Current Role at UMB

Amy Yarnell is the Head of Data and Bioinformation Services at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library, where she leads initiatives to support researchers throughout the research data lifecycle. Amy is passionate about building collaborative relationships across campus and empowering faculty, students, and staff to effectively manage, visualize, and share their data. In addition to offering support for data management and sharing, she also teaches introductory research computing workshops and loves to help people troubleshoot their R code.

Education and Certifications

MLS, Indiana University - Bloomington

MA Classical Studies, Indiana University - Bloomington

BA Classical Studies and Anthropology, Gettysburg College

Certified Carpentries Instructor

Professional Interests

Research data management, R programming, Data visualization, Open Science, Research computing, Reproducible research