Tiffany C.E. Veinot, MLS, PhD is Assistant Professor in the School of Information, with a cross-appointment at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health, Dept. of Health Behavior and Health Education. Dr. Veinot's research focuses understanding health information exchange within communities; illuminating collaborative health information behaviour in everyday life; investigating health information service models for marginalized populations; and conducting socio-cultural studies of health information technologies, policy and practice. Dr. Veinot’s current research projects focus on understanding and enhancing information and support exchange among patients with kidney disease, patient-provider information exchange in diabetes care, and use of social networking-based Internet technologies for HIV and STI prevention with marginalized youth.