Gwen  Latendresse, PhD CNM FACNM FAAN
  • Associate Dean for Academic Programs, College Of Nursing
  • Professor, College Of Nursing

Professional Service

  • American College of Nurse Midwives; Division of Research, Dissemination Section. Role: Chair. Facilitation of research abstract review process for the annual ACNM professional conference. Leadership and facilitation of research dissemination during ACNM annual conference. Serve on Division of Research Board of Directors. 05/23/2018 - present
  • Utah Women and Newborns Quality Collaborative - Maternal Mental Health Committee. Role: Chair. State of Utah. 03/16/2018 - present
  • Utah Women and Newborns Quality Collaborative - Utah Department of Health. Board Member; Chair- Maternal Mental Health Committee. 03/14/2018 - present
  • American College of Nurse Midwives; Division of Research, Dissemination Section. Role: Chair-Elect. Assist with research abstract review process for the annual ACNM professional conference. Assist with facilitation of research dissemination during ACNM annual conference. Serve on Division of Research Board of Directors. 05/31/2017 - 05/23/2018
  • Utah Medical Education Council. Role: Contributor. Certified Nurse Midwife survey 2015. 09/01/2015 - 01/2023
  • American College of Nurse Midwives. Role: Workgroup Member. Healthy Birth Initiative-Reducing Primary Cesareans - Platform for Engaging Everyone Responsibly (PEER) Workgroup. Supported by Genetic Alliance and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation. Patient Experience Portal. 06/24/2015 - 09/20/2017
  • Southwest Area Educators in Midwifery. Role: member. Test construction and maintenance: Progression Exam for Midwifery Education Programs. Lead: Electronic exam construction and item analysis. 10/15/2014 - 02/2023
  • Directors of Midwifery Education - DOME. Member as Program Director. 10/01/2014 - 10/17/2018
  • Utah Action Coalition for Health - HealthInsight Utah. Role: Member - Representative for ACNM. Coordinating Council. 02/12/2014 - 03/08/2017
  • American College of Nurse Midwives. Division of Research, Member. 12/2013 - 05/31/2018
  • Maternal & Child Health Journal. Role: Manuscript Review. Review of manuscript submissions for journal publication. 11/2013 - present
  • Annals of Epidemiology. Role: Manuscript Review. Review of manuscript submissions for journal publication. 01/2013 - present
  • Western Journal of Nursing Research. Role: Manuscript Review. Review of manuscript submissions for journal publication. 12/2012 - present
  • International Society of Nurses in Genetics. Role: Member. Research Committee, Member. 09/2012 - 02/01/2017
  • Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Role: Abstract Review. Review of abstract submissions for annual meeting. 04/2012 - 01/08/2014
  • American College of Nurse Midwives Utah Affiliate. Role: Chair. Legislative TaskforceChair: Update of the nurse-midwife practice act. Passed into legislation 5/2012. Current focus: reimbursement equality and practice barriers. 01/2011 - 09/01/2017
  • American College of Nurse Midwives Utah Affiliate. Role: Conference Organizer. Regional Midwifery and Women's Health Conference . 01/2011 - 03/2012
  • Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center. AHRQ, HHS. Role: Member. Technical Expert Panel: Progestogens for Prevention of Preterm Birth. 01/2009 - 06/2011
  • Western Institute of Nursing. Role: Abstract Review. Abstracts Review Panel, Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference. 01/2008 - present
  • Biological Research for Nursing. Role: Manuscript Review. Review of manuscript submissions for journal publication. 01/2008 - present
  • American Midwifery Certification Board. Role: Member. Disciplinary Review Committee. 2006 - 2008
  • Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health. Role: Manuscript Review. Review of manuscript submissions for journal publication. 01/2006 - present
  • National Academy of Emergency Medical Dispatch. Role: member. High Risk Pregnancy Standards Committee. 2003 - 2009
  • Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing. Role: Chair. Certified Nurse-Midwifery Board. 2003 - 2005
  • Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing. Role: Member. Certified Nurse-Midwifery Board. 1997 - 2003
  • State of Utah Department of Health. Role: Member. Reproductive Health Program, Unintended Pregnancy Task Force. 1997 - 1998
  • Sigma Theta Tau International. Role: Treasurer. Member: Gamma Rho Treasurer 2013-2016. 04/29/1988 - present

Internal Service

  • U of U Institutional Review Board: Panel 4. Board Review Member, 12/02/2014 - 10/2018. University service.
  • MS & DNP Programs Committee. 10/01/2014 - 06/30/2020. College service.
  • College of Nursing Academic Appeals Committee. Member, 08/21/2014 - 07/2017. College service.
  • Programs in Personalized Healthcare Executive Advisory Board. Member, 04/2012 - 07/01/2016. University service.
  • College of Nursing Research Committee. Member, 08/21/2014 - 07/01/2016. College service.
  • Women, Infant & Newborn Research Innovation Team. Member, 09/04/2013 - 07/01/2017. College service.
  • Women’s Health and Research Affinity Group. Founding Member, 09/2009 - present. College service.
  • PhD Program Committee. Member, 09/01/2010 - present. College service.
  • Moving Along in your Academic Career - MAAC. member, 08/22/2013 - 06/30/2015. College service.
  • Woman and Child Institute. Member, 02/2011 - 07/01/2016. University service.
  • College Council. Member, 07/01/2008 - present. College service.
  • K-Club Grant Writing Mentoring Group: Development, implementation, conduct, & ongoing organization . Co-Founder; Co-Lead, 09/2011 - 03/01/2014. College service.
  • Member of the College of Nursing Research and Grants Supports Team in the Emma Eccles Jones Nursing Research Center. Clinical Research Consultant, 08/2012 - 08/01/2013. College service.
  • College of Nursing Research Committee. member, 09/2009 - 08/2013. College service.
  • Institutional Biosafety Committee. Member, 09/2012 - 01/2013. University service.
  • Birthcare Healthcare: Innovations in Practice. College of Nursing Seminar Series. Co-Presenter, 11/2012 - 11/2012. College service.
  • CANS Debriefing: College of Nursing Seminar Series. Co-Presenter, 09/2012 - 09/2012. College service.
  • Emma Eccles Jones Research Center ARUP Biospecimens Lab . Lab Coordinator, 01/2011 - 08/2013. College service.
  • University Research Council. Member, 08/2010 - 06/2013. University service.
  • Academic Senate. Substitute College of Nursing Representative, 2010 - 2010. University service.
  • Baccalaureate Curriculum Committee. Member, 01/2010 - 12/2011. College service.
  • RPT Review Committee. Member, 2008 - 2009. College service.
  • Academic Programs Team (APT). Chair, as Associate Dean Academic Programs, 07/01/2020 - present. College service.
  • Health Sciences Education Executive Committee. Member, 07/01/2020 - present. University service.
  • Academic Leadership Team (ALT). Member, 07/01/2020 - present. College service.
  • Educational Futures and Student Success: Educational Delivery Taskforce. Member, 01/2019 - 03/17/2021. University service.
  • Academic Programs Team (APT). Member, as Assistant Dean of MS & DNP Programs, 10/03/2018 - 06/30/2020. College service.
  • Directors of Graduate Studies. Member, as Assistant Dean of MS & DNP Programs, 10/03/2018 - 06/30/2020. University service.
  • Women's Health Research Innovation Team (WHRITe). co-chair, 07/02/2018 - present. College service.
  • RPT Committee. Member, 07/01/2017 - present. College service.
  • College Council Executive Committee. Member, 07/01/2017 - 07/01/2019. College service.
  • College of Nursing Academic Appeals Committee. Chair, 07/01/2017 - 01/30/2019. College service.
  • Technology, Innovation, & Excellence in Reproductive (TIER) Healthcare Research Innovation Team (RITe). Member, 07/01/2017 - 06/2018. College service.
  • Faculty Search Committee. Chair, 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018. College service.
  • University of Utah Maternal Mental Health Stakeholders Group. Chair, 03/15/2017 - 03/03/2021. University service.
  • Faculty Search Committee. Chair-Elect, 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2017. College service.
  • Search Committee: Annette Poulson Cumming Endowed Chair. 11/03/2014 - 07/01/2016. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Postpartum Support International - Utah (formerly the Utah Maternal Mental Health Collaborative). 12/02/2014 - present
  • Utah Women and Newborn Quality Collaborative. 01/01/2014 - present
  • The Utah Center for Integrative Healthcare: Founding Member. 01/2011 - 01/07/2014
  • Biological Samples & Measures in Nursing Research: Joys & Pains. U of U College of Nursing, Seminar Series Presentation. January, 2010. 2010 - 2010
  • Wimba Presentation, U of U College of Nursing, Brown Bag Teaching Presentation, 2008. 2010 - 2010

Community Service

 

Utah Community Food Cooperative volunteer

Environmental Ministry of First Unitarian Church volunteer

Unitarian Universalist Coming of Age Youth Program volunteer teacher

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow, Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing. American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), 07/04/2023
  • Excellence in Research Award. Utah Organization of Nurse Leaders, 10/06/2022
  • Inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, recognition of accomplishment within the nursing profession. Academy Fellows have a responsibility to contribute their time and energies to the Academy and to engage with other health leaders outside the Academy in transforming America's health system. American Academy of Nursing, 10/31/2020
  • Maternal Mental Health Policy & Advocacy Innovation Award; Utah Policy & Advocacy Translating into Programs. 2020 Moms, 10/16/2019
  • Inducted as a Fellow. Academy of Health Sciences Educators - University of Utah, 04/03/2019
  • Peer Reviewer of the Year Award. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 05/19/2017
  • Clinical Practice Award. University of Utah College of Nursing, 02/17/2017
  • Inducted as a Fellow into ACNM, an honor bestowed upon those midwives whose demonstrated leadership, clinical excellence, outstanding scholarship, and professional achievement has merited special recognition both within and outside of the midwifery profession. American College of Nurse Midwives Fellowship, 05/14/2014
  • U of U Teaching & Learning Technologies Teaching Award ($5000 award) from the U of U Committee for Technology Enhanced Curriculum . Teaching & Learning Technology, University of Utah, 04/01/2014
  • One of Five Top Most Downloaded Articles in 2012-2013: Latendresse (2009). The Interaction Between Chronic Stress and Pregnancy: Preterm Birth from a Biobehavioral Perspective. JMWH vol 54(1): 8-17. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 06/2013
  • Nominee for the University of Utah Early Career Teaching Award. University of Utah, 01/2013
  • Best Article of the Year Award,for the publication, The interaction between chronic stress and pregnancy: Preterm birth from a biobehavioral perspective. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health.(2009) Vol 54(1): 8-17. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2010
  • Carol A. Lindeman Award for a New Researcher. Western Institute of Nursing, 2009
  • Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. University of Utah College of Nursing, 2008
  • Mary Ann Shah New Author Award. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health, 2006
  • Outstanding Doctoral Student Award. University of Utah College of Nursing, 2006

Affiliations

  • American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), Member and Current Division of Research Member, 08/15/1986 - present
  • ACNM Utah Affiliate (ACNM), Member and Current Chair of the Legislative Taskforce, 08/15/1986 - present
  • International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG), Member and Current Research Committee Member, 12/01/2012 - present
  • Western Institute of Nursing (WIN), Member, 08/15/2004 - present
  • Sigma Theta Tau International-Gamma Rho chapter (STTI), Member and Chapter Treasurer 2013-2015, 05/01/1988 - present

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