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Weiye is a PhD candidate in Geography at the University of Cincinnati. Originally from Shenzhen, China, he earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Land Resource Management at China University of Geosciences.
His research focuses on geospatial data science, socio-environmental sustainability, and health geography, with a particular interest in applying advanced modeling and algorithms to understand human–environment interactions. He has contributed to several projects including land management, nature-based climate solutions, and urban perception analysis using street-view imagery, and has presented his work at academic conferences such as the American Association of Geographers (AAG) annual meeting.
As a GIS Collab consultant, Weiye looks forward to supporting others while continuing to expand his analytical toolkit in GIS-related analysis. He can share information, offer advice, and even partner on certain projects (on a case by case basis).
The Data & GIS collab is located in 412 Langsam with the hours of
The University of Cincinnati Libraries is again offering the popular series of workshops on systematic reviews. Through these students, staff, and faculty can learn about and work through various components of the review process – from protocol to data extraction – with the support of experienced librarians. Attendance at each session is not required, so pick those that best fit your need! More information and registration can be found at OneStop.
The Health Sciences Library provides access to hundreds of resources – from journals and books to flashcards and test banks.
It can be difficult to find and access these resources (we know our website is a bit clunky) so our librarians have created libguides to provide easy access to popular and subject specific resources. Be sure to bookmark the links that are relevant to your areas!
Our newest Nursing Resource is Dynamic Health – CDS + Skills. This resource not only replaces Nursing Reference Center Plus subscription; it includes many of the same great features and more. Dynamic Health combines everything you need–skills checklists, clinical answers, and evidence-based guidance–all in one simple tool designed for nurses and allied health professionals. All of the content is reviewed and edited by experts in the field and thoroughly cited using credible references. Users can even claim continuing education credits by using the resource. There is also an option to download the Dynamic Health app, so you can always have the resource handy.
Cultural Overviews – focuses on caring for patients from various faiths and heritages
Diseases/Conditions – detailed overviews of diseases and conditions
Signs/Symptoms – guidance on possible medical conditions
Tests/Labs – information on imaging tests, lab tests, assessments, and diagnostic procedures
Interventions – guides to treatments and actions
Skills – contains nursing, health profession, clinical assistant, cultural care, and patient instruction skills
Drug Monographs – with information from Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses
Patient Handouts – patient-friendly information on diseases & conditions, procedures & tests, health & wellness, and discharge instructions. All can be printed in PDF format, many in a variety of languages.
Leadership – topics related to leader development, human resources, professional development, case management, and more
The UC Office of Research supported repository UCFigshare is now available for data deposits resulting from any Federal Funder. If you are funded by any of the 15 federal agencies such as NIH or NSF which have a data sharing requirement as part of the grant, you can contact the UCFigshare team and request access to deposit. The UCFigshare website provides instructions on how to request storage, upload datasets, and use the system. It also provides important budget considerations.
Research data sharing has been encouraged as a part of grant funding since the publication of the 2013 Holdren memorandum entitled “Expanding Public Access to the Results of Federally Funded Research”. The 2022 Nelson OSTP memorandum accelerated the timeline and included required sharing the article and the data supporting without embargo as soon as the grant period ends. Under the recent May 2025 executive order entitled Restoring Gold Standard Science, this is still the case that federally funded research data needs to be shared per the agency policy (1). It is now required to indicate the repository where you will share the data as part of the data management and sharing plan (DMSP).
Agencies with Updated Policies Published but not yet in Effect
ACF | ACL | Census | CMS | CPSC
Even if your research is not funded by a federal agency, sharing research data can benefit a researcher greatly. Research data sharing accelerates research discovery, facilitates research reproducibility, helps identify issues with the data, and increases research impact. Sharing the data and other research outputs such as registrations, protocols, code, and preprints helps the next generation of researchers better understand and reuse the outputs. Data sharing comes with the cost of extra time invested to create good documentation and uploading the data and other project associated research outputs to the designated repository. Planning from the start of any project can help ease this additional labor. These planning steps are also part of writing the DMSP accompanying a grant application. Some recommended steps (2) are:
Identify a data repository as early as possible for the informed consent forms and to specify in the DMSP
Establish a file naming convention and organization
Include file-level Information
Keep track of sensitive information
Keep memos about analytic decisions
Create a “data narrative” and a readme file
Prepare your data for sharing
Make a human readable form and a raw / machine readable form
(1) Badger, K., Biszaha, A. Sadvari, S., and Walsh, M., 2025 Federal Sponsor Updates to Article and Data Sharing [Webinar]. Ohio State University Library. 12-11-2025. Personal communication.
(2) Karcher, Sebastian; Kirilova, Dessi; and Page, Christiane, “Sharing and Managing Qualitative Data” (2019). Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs. 2. https://surface.syr.edu/miga/2
Due to inclement weather, University of Cincinnati campuses are closed from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12, 2025. Visit Commencement and Registrar’s pages for additional details. This closure applies to all UC Libraries locations except for the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, which will be open at 7:45 a.m.
