THRIVING
April 2025
iTHRIV Under the Microscope
Andrea Denton is the Research and Data Services Manager in the Health Sciences Library at the University of Virginia and provides critical support services for our iTHRIV Hub. She is a
native Michigander and has spent her entire career as a medical librarian with the last 24 years being at UVA Health. Her role has changed over time but has always involved both people and
technology, and it’s this mix that Andrea reports enjoying most about her work every day. Andrea conducts expert literature searches to support the publication of scoping and systematic
reviews, consults on data management and sharing practices, supports research impact efforts, and leads training sessions on everything from PubMed to Excel.
Recently, Andrea partnered with iTHRIV to provide information to describe the sweeping changes related to open access, including the implementation of NIH’s Data Management and Sharing Policy and the changes to the journal publishing landscape with the increase in Article Processing Fees.
Andrea Denton, MILS
Research and Data Services Manager, UVA Health Sciences Library
She regularly provides training for Scholars in the iTHRIV Scholars Mentored Career Development Program on topics ranging from data sharing policies to new publishing practices such as preprints. Andrea finds the interactive sessions with the iTHRIV Scholars cohorts to be valuable as a presenter. She remarked, “I always find I learn so much from the different perspectives shared by the attendees.”
Andrea assists with iTHRIV’s reporting requirements, monitoring compliance with the NIH Public Access policy, and helping iTHRIV authors navigate the sometimes-confusing processes to properly make their iTHRIV-funded articles publicly available. Andrea also routinely collects bibliometric data, such as citation data and journal rank, on publications by iTHRIV authors. These data allow us to assess iTHRIV’s scholarly output and describe the reach and impact of our work.
Andrea’s other “work” involves a local non-profit, HOWS Project. She spends many of her weekends working with other amazing volunteers to improve the lives of outside dogs. Andrea devotes her time to delivering sturdy wooden dog houses and essentials like flea and tick prevention to dogs of all kinds. Andrea particularly enjoys building fences for dog families to help remove an outside dog from life on a chain – the “zoomies” are priceless! This photo shows Andrea with one of her favorite canine clients.
