Darra Ballance
Director of Retention Programming and Technology
Assistant Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Administration
Department of Libraries
Bio
Darra Ballance, MLIS, AHIP, is the Director of Retention Programming and Technology for the Statewide Area Health Education Centers Network at Augusta University (AU). She is also a faculty member in the Robert B. Greenblatt, MD Library at AU, with the rank of Assistant Professor. At the AHEC her work has focused on retention of health professionals in rural and underserved areas. She also serves as a liaison to AU’s Institute of Public and Preventive health, and teaches evidence-based practice and information literacy to faculty, students and clinical staff.
- DBALLANCE@augusta.edu
- (706) 721-9902
- AA 1055
Education
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MLIS, Library and Information Science
University of South Carolina -, 1991
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BA, English Language and Literature, General
College of Charleston, 1990
Awards & Honors
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The Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund
American Public Health Association, 2021
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The Grace and Harold Sewell Memorial Fund
American Public Health Association, 2013
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S. Kirk Cabeen Award
(Science-Technology Division, Special Libraries Association) , 2000
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
Teaching Interests
Public Health
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- Assessing Factors that Influence the Satisfaction of Community-Based Faculty with Precepting Health Professions Students in Georgia., 2025
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- E Pluribus Unum: Using Google Classroom to Bring Together a Statewide Student and Faculty Cohort, 2020
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Partnering to analyze selection of resources by medical students for case-based small group learning: A collaboration between librarians and medical educators, 2018
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Exploration of barriers and facilitators to publishing local public health findings: A mixed methods protocol , 2016
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Evaluation of patron perception and utilization of an embedded librarian program, 2016
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Research Interests
Health workforce in rural and underserved populations
Professional Service
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Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association
2016 - 2019
Role: Other
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Medical Library Association/MLA Research, Development, and Demonstration Project Grant Jury/Chair
2016 - 2017
Role: Committee Chair
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SLA/Sci-Tech Division/Professional Development Committe
2016 - 2016
Role: Committee Chair
Public Service
