Professional Service

  • Vice President’s Clinical & Translational (VPCAT) Research Scholars Program. Mentor. 01/2023 - present
  • T32 Program for Interdisciplinary Training in Chemical Biology (PITCH). Role: Co-Director. Biological Chemistry Graduate Program. 01/2023 - present
  • Biological Chemistry Graduate Program. Recruiting Co-Chair. 01/2023 - present
  • Biological Chemistry Graduate Program. Steering Committee Member. 01/2020 - present
  • Immunology, Inflammation and Infectious Diseases Initiative. Scientific Advisory Board. 01/2018 - present
  • Program for Interdisciplinary Training in Chemical Biology (PITCH). Role: T32 Steering Committee Member. Biological Chemistry Graduate Program. 01/2016 - present
  • Biological Chemistry Graduate Program. Member. 01/2015 - present

Internal Service

  • GTC, Pharmacology and Toxicology. Member, 01/2023 - present. Department service.
  • Academic Senate Executive Committee. Committee Member, 01/2022 - present. University service.
  • Molecular Pharmaceutics and Biomedical Engineering. Search Committee, 01/2022 - 01/2023. Department service.
  • Academic Senate Personnel & Elections Committee. Committee Member, 01/2021 - present. University service.
  • Academic Senate. Committee Member, 01/2021 - present. University service.
  • College of Pharmacy. Biosafety Committee, 01/2020 - present. College service.
  • Medicinal Chemistry. Search Committee, 01/2019 - 01/2022. Department service.
  • College of Pharmacy. PharmD Project Mentor, 01/2019 - 01/2021. College service.
  • Presidential Commission on the Status of Women. Committee Member, 01/2017 - 01/2020. University service.
  • Women in Medicine & Science. Steering Committee Member, 01/2016 - 01/2019. University service.
  • Biochemistry. Search Committee, 01/2016 - 01/2018. Department service.
  • Pharmacology and Toxicology, USTAR position in cancer therapeutics. Search Committee, 01/2016 - 01/2017. Department service.
  • College of Pharmacy. Faculty Sponsor & Student Mentor, 01/2015 - present. College service.

Outreach

  • Presenter, Salt Lake Community College High School Biotechnology Program, University of Utah. 01/2023 - present
  • Presenter for STEM Community Alliance Program (STEMCAP) and the Initiative to bring Science Programs to the Incarcerated (INSPIRE). 01/2023 - present
  • Presenter, M. Lynn Bennion Elementary School, SACNAS, University of Utah. 01/2022 - present
  • Mentor/Senior Personnel, Undergraduate Research Training Program for the American Society of Pharmacognosy. 01/2021 - present
  • Research mentor, Genomics Summer Research for Minorities Program, University of Utah. 01/2021 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Overall College of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year. University of Utah, 12/2021
  • Second Professional Year Teacher of the Year, College of Pharmacy. University of Utah, 12/2021
  • Selected as a presenter for the Senior Vice President of Health Science’s vitae event. University of Utah, 01/2019
  • Recognized as a Top Researcher at the Celebrate U event for the College of Pharmacy. University of Utah, 12/2019
  • Scialog Fellow for Chemical Machinery of the Cell ; 2018 - 2020. Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, 12/2020
  • Overall College of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year. University of Utah, 12/2018
  • Third Professional Year Teacher of the Year, College of Pharmacy. University of Utah, 12/2018
  • Invited Panelist at the Breaking Barriers Initiative, Breaking Barriers Dialogue Series. Office for Inclusion and Outreach, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 12/2017
  • Vice President's Clinical and Translational Scholars Program ; 2016 - 2018. University of Utah, 12/2018
  • L'Oreal/AAAS USA Postdoctoral Fellowship for Women in Science. 10/01/2012
  • Claude ZoBell Fellowship Award. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA, 12/2007
  • NIH Marine Biotechnology Predoctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award. 09/04/2006
  • Roy Keller Award for Undergraduate Researcher of the Year. State University of New York College at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY, USA, 12/2004
  • Merck/AAAS Travel Grant. State University of New York College at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY, USA, 12/2004
  • Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Research Fellowship ; 2002 - 2004. State University of New York College at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY, USA, 12/2004