Award:
The Presidential Scholar award recognizes the extraordinary academic accomplishments and promise of associate professor faculty members, providing them with financial support to advance their research and teaching. Dr. Michelle Litchman has been selected from an exceptional cadre of nominees from Colleges and Schools across the university for this impressive distinction. She will be recognized as a Presidential Scholar for three academic years: 2024-2025, 2025-2026, and 2026-2027.
Grant Awards:
The National Institute of Nursing Research awarded a $460,641 3-year K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award titled AI Modeling of Nursing Workload to Understand Burnout to Dr. Vicky Tiase, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing, and Assistant Professor in the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine Department of Biomedical Informatics. Based on electronic health record audit log data, Dr. Tiase will develop a model to estimate nursing workload, and then use the model to develop and test interventions that may reduce the burden of nursing documentation.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT awarded a $998,903 Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) grant to Dr. Sarah Rossetti at Columbia University for a multi-center study titled Scalable, Shareable, and Computable Clinical Knowledge for AI-Based Processing of Hospital-Based Nursing Data (SC2K). Dr. Vicky Tiase is Principal Investigator for the University of Utah. The team will develop an infrastructure for AI-based research that leverages nursing and multi-modal data in the hospital setting.
Professional Service:
Governor Spencer Cox appointed Dr. Natalie Allen as a voting member of the Utah Department of Corrections Postnatal and Early Childhood Advisory Board. The board evaluates the best options for pregnant women and mothers of young children who are incarcerated to improve the bonding and developmental outcomes of their children.
Governor Spencer Cox appointed Dr. Erica Nelson to the Utah State Board of Nursing and Certified Nurse-Midwives. The board consists of five nurses, two nurse midwives, and two members of the public. The gubernatorial appointment is based on recommendations and qualifications to ensure that the board includes experienced and qualified professionals. Dr. Nelson will help develop standards for regulation and oversight of the profession, ensure safety and protection of the public, and uphold Utah state statutes specific to the Nurse Midwife Practice Act and the Nurse Practice Act. Dr. Nelson will serve a four-year term, ending on June 30, 2028.
Marilyn Gugliucci, Vice President of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), appointed Dr. Alycia Bristol and Dr. Sara Bybee to serve on the GSA Public Policy Advisory Panel, beginning January 2025. “The Public Policy Advisory Panel provides specialized expertise, advice, key information, and support in the area of public policy and performs other society-wide tasks to serve the mission of the GSA, its strategic plan, and members’ interests.”
University Service:
As part of the shared governance structure at the University, there are a host of University Committees that are created and appointed by University of Utah President Taylor Randall to address an array of campus-wide functions and issues.
- Dr. Nancy Allen was selected to serve on the University Interdisciplinary Teaching Program (UITP) Committee. The UITP Committee is charged with “approving the internal rules of each of the QIDT [Qualified Interdisciplinary Teaching] Programs for faculty appointments, evaluations, and reappointments, making recommendations to the Senior Vice President regarding individual appointments and reappointments of Lecturer faculty within the QIDT Programs, and approving the rules of each QIDT Program for evaluation of non-faculty instructional personnel.” Dr. Allen will serve a three-year term, ending on August 1, 2027.
- Dr. Mollie Cummins was selected to serve on the University Research Committee. The University Research Committee fosters research and creative scholarship at the University through Faculty Research Grants, Distinguished Research Awards, and Faculty Fellow Awards; receives and evaluates applications and nominations for these grants, fellowships, and awards; and reports to the Vice President for Research. Dr. Cummins will serve a three-year term, ending on August 1, 2027.
Presentations:
As part of the University of Utah Health’s Women’s Leadership Seminar Series, Dr. Linda Edelman presented Strategies for Building Meaningful Connections Through Networking. The University of Utah Health’s Women’s Leadership Seminar Series includes monthly virtual seminars that are based on breakout sessions from the Women’s Leadership Day meeting. A recording of Dr. Edelman’s presentation and slides may be accessed through the Women’s Leadership Seminar Series Pulse page.
Dr. Linda Edelman delivered a presentation titled What is Age Friendly Care and Why Do You Deserve It to residents and caregivers at Spring Gardens Holladay. Spring Gardens is an independent living, assisted living, and memory care services provider that professes senior living “never felt this good.”
Dr. Linda Edelman presented on Caring for Those Who Feed Us: Health Vulnerabilities of Older Farmers and Ranchers as a member of the American Academy of Nursing Aging Expert Panel.
Publications:
Ansari N, Warner E, Iacob E, Taylor-Swanson L, Van Epps J, Wilson R, Supiano K. Moral distress by a thousand cuts: A mixed methods study on nurses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. JSM Health Educ Prim Health Care. 2024;6(1):1050. https://doi.org/10.47739/2578-3777/1050
Kent-Marvick J, Knysheva M, Gibson B, Simonsen SE. Why do people choose to enroll or not enroll in the national diabetes prevention program lifestyle change program? A mixed-methods analysis from a sample of adults with a prediabetes diagnosis. J Prim Care Community Health. 2024;15. doi: 10.1177/21501319241282862
Stucky CH, Kabo FW, De Jong MJ, House SL, Moser CH, Kimbler DE. Surgical control time estimation variability: Implications for medical systems and the future integration of AI and ML models. Perioper Care Oper Room Manag. 2024;37:100432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcorm.2024.100432
Wallace AS, Bristol AA, Johnson EP, Elmore CE, Raaum SE, Presson A, Eppich K, Elliott M, Park S, Brooke BS, Weiss ME. Impact of social risk screening on discharge care processes and postdischarge outcomes: A pragmatic mixed-methods clinical trial during the COVID-19 pandemic. Med Care. 2024;62(10):639-649. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000002048