JACOB FITISEMANU, JR, MPH portrait
  • Associate Instructor, Ethnic Studies
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Honors & Awards

  • Pillar of the Community Award. OCA Asian & Pacific Advocates, 03/13/2019
  • Bennion Center Scholar Award - Faculty Mentor recognition. University of Utah Bennion Center, 05/16/2018
  • Appointee to President Obama's Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders. White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, 05/2015
  • Myrtie Fulton Endowed Mentorship Award, Brigham Young University. 03/2015
  • Newsmaker acknowledgement (The Nation's Health, 01/2015). American Public Health Association, 01/15/2015
  • Chase N. Peterson Outstanding Leadership Project Preceptor. University of Utah School of Medicine, 06/2014
  • National NHPI Demographics Report Contributor, Launch Delegate. 03/2014
  • American Youth Leadership Program Delegate. United States Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 12/2013
  • Dr. Alma S. Adams Health Promotion Scholarship Award. 05/2013
  • National Pacific Islander Advancement Convening Delegate. 04/2013
  • Utah Governor’s Health Innovations Work Panel Appointee. 09/2012
  • National Pacific American Leadership Institute Fellowship. 07/2012
  • Community Champion - Volunteer of the Year Award. Molina Health Care, 05/2012
  • Social Medicine Honors Award. University of Utah School of Medicine, 09/2010
  • Association of American Medical Colleges National Conference Delegate. 11/2008
  • Westminster College Cum Laude Honors Graduate. 05/2007
  • Westminster College Outstanding Social Science Student Award . 04/2007

In the Media

Affiliations

  • National Academy of Medicine - Culture of Health (National Academies), Advisor, 01/21/2022 - present
  • Healthy West Valley Initiative (Healthy WVC), Co-founder, 01/17/2018 - present
  • President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI), Commissioner, 05/2015 - 01/31/2018
  • Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), Board of Directors, 01/2015 - 07/31/2021
  • US Census National Advisory Committee (NAC), Adviser, 10/2014 - 09/30/2020
  • Mana Academy Charter School (Mana), Board of Directors, 09/2014 - 08/31/2016
  • Utah Public Health Association (UPHA), Member, 04/2012 - present
  • Utah Pacific Islander Health Coalition (UPIHC), Chair, 11/2011 - present