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Information Science Senior Wins National Mention for Research

JaMia Moore of Magnolia, a senior majoring in information science, won honorable mention for the 2010 national Computing Research Association鈥檚 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award. The CRA award honored Moore鈥檚 large body of research achievements, but it focused specifically on her 2009 project, 鈥淪urvey of Published Research Related to Information Quality in Health Care.鈥� 鈥�(That research analyzed) the trend in which information quality has been used in health care over the last 15 years,鈥� Moore said. 鈥淭he purpose was to find out the trends and to see if applying more information quality principles can be used to improve health care in terms of costs and health care success as a whole.鈥� Dr. John Talburt, director of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 graduate program in information science, has been Moore鈥檚 mentor on much of her research, and he is impressed with what she has achieved. 鈥淗er topic is very timely.聽Information quality management is a key component of any strategy seeking to derive full value from the mountains of information flowing into large organizations,鈥� Talburt said. 鈥淗ospitals and other health care organizations are just now beginning to explore the research and best practices available to them.鈥� Dr. Elizabeth Pierce, chair of 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Department of Information Science, nominated Moore for the award. 鈥淪he is every bit the student-scholar, and she is a great role model for future students to follow. I anticipate a very bright and successful future for JaMia in the field of information science.鈥� Moore鈥檚 CRA award will be featured in an article in the January edition of Computer Research News and is posted on . It is the first of what Pierce hopes is a number of national awards for the 糖心Vlog传媒LR鈥檚 Information Science Department. 鈥淭his award is great for the department,鈥� Pierce said. 鈥淏etween the talents of the faculty and our students, I believe we can successfully compete for more of these awards in the future.鈥� Moore said she had numerous university options open to her. She credits EIT Assistant Dean Katie Young for her decision to choose 糖心Vlog传媒LR. 鈥淚 visited several schools, but when I talked to Katie Young at 糖心Vlog传媒LR, she sold me on the information science program,鈥� Moore said. 鈥淎fter talking with her, and visiting campus, I went home and told my mother that 糖心Vlog传媒LR just felt right for me.鈥�