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  • Interim Director of Global and International Health, University of Utah College of Nursing, College Of Nursing
  • Assistant Professor, College Of Nursing
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Professional Service

  • University of Utah College of Nursing . Role: Assistant Professor. Assistant Professor. 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2022
  • University of California, Davis, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. Postdoctoral Scholar, Heather M. Young Postdoctoral Fellowship. 01/01/2019 - 12/31/2021
  • University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, Physiological Nursing. Adjunct Assistant Professor. 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2022
  • University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, Community Health Systems. Postdoctoral Scholar, T32 Biobehavioral Research Training in Symptom Science. 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2019
  • Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Kaiser Vallejo Call Center, Vallejo, CA. Staff Nurse III. 01/01/2008 - 12/31/2020

Honors & Awards

  • Recognizes faculty whose practice, teaching, service, mentoring, and partnership: 1) Demonstrates excellence in service to the community, profession, college, and/or university. 2) Demonstrates sustained and exceptional contribution of time and expertise beyond basic faculty service requirements. 3) Demonstrates exceptional leadership and innovation in service. Excellence in Service Award, University of Utah College of Nursing, 04/11/2023
  • Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award. University of California, San Francisco Nursing Alumni Association, 04/07/2022
  • Caregiving Fellow (University wide competitive selection); Family Caregiving Collaborative . University of Utah, 03/18/2022
  • GloCal Health Fellowship . University of California GloCal Consortium, 12/01/2021
  • Heather M. Young Postdoctoral Fellowship . The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, 10/15/2021
  • Inaugural Early Career Global Health Scientist Award. UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences, 08/04/2020
  • T32 Biobehavioral Research Training in Symptom Science . National Institute of Nursing Research, 08/01/2019
  • UCSF President’s Dissertation- 1Year Fellowship . University of California Graduate Division, 11/01/2016
  • 1Year Fellowship University of California Graduate Division. UCSF President’s Dissertation, 11/01/2016
  • Jeanie Schmit Kayser - Jones Scholarship . UCSF John A. Hartford Center for Gerontological Excellence Scholarship, 05/31/2016
  • Johan Nurse Leader Scholar . Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence, 01/01/2016
  • UCSF Alpha Eta Chapter, Sigma. Theta Tau International, 09/01/2014
  • Graduate Dean’s Health Sciences Fellowship . University of California Graduate Division, 07/2012

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