Third Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
3 November - 9 November 2023

Mrs Ayaba Logan - Participant

Medical University of South Carolina (Research and Education Informationist/Librarian)

Ayaba Logan is a solutions-oriented bridge-builder and data enthusiast. She has presented and published extensively on a broad range of topics, including women and Islam, qualitative data analysis, health disparities, Librarianship, technology, and collaborations, to name a few. She is passionate about everything at the intersection of people, health sciences, and data, which includes all things research from conception to dissemination with data visualization. She joined the Medical University of South Carolina Libraries (Charleston, SC) in January 2015, merging her Master of Public Health training with Librarianship to serve as a Research and Education Informationist (Medical Research Librarian). In her role, Ayaba supports graduate programs (faculty, staff, and students) in Nursing, Public Health, and Health Services Research across three schools, where she brings a robust background and expertise in supporting folks from communities that have been disenfranchised and marginalized in the US and around the world. In addition to her liaison duties, Ayaba engages in collaborative, mentoring, and teaching relationships across the globe while providing in-depth database searching, consulting on, and leading various research projects, including and not limited to systematic reviews, protocols, manuscripts, and other publications. Currently, she is working on studies in Maternal Health, Breastfeeding, hospitals, history, and religion. When not assisting clients, conducting research, or analyzing data, she enjoys family time, learning about the world, and reading/listening to books.