Nicole Contaxis is a member of the Data Services Team, and is the Lead of the NYU Data Catalog. Nicole develops the vision and strategy for the future of the NYU Data Catalog, including software development, curation, and partnerships with allied departments at the institution. She leads NYU’s participation in the Data Discovery Collaboration Project, a national collaboration to improve institutional data discovery.
She received her B.A. from Wesleyan University and her M.L.I.S. from University of California – Los Angeles.
Published Works
- Contaxis, Nicole; Badger, Kelsey; Bohman, Lena; Gonzales, Sara; Kim, Seonyoung; Koshoffer, Amy; Milliken, Genevieve; Newman, Jess; Otsuji, Reid; Renirie, Rebecca; Smith, Katy; Urmi, Ummea; Yarnell, Amy; Ye, Hao; Yee, Michelle. Building on NIH's data sharing policy. Science. 2024:384(6697):747-748.
- Contaxis, Nicole. Hidden Ethical Challenges in Health Data Infrastructure. Hastings center report. 2024:54(1):15-19.
- Yee, Michelle; Surkis, Alisa; Lamb, Ian; Contaxis, Nicole. The NYU Data Catalog: a modular, flexible infrastructure for data discovery. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2023:30(10):1693-1700.
- Gonzales, Sara; Champieux, Robin; Contaxis, Nicole; Denton, Andrea H; Hosseini, Mohammad; Surkis, Alisa; Wescott, Annie; Holmes, Kristi. Clinical and Translational Science Personas: Expansion and use cases. Journal of clinical & translational science. 2023:7(1):e147-.
- Contaxis, Nicole; LaPolla, Fred Wz; Milliken, Genevieve. Engaging health sciences librarians on data ethics: case study on a pilot curriculum. Journal of the Medical Library Association. 2022:110(4):485-493.
- Contaxis, Nicole; Clark, Jason; Dellureficio, Anthony; Gonzales, Sara; Mannheimer, Sara; Oxley, Peter R; Ratajeski, Melissa A; Surkis, Alisa; Yarnell, Amy M; Yee, Michelle; Holmes, Kristi. Ten simple rules for improving research data discovery. PLoS computational biology. 2022:18(2):e1009768-.
- LaPolla, Fred Willie Zametkin; Contaxis, Nicole; Surkis, Alisa. Piloting a long-term evaluation of library data workshops. Journal of the Medical Library Association. 2021:109(3):490-496.
- Surkis, Alisa; LaPolla, Fred Willie Zametkin; Contaxis, Nicole; Read, Kevin B. Data Day to Day: building a community of expertise to address data skills gaps in an academic medical center. Journal of the Medical Library Association. 2017:105(2):185-191.