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Research Professor, College Of Social Work
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Family And Preventive Medicine
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Associate Vice President for Integrity & Compliance, Vp For Research
Professional Service
- American Public Health Association.
Role: Section Councilor.
Ethics Section.
12/01/2021 - 11/30/2025
- Association of Research Integrity Officers (ARIO).
Role: Member.
Serve on regional and conference planning committees.
10/2019 - present
- Utah Women's Health Journal.
Role: Editorial Board Member.
Serve on editorial board.
08/01/2019 - present
- Annals of Anthropological Practice.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewer.
02/28/2019 - present
- Pedagogy in Health Promotion.
Role: Reviewer.
Article reviewer.
08/22/2018 - present
- Violence Against Women.
Role: Reviewer.
Article reviewer.
08/22/2018 - present
- Qualitative Health Research.
Role: Reviewer.
Article reviewer.
08/01/2018 - present
- Fulbright--Utah Chapter.
Role: Member.
Member of the Fulbright Chapter for Utah.
01/01/2018 - present
- Utah Department of Health's Refugee Wellness Advisory Committee .
Role: Member.
Inform the Refugee Advisory Board on current and planned programming and initiatives;
Inform the Refugee Advisory Board on health, mental health and behavioral health issues, concerns and/or challenges;
Identify gaps in programming and services; prioritize gaps as a community;
Identify resources to address gaps; and,
Undertake at least one (1) improvement project annually (based on the committee’s prioritization).
01/2017 - present
- Refugee Women's Committee.
Role: Chair.
Work with refugee women's communities, service providers, and community/faculty partners to promote events, workshops, and trainings around refugee women's health.
08/2016 - 12/31/2018
- Journal of Women’s Health & Gynecology.
Role: Board Member.
Review articles for this new journal.
01/01/2015 - 01/31/2018
- Women's Health Open Journal.
Role: Associate Editor.
Review articles for this open access journal; Create special issues.
01/01/2014 - 12/31/2018
- Asia Center Faculty Advisory Board.
Role: Member.
Review Asia Center Scholarly Activities.
08/22/2013 - 12/31/2018
- Refugee Reproductive Health Committee.
Role: Chair.
Serve on committee to identify workshops for refugee women's committees.
05/2013 - 07/2016
- Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health.
Role: Ethics Consultant.
Review articles for ethics content and issues.
09/2009 - 12/31/2018
- Board Development Committee, Salt Lake City Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Role: Grants Chair.
Review and grant funding to providers in community.
01/2007 - 12/2008
Internal Service
- BSW Advisory & Admission Committees.
Member,
08/22/2018 - present.
College service.
- Learning Abroad Working Group for OGE.
Member,
09/2015 - 09/2016.
University service.
- Global University Council.
Member,
08/2015 - 09/2016.
University service.
- Middle East Center Faculty Advisory Committee.
Member,
01/01/2015 - present.
University service.
- Asian Center Faculty Advisory Board.
Member,
09/2014 - present.
University service.
- Academic Senate Career-line Subcommittee.
Member,
09/2014 - 06/2018.
University service.
- Ad hoc Academic Senate Faculty Review Standards.
Chair,
09/2014 - 12/2017.
University service.
- Academic Senate.
Senator,
08/2014 - 05/2016.
University service.
- MSW Health Concentration.
Chair,
08/22/2013 - 12/31/2018.
College service.
- MSW Admission Committee.
Member,
08/02/2013 - 12/31/2018.
College service.
- Refugee Women's Committee.
Chair,
06/01/2013 - 12/31/2018.
Other service.
- MSW Advisory Committee.
Member,
08/01/2010 - 12/31/2018.
College service.
- Career-line Faculty Review Committee.
Chair,
01/01/2009 - 12/31/2018.
College service.
- Center of Excellence for Women's Health.
Member,
05/2007 - present.
University service.
Community Partnership
- Evaluating OCT Video Information with Ophthalmologists.
01/10/2018 - 12/31/2018
- URBAN.
01/01/2018 - present
- Task Force on food security on campus at the U of Utah.
08/01/2017 - present
- Learning from the voice of the patient: Identifying domains of the patient experience to inform resident training (evaluation of patient feedback at the U of Utah).
08/01/2017 - 12/31/2018
- Developing a mentoring program for undergraduate students to work with refugee youth.
02/01/2017 - 12/31/2018
- Evaluating the Quality Childcare Program for SL County (student UROP project).
10/01/2016 - 05/31/2018
- Evaluating the Impact of Chaplains in the ICU (U of Utah Hospitals).
09/01/2016 - 12/31/2018
- Determining burnout among community health workers.
01/01/2016 - 12/31/2018
- Mindfulness Training to Reduce PTSD among Firefighters in Salt Lake City.
11/01/2015 - 12/31/2018
- Refugee Women's Committee.
01/01/2013 - 12/31/2018
Honors & Awards
- Board Member.
Thrive Gulu NGO,
08/2023
- Conflict Resolution Certificate.
eCornell Univeristy,
03/2023
- Certificate in bioethics.
Yale Bioethics Institute,
09/2021
- Fulbright Specialist Roster for Finland and Morocco.
Fulbright,
08/01/2017
- Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health.
Alpha Theta Chapter,
05/2017
- Mary Shields McPhee Memorial Award for Faculty Excellence in Research.
Research Award from College of Social Work,
05/2011
- Mary Shields McPhee Memorial Award for Faculty Excellence in Community Service.
Award for work with the community from the College of Social Work,
05/2009
- Honors Professorship.
Honors College, University of Utah,
08/2008
- University of Utah Interdisciplinary Teaching Award.
Award to develop collaborative, interdisciplinary course in context of Graduate Certificate for Women's Health,
08/2006
- Faculty Fellow for Research Ethics.
University of Utah,
09/2004
- Fulbright Exchange with University of Utah and University of Botswana.
College of Social Work, University of Utah,
03/2004
- Award from the University of Utah to complete dissertation research.
Marriner S. Eccles Graduate Fellowship in Political Economy,
08/15/1992
Affiliations
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European Social Work Research Association
(ESWRA),
Member,
01/2015 - present
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Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa
(ASMEA),
Member,
01/2014 - present
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American Public Health Association
(APHA),
Member,
09/2005 - present
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Utah Public Health Association
(UPHA),
Member,
01/2002 - present
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Society for Applied Anthropology
(SfAA),
Sustaining Fellow,
01/1993 - present
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American Anthropological Association
(AAA),
Member,
01/1991 - present
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Society for Medical Anthropology
(SMA),
Member,
01/1991 - present
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