AKIKO KAMIMURA portrait
  • Associate Professor, Sociology Department
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Health and Kinesiology
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Family And Preventive Medicine

Professional Service

  • Diversity and Equality in Health and Care. Editor-in-Chief. 11/2017 - 04/2019
  • BMC Women's Health. Associate Editor. 07/2013 - 07/2017
  • Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. Reviewer. 10/2017 - present
  • Diversity and Equality in Health and Care. Reviewer. 09/2017 - present
  • International Journal of Public Health. Reviewer. 03/2016 - present
  • BMC Research Notes. Reviewer. 03/2016 - present
  • Child Abuse & Neglect. Reviewer. 09/2015 - present
  • Violence and Gender. Reviewer. 06/2015 - present
  • Environmental Health Insights. Reviewer. 08/2014 - present
  • Health Education Research. Reviewer. 08/2014 - present
  • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. Reviewer. 07/2014 - present
  • Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health . Reviewer. 06/2014 - present
  • Social Science & Medicine. Reviewer. 05/2014 - present
  • Journal of Psychiatry. Reviewer. 01/2014 - present
  • Journal of Injury and Violence Research. Reviewer. 10/2013 - present
  • Violence and Victims. Reviewer. 10/2013 - present
  • Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research. Reviewer. 08/2013 - present
  • Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved. Reviewer. 07/2013 - present
  • Asian Women. Reviewer. 07/2013 - present
  • Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. Reviewer. 04/2013 - present
  • Urban Studies. Reviewer. 04/2013 - present
  • Research on Aging. Reviewer. 10/2012 - present
  • Academy of Management Annual Meetings. Reviewer. 12/2003 - 12/2006

Internal Service

  • Francis Prize Selection Committee. 10/2023 - present. University service.
  • Undergraduate Research Advisory Council. member, 09/2023 - present. University service.
  • International Scholar Working Group. member, 08/2023 - present. University service.
  • Member, CSBS Faculty Hiring Committee. 07/2022 - present. College service.
  • Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology. 07/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Outside Speaker Committee, Department of Sociology. 07/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Member, Search Committee (Population & Health), Department of Sociology. 07/2022 - 12/2022. Department service.
  • Member, CSBS Mentoring Committee. 01/2021 - present. College service.
  • Member, Health, Society & Policy Advisory Board. 07/2020 - present. College service.
  • Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Sociology, 2020-present. 07/2020 - 06/2022. Department service.
  • Member, 1U4U VPR Targeted Seed Grant committee (Opioid Addiction Research). 02/2020 - 03/2020. University service.
  • Chair, RPT Committee, Department of Sociology. 05/2019 - 05/2020. Department service.
  • Member, Task force on the accreditation for community engagement through the Carnegie Foundation. 01/2019 - 05/2019. University service.
  • Member, RPT Committee, Department of Sociology. 08/2018 - present. Department service.
  • Faculty adviser, CSBS College Student Councils. 07/2018 - present. College service.
  • Reviewer, Summer Program for Undergraduate Research. 01/2018 - 01/2018. University service.
  • Reviewer, Center of Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Peer Grant Review Program. 08/2017 - 09/2017. University service.
  • Member, Special UROP Awards Selection Committee, Office of Undergraduate Research. 09/2016 - present. University service.
  • Reviewer, VP Seed Grant. 04/2016 - 04/2016. University service.
  • Reviewer, URC Faculty Research and Creative Grant. 03/2016 - 03/2016. University service.
  • Member, Dee/Chevron selection committee, Office of Undergraduate Research. 02/2016 - 03/2016. University service.
  • Member, CEL Course Designation Committee, Lowell Bennion Community Service Center. 10/2015 - 04/2017. University service.
  • Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology. 08/2015 - 06/2020. Department service.
  • Coordinator, Graduate Program – Population and Health area, Department of Sociology. 08/2015 - 05/2017. Department service.
  • Member, Internal Review Committee for the M.Stat Program. 01/2015 - 04/2015. University service.
  • Member, FLAS Scholarship Committee, Asia Center. 01/2015 - 02/2015. Department service.
  • Member, MA Admissions Committee, Asia Center. 01/2015 - 02/2015. Department service.
  • Coordinator, Population & Health Seminars, Department of Sociology. 07/2014 - 04/2015. Department service.
  • Member, Search Committee (Population & Health), Department of Sociology. 07/2014 - 12/2014. Department service.
  • Coordinator, Brown Bag Seminar, Department of Sociology. 01/2014 - 04/2014. Department service.
  • Library liaison. 09/2012 - present. Department service.
  • Member, Undergraduate Committee, , Department of Sociology. 10/2011 - 04/2015. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • Utah Health & Human Rights. 01/2024 - present
  • Catholic Community Services. 01/2024 - present
  • The English Learning Center. 01/2024 - present
  • Salt Lake Harm Reduction Program. 08/2023 - present
  • Understanding Us. 08/2023 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Public Service Professorship, Lowell Bennion Community Service Center, University of Utah. 01/2024
  • John G. Francis Prize for Undergraduate Student Mentoring, Senior Associate Vice president of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Office of Undergraduate Studies, University of Utah. 01/2023
  • Career & Professional Developments Career Champion Award, Career & Professional Development Center, University of Utah. 04/2022
  • College of Social and Behavioral Science Excellence in Mentoring Award, University of Utah, 2020-2021. 03/2021
  • Faculty Recognition Award, Career & Professional Development Center, University of Utah. 03/15/2019
  • Public Service Professorship 2014-2015. Lowell Bennion Community Service Center, University of Utah, 03/2014

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