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  • Director of Student and Community Engagement, College Of Nursing
  • Professor (Clinical), College Of Nursing
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Professional Service

  • National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education. Role: Member. Nexus Summit Conference 2020 Planning Committee. 11/01/2019 - 09/30/2020
  • American Public Health Association. Role: Member . Annual Meeting Documentary Film Competition Reviewer. 03/01/2019 - 05/30/2020
  • The Lowell Bennion Center for Public Service. Board Member. 07/01/2018 - 09/30/2019
  • National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs. Role: Member . Hubspotting Hubs Executive Committee. 01/01/2018 - present
  • National Center for Complex Care and Social Needs. Role: Member. Hotspotting Hubs Steering Committee. 01/01/2017 - present
  • American Association of Medical Colleges MedEdPORTAL . Reviewer. 05/01/2016 - present
  • American Public Health Association: Public Health Nursing Section . Social Media Communication. 11/01/2014 - 01/01/2018
  • American Nurses Association. Role: Panel Member. Code of Ethics Professional Issues Advisory Panel. 10/31/2013 - 12/31/2014

Internal Service

  • Academic Senate. elected member, 07/01/2020 - present. University service.
  • Student Course Feedback Committee. member, 07/01/2020 - present. University service.
  • Academic Senate Executive Committee. member, 07/01/2020 - present. University service.
  • Academy of Health Sciences Educators: Journal of the Academy of Health Sciences Educators. Member, 09/02/2019 - present. Other service.
  • Chair: Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Faculty Rights. 06/01/2018 - 06/30/2019. University service.
  • University of Utah Carnegie Re-Classification 2020 Task Force . Member , 05/01/2018 - 09/01/2019. University service.
  • PhD Program Committee. Member, 01/01/2018 - present. College service.
  • Health Sciences Community Engaged Learning Hub, Academic Integration. Co-Chair, 01/01/2018 - present. University service.
  • Bennion Center Community Engaged Scholarship & Research. Co-Chair, 01/01/2018 - 09/30/2019. University service.
  • Health Sciences - Educational Scholarship Certificate Development Committee. Member, 03/01/2017 - 08/31/2018. University service.
  • Academy of Health Sciences Educators Executive Committee. Member, 01/01/2017 - present. University service.
  • Undergraduate Council. Elected Member, 08/01/2016 - 06/30/2019. University service.
  • Outreach and Inclusion . Member, 07/01/2016 - 06/30/2018. College service.
  • Academy of Health Sciences Educators, Research & Scholarship Committee. Co-Chair, 05/01/2016 - present. Other service.
  • Student and Community Engagement Advisory Committee. Chair, 01/01/2016 - present. College service.
  • Health Sciences Interprofessional Education Committee on Research and Scholarship. Co-Chair, 08/01/2015 - present. University service.
  • Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Faculty Rights. chair, member, 07/01/2015 - 06/30/2021. University service.
  • Academic Program Team. Member, 01/01/2015 - present. College service.
  • University Interdisciplinary Teaching Committee. Member, 08/01/2014 - 06/30/2016. University service.
  • Baccalaureate Curriculum Committee. Chair, 09/01/2013 - 07/01/2015. College service.
  • University of Utah Chapter, Institute for Health Care Improvement . Chapter Faculty Director, 08/2013 - 08/2014. University service.
  • Baccalaureate Curriculum Committee. Elected Representative, 08/01/2012 - 06/30/2018. College service.

Community Partnership

  • Community Research Collaborative. 07/01/2020 - present
  • CARE Fair: Junior League. 01/09/2017 - present
  • Housing Authority of the County of Salt Lake. 05/02/2016 - 01/01/2019
  • University of Utah Village Initiative. 03/17/2016 - 04/01/2016
  • Granite Technical Institute High School. 09/01/2015 - present
  • University of Utah Youth Education: Organized and hosted 6th Graders in the Simulation Center at the College of Nursing. 04/29/2015 - 04/29/2015
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement - Community Screening and Panel Discussion of documentary film Escape Fire . 09/17/2013 - 09/17/2013
  • Utah Aids Foundation . 01/2012 - 05/31/2016
  • Homeless Youth Resource Center . 01/2012 - 05/31/2016
  • Family Support Center . 01/2012 - 05/31/2016
  • Utah State Veterans Nursing Home . 01/2012 - 05/31/2016
  • Emeritus at Salt Lake City . 01/2012 - 08/21/2015
  • CareSource Home Health and Hospice . 01/2012 - 08/21/2015
  • TRAILS (Therapeutic Recreations And Independent Lifestyles). 01/2012 - 01/01/2014

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow, Museum-based Arts in Health Professions Education. Harvard Macy Institute, 05/10/2019
  • 2019-2020 Public Service Professorship. University of Utah, 05/10/2019
  • Honorable Mention, Public Health Excellence IPE Award. U.S. Public Health Service , 03/01/2018
  • Leadership in Ethics Education Award. Daniels Fund, Eccles School of Business, 11/14/2017
  • Fellow. Academy of Health Sciences Educators , 04/11/2016
  • Humanism in Medicine Scholar. Arnold P Gold Foundation , 09/01/2014
  • Community Engaged Learning Faculty Fellow. Bennion Center, 09/01/2013
  • Funding and support for attendance at the Summer Bioethics Intensive, Georgetown University Kennedy Institute of Ethics. University of Utah Teaching Grant , 06/2012

Affiliations

  • Gerontologic Society of America (GSA), Member, 01/01/2021 - present
  • Utah Public Health Association (UPHA), Member, 08/2012 - present
  • American Public Health Association (APHA), Member, 01/2012 - present
  • American Nurses Association (ANA), Member, 07/01/1998 - present
  • Sigma Theta Tau (STT), Member, 03/01/1998 - present

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