Honors & Awards

• 2023 APHON Writing Award. Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses, 09/2023
• Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor, College of Nursing. University of Utah Office of Undergraduate Research, 04/2023
• Inducted as an inaugural Fellow of the Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses. Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses, 09/2022
• Certificate of Appreciation for Contributions to the Global Health Nursing Work Group. Global Health Nursing Work Group; Global Health Network; International Society of Pediatric Oncology, 09/2022
• Outstanding Nursing Research Abstract Award. International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP); Nursing Network, 09/2022
• APHON Counts Writing Award. Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses, 09/2022
• Presidential Scholar. University of Utah, 08/2022
• Inducted as a Fellow. American Academy of Nursing, 10/2021
• Patricia Greene Leadership Award. Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses, 10/2021
• Distinguished Researcher Award. Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses, 10/2021
• 5th Annual Anna Marie Jensen Cramer Lecturer. University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, 09/2017
• Novice Researcher Award. Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses, 08/2017
• Visiting Nurse Scholar - Garron Family Cancer Centre Visiting Scholar Program In Celebration of Canadian Oncology Nurses Day. Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario and Hospital for Sick Children; Toronto, ON, 04/2016
• Outstanding Poster Abstract: New Investigator Category Presented at NINR 30th Anniversary Scientific Symposium and Poster Session. National Institute of Nursing Research , 10/2015
• Excellence in Research Award. Sigma Theta Tau International, Gamma Rho Chapter, 04/2015
• Designated as a full member of Cancer Control and Population Science. Huntsman Cancer Institute. Huntsman Cancer Institute, 02/2015
• Designated as associate member of Cancer Control and Population Science. Huntsman Cancer Institute, 08/2013
• Elected to the Society for Pediatric Research. Society for Pediatric Research, 12/2011
• Best Original Research in Cancer Nursing Award 2011. Cancer Nursing Journal; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 08/2011
• Invited to submit paper for Carol A. Lindeman New Investigator Award for Western Institute of Nursing 2010 Annual Conference. Western Institute of Nursing, 2010
• Outstanding Dissertation Award. University of Utah College of Nursing, 2010
• APHON Writing Award - Awarded for Publication: Experiences of Pediatric Oncology Nurses: The First Year of Hire. Association of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nurses, 2009
• Selected as Pediatric Clinical and Translational Research Scholar for 2009-2011. University of Utah Department of Pediatrics , 2009
• Nonresearch Article of the Year Award (Co-recipient with Nancy Pulsipher) - awarded for publication: Implementation of simulated learning experiences for baccalaureate pediatric nursing students. International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, 2009
• Dissertation Grant Scholarship. Western Institute of Nursing/Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, 2008

In the Media

• Utahns making app to help kids with cancer log their symptoms. 08/2020. https://www.fox13now.com/news/technology/utahns-ma...
• What 5 innovative minds can do! http://allnurses.com/entrepreneurs-innovators-hub/what-5-innovative-1109523.html . 07/2017. http://allnurses.com/entrepreneurs-innovators-hub/...
• Prescription to Play: U. Working to improve your health with games, apps. https://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=43531850&nid=148&title=prescription-to-play-u-working-to-improve-your-health-with-apps-games . 03/2017. https://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=43531850&nid=148...
• Symptom Self-Management for Adolescents/Young Adults with Cancer. Cancer Network. Podcast interview related to ONS Congress presentation. 05/2016. http://www.cancernetwork.com/podcasts/symptom-self...
• Local Television Interview. KUTV News. Check Your Health: App for Young Cancer Patients. 12/2014. http://www.kutv.com/health/features/check-your-hea...
• Interview for St. Baldrick's Foundation Blog: St. Baldrick’s Researcher Puts Care in the Patients’ Hands With an iPad App. 10/2014. http://www.stbaldricks.org/blog/post/st-baldricks-...
• APHON 37th Annual Conference coverage: Looking beyond CLABSIs to improve care. Hematology Times. Summary related to findings presented at 2013 APHON conference . 10/2013. http://www.hematologytimes.com/p_article.do?id=357...
• Using an iPad in Research with Children and Adolescents. Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing Podcast Series. Podcast interview related to publication. 05/2013.
• "U. nurse gets national grant to study teen cancer" - news clip featured on ksl.com. Story also featured in the Deseret News. 09/11/2011. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&sid=17173357; http://w...
• Interview by Hematology Times related to study findings that I presented at the 2011 APHON Conference APHON 35th Annual Conference coverage: Understanding CLABSIs in pediatric oncology. Hematology Times. 09/2011. http://www.hematologytimes.com/p_article.do?id=172...
• Interviewed by the Salt Lake Tribune regarding my research grant from Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. The article was titled "SLC Nurse Wins Grant to Improve Care for Kids with Cancer.". 12/2010.

Professional Service

• St. Baldrick's Foundation. Role: Grant Reviewer. Grant Reviewer. Scholar (Career Development) Award. 03/2023 - 05/2023
• International Society of Pediatric Oncology - North America (SIOP-NA). Role: Chair. Nursing Committee. 11/2022 - present
• Western Institute of Nursing. Role: Member. Conference Planning Committee. 06/2022 - present
• St. Baldrick's Foundation. Role: Grant Reviewer. Grant Reviewer. Scholar (Career Development) Award Grant Reviewer, St. Baldrick’s Foundation. 03/2022 - 05/2022
• University of Utah. Role: Member. Institutional Review Board. 02/2022 - present
• Western Institute of Nursing. Role: Grant Reviewer. Martha Lentz WIN/CANS Dissertation Grant. 01/2022 - 02/2022
• American Academy of Nursing. Role: Panel Member. Child, Adolescent, and Family Expert Panel. 11/2021 - present
• Children's Oncology Group. Role: Disease Committee Nurse. Cancer Control Committee . 09/2021 - present
• St. Baldrick's Foundation . Grant Reviewer. Scholar (Career Development) Award Grant Reviewer, St. Baldrick’s Foundation. 03/2021 - 05/2021
• Western Institute of Nursing. Abstract reviewer for annual conference. 10/2020 - 11/2020
• Children's Oncology Group. Role: Stakeholder Reviewer. Supportive Care Guideline Stakeholder Reviewer: Clinical Practice Guideline for Systemic Antifungal Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients with Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients. 08/2020 - 08/2020
• Oncology Nursing Society. Role: Member. COVID-19 Rapid Research Response Team. 06/2020 - 03/2021
• National Institutes of Health. Role: Grant Reviewer. National Institutes of Health SBIR/STTR Study Section, Small Business: Risk Prevention and Health Behavior across the Lifespan. Panel 2020/08 ZRG1 RPHB-Z(14). 06/2020 - 07/2020
• Children's Oncology Group. Role: Stakeholder reviewer. Supportive Care Guideline Stakeholder Reviewer: Guideline for Antibacterial Prophylaxis Administration in Pediatric Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients. 05/2020 - 05/2020
• St. Baldrick's Foundation. Role: Grant Reviewer. Scholar (Career Development) Award Grant Reviewer, St. Baldrick’s Foundation . 04/2020 - 05/2020
• BMJ Open. Manuscript Reviewer. 01/2020 - present
• Journal of Clinical Oncology: Informatics. Manuscript Reviewer. 01/2020 - present
• National Institutes of Health. Role: Grant Reviewer. National Institutes of Health SBIR/STTR Study Section, Small Business: Risk Prevention and Health Behavior across the Lifespan. Panel 2019/05 ZRG1 RPHB-Z(10). 01/2019 - 03/2019
• Western Institute of Nursing/Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Role: Dissertation Grant Reviewer. Dissertation Grant Reviewer. 01/2019 - 01/2019
• St. Baldrick's Foundation. Grant reviewer for Supportive Care grants. 04/2018 - 05/2018
• Supportive Care in Cancer. Manuscript Reviewer. 01/2018 - present
• Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. Manuscript reviewer. 01/2018 - present
• Pediatric Blood & Cancer. Manuscript Reviewer. 01/2018 - present
• National Institutes of Health. Role: Study Section Member. SBIR/STTR Study Section, Small Business: Risk Prevention and Health Behavior across the Lifespan. 01/2018 - 03/2018
• St. Baldrick's Foundation. Grant reviewer for Supportive Care grants. Scholarly Service. 04/2017 - 05/2017
• Oncology Nursing Society Foundation. Grants Reviewer. 10/2016 - 11/2016
• St. Baldrick's Foundation. Grant reviewer for Supportive Care grants. Scholarly Service. 04/2016 - 05/2016
• Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. Editorial Board Member. 08/2015 - present
• Huntsman Cancer Institute, Cancer Control and Population Science program. Pilot Grant Reviewer. 06/2015 - 06/2015
• Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation. Role: Chair. Appeals Committee. 05/2015 - 05/2018
• St. Baldrick's Foundation. Grant reviewer for Supportive Care grants. 04/2015 - 05/2015
• Society for Pediatric Research . Role: Abstract Reviewer. Abstract reviewer for annual SPR meeting. 11/2014 - 11/2014
• Western Institute of Nursing. Role: Abstract Reviewer & Mentor to Novice Reviewer. Abstract Reviewer: Poster and Podium Presentations for Annual Conference, Western Institute of Nursing . 10/2014 - 11/2014
• International Society for Nurses in Genetics. Role: Grant Reviewer. Grant Reviewer for annual grants which were awarded at the 2014 annual meeting. 10/2014 - 10/2014
• St. Baldrick's Foundation. Role: Grant Reviewer. Grant reviewer for Supportive Care grants. 04/2014 - 05/2014
• Western Institute of Nursing. Abstract Reviewer: Poster and Podium Presentations for Annual Conference, Western Institute of Nursing . 11/2013 - 11/2013
• International Society of Nurses in Genetics. Role: Grant Reviewer. ISONG Research Grant Reviewer, International Society of Nurses in Genetics. 09/2013 - 09/2013
• St. Baldrick's Foundation. Role: Grant Reviewer. Supportive Care Grant Reviewer. 05/2013 - 05/2013
• St. Baldrick's Foundation. Role: Grant reviewer. Supportive Care Grant Reviewer. 04/2012 - 05/2012
• Cancer Nursing. Manuscript Reviewer. 10/2011 - present
• International Society of Nurses in Genetics. ISONG Research Grant Reviewer. 09/2011 - 09/2012
• Journal for Specialists in Pediatric Nursing. Manuscript Reviewer. 05/2011 - present
• Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses. Role: Paper/Poster Chair. Conference Planning Committee. 10/2010 - 10/2020
• Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation. Role: President May 2014 - May 2015. Board of Directors (served as Secretary Treasurer from (5/10 - 5/12) (Vice president 5/13 - 5/14) (President 5/14 - 5/15). 07/2009 - 05/2015
• Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. Manuscript Reviewer. 01/2009 - present
• Oncology Nursing Forum. Manuscript Reviewer. 01/2008 - present

Internal Service

• Honors Policy Board. Member, 11/2023 - present. University service.
• Undergraduate Research Advisory Council. Member, 10/2023 - present. University service.
• Research Committee. Member, 07/2022 - 06/2024. College service.
• Institutional Review Board. Member, Panel 4, 02/2022 - present. University service.
• Faculty Search Subcommittee: Associate Dean of Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion. Chair, 10/2020 - 06/2021. College service.
• University Research Committee. Member, 07/2018 - present. University service.
• Senate Advisory Committee on Information Technology. Member, 07/2018 - 06/2021. University service.
• Student and Community Engagement Committee. Member, 08/2017 - present. College service.
• Faculty Search Committee. Member, 08/2017 - 02/2021. College service.
• Research Committee. Member; Chair for 2016-17 Academic year, 08/2015 - 06/30/2017. College service.
• College of Nursing Faculty Search Committee. Member, 08/2012 - 07/2013. College service.
• College of Nursing Faculty Review Task Force. Task Force Member, 05/2012 - 10/2012. College service.
• Task force for revising travel fund usage. Member, 03/2012 - 05/2012. Department service.
• Planning Committee for 2012 Conference on Personalized Health Care for Women and Children. Member, 12/2011 - 04/2012. University service.
• Served as a faculty member for PCH's Changing Outcomes through Research and Evidence-Based Practice (CORE) Scholar program, which is offered twice a year, and as an assigned mentor to 1-2 course participants during each session. Mentorship involves guiding participants to develop a PICO question for investigation and supporting them in reviewing, evaluating, and summarizing sources of evidence to answer their question. 03/2011 - present. Other service.
• PhD Program Committee. Member, 09/2010 - 12/2013. College service.
• College of Nursing Research Committee. Member, 09/2010 - 08/2012. College service.
• PhD Committee. Member, 08/2010 - present. College service.
• Baccalaureate Essentials Steering Committee. Member, 07/2010 - 06/2012. College service.

Community Partnership

• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Desert Mountain States Chapter, Utah Branch. Guest speaker for: “Welcome back: Facilitating the return to school for children with cancer.”. 10/2012 - 10/2012
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Desert Mountain States Chapter, Utah Branch. Guest speaker for: “Welcome back: Facilitating the return to school for children with cancer.” Workshop. 11/2010 - 11/2010
• The following provides a summary of my responsibilities in my clinical role at PCMC which is a 0.2 FTE. I work as a pediatric oncology clinical nurse specialist for the Hematology/Oncology/BMT service line. My responsibilities center around quality and practice initiatives at the service line, hospital, and corporate levels. During 2010, I was involved in initiatives supporting hazardous drug administration in both oncology and non-oncology settings. This involved rewriting policies and protocols at a corporate level and developing and delivering education materials to non-oncology healthcare workers. Our PCMC team has submitted an abstract of our efforts for consideration for presentation at the 2011 Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses annual conference. In the fall of 2010, I was asked to serve as team leader for a service line-based project to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections. This project will be an Intermountain Healthcare board goal for 2011, and will involve participating in the Hem/Onc collaborative within the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions. We will be receiving support from PCMC's Systems Improvement department for this project. I also have served as a faculty member and mentor for PCMC's Changing Outcomes through Research and Evidence (CORE) Scholars program. This program supports PCMC nurses in identifying a relevant clinical question and in gathering, critiquing, and summarizing evidence to guide clinical practice in relation to the question. 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010