Katarina Friberg Felsted, PhD portrait
  • Assistant Dean, Interim, Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program, College Of Nursing
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Health and Kinesiology
  • Professor (Clinical), College Of Nursing

Professional Service

  • Age-Friendly University Global Network (AFUGN). Role: AFU Champion. Champion 10 Principles at University Level and beyond. 10/2023 - present
  • Age-Friendly University Global Network (AFUGN). Role: Lead. University of Utah application to the AFUGN . 06/2022 - 10/2023
  • Gerontological Society of America. Role: Member, Sigma Phi Omega representative . Student Chapter Ad Hoc Committee. 03/01/2021 - present
  • Gerontological Society of America. Role: Chair. Abstract decisioning, Interdisciplinary Aging Conference TRAck. 07/01/2020 - 09/30/2020
  • Sigma Phi Omega: Academic Honor and Professional Society in Gerontology. Role: President . Executive Board. 05/2020 - 04/2022
  • Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine and Health. Research Working Group Member. 05/2019 - 04/2021
  • Sigma Phi Omega: Academic Honor and Professional Society in Gerontology. Role: President Elect. Executive Board. 04/2019 - 04/2020
  • Sigma Phi Omega. Executive Board, Member-at-Large. 03/2017 - 03/2019
  • Academic Consortium of Integrative Medicine and Health. Member. 05/2016 - present
  • Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. Role: Executive Committee member. Student Chair. 03/04/2016 - 03/02/2018
  • Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. Role: member. Program Committee. 02/27/2015 - 03/2018
  • Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. Role: Student Chair Designee. Executive Committee member. 02/27/2015 - 03/04/2016
  • Association for Higher Education. Co-Chair, Awards Committee . 02/2015 - 02/2020
  • Utah Action Coalition for Health. Role: Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar. Executive Board. 06/2014 - 05/2018
  • Society of Behavioral Medicine. Role: committee member. Aging SIG; Women's Issues SIG; Physical Activity SIG; Spirituality SIG; Ethnic Minority and Multicultural Health SIG. 04/2014 - 04/2021
  • Gerontological Society of America. University of Utah Ambassador. 02/01/2014 - 03/01/2016
  • Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. Role: member. Geriatric Education Committee. 03/2013 - 03/2016
  • Utah Aging Alliance. Role: Executive Board Member. serve Utah's aging population educate those serving Utah's aging population. 07/2010 - 12/2023

Internal Service

  • Career Line – Faculty Reappointment and Advancement. Chair, 07/2024 - 06/2026. College service.
  • Interdisciplinary Integrative Health Steering Committee. founding member, 01/2024 - present. University service.
  • Graduate Student Subcommittee, Director of Graduate Studies. Subcommittee member, 09/2023 - 03/2024. University service.
  • University of Utah Faculty Club. Executive Board Member, 07/2023 - present. University service.
  • Academic Programs Team team assignments. Committee Member, 07/2023 - present. College service.
  • Director of Graduate Studies. Committee Member, 07/2023 - present. University service.
  • Academic Leaders Online. committee member, 07/2023 - present. University service.
  • Art Aloud. Presenter, 04/2023 - present. University service.
  • Art Aloud. Presenter, 04/2023 - present. University service.
  • Women's Health Research Innovation Team. member, 07/2022 - present. College service.
  • University Interdisciplinary Teaching Program Committee (QUIDTP) . Committee Member, 07/2022 - present. University service.
  • University of Utah Health Science Educators. Fellow, 06/2022 - present. University service.
  • Age Friendly Communities Symposium Advisory Board. Member, Age Friendly University Representative, 09/2021 - present. University service.
  • Faculty Search Committee Assistant Dean, Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program . Chair, 09/2021 - 03/2022. College service.
  • Age-Friendly Communities Symposium . Advisory Board member, Book Chapter author, 07/2021 - 03/2024. University service.
  • Utah Geriatric Education Consortium (UGEC), Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP). Member, 07/2019 - present. College service.
  • Student and Community Engagement (SACE) Advisory Committee. Member, CEL, 07/2019 - present. College service.
  • Wellness and Integrative Health Ambassador. 09/2018 - 06/2024. University service.
  • Alpha Chi . Faculty Advisor, 08/2018 - present. College service.
  • Utah Geriatric Education Consortium (UGEC), Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP). Fellow, 07/2018 - 07/2019. College service.
  • Wellness Committee Co-Chair. 03/2018 - 06/2020. College service.
  • Career Line Formal Review Team. Member, 02/2018 - present. College service.
  • Wellness Champion, Resiliency Center. 01/2018 - 03/2019. University service.
  • Aging Population Project, David Eccles School of Business. 11/2017 - 05/2018. University service.
  • Faculty Search Committee member; Assistant Dean for MS & DNP Programs subcommittee chair. 07/01/2017 - 07/01/2019. College service.
  • Center on Mindfulness and Integrative Health Intervention Development (C-MIIND). member, 05/2017 - present. University service.
  • Governance Task Force . committee member, 08/2016 - 07/2017. College service.
  • Research Committee. member, 08/2015 - 07/2018. College service.
  • Sigma Phi Omega Faculty Representative . 01/2015 - 07/2016. College service.
  • Consortium for Families and Health Research . member, 08/01/2014 - present. University service.
  • University of Utah Health Science Educators. member, 07/2014 - present. University service.
  • University of Utah Academy of Health Science Educators. member, 07/01/2014 - present. University service.
  • Graduate Scholarship Committee. member, 07/01/2014 - 06/30/2015. College service.
  • Gerontology Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee. member, 05/06/2014 - present. College service.
  • Auxiliary Faculty Search Committee. 09/01/2012 - 07/01/2016. College service.
  • Appointments Advisory Committee. member, 09/01/2012 - 06/2013. College service.
  • Gerontology Interdisciplinary Committee. Chair, 06/2012 - 06/2014. Department service.
  • Director of Graduate Studies Committee. member, 06/2012 - 05/2014. University service.
  • Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program Advisory Committee. Admissions Caucus Member, 06/01/2012 - present. Department service.
  • Academic Program Team. 06/01/2012 - 05/05/2014. College service.
  • Graduate Scholarship Committee. member, 06/01/2012 - 12/31/2013. College service.
  • Department of Graduate Studies. 06/01/2012 - 08/01/2013. University service.
  • Center on Aging. member, 08/2007 - present. University service.

Community Partnership

  • Salt Lake County Aging & Adult Services Mind over Matter training and facilitation. 01/2024 - present
  • Geraldine King Women’s Center, volunteer. 01/2023 - present
  • Utah Food Bank, volunteer. 01/2023 - present
  • Utah Commission on Aging. 07/2018 - present
  • Utah Action Coalition for Health. Committee Member. 01/2017 - 05/2019
  • Nurses on Boards Coalition. State liaison 2nd contact. 11/2016 - 11/2017
  • Utah Organization of Nurse Leaders: Leadership Committee. 10/2015 - 05/2017
  • Utah Action Coalition for Health, Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar, Executive Board. 06/24/2014 - 05/2017
  • Administration and Human Resources Committee: National Accreditation Committee, Salt Lake County Aging Services. 03/2013 - 09/2013
  • Division of Aging and Adult Services Senior Diversity Committee. Michael Styles, chair. 09/2012 - 09/2017
  • Salt Lake County Aging and Adult Services. 06/2012 - present
  • Utah Aging Alliance: Executive Board Member, Executive Secretary . 09/2008 - 08/2013

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow. Academy of Gerontology in Higher Education, 11/2023
  • Distinguished Educator. National Hartford Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence, 10/2022
  • Writers’ Retreat Selectee. Center for Families and Health Research , 06/2022
  • Fellow. Academy of Health Sciences Educators, 02/2022
  • Full scholarship awardee, Leadership and Career Development Series Part Two: Leading and Managing Teams & Organizations . University of Utah Office for Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, 05/2021
  • Rising Star Early Career Faculty Award. Gerontological Society of America’s (GSA) Academy of Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), 11/2019
  • The ’19 List of People Shaping the Nursing Profession. University of Utah College of Nursing Alumni Association - Jonas Healthcare/Veteran Scholars, 09/2019
  • Theresa S. LaPlante Research Award. Sigma Theta Tau Gamma Rho Chapter, 10/2018
  • Faculty Fellow. Utah Geriatric Education Consortium (UGEC) Geriatric Workforce Education Program (GWEP) Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), 08/2018
  • Interprofessional Summer Research Scholar, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing , 06/2018
  • Outstanding Dissertation. UU CON, 05/2018
  • C-FAHR Fellow . Center for Families and Health Research , 07/2017
  • Outstanding PhD Student. UU CON, 05/2017
  • STTI Gamma Rho Chapter Graduate Student Research Award . Sigma Theta Tau Gamma Rho Chapter, 10/2016
  • Felsted, K., Lai, D., Doyon, K., Hoffman, L., Njenga, A., Routt, M., Ruegg, T., Yang, R. Best Abstract Award. I Can’t Do as Much as I Used to: Older Adults’ Perspectives on Frailty. http://aging.utah.edu/membership/newsletters/2015/2015-04-april.php . 10th Annual Nursing Conference , 10/23/2015
  • Nominee, Beacons of Excellence, Transformational experiences in faculty teaching. University College Office of Undergraduate Studies and the Office of Student Affairs University of Utah, 04/20/2015
  • Felsted, K., Lai, D., Doyon, K., Hoffman, L., Njenga, A., Routt, M., Ruegg, T., Yang, R. Outstanding Poster Award. These are Supposed to be the Golden Years: Older Adults’ Perspectives on Frailty. University of Utah, College of Nursing, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence, at the Center on Aging Research Retreat, 04/02/2015
  • Noorda-Hartford Fellow 2014-2017. 07/01/2014
  • National Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar 2014-2016. Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare, 06/01/2014
  • Inducted into STTI. Sigma Theta Tau International, Gamma Rho Chapter, 04/03/2014
  • University Ambassador. Gerontological Society of America, 02/03/2014
  • Marriner S. Eccles Graduate Fellow. College of Nursing, 08/2013
  • Honor Society inductee, Alpha Chi Chapter. Sigma Phi Omega, 05/07/2010

Affiliations

  • Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health (ACIMH), Member, Research Group, 01/03/2017 - present
  • Nurses on Boards Coalition (NOBC), state liaison, second contact, 11/01/2016 - present
  • Utah Organization of Nurse Leaders (UONL), Leadership Committee, 09/2015 - present
  • Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), Student Chair , 01/2015 - 03/2017
  • John A Hartford Foundation (The Hartford Center), Noorda-Hartford Fellow, 07/2014 - 06/2017
  • The Jonas Center for Nursing and Veterans Healthcare (The Jonas Center), Jonas Nurse Leader Scholar, 06/2014 - 05/2016
  • Utah Action Coalition for Health (UACH), executive board member, 06/2014 - present
  • Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), Aging SIG, Ethnic, Minority, and Multicultural Health SIG, 05/2014 - present
  • Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society (STTI), inductee, 04/03/2014 - present
  • Gerontological Society of America (GSA), University Ambassador , 02/2014 - present
  • Gerontological Society of America (GSA), university ambassador, 02/2014 - 02/2015
  • University of Utah Academy of Health Science Educators , member, 01/2014 - present
  • Division of Aging and Adult Services (DAAS), Senior Diversity Committee, 10/2013 - present
  • Graduate Student Nursing Academy AACN (AACN), member, 08/2013 - present
  • Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), abstract reviewer, 07/2013 - present
  • Association for Gerontology in Higher Education (AGHE), Geriatric Education Committee Member, 02/2013 - 03/2016
  • Gerontological Society of America (GSA), abstract reviewer, 04/2011 - present
  • Sigma Phi Omega Honor Society (SPO), inductee, 05/2010 - present
  • American Society on Aging (ASA), presenter and member, 05/2010 - 05/2011
  • Utah Aging Alliance (UAA), member, 09/2008 - present
  • Gerontological Society of America Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization (ESPO), member, 11/2007 - present
  • Utah Commission on Aging (UCA), member, 07/2007 - present

In the Media

  • Press Release. University of Utah Communications. U receives prestigious Age-Friendly University designation. 10/2023. https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/university-of...
  • University of Utah College of Nursing Alumni Highlights 2010s, for College of Nursing 75th Anniversary. 07/2023. https://nursing.utah.edu/alumni/alumni-spotlights
  • Felsted, K. F. National Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing awards presentation (8:25-9:25 mark). 10/2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUFBTx0lnFg
  • The Deseret News covered the senior brunch that was the culmination of the Faculty Innovation Grant I was awarded to combat ageism in middle schoolers. 05/2014. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865603273/Senio...
  • UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MEDIA RELEASE katie.schrier@nurs.utah.edu U OF U GERONTOLOGY INTERDISCPLINARY PROGRAM TURNS 40 (September 25, 2012) In 1972, the Rocky Mountain Gerontology Program, a five-school consortium, including the University of Utah, was established to offer credentials to students interested in the field of aging. Today, the U’s Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program, as it is now known, is celebrating 40 years of excellence in preparing professionals in the field. The program's academic structure is designed to offer an interdisciplinary environment in which an individual with an interest in aging can sculpt their educational experience. “The Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program brings together the unique and rich perspectives of a variety of fields, making it possible for students to sculpt their educational experience to suit their interests,” said Katarina Felsted, instructor (clinical), the program’s director. “This wealth and breadth of knowledge and resources helps build diverse leaders in the field of gerontology—and opens graduates up to myriad professional opportunities.” According to Felsted, the relevancy of gerontology for an aging society is both timely and critical. Between 2000 and 2030, the older population in the US is expected to more than double from 35 million to 71.5 million, with people over age 85 representing the fastest growing segment. “As we celebrate 40 years, the program honors the efforts of those who have worked and served to make it what it is today,” she said. “It is the result of many, many people having dedicated their time and effort to sustain the field of gerontology at the University of Utah. As we look to the next 40 years of the Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program and the rapidly changing needs of an aging society in our community, the program is poised to build on its foundation of excellence.” To learn more, visit www.nursing.utah.edu/gerontology. 09/25/2012.