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Professor, College Of Nursing
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Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair
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Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Informatics
Honors & Awards
- Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Chair (2019-2024).
University of Utah College of Nursing,
07/2019
- Excellence in Scholarship & Research Award.
University of Utah College of Nursing,
02/2019
- Fellow.
American College of Medical Informatics,
11/2018
- Research Manuscript Award.
Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Society,
01/2018
- Ambassador.
Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research,
01/2017
- Distinguished Poster Award.
American Medical Informatics Association,
11/2016
- Presidential Scholar, 2016-2019.
University of Utah,
07/2016
- Best Original Scientific Poster Award for NACCT 2014.
American Association of Poison Control Centers/ North American Conference on Clinical Toxicology,
10/01/2015
- "Fifteen Leading Professors of Nursing Informatics".
Media/medicaltechnologyschools.com,
01/2015
- 2014 Harriet H. Werley Award for nursing informatics.
American Medical Informatics Association, Nursing Informatics Working Group,
11/15/2014
- Nominee, Distinguished Paper Award.
American Medical Informatics Association,
10/21/2014
- Fellow.
American Academy of Nursing,
10/2014
- Alumni Legacy Leader Award.
Indiana University School of Nursing,
06/2014
- Excellence in Research Award.
Gammo Rho Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International,
04/2014
- Excellence in Research & Scholarship Award.
University of Utah College of Nursing,
08/25/2012
- Full scholarship, Complex Systems Summer School.
Santa Fe Institute and National Science Foundation (Grant No. 0200500) ,
06/01/2007
- Emily Holmquist Award.
Indiana University Alumni Association and Indiana University School of Nursing,
05/01/2004
- University Graduate Fellowship.
Indiana University,
08/01/2000
- National Research Service Award.
Indiana University/ National Institute for Nursing Research T32 Training Grant,
08/01/2000
- MSN Research Excellence Award.
Northern Kentucky University,
05/01/2000
- Dean's Research Award.
University of Illinois College of Nursing,
05/01/1994
Affiliations
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VA Salt Lake Informatics, Decision Enhancement, and Surveillance Center
(IDEAS),
Affiliated Investigator,
03/01/2013 - present
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Salt Lake City VA Medical Center
(SLCVAMC),
Research WOC,
05/01/2009 - present
In the Media
- University of Utah announces 6 new professorships in health and clinical research funded by the Huntsman family, Salt Lake Tribune. 10/15/2019.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/10/15/university-...
- Ponte, P.R. An Interview with Mollie Rebecca Cummins. J Nurs Adm. 2019 Sep;49(9):402-403. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000776. PubMed PMID: 31436738. 09/2019.
- Cortez, M. 6 University of Utah researchers named Huntsman Presidential Chairs. Deseret News, . 07/12/2019.
https://www.deseret.com/2019/7/12/8936416/6-univer...
- Profile piece in peer-reviewed journal: Nicoll, L. H. (2015). "Introducing Mollie Cummins, PhD, RN, FAAN." CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing 33(8): 333-334.
08/01/2015.
- Featured as one of "Fifteen Leading Professors of Nursing Informatics". 07/01/2015.
http://www.medicaltechnologyschools.com/nursing-in...
- Featured Health IT Success Story on AHRQ Health IT Portfolio Youtube Channel. 05/15/2014.
http://youtu.be/lH_i5qRflPM
Professional Service
- National Institutes of Health.
Role: Reviewer.
Study Section 2023/01 HSS -J (90) “Overflow: Clinical Data Management and Analysis”, .
03/14/2024 - 03/15/2024
- Columbia University.
Role: Chair.
External Advisory Board, Columbia University NIH NINR T32 Training Program.
05/01/2023 - present
- National Institutes of Health.
Role: Member.
PCORnet RECOVER EHR Informatics Workgroup.
01/01/2022 - present
- National Institutes of Health.
Role: Member.
PCORnet RECOVER EHR Steering Committee.
01/01/2022 - present
- Environmental Health Language Collaborative, National Institutes of Health, National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences.
Role: Member.
Working Groups to develop mission and vision statements, and to develop use cases.
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022
- Alliance for Nursing Informatics.
Role: Member.
Invited/ appointed member of the Policy Committee.
01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021
- Alliance for Nursing Informatics.
Role: Mentor.
Mentor, Emerging Leaders Program.
01/01/2021 - 12/01/2021
- American Academy of Nursing, Informatics & Technology Expert Panel.
Role: Chair.
Chaired working group to develop white paper related to the representation of social and environmental determinants of health in electronic health records.
08/01/2020 - 05/2022
- National Institutes of Health.
Role: Ad Hoc Reviewer.
NIH Biomedical Computing and Health Informatics Study Section.
01/12/2020 - 01/13/2020
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing.
Role: Member.
Appointed Member, Health Policy Advisory Council, 2019-2021, 2021-2023.
01/01/2019 - 10/01/2023
- National Library of Medicine Blue Ribbon Panel Board of Scientific Counselors.
Role: Member.
Lister Hill.
01/2018 - 05/2018
- 2018 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics.
Scientific Program Committee.
01/2018 - 01/2018
- 2017 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics.
Systems Track Chair/Scientific Program Committee.
08/2017 - 10/2017
- American Academy of Nursing.
Role: Member, 2019 Co-Chair, 2020 Chair, 2021 Outgoing Chair.
Informatics and Technology Expert Panel.
01/2017 - present
- Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR).
Role: Ambassador.
Ambassador Program.
01/2017 - 01/2021
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewer.
01/2016 - present
- Nurse Scientist Translational Interest Research Group.
Role: Member.
(NIH NCATS sponsored working group).
01/2016 - 01/2019
- Alliance for Nursing Informatics Emerging Leaders Program.
Role: Mentor.
Mentor.
01/2016 - 12/2018
- NCATS .
Role: Member .
EHR Recruitment Working Group.
10/01/2015 - 10/01/2016
- CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing.
Role: Editor.
Editor, ANI Connection and CIN Plus sections of the journal.
03/01/2015 - 03/31/2016
- Utah Nursing Informatics Network.
Role: President.
Utah Nursing Informatics Network.
12/01/2014 - 06/30/2016
- Methods of Information in Medicine.
Role: Reviewer.
Methods of Information in Medicine.
11/01/2014 - present
- Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine.
Role: Member, Chair (2017-2018).
Board of Scientific Counselors.
01/2014 - 12/2018
- National Library of Medicine.
Role: Member, Chair (2017-20180.
National Center for Biomedical Communications.
01/2014 - 01/2018
- Journal of Applied Clinical Informatics.
Role: Reviewer.
Journal of Applied Clinical Informatics.
01/01/2014 - present
- Alliance for Nursing Informatics.
Role: Steering Committee.
Nationally elected member of the ANI steering committee.
08/01/2013 - 08/01/2016
- Utah Nursing Informatics Network.
Role: Director-at-large.
Board of Directors.
10/01/2012 - 12/01/2014
- IEEE Systems Science.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewer.
07/01/2012 - present
- International Journal of Medical Informatics.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewed manuscripts for publication.
01/01/2011 - present
- Clinical Toxicology.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewed manuscripts for publication.
01/01/2011 - present
- Journal of Biomedical Informatics.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewed manuscripts for publication.
01/01/2011 - present
- AMIA Nursing Informatics Workgroup.
Role: Member.
Communications Committee.
01/01/2011 - 12/31/2013
- Utah Nursing Informatics Network.
Role: Director-at-large, Member.
Served on board of organization in final year of term (until July).
01/01/2011 - 12/31/2011
- American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium.
Role: Reviewer.
Reviewed manuscripts and abstracts for presentation.
01/01/2008 - present
- Utah Nursing Informatics Network (UNIN).
Role: Member.
Director-at-large, President, Past President, Chair of Bylaws Committee, Member of Publications Committee.
01/2005 - present
Internal Service
- Research Committee.
Member,
07/01/2023 - present.
College service.
- Career Line Faculty Review and Advancement Committee (CL-FRA).
Liaison,
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024.
College service.
- Retention and Advancement Oversight Committee (RAO).
Chair,
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024.
College service.
- Tenure Line Faculty Retention and Advancement Committee (TL-FRA).
Chair,
07/01/2023 - 06/30/2024.
College service.
- Data Governance Committee (UHealth).
Member,
08/01/2022 - present.
University service.
- Leadership Team, DELPHI Data Science Initiative.
Leadership Team/ Membership Chair,
05/01/2022 - present.
University service.
- U-HELM.
Mentor,
01/01/2022 - present.
University service.
- Retention and Advancement Oversight Committee.
Member,
07/01/2021 - 06/30/2023.
College service.
- Senior Mentor, VPCAT Program.
Senior Mentor,
01/01/2020 - present.
University service.
- Health Sciences Research Strategic Refresh, Translational Working Group.
Co-Chair,
01/01/2020 - 12/01/2020.
University service.
- Health Sciences Research Strategy Refresh, National Excellence Working Group.
Member,
01/01/2020 - 12/01/2020.
University service.
- Health Sciences Research Strategy Refresh, Communications Working Group.
Member,
01/01/2020 - 12/01/2020.
University service.
- Search Committee, Director of Scientific Computing Institute.
Member,
09/01/2019 - 03/01/2020.
University service.
- Dean Search Committee College of Nursing.
Member,
07/01/2019 - 07/01/2020.
University service.
- Health Sciences Research Council.
Invited Member,
05/01/2019 - 05/31/2022.
University service.
- DNP-PhD Working Group.
Member,
09/01/2018 - 12/2019.
College service.
- Tenure Line Search Committee.
ALT Liaison,
01/2018 - 03/2021.
College service.
- Celebrate U Planning Committee.
Member,
01/2018 - 01/2019.
University service.
- Academic Leadership Team (ALT).
Member,
10/01/2017 - 04/01/2021.
College service.
- Research Reproducibility Coalition.
Member,
09/01/2017 - 05/2019.
University service.
- Health Sciences Value in Education Working Group: Health Systems Science.
Member,
09/01/2017 - 06/01/2018.
University service.
- T32 Internal Advisory Board.
Member,
01/2017 - 03/2021.
College service.
- PhD Program Committee.
ALT Liaison/ Member,
10/2016 - present.
College service.
- Research Committee.
ALT Liaison, Member, Ex-Officio Member,
10/2016 - 03/2021.
College service.
- Health Sciences Center Research Advisory Council/ Clinical Research Compliance Committee.
Member,
08/2016 - 04/01/2021.
Other service.
- Student Fee Scholarship Committee.
Member,
08/2016 - 08/2018.
University service.
- Health Sciences Center Integrated Data Analytics Strategy (UUMG working Group).
Member,
08/2016 - 05/2017.
Other service.
- Clinical Research Compliance Committee (formerly Research Advisory Council).
Member,
01/2016 - present.
College service.
- Health Sciences Center Search Committee for Medical Director of the Utah Poison Control Center.
Member,
08/2015 - 06/30/2016.
Other service.
- Health Sciences Center Curriculum Committee, MSCI program.
member,
08/2015 - 06/30/2016.
Other service.
- Non-thesis Professional Master's Degree Workgroup (Department of Biomedical Informatics/ College of Nursing).
Member,
08/01/2015 - 06/30/2016.
Department service.
- RPT Oversight Committee.
Chair,
07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016.
College service.
- MS-DNP Committee.
Member ,
07/01/2015 - 06/30/2016.
College service.
- Communication, Decision Making and Informatics (CDMI) RITE Group.
Member, Past Leader,
04/01/2015 - present.
College service.
- Biomedical Informatics Professional NTMS Working Group.
Member/ CON Representative,
04/01/2015 - 06/30/2016.
Other service.
- Cummings Endowed Chair Search Committee.
Member,
12/30/2014 - 09/01/2015.
College service.
- Faculty IT Ad Hoc Committee of the Academic Senate.
Member,
12/02/2014 - 05/01/2016.
University service.
- University CIO Search Interview Group.
11/01/2014 - 11/29/2014.
University service.
- Academic Senate.
Senator for the College of Nursing,
08/26/2014 - 08/26/2016.
University service.
- China Delegation Visit for nursing informatics and care management.
Planning Committee/ Host,
08/26/2014 - 10/31/2014.
College service.
- RPT Oversight Committee.
Member,
08/01/2014 - 06/30/2015.
College service.
- University IT Support Services Governance Portfolio.
Member,
07/01/2014 - 08/31/2015.
University service.
- Organizing Committee for Utah Poison Control Center Anniversary Symposium.
Member,
04/01/2014 - 10/31/2014.
University service.
- Learning Health System Seminar Series.
Planning Committee,
01/01/2014 - 06/30/2014.
Department service.
- Faculty Writing Group.
Manager/ Organizer,
10/01/2012 - 05/01/2014.
College service.
- Search Committee.
Member,
09/01/2012 - 07/31/2013.
College service.
- Faculty Information Technology Committee.
06/01/2012 - 09/01/2014.
University service.
- Committee for a Technology Enhanced Curriculum.
Member,
09/01/2011 - 08/01/2014.
University service.
- PhD Program Committee.
Member, Ex-Officio Member,
09/01/2009 - 09/01/2015.
College service.
Community Partnership
- Volunteer Vaccinator, Summit County Health Department.
01/01/2021 - 11/01/2021
- First Lego League Robotics Coach/ Science Education Volunteer - 4H/ Utah State University Extension Center/ Swaner EcoCenter.
06/01/2012 - 04/01/2014
- Science Fair and STEM Education Volunteer, Parley's Park Elementary School.
02/01/2011 - 12/31/2014