Megan Threats

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Biography

Dr. Megan Threats is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information with a courtesy appointment in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She is an interdisciplinary scholar who studies the health information and technology practices of historically underserved communities. Her research focuses on how social and structural environmental factors shape health information and technology practices, healthcare access, and health outcomes.

Dr. Threats is the Director of the Health Justice Informatics Lab, where she works with communities to design information resources and consumer health technologies that support their health and well-being. Her research has been published in high-ranking peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, the Journal of Medical Internet Research, Health Equity, and the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Dr. Threat's work has been supported by grants from IMLS, with an Early Career Award, NIH, the Medical Library Association, and the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law.

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she/her

Areas of interest

health information behavior; health communication; health equity/justice; public libraries

Honors & Awards

Association for Information Science and Technology SIG USE Best Information Behavior Paper Award (2026)
IMLS Early Career Research Development Grant (2023-2027)
University of Michigan NCID Anti-Racism Research & Community Impact Fellow (2023-2024)
NIH LRP Award - NIMHD (2021-2023)