharing. Don
Laura Larsson is currently a Clinical Faculty member in
the Department of
Health Services and a Principal in Cedar Collaboration.
She does considerable teaching in the areas of public health and in
personal knowledge management. From 1980-2000 she was the Director of
Information Services in the School of Public Health (SPHCM) and Community
Medicine at the University of Washington's Department of Health Services.
In that role she provided for the research and teaching information needs
of a very eclectic user group of faculty and students whose research
interests spanned public health, medicine, informatics, and social
sciences. When she was with the School she was the motivating force behind
development of the SPHCM's Home Page, the Health Services home page and
various of its tracks and was responsible for creating more than 150
course Webs. She also helped set up three Learning Resource Centers in
Russia. Prior to coming to Health Services, she was the head of the
Mathematics Research Library at the University of Washington. Now retired
she develops online learning and runs the American Public Health
Association's Film & Technology Theater at the Annual Meeting.
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Laura Larrson
Digital Literacy Liaison
A Ray of Hope
UNESCO Youth Ambassador for the Culture of Peace
