Award
The Utah Area Health Education Center (AHEC) presented the 2024 Preceptor of the Year Award to Dr. Jennifer Hamilton, Dr. Jessica Leavitt, Dr. Paige Miller, and Dr. Emily Winn. The Utah AHEC was developed as part of Congress’s initiative to recruit, train, and retain health care professionals serving in underserved communities, with the goal that all citizens of Utah can access high-quality primary care. The award highlights individuals who go above and beyond for their students, ensuring their training experience is valuable. The award ceremony was held during the 2024 Utah Primary Care Summit Reception on October 17, 2024.
Presentations
Faculty and postdoctoral fellows presented at the 3rd Conference on Caregiving Research in Pittsburg. The College’s Family Caregiving Collaborative supported faculty to participate in this one-of-a-kind conference with national experts in caregiving policy, research, and advocacy.
- Amy Cizik, Dr. Eli Iacob, Dr. Djin Tay, Lucas Marchand, Dr. Lee Ellington, and Dr. Caroline Stephens presented a poster titled Fragility Fractures, Dementia and Family Caregivers at End-of-Life: A Population-based Study.
- Dr. Kristin Cloyes, Dr. Megan Thomas Hebdon, Dr. Djin Tay, Maija Reblin, and Dr. Lee Ellington presented a poster titled Hospice Family Caregiver Audio Diaries Spanning Caregiving and Bereavement Periods.
- Dr. Kara Dassel, Dr. Rebecca Utz, Dr. Eli Iacob, Dr. Kathie Supiano, Dr. Sara Bybee, Nancy Aruscavage, and Jordana Clayton presented a poster titled Empowering Dementia Advance Care Planning within Community Dyads.
- Dr. Jackie Eaton, Amber Dayley, Moroni Fernandez Cajavilca, Sarah Neller, Julene Johnson, Dr. Rebecca Utz, and Dr. Lee Ellington delivered a podium presentation titled Expanding Recruitment to Pilot Test the Enhancing Active Caregiver Training (EnACT) Intervention.
- Dr. Catherine Elmore, Christina Miyawaki, Benjamin Olivari, John Omura, Lisa McGuire, and Erin Bouldin presented a poster titled Demographics, Health, and Caregiving Characteristics of Adult Caregivers by Life Stage – Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2019–2022.
- Dr. Sumin Park, Dr. Alycia Bristol, Dr. Catherine Elmore, Mackenzie Elliott, and Dr. Andrea Wallace presented a poster titled Caregiver Involvement in Patient Discharge: Caregiver and Clinician Experiences.
- Dr. Caroline Stephens, Michael Hollingshaus, Dr. Eli Iacob, Dr. Djin Tay, Dr. Linda Edelman, and Dr. Rebecca Utz presented a poster titled Family Type Impacts Nursing Home Resident End-of-Life: A Population-Based Rural Urban Evaluation.
- Dr. Djin Tay, Kline Dubose, Jonathan Chipman, Malek Alnajar, Dr. Lee Ellington, Dr. Eli Iacob, Dr. Caroline Stephens, and Katherine Ornstein presented a poster titledRisk of Mental Health Disorders in Bereavement: A Population-Based Analysis of Lung Cancer Spouses.
- Dr. Megan Thomas Hebdon, Carolyn Phillips, Kate Doyon, Tamryn Gray, Shaowei Wan, Lee Johnson, Amy Patten, Cuong Phan, and Stacy Fischer presented a poster titled, Financial Interventions for Family Caregivers: A Scoping Review.
- Dr. Rebecca Utz, Dr. Eli Iacob, Cathi Sparks, Amber Thompson, Alex Terrill, and Dr. Bob Wong presented a poster titled Time for Living and Caring (TLC): An Online Self-Administered Intervention for Dementia Caregivers.
- Dr. Echo Warner, Dr. Mary Killela, Austin Waters, Perla Vaca Lopez, Amy Chevrier, Monique Stefanou, Katie Rogers, Douglas Fair, and Dr. Anne Kirchhoff presented a poster titled Intervening on Childhood Cancer Caregivers’ Health Insurance Literacy and Legislation Knowledge.
Dr. Scott Christensen will deliver a podium presentation titled The Novel Use of Video Vignettes to Explore Workplace Violence in Nursing at the ANA Enterprise Research Symposium in New Orleans.
Dean Marla De Jong and Tammy Austin-Ketch facilitated the Academic Health Center Like Schools Focused Discussion at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) 2024 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference in Washington, DC, and presented themes to the AACN Board of Directors.
In the Media
Dr. Linda Edelman presented a Rural Roads podcast titled Farmer and Ranch Stress, addressing unique aspects of farmer and ranch stress, signs of stress, incidence of substance use disorder, ways to provide support, and resources that are available to farmers, ranchers, and their families. Episodes of the Rural Roads podcast address topics and issues of import to those associated with a Health Resources and Services Administration-funded Rural Communities Opioid Response Program. Dr. Edelman leads workforce development research through her work with the Utah Rural Opioid HealthCare Consortium-Collaborative Care Model Program. The podcast is available on Spotify.
Professional Service
Dr. Lee Ellington served on the Program Planning Committee for the 3rd Conference on Caregiving Research, and the Junior Investigator Post-Conference Workshop Subcommittee.
Publication
Ong T, Barrera JF, Sunkara C, Soni H, Ivanova J, Cummins MR, Schuler KR, Wilczewski H, Welch BM, Bunnell BE. Mental health providers are inexperienced but interested in telehealth-based virtual reality therapy: Survey study. Front Virtual Real. 2024;5:1332874. https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2024.1332874
Recognition of Clinical Work
On Pulse, Adam Christiansen recognized Dr. Amanda Dailey-Hansen, writing, “Thank you for being willing to fill in and help out when needed, it makes a huge difference and we appreciate you! Thanks for your contributions to making this a great place for our patients and colleagues!” Dr. Dailey-Hansen worked multiple extra shifts when the department was understaffed. Dr. Lauri Linder echoed the recognition, writing, “This is such a nice recognition of your contributions to practice and working to ensure excellence to the patients you serve.”
Professional Development
Dr. Sumin Park was competitively selected to attend the Secondary Caregiver Data Analysis Trainee Workshop that followed the 3rd Conference on Caregiving Research in Pittsburgh.