Professional Service

• American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI). Co-Chair, Planning Committee for the Annual Symposium: Rebuilding the Nation's Public Health Informatics Infrastructure. Scottsdale, AZ Spring 2022. 04/28/2022 - 05/01/2022
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Role: Educator. Invited speaker on ‘Envisioning the future on FHIR’. Data Modernization: Building on Shared Services and Enterprise Technologies 3-day workshop for public health sponsored by the CDC . 05/01/2021 - 05/01/2021
• JAMIA Open. Editorial Board Member. 01/01/2021 - present
• American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI). Role: member. 2021 Elections and Nominations Committee. 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2022
• World Health Organization - Regional Office for Europe. Role: Advisor. Participate in a two day meeting to strengthen the World Health Organization's Health Information System (HIS) assessment support tool. 08/12/2019 - 08/13/2019
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Role: Committee Member. Participate in a council to guide the expansion of a Multi-state EHR-based National Disease Surveillance (MENDS) . 01/14/2019 - 03/14/2019
• JAMIA Open. Associate Editor. 01/01/2017 - 01/01/2021
• CDC and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. Role: Co-lead Steering Committee. Reportable Conditions Knowledge Management System (RCKMS) Project. This is a nationwide collaborative project to develop a knowledge management and decision support system to support public health reporting of conditions from electronic health and laboratory record systems. 01/01/2012 - 06/30/2018
• JAMIA. Editorial Board member. 01/2011 - 11/2019

Internal Service

• Master's Program Committee . member, 01/01/2021 - present. College service.
• Center of Excellence for Exposure Health Informatics (CEEHI). Committee Member, 11/12/2019 - present. University service.
• Faculty Search Committee. Member, 07/01/2019 - present. College service.
• Academic Appeals Committee. Chair, 05/01/2019 - 06/30/2021. College service.
• College of Nursing CCNE Accreditation Task Force, to prepare for the BS and MS accreditation. Member, 01/01/2019 - 04/30/2021. College service.
• College of Nursing - College Council. Member, 08/01/2018 - present. College service.
• College of Nursing RPT Retention and Post-Tenure Review Team, Career Line Faculty Reappointment and Advancement Subcommittee. Member, 01/01/2019 - 06/30/2020. College service.
• College of Nursing MS and DNP Programs and Curriculum Committee. Member, 08/01/2018 - 01/01/2021. College service.
• Health Sciences Center: Population Health System Steering Committee. Member, 03/01/2018 - present. Other service.
• Dept of Biomedical Informatics: Admissions Committee. Member, 12/01/2017 - 07/31/2018. Department service.
• Dept of Biomedical Informatics: Population Health Informatics Special Interest Group. Co-Leader, 01/01/2017 - 07/31/2018. Department service.
• Dept of Biomedical Informatics: Houtchens Memorial Award Committee. Member, 04/01/2007 - 04/11/2008. Department service.
• Dept of Biomedical Informatics: Curriculum Committee. Member, 01/01/2007 - 01/01/2010. Department service.
• Dept of Biomedical Informatics: Morgan Award committee. Member, 10/02/2006 - 10/25/2008. Department service.
• Dept of Biomedical Informatics: Admissions Committee (chair for one year, member for two years). Member, 07/01/2006 - 06/30/2009. Department service.
• Coordinated the implementation of electronic Case Reporting for covid-19 infections from University Hospital to the Utah Department of Health . Project Manager, 05/01/2020 - 07/31/2020. Other service.

Honors & Awards

• Reed M. Gardner Award for Faculty Excellence in teaching and mentoring. Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, 06/30/2021
• FACMI. Fellowship in the American College of Medical Informatics (FACMI). This selective fellowhip is awarded after being elected for significant and sustained contributions to the field of biomedical informatics. American College of Medical Informatics, 11/06/2018
• Alumni Award for 'Relationships'. Each year the alumni from the University of Utah's Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) vote on graduates who have made exceptional impact in the three areas valued by the Department (Relevance, Relationships or Leadership). Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, 11/05/2018
• FAMIA. Awarded Fellowhip with the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA). This award is to recognize members who apply informatics skills and knowledge within their professional setting, who have demonstrated professional achievement and leadership, and who have a sustained commitment to the betterment of AMIA. American Medical Informatics Association, 11/05/2018
• AAMC Learning Health System Research Award, Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Washington DC. For "Development of a standardized and accepted process for creating, implementing, and evaluating value-driven care process models within an Academic Health Enterprise" . AAMC, 09/01/2014
• Reed M. Gardner Award for Faculty Excellence in teaching and mentoring. Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah, 05/15/2013
• Invited Faculty for the Medical Informatics MBL/NLM week long Certificate Course - Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine. Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2013 . National Library of Medicine, 09/15/2010
• NLM Fellowship awarded to study Medical Informatics . National Library of Medicine , 09/01/2000
• Alexander D. Langmuir Prize (best paper at the annual meeting) . Epidemic Intelligence Service Alumni Association, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 06/15/1993

Affiliations

• CDS, Knowledge Based System, Veteran's Administration (VA) (VA), Informatics Researcher, 01/15/2016 - 09/30/2018
• Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), Consultant, 09/01/2014 - 06/30/2018