Teresa A. Garrett portrait
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, Family And Preventive Medicine
  • Associate Professor (Clinical), College Of Nursing
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Professional Service

  • Utah Health Workforce Advisory Council. Role: Chair, Legislative Review Committee. Councillor. 07/01/2022 - present
  • University of Utah Contact Tracing Team. Deputy, Health and Safety Branch COVID-19 Campus Response Team. 07/01/2020 - 12/30/2022
  • HealthInsight. Role: Consultant. Center to Champion Nursing: Diversity Innovations Grant. 04/01/2018 - 03/31/2020
  • New Jersey Future of Nursing Initiative. Role: Consultant. Advancing education to promote primary care nursing. 10/02/2017 - 10/30/2017
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Role: Consultant. Future of Public Health Nursing Conference Report. 06/07/2017 - 06/09/2017

Internal Service

  • Faculty Search Committee. Chair, Career Line Subcommittee, 06/01/2021 - present. College service.
  • Career-Line Faculty Reappointment Committee. 11/01/2020 - 10/31/2023. University service.
  • Advanced Nursing Practice Curriculum Committee. Member, Chair (2021-2022), 07/01/2020 - present. College service.
  • Conflict of Interest Committee. Member, 07/01/2020 - present. University service.
  • Pedestrian Safety Work Group. Member, 07/01/2020 - 12/31/2020. University service.
  • Pedestrian Safety Work Group. 02/10/2020 - 07/01/2020. University service.
  • College Council, Chair. 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020. College service.
  • College Council Executive Committee. At-large Faculty, 07/2017 - 07/2019. College service.
  • Master's and DNP Program Committee. Member, 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2023. College service.
  • Undergraduate Scholarship Committee. Member, 07/01/2017 - 06/28/2019. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Utah Action Coalition , a nursing leadership and community partnership to advance nursing and health equity. Co-Lead. 01/01/2018 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Lillian Wald Service Award. American Public Health Association, 10/23/2020
  • Beatty Award for Lifetime Service & Commitment to Public Health. Utah Public Health Association, 04/2019
  • Excellence in Service Award. University of Utah College of Nursing, 06/18/2018
  • Outstanding Nurse Leader in Utah. Utah Organization of Nurse Leaders, 10/2017
  • Distinguished Public Health Leader Award. Utah Public Health Association, 04/07/2016

Affiliations

  • American Public Health Association (APHA), Affiliate Representative to the Governing Council (2017-present), 01/02/2017 - present
  • Police Civilian Review Board - Salt Lake City (PCRB), Member, 10/03/2016 - present
  • Utah Organization of Nurse Leaders (UONL), Public Policy & Advocacy Chair, 01/06/2014 - present
  • Utah Public Health Association (UPHA), Executive Committee Member (2017-present), 01/01/1999 - present
  • Utah Nurses Association & American Nurses Association (UNA/ANA), member, 01/01/1992 - present
  • Sigma Theta Tau - Gamma Rho Chapter (STT - Gamma Rho), member, 05/15/1990 - present
  • Utah Action Coalition (UAC), Co-Lead, 04/03/2017 - present

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