Professional Service

  • Member, National Institutes of Health, Disability & Health Workgroup. Policy consultaion. 08/2010 - present
  • Member, NACCHO Core Competency Work Group, Medical Reserve Corps. Policy and program consulation. 01/2007 - 06/2009
  • Journal of Physical Activity & Health . Guest Editor. 05/2006 - 07/2007
  • Evaluation Committee, Utah Cancer Action Network . Chair. 01/2006 - 01/2008
  • Clinical Advisory Board, American Medical Athletic Association. Director. 01/2005 - 01/2007
  • Journal of Physical Activity and Health. Guest Editor. 01/2005 - 12/2006
  • Scientific Organizing Committee, Cooper Institute. Chair. 01/2005 - 07/2006
  • Public Health Advisory Board, Lance Armstrong Foundation. Member. 01/2005 - 12/2005
  • Translation, Interpretation and Evaluation Team, U.S. DHHS. Member. 01/2005 - 12/2005
  • Federal Interagency Council on Public Health and Recreation. Chair. 01/2003 - 12/2005
  • Board of Directors, Georgia Bikes . Member. 01/2003 - 12/2004
  • Utah’s Health: An Annual Review. Editor-in-Chief. 12/1999 - 12/2000
  • RUUSH; research journal from U of U students in health sciences . Editor. 12/1996 - 12/1998
  • Healthy Sandy Steering Committee. Member. 01/1996 - 12/1996
  • Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sport. Executive Director. 01/1996 - 12/1996
  • Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Utah. Chair. 01/1996 - 12/1996
  • People to People International, Prague, Czech Republic . U.S. Delegate. 06/1993 - 07/1993
  • Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice, and Policy . Manuscript Reviewer:. 01/1992 - present
  • Health Promotion Practice . Manuscript Reviewer. 01/1992 - present
  • American Journal of Preventive Medicine . Manuscript Reviewer. 01/1992 - present
  • American Journal of Public Health. Manuscript Reviewer. 01/1992 - present
  • Outreach Education and Media Committee, Utah Public Health Association. Liason. 01/1992 - 12/1992

Internal Service

  • College of Health Advancement Board, University of Utah. 01/2006 - 01/2008. College service.
  • Family and Preventive Medicine, Univ. of Utah. Faculty Review Committee. 01/1992 - 12/1992. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • National Alliance on Medical Illness. 07/18/2016 - present

Outreach

  • Volunteer at the Open Classroom School. 09/08/2008 - present

Honors & Awards

  • For outstanding service in developing effective publicprivate Healthy People 2010 partnerships and exemplary commitment to cross agency collaboration. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Asst. Secretary for Health’s Outstanding Team Performance award, 09/17/2002
  • For teen tobacco addiction research. University of Utah, College of Health, Distinguished Graduate Paper Award, 06/01/2001
  • For helping to pass state legislation and recognition for national research and program development. Utah Governor’s Award for Substance Abuse Prevention, 06/01/1995
  • For pioneering GIS research. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Student Research Award, 06/01/1995

Affiliations

  • Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC), Member, 10/03/2016 - present
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Volunteer, 07/18/2016 - present

In the Media

  • Guest on NPR Morning Edition. 07/01/1995.
  • Research featured in Wall Street Journal. 07/01/1995.
  • Research featured on World News Tonight. 07/01/1995.