Professional Certification
Mike Brammer, Human Resources and Employment Manager, met criteria for and earned SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certification. Offered by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), SHRM-SCP is a senior-level certification that validates expertise in leading strategic human resources (HR) functions, including developing policies and procedures, executing integrated HR operations, and aligning strategies with organization goals. The certification requires at least three years of strategic level HR experience and passing a 134-question competency-based exam. Mike also serves on the Board of Directors for the Salt Lake Chapter of SHRM.
Community Events
The College of Nursing helped sponsor the Kaleidoscope: Aging with the Creative Spirit – Utah’s first Creative Aging festival that showcased the creativity, connection, and vitality of older adults through free performances, classes, diverse exhibits, and community events. Kickoff events for the 2-week festival took place at the Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center in Taylorsville, while additional activities took place statewide. Dr. Jacqueline Eaton served on the planning committee and evaluated the festival as part of an intramurally funded project for which she is Principal Investigator.
Meaghan Kennedy, Laura Linton, and Ivy Zawalski – Doctor of Nursing Practice students specializing in Psychiatric-Mental Health – joined Dr. Liz Greene and alumnae Dr. Shauna Cheshire and Dr. Danielle Gremlich as volunteers on the Compassion Committee for the Salt Lake City Out of the Darkness Community Walk in West Jordan. The team provided emotional support to participants throughout the day. Sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the annual walk raises awareness about suicide, honors and remembers loved ones, offers emotional support to participants, and raises funds for suicide prevention education programs, group facilitator training and support initiatives, efforts that protect mental health, research about preventing suicide, and advocacy for federal and state legislation. This year’s Salt Lake City Walk raised more than $227,650.
Presentations
Faculty and colleagues delivered presentations, spoke as panelists, and moderated panel discussions at the National Pediatric Nurse Scientist Collaborative (NPNSC) Conference held at Primary Children’s Hospital. The conference brought together nurse scientists and community partners to advance nursing science and foster collaborative work to improve the health and healthcare of children.
- Dr. Perry Gee, Dean Marla De Jong, and Amanda Richards welcomed attendees and provided an overview of the College of Nursing and Primary Children’s Hospital.
- Digital Health Interventions to Advance Symptom Management for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Cancer. Dr. Lauri Linder. Scientific session.
- R/EBP Strategy and Education at Intermountain Health/U of Utah Nursing. Elizabeth Corless, Dr. Kelly Mansfield, Dr. Julie Gee, Cami Perry, and Janine Roberts (moderator). Panel presentation.
- Pediatric Clinical Research. Dr. Shawna Sisler, Kaylee Fauvell, Leandra Bitterfeld, Melissa Winder, and Dr. Perry Gee (moderator). Panel presentation.
- Navigating Care for Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Populations – How We Can Work Together. Holland Howe, Nhu Tran, and Dr. Andrea Wallace (moderator). Panel presentation.
- Implementation Science Best Practice. Timothy Fowles, Dr. Kathryn Friddle, and Dr. Kelly Mansfield (moderator). Panel presentation.
Faculty and a postdoctoral fellow presented posters at the One-U Responsible AI Initiative Annual Symposium in Salt Lake City.
- Accuracy and Comprehensiveness of Health Insurance Queries on GenerativeAI Platforms. Dr. Mary Killela, Allyson Foor, Perla Vaca Lopez, Ida Tovar, Dr. Anne Kirchhoff, and Dr. Echo Warner.
- Needs Assessment Highlights AI Training Priorities. Dr. Carolyn Scheese, Dr. Jesika Chavez-England, and Dr. Seneca Perri Moore.
Dr. Cathy Maxwell delivered a plenary presentation titled Addressing Complexities in Older Trauma Patients at the 21st Annual Rocky Mountain Geriatrics Conference in Salt Lake City.
Dr. Julie Valentine and PhD student Sherry Huang delivered a presentation titled Start by Believing: Transforming Responses to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence at the 11th Annual Utah Sexual Violence Conference in Midvale. The Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault sponsored the conference.
Publication
Bunnell HT, Reedy C, Lorman V, Jhaveri R, Rivera-Sepulveda A, Salamon KS, Patel PB, Morse KE, Davenport MA, Cowell LG, Utidjian L, Christakis DA, Rao S, Sills MR, Case A, Mendonca EA, Taylor BW, Rutter J, Martinez AT, Letts R, Bailey LC, Forrest CB, RECOVER Consortium (Cummins M, Gouripeddi R, Consortium authors). A natural language processing pipeline for identifying pediatric long COVID symptoms and functional impacts in freeform clinical notes: A RECOVER study. JAMIA Open. 2025;8(5):ooaf089. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooaf089