College Kudos

December

Dr. Sara Hart led a podium presentation titled Family Caregiving Competencies for Nursing Education: Recommendations from a National Consortium at American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Transform 2023 conference. Co-presenters included National Consortium members Dr. Kathryn Sexson from the University of California, Davis; Dr. Nannette Cowen from Binghamton University in New York; Dr. Andra Davis from the University of Portland in Oregon; Jennifer Mongoven from the University of California, Davis; Dr. Connie Perkins from St. Bonaventure University in New York; Dr. Tanya Seward from the University of Providence in Montana; and Dr. Hui Zhao from James Madison University in Virginia.

Dr. Julie Valentine and colleagues presented podium presentations at the American Society of Criminology, 78th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.

• Dr. Julie Valentine, Brooke Stacey, and Leslie Miles presented Non-fatal Strangulation and Sexual Assault.
• Dr. Julie Valentine and Leslie Miles presented Sexual Assault of Victims Born with Male Genitalia.
• Dr. Julie Valentine, Leslie Miles, and Sam Payne presented Sexual Assault Kits and Development of Uploaded CODIS STR DNA Profiles.

Shelby-Jade Murdock, Jennifer Lloyd, Natalya Alekhina, Ramkiran Gouripeddi, Dr. Mollie Cummins, and Dr. Julio Facelli presented a poster titled A Domain Analysis of eIRB Applications to Identify Data Extraction Requests for Clinical Research at the American Medical Informatics Association 2023 Annual Symposium in New Orleans, LA.

The Day of Disability & Neurodiversity, hosted in partnership with the Center for Disability and Access, Disability Studies, and the Universal Design and Access Committee, recognizes the year-round importance of promoting understanding and inclusivity on campus and facilitating discussions on ways to improve access for all. Audra Carlisle, Michael Bard, Jane Price, Jackie Warner, and Sherrá Watkins were panelists for a session titledCelebrating & Navigating Neurodiversity @ the U. Panelists described best practices and learner-focused strategies for creating classroom and campus spaces where neurodiversity is welcome and included.

November

In partnership with the Department of Biomedical Informatics and the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah Health Digital Health Initiative is sponsoring a Digital Health Think Tank discussion titled Accelerating Virtual Care University of Utah Health on December 6, 2023. Panelists Mike Applegarth, Dr. Elizabeth Sloss, and Nate Gladwell will participate in an engaging panel discussion about what is happening around Virtual Care on campus.

Dr. Linda Edelman, Dr. Larry Garrett, Christopher Hernandez, and Megan McClure of the Utah Rural Opioid Healthcare Consortium – Collaborative Care Model (UROHC-CCM) attended the 2023 Rural Opioid and Stimulant Wellness Summit, hosted by Utah State University Extension in Price. The UROHC-CCM grant sponsored 25 students from the University of Utah, Southern Utah University, and Weber State University to attend the summit in person. Students had the opportunity to assemble wound care kits, listen to experts who work with substance use disorders, hear the stories of those in recovery, and make connections with others in this line of work. During the summit, Dr. Linda Edelman gave a presentation on Farm Stress: Recognizing the Risk and Providing Resources for the Farmers and Ranchers in Our Communities that resonated with the attendees of rural communities.

To prepare for the summit, Dr. Brenda Luther, along with Hailey Haffey from the School of Medicine, organized a webinar for students that focused on narrative medicine, active listening, and motivation. Students learned about the tools used in narrative medicine and active listening and then applied those in a simulation where they acted as a “provider” and talked with their new “patient” who had a substance use disorder.

The Excellence in Education initiative (CONExEd) hosted a TEACHtalks conversation focusing on right-sizing courses.

• Jane Price provided useful information on how to manage large classes, and use online grading tools.
• Dr. Sue Chase-Cantarini led an open discussion about backward design, where faculty keep the ultimate goal(s) of the course in mind when preparing the syllabi, writing curriculum, and planning assignments.

Dr. Deanna Kepka, Amanda Petrik, Emily McGough, Kaila Christini, and Gloria Coronado presented a poster titled PREVENT – Practice-based Approaches to Promote HPV Vaccination at the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences New Grantee Workshop on October 30-31, 2023 in Shady Grove, MD.

Dr. Rebekah Perkins, Dr. Nanci McLeskey, and Dr. Ann Butt delivered a presentation titled Promoting Competency-Based Education: An Innovative Undergraduate Nursing Course at the National Hartford Center for Geriatric Nursing Excellence (NHCGNE) Leadership Conference. A unique segment of the course NURS 3430 Nursing Across the Lifespan stands out due to its integration of large-group simulation-based education within the classroom. The objective is to facilitate the development of students' skills and confidence in using the Age-Friendly Health Systems 4Ms Framework to assess older adults and form care plans. Students achieve learning objectives through collaborative work within peer groups, involving standardized patients and their family caregivers.

As an invited speaker, Dr. Echo Warner provided a lightning talk titled Perceptions of Online Cancer Misinformation among Cancer Patients at the First Annual DELPHI Symposium.

As an invited speaker, Dr. Echo Warner provided a talk titled Social Media Use among Young Cancer Patients and Caregivers at the Pediatric, Adolescent, & Young Adult Cancer Research Symposium.

Dr. Cheryl Armstrong will deliver an oral presentation titled Educating Low-Literacy Lay Midwives in Guatemala about Breastfeeding Recommendations in the Era of COVID-19 at the Sigma 47th Biennial Convention in San Antonio, TX on November 14, 2023.

Dr. Liz Sloss, Dr. Catherine Staes, Jordan McPherson, Dr. Carolyn Scheese, Teresa Taft, and Dr. Jia-Wen Guo presented a poster titled Information Needs When Deciding to Start a New Line of Therapy for Advanced Cancer: Are Patients, Caregivers, and Oncologists Aligned? at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Quality Care Symposium in Boston, MA on October 27, 2023.

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’s (AACN) 2023 Academic Nursing Leadership Conference in Washington, DC, and presented themes to the AACN Board of Directors.

Numerous faculty, staff, pre- and post-doctoral fellows, and students will represent the College of Nursing at the GSA 2023 on November 8-12, 2023 in Tampa, FL.

Workshop: AGHE Program of Merit: Technical and Practical Application Information and Assistance. Dr. Marilyn Gugliucci, Dr. Donna Weinreich, and Dr. Katarina Friberg-Felsted. 

Symposium: Addressing the Needs of African American Bereaved Dementia Caregivers. Dr. Zachary Baker, Ashley Millenbah, Sheryl Fairbanks, Robbin Frazier. Discussant: Dr. Katherine Supiano

Symposium: Using Community Engagement to Develop, Test, and Implement Interventions for Dementia Care Partners. Chair: Dr. Jacqueline Eaton

• A Community-Based Approach to Refining the Enhancing Active Caregiver Training (EnACT) Intervention. Dr. Jacqueline Eaton, Dr. Sara A. Neller, Moroni D. Fernandez Cajavilca, Dr. Julene K. Johnson, Dr. Lee Ellington
• Using RE-AIM to Guide Intervention Development and Pilot Testing: Case Study of the TLC Intervention. Dr. Rebecca Utz, Amber Thompson, Cathi Sparks, Dr. Bob Wong, Dr. Eli Iacob, Dr. Alexandra L. Terrill, Dr. Mike Caserta
• LEADing Advance Care Conversations: Development of an Intervention Platform. Dr. Kara B. Dassel, Nancy Aruscavage, Emily Nachtweih,Dr. Katherine P. Supiano, Dr. Rebecca Utz, Dr. Eli Iacob, Jordana L. Clayton
• Engaging with Nursing Home Social Workers to Develop and Implement Clinical Intervention Training. Dr. Katherine P. Supiano, Dr. Troy C. Andersen, Laura Bradbury, Kimberly Ponce Gonzalez

ESPO and Social Research, Policy, and Practice Section Symposium: Law as a Determinant of Health: A Social Justice Lens to Impactful Policy Engagement. Chair: Dr. Sara Bybee, Co-Chair: Dr. Kexin Yu

• A Life Course Approach to Identifying Eviction Laws Affecting Older Adults and Historically Marginalized Groups. Dr. Sara Bybee, Dr. Sarah L. Canham, Nasser Sharareh, Dr. Fernando Wilson, Nathanael Player, Dr. Andrea Wallace

Symposium: Embracing the Queer Art of Failure in Gerontological Research and Education. Chair: Dr. Sara Bybee, Co-Chair: Dr. Austin Oswald

• Participants’ Perspectives on Receiving Results Using Found Poetry: A Mixed-Methods Study. Dr. Sara Bybee, Dr. Jacqueline Eaton, Dr. Bob Wong

Symposium: Rural Health, Family Caregiving, and Dementia: Characteristics and Needs Across Populations. Chair: Dr. Caroline Stephens, Co-Chair: Rebecca Goodwin

• Dying with Dementia in Nursing Homes: A Population-Based Perspective of Decedents and Their Families. Dr. Caroline Stephens, Rebecca Goodwin, Dr. Eli Iacob, Michael Hollingshaus, Dr. Ken R. Smith, Dr. Djin L. Tay, Dr. Rebecca Utz, Dr. Katherine Ornstein
• Who Dies in a Rural Nursing Home With and Without Family? Evidence from the Utah Population Database. Rebecca Goodwin, Dr. Katherine Ornstein, Dr. Eli Iacob, Dr. Michael Hollingshaus, Dr. Ken R. Smith, Dr. Djin L. Tay, Dr. Rebecca Utz, Dr. Caroline Stephens

Paper Session: Enhancing Caregiver Services and Supports. Developing a Conceptual Model to Assess Active Engagement within a Dementia Caregiver Intervention. Dr. Sara A. Neller, Moroni D. Fernandez Cajavilca, Dr. Julene K. Johnson, Dr. Lee Ellington, Dr. Jacqueline Eaton

Paper Session: Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia. Chair: Dr. Kara B. Dassel

• Feasibility and Efficacy of the LEAD Dementia Advance Care Planning Intervention. Dr. Kara B. Dassel, Dr. Eli Iacob, Jordana L. Clayton, Nancy Aruscavage, Dr. Katherine P. Supiano, Dr. Rebecca Utz

Paper Session: Recommendations Regarding the Design of Pain Assessment and Management Tool for Older Adults with Heart Failure. Dr. Youjeong Kang, Dr. Yong K. Choi, Dr. Seung-Eun Oh

Paper Session: Intergenerational Health Promotion Projects with College Students

• Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Programs as AAA Age-Friendly Initiatives Partner. Dr. Jennifer J. Severance, Dr. Linda S. Edelman, Barbara Gordon, Susanna Luk-Jones, Jacqueline Telonidis, Jennifer Morgan

Making an IMPACT: An Integrated Model to Reduce Ageism and Support Professional Identities. Amy N. Powell-Versteeg, Dr. Rebekah Perkins,Dr. Scott Ward, Dr. Linda S. Edelman, Dr. Katherine P. Supiano

Conducting a Needs Assessment to Inform Age-Friendly Health Systems Initiative for University of Utah Health. Ashley D. Cadiz, Dr. Rebekah Perkins, Dr. Timothy Farrell, Dr. Linda S. Edelman

Engagement During Post-Acute Care Transition: Perceptions and Experiences of Dementia Family Caregivers. Dr. Ruth S. Tadesse, Dr. Karen S. Lyons, Dr. Glenise McKenzie, Dr. Sara Hart, Dr. Lee Ellington, Dr. Kristin G. Cloyes

The Impact of COVID-19: Identifying Wellness Strategies for Academic Gerontology and Nursing Faculty and Staff, in Physical and Mental Health Education and Interventions. Dr. Katarina Friberg-Felsted, Dr. Cheryl Armstrong, Dr. Jennifer Macali, Dr. Sara Simonsen, and Dr. Jennifer Clifton.

Re-Imagining Dementia Family Caregiver Engagement for Post-Acute Care Transitions: Lessons Learned from COVID-19. Dr. Ruth S. Tadesse, Dr. Karen S. Lyons, Dr. Glenise McKenzie, Dr. Sara Hart, Dr. Lee Ellington, Dr. Kristin G. Cloyes

CONTACT: An Online Coaching Tool to Empower Care Partners to Facilitate Conversations in Nursing Homes. Dr. Gail L. Towsley, Dr. Alexandra L. Terrill, Dr. Gregory N. Bayles

Predictors of Financial Burden in Two Samples of Adults with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. Jordana L. Clayton, Dr. Eli Iacob,Nancy Aruscavage, Dr. Rebecca Utz, Dr. Katherine P. Supiano, Dr. Sara Bybee, Dr. Kara B. Dassel

Successful Care Conferences: Nursing Home Staff, Persons with Dementia and Caregiver Perspectives. Dr. Gail L. Towsley, Dr. Linda S. Edelman, Shelby Montez

October

Sponsored by the College of Nursing Excellence in Education (CONExEd) initiative, Dr. Ana Sanchez-Birkhead and Dr. Alycia Bristol presented Team Teaching at the inaugural TEACHtalks, sharing their story of successful team teaching, recommending practices, and facilitating a lively discussion. The recording and materials are available on the TEACHtalks Pulse page.  

Several faculty will present as part of MEDiversity Week on October 23-27, 2023. The theme “Care-4-All Ages” draws attention to the importance of designing and delivering care that meets the needs of every person, regardless of age. Presentations will emphasize anti-ageism in health care and how to eliminate ageism, the designation of U Health as an Age-Friendly Health System, and the University’s membership in the Age-Friendly University Global Network.

• Expert panelists Karen Gunning, Jamuna Jones, and Dr. Katie Ward will present a Women in Health, Medicine, and Science webinar titled Let’s Talk About Menopause!, focusing on perimenopausal, menopausal, and post-menopausal health. They will facilitate a discussion that breaks down the barriers associated with talking about menopause, normalizing the changes that happen to women’s bodies as they go through menopause, and becoming more empowered as patients, providers, and supporters.
• The University of Utah is the newest member of the Age-Friendly University Global Network. Dean Marla De Jong, Dr. Jackie Eaton, Timothy Farrell, Dr. Katarina Friberg Felsted, Valerie Greer, and Ken Jameson will present AFU @ the U: What does the Age-Friendly University Designation Mean for You?
• James Brown will moderate a panel discussion titled Aging Through an Intersectional Lens. Panelists Nick Brening, Sharlee Capes, and Dr. Valerie Flattes will highlight common challenges faced by older adults from a variety of backgrounds, demonstrate similar threads that all experience when aging, and introduce ways in which all can be anti-ageist to create the best care regardless of age.
• The MEDiversity Week Town Hall will provide a chance for the community to ask panelists about their thoughts and expertise on health equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of Utah. Dr. Jose Rodriguez will moderate the town hall with panelists Drs. Michael Good, Linda Edelman, Gina Hawley, and Mary Ann Villarreal.

Integrating Social Risk Assessment and Communication During Inpatient Care: Effects on Discharge Processes, Patient Reported Outcomes, and 30-Day Readmissions. Dr. Andrea Wallace, Dr. Alycia Bristol, Erin Phinney Johnson, Dr. Catherine E. Elmore, Angela Presson, Kaleb Eppich, and Mackenzie Elliott.

Effective Communication Interventions when Referring Patients to Community Services for Unmet Social Needs. Dr. Brenda Luther, Dr. Sara Bybee, Dr. Catherine Elmore, Ernest Grigorian, Samuel Wang, Jorie Butler, and Dr. Andrea Wallace.

Opportunities for Improving Caregiver Involvement in Primary Care after Hospital Discharge: Caregiver and Primary Care Provider Perspectives. Dr. Catherine Elmore, Lisa Barry, Kirsten Schmutz, Mackenzie Elliott, Erin Johnson, Dr. Alycia Bristol, and Dr. Andrea Wallace. 

Integrating Social Risk Assessment and Communication During Inpatient Care: Applying the Implementation Logic Model to Uncover Key Mechanisms and Needed Strategies. Dr. Andrea Wallace, Erin Phinney Johnson, Dr. Alycia Bristol, Dr. Catherine Elmore, and Mackenzie Elliott.

Dr. Andrea Wallace will serve as the 8th Annual Keynote speaker for the Boston Children's Hospital Annual Evidence-Based Practice Mentorship Program Lecture on October 17. Her talk, Applying Evidenced-Based Practice-Related Implementation Strategies: Translating Social Health Care Priorities to Reduce Disparities, will be part of a charge by Boston Children's nurse scientists and leaders, who also hold appointments at Harvard Medical School, to advance the integration of best evidence to improve care and outcomes for patients, their families, and staff. Each year, a national expert is invited to present their work related to evidence-based practice. Dr. Wallace’s lecture also will include an interview in OPENPediatrics World Shared Practice Forum for Nursing. This high-fidelity webcast is used to connect international nursing experts with nurse leaders worldwide. The World Shared Practice Forum is offered in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.

Dean Marla De Jong, Tracey Nixon, and Sandi Gulbransen were panelists for a session titled Elevating Employee Engagement: Creative Insights for Staff Retention, Satisfaction, and Shared Governance at the University of Utah Health Regional Network 9th Annual Affiliate Symposium. Dean De Jong described opportunities for partnership with the College of Nursing, Tracey focused on empowering nurses through nursing shared governance, and Sandi spoke about how leaders empower a value culture. Carrie Radmall and Shelley Kern tabled, sharing information about College of Nursing academic programs with symposium attendees.

Several faculty, staff, and students will present at the 2023 International Conference on Communication in Healthcare in Puerto Rico on October 23-25, 2023.

Dr. Cara Wolf presented The Fundamentals of LGBTQ+ Health Care at the National Conference on Correctional Health Care in Las Vegas. This session aimed at improving the basic cultural competency of health professionals who care for LGBTQ+ individuals experiencing incarceration.

Dr. Jennifer Hamilton delivered two presentations at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Pediatric Virtual Symposium

• Genetics for the Pediatric-focused APRN
• Pharmacogenetics for the Pediatric-focused APRN: Things You Vaguely Remember from Pharmacology

Dr. Julie Valentine presented a poster titled Improving Submission Rates of Sexual Assault Kits at the American Academy of Nursing 2023 Health Policy Conference in Washington, DC.

Faculty, staff, students, and alumni presented at the 2nd Second World Congress of Integrative Medicine and Health in Rome, Italy.

• Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Julie Fritz, Belinda Anderson, Camille Moreno, and Paula Gardiner presented a podium and a poster presentation titled Designing and Delivering a Feminist Research-Informed Return of Results to Midlife Women: An Intersectionality Method to Understand and ‘Foreground’ Marginalized Voices.
• Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Autumn Bear, Lauren Ziaks, Rhonda Taubin, Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell, and Melissa Cortez presented a poster titled Acupuncture Therapy for Autonomic Symptom Management: A Retrospective Case Series
• Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Camille Moreno, Belinda Anderson, Melissa Cortez, Lisa Conboy, Luul Farah, Sara Farah, Julie Fritz, Cinnamon Geppelt, Dorina Lee, Heather Merkley, Lori Pacheco, Wendy Sanders, Dr. Xiaoming Sheng, Kari Stoddard, Fahina Tavake-Pasi, Jeannette Villalta, and Paula Gardiner presented a poster titled Addressing a Gap in Menopause Care (MENOGAP): Pilot Testing an Integrative Group Medical Visit.
• Belinda Anderson, Melissa Zappa, Brent Leninger, and Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson presented a poster titled Evidence-based Medicine Analysis of Chinese Herbal Medicine Prescribing for COVID-19 Patients during the Pandemic in the United States: A Cross-sectional Survey.

Two PhD students presented posters at The Science of Tai Chi & Qigong as Whole-Person Health in Boston. 

• Wen Tu, mentored by Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, presented Influence of the Transtheoretical Model-Based Ba Duan Jin Exercise on Glycemic Indicators and Psychological Discomfort of Menopausal Women with Type 2 Diabetes: A Literature Review
• Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell, mentored by Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, presented Somatic Movement as a Core Component in Social-Emotional Learning Curricula in Elementary Schools: A Conceptual Framework

Dr. Scott Christensen delivered a talk titled Addressing Workplace Violence in Nursing: Trends and Safety Measures at the 2023 Healthcare Vendor Night for the Saint Louis Chapter of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing, and the St. Louis Oncology Nursing Society.

September

Sponsored by the Academy of Health Science Educators, the 10th Annual Education Symposium is September 18, 2023. Numerous faculty will present.  

• Dr. Rebecca Wilson, Dr. Ann Butt, and Catherine Soehner, Associate Dean for Research and Director of the Eccles Health Science Library will moderate the event.  
• Amanda Keddington and Dr. Cynthia Garbett will present a TED Talk titled Psychological Safety: The Key to Candid Classroom Conversation.  
• Dr. Ann Butt and Ken Johnson will present a TED Talk titled CISBEL: What is it and What Does it Mean for ME and MY Students? 
• Brandon Patterson, Dr. Ann Butt, Chad McDonald, Matt Davis, Cole Benson, and Jonah Brooks will present a workshop titled Healthcare Innovation in Extended Reality.  
• Dr. Rebekah Perkins, Dr. Nanci McLeskey, and Dr. Ann Butt will present a workshop titled Designing a Simulation Workshop to Support Competency-Based Education through Experience-Based Learning in the Classroom.  
• Dr. Sara Hart and Dr. Jackie Eaton will present a workshop titled Integrating Family-Centered Care and Family Caregiving Competencies (FCG-C) in Health Professions Education: Small Steps for a Big Impact.  
• Dr. Katie Ward, Dr. Jennifer Macali, Megan Fix, Sarah Burton, Dr. Cheryl Armstrong, Dr. Sue Chase-Cantarini, Maija Holsti, Tony Tsai, Thunder Jalili, and Kristi Kleinschmit will present a workshop titled Mentoring & Coaching: Who’s Who and What’s What Across Health Sciences?! 
• Dr. Jia-Wen Guo will present an e-Poster titled Development of an Asynchronous GENIE Module – Gamified Learning of IPE Telehealth.  
• Dr. Rebekah Perkins, Dr. Katarina Friberg-Felsted, Dr. Kara Dassel, and Dr. Jacqueline Eaton will present an e-Poster titled Promoting Age Inclusivity to Enhance Excellence within the University of Utah College of Nursing. 

Dr. Chris Macintosh will present Mapping AACN Sub-Competencies to Course Learning Outcomes Using Semantic Similarity Scores at the American Medical Informatics Association Linking Informatics and Education Academic Forum (LIEAF) in November. 

Faculty will present at the Utah Nurses Association 2023 Fall Conference on September 30, 2023 at Southern Utah University. The conference theme is Reimagining Care in a Post-COVID World. 

• Dr. Scott Christensen and Dr. Barbara Wilson will present Finding Solutions in the Workplace – Promoting Healthy Workplace Environments by Exploring Why Nurses do not Report being the Victims of Workplace Violence.   
• Dr. Perry Gee will present Thriving in the Workplace.  

Haley Bento, Emily Gherghel, and Kristy Gauthier will present Teaching Interprofessional Collaboration in Critical Care: Simulation Strategies for Enhancing Competencies in The Classroom and Beyond: Preparing Students for Collaborative Practice track at the Nexus Summit 2023 on September 27, 2023.

Angie Fenton will present Keep Them: Supporting New Graduates and Preceptors in Perianesthesia at the Utah Society of Perianesthesia Nurses Fall Conference at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, on September 23, 2023. 

August

The CON was well represented August 9-11, 2023 at the 47th Annual PA/NP Conference at Snowbird. Speakers and their topics included: 

• Dr. Tom Rowley – Assessing Motivation for Lifestyle Change, Motivational Interviewing and Patient Compliance 
• Dr. Zoe Robbins – Anxiety Concepts & Care in a Primary Care Setting 
• Dr. Keisa Lynch – Viral Hepatitis: Screening, Management, Treatment  
• Dr. Jen Clifton, Matt Pierce, Joe Shuler, and Joshua Caless – Human Trafficking: An Overlooked Health Crises 

Dr. Jen Clifton was a member of the conference planning committee. If interested in presenting at this state-level conference, please contact Dr. Clifton. 

July

The College of Nursing was well-represented at the Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium held on August 3, 2023. The following students presented posters: 

• Nestor Chavez: An Analysis of Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, and Resilience in Prelicensure Nursing Students During a Global Pandemic (Research mentor: Dr. Paula Meek) 
• Alycia Colunga: Online Cancer Information Seeking and Feasibility of Web-Monitoring Among Cancer Patients (Research Mentor: Dr. Echo Warner) 
• Danielle Gambino: Motivations to Participate in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Among Overweight and Obese Women Planning Pregnancy (Research Mentor: Dr. Sara Simonsen) 
• Irene Liang: I'm at the Mercy of the Cost of Food: The Impact of Inflation on Financial Toxicity in Cancer Immunotherapy Patients (Research Mentor: Dr. Djin Tay) 
• Rowan Neill: Primary Care Modules: An Effective Nursing Educational Model? (Research Mentor: Dr. Linda Edelman) 
• Mya Thomas: Building Partnerships in Uganda to Improve Cervical Cancer Prevention (Research Mentor: Dr. Deanna Kepka) 

Faculty presented at the 2023 Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists Conference (ADCES) in Houston, TX. 

• Dr. Shinduk Lee, Dr. Sara Simonsen, and Bryan Gibson presented a poster titled Social Influence on Individual Decisions to Participate in a Diabetes Prevention Program.  
• Dr. Michelle Litchman, Dr. Nancy Allen, Lorne Farovitch, Dr. Shinduk Lee, and Dawn Noe delivered an oral presentation titled How the Broken American Sign Language Interpreter System Impacts Diabetes Education. 
• Michelle Boakye, Dr. Nancy Allen, and Kristen Yehl delivered an oral presentation titled Transitioning into Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support: Experiences of Adults Newly Diagnosed with T2D. 
• Karissa Mirus, Dr. Michelle Litchman, Ryan Layton, Susan Layton, Dr. Shinduk Lee, and Dr. Nancy Allen presented a poster titled Developing Diabetes Education Videos for Deaf Populations Who Communicate Using American Sign Language. Accepted for the Distinguished Poster Showcase, team members also delivered a 10-minute oral presentation.  
• Dr. Allyson Hughes, Dr. Michelle Litchman, and Dr. Lisa Golden participated on a panel presentation titled Employ Best Practices for Working with People with Diabetes and Disabilities. 
• Jennifer Clements, Dr. Nancy Allen, Alexandra Kazaks, Kristina Naseman, Christina Whitehouse, Mayra Judith Cantazaro, Julia Blanchette, and James Fain facilitated Research Round Tables: A Speed Networking Opportunity with ADCES Research Experts (Part 1).  
• Jennifer Clements, Alexandra Kazaks, Dr. Nancy Allen, Julia Blanchette, Kristina Naseman, Carla Cox, Michelle Boakye, Jennifer Rosselli, Gladys Ekong, James Fain, and Patricia Davidson facilitated Research Round Tables: A Speed Networking Opportunity with ADCES Research Experts (Part 2). 

Dr. Anna Alder and Karen Stutzer will present Educating & Engaging the Multigenerational Workforce at the Intermountain Nursing Professional Development Summer 2023 Webinar on August 18, 2023.   

Faculty, students, postdoctoral fellows, and alumni presented at the 34th International Nursing Research Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 

• Dr. Jenneth Doria delivered an oral presentation titled Harnessing Nursing Leadership to Support Determinants of Health, moderated two sessions on simulation, and was selected for a focus group. 
• Dr. Jake Steenblik, Dr. Larry Garrett, Alejandro Blitch, Andrew Jones, Gerrit Seymour, Marina Griffith, Sikoti Langi, Jonathan Crump, Carrie Gold, and Dr. Troy Madsen delivered an oral presentation titled Improving Opioid and Naloxone Education in the Emergency Department Through Nursing Education. 
• Dr. Kimberly Garcia, Dr. Cheryl Armstrong, and Dr. Eli Iacob delivered an oral presentation titled Assessing Guatemalan Lay Midwives' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices regarding COVID-19. 
• Dr. Jennifer Macali and Dr. Cheryl Armstrong presented a poster titled Incorporating Sustainability Concepts in Nursing Education: Now is the Time to Act. 
• Dr. Cheryl Armstrong, Dr. Jennifer Macali, Dr. Katarina Felsted, Dr. Jennifer Clifton, and Dr. Sara Simonsen delivered a Pecha Kucha presentation titled Leveraging Technology through Gaming to Increase Student Nurses Participation, Equity, and Knowledge Retention. 
• Dr. Christine Platt, Jana Hunsley, Thaddeus Pace, Brennan Platt, Helena Morrison, and Sheila Gephart delivered a podium presentation titled Recognizing Children in the Caregiving Process: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial with Foster Families.  

Dr. Schola Matovu delivered several international presentations. 

• Empowerment to 500 nursing students of Good Samaritan, International School of Nursing and Midwifery, and St. Mary’s Institute of Health Sciences in Lira, Uganda. 
• Facilitators and Barriers to Sustainable Livelihoods for Ugandan Grandmother-Caregivers at the 3rd Global Carework Summit at the University of Costa Rica. 
• Grandmother Caregiving Research at the Eastern Africa National Institute of Health Fogarty Fellows Research Workshop and Symposium at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  
• Empowering Authentic Leaders through Identification of True Core Values at a workshop to train female faculty of MUHAS. This was a collaborative project between the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Global Cancer Program, Ethos, and the MUHAS Gender Unit. 
• Empowering the Nurse Leaders at the UCSF Global Cancer Lecture series, which was held to celebrate International Nurses Day.   

Faculty and staff presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®) in Amsterdam on July 16-20, 2023. 

• Dr. Kathie Supiano, Laura Bradbury, and Dr. Troy Anderson presented a poster titled Training Nursing Home Social Workers in the Pre-loss Group Support Intervention. 
• Dr. Kathie Supiano, Jordana Clayton, and Nancy Aruscavage presented a poster titled LEADing Advance Care Conversations: Concordance amongst ADRD Dyads. 
• Dr. Eli Iacob, Dr. Kara Dassel, Nancy Aruscavage, Jordana Clayton, Dr. Rebecca Utz, and Dr. Kathie Supiano presented a poster titled Feasibility and Efficacy of the LEAD Dementia Advance Care Planning Intervention. 

The Natural History Museum of Utah (NHMU) is featuring Dr. Sara Bybee for its Scientist in the Spotlight: Social Scientist program on July 21. NHMU’s Scientist in the Spotlight program is held at the Museum twice a month. Local scientists share their research with museum visitors in an informal, open house format using conversation, pictures, microscopes, specimens, tools, hands-on activities, and demonstrations. 

Julie Lucero, Linda Nguyen, Lilliam Pinzón, and Dr. Andrea Wallace delivered a panel presentation titled Setting Boundaries across Your Career at the University of Utah Health Women’s Leadership Day: The Art of Setting Boundaries on June 1, 2023.  

June

Faculty presented at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2023 National Teaching Institute in Philadelphia, PA on May 22-24, 2023.  

• Dr. Anna Alder and Sarah Wells co-facilitated a concurrent session titled Better Together: Building Bridges Between Emergency and Critical Care to Promote Health Equity. 
• Desiree Hodges, Dr. Anna Alder, Nguyen Duong, and Deborah Hurley facilitated a panel discussion titled Leveraging Diversity Toward a Healthy Work Environment. 
• Kirsten Schmutz presented a poster titled Nurses Are Superheroes.  

Faculty, a post-doctoral fellow, and a doctoral student presented at the 16th International Family Nursing Conference in Dublin, Ireland on June 21-23, 2023. The conference theme was Global Innovations in Family Nursing: Advancing Family Health.  

• Eileen Engh and Dr. Kathy Sward presented a poster titled Parents Seeking Information about Rare Diseases – A Dynamic Sociotechnology Theory Scaffolds the Methods Used to Conduct a Study.  
• Dr. Lauri Linder, Dr. Christine Platt, Dr. Jia-Wen Guo, and Kristin Stegenga presented a poster titled Evaluation of the Content Validity and Reading Level of Instruments to Measure Symptom Self-management Behaviors in School-age Children with Cancer and their Parents. 
• Dr. Christine Platt, Thaddeus Pace, Sheila Gephart, Brennan Platt, Jana Hunsley, and Helena Morrison presented a podium presentation titled Salivary cortisol as a biomarker within foster family caregiving dyads: A pilot study.  

Drs. Linda Edelman, Brenda Luther, and Larry Garrett conducted a student summit on rural health and substance use disorders. The two-day summit was held in Price, Utah, and featured presentations from clinicians and community organizations from across the State. The summit was conducted as a part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded Utah Opioid Healthcare Consortium – Collaborative Care Model initiative that is focused on reducing opioid usage and dependence in Carbon, Emery, and Wayne counties.  

Dr. Larry Garrett presented Building, Training, and Diversifying the SUD Workforce at the 2023 Summer Institute on Substance Use, Ethics, and Culture. The University of Alaska Anchorage sponsored the Summer Institute.  

May

College of Nursing faculty and students presented at the Society for Acupuncture International Research Conference on May 17-21, 2023 in New York City, NY. The conference theme was From Mechanism to Patient-Centered Care: Research in Acupuncture and Traditional East Asian Medicine.

• Symposium: Measuring Patient-Centered Care: Common data sets for acupuncture trials across women’s lifespan. Kate
  Levett, Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Belinda “Beau” Anderson, Claudia Citkovitz, Lisa Conboy, Kathleen Lumiere, Rosa
  Schnyer.
• Post-Conference Workshop: Building Consensus – Producing Core Outcome Sets for Acupuncture Trials in Women’s
  Health. Kate Levett, Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Belinda “Beau” Anderson, Debra Betts, Claudia Citkovitz, Lisa Conboy,
  Kathleen Lumiere, Rosa Schnyer. Wen Tu and Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell assisted with the workshop.
• Oral Presentation: Volunteer Primary Care Providers' Experience with Referring Guatemalan Patients for Acupuncture
  Therapy. Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Buffy Taylor, Lisa Bell, Joan Boccino, Mindy Dillard, Caroline Sariah Howell,
  Cinnamon Geppelt, Ashlee Taft Nelson, Claudia Citkovitz, Gabby Alvarez, Wen Tu, Dr. Kimberly Garcia.
• Poster Presentations:
• Volunteer Primary Care Providers' Experience with Referring Guatemalan Patients for Acupuncture Therapy. Dr.
  Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Buffy Taylor, Lisa Bell, Joan Boccino, Mindy Dillard, Caroline Sariah Howell, Cinnamon
  Geppelt, Ashlee Taft Nelson, Claudia Citkovitz, Gabby Alvarez, Wen Tu, Dr. Kimberly Garcia.
• Training Guatemalan Lay Midwives in Acupressure for Preterm and Post-term Labor. Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson,
  Buffy Taylor, Lisa Bell, Joan Boccino, Mindy Dillard, Caroline Sariah Howell, Cinnamon Geppelt, Ashlee Taft
  Nelson, Claudia Citkovitz, Gabby Alvarez, Wen Tu, Dr. Kimberly Garcia.
• Delivering Acupuncture Therapy in Guatemala During a Medical Mission: Pilot Study Outcomes and Lessons
  Learned. Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Buffy Taylor, Lisa Bell, Joan Boccino, Mindy Dillard, Caroline Sariah
  Howell, Cinnamon Geppelt, Ashlee Taft Nelson, Claudia Citkovitz, Gabby Alvarez, Wen Tu, Dr. Kimberly Garcia.
• Acupuncture Therapy for Autonomic Symptom Management: A Retrospective Case Series. Dr. Lisa Taylor-
  Swanson, Autumn Bear, Lauren Ziaks, Rhonda Taubin, Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell, and Melissa Cortez.
• CARE – Health Research Reporting Guidelines for Case Reports. Lisa Conboy, Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Kathleen
  Lumiere, David Riley.

College of Nursing faculty and students presented posters at the Women, Disrupted: Environmental, Endocrine, Emotional, Equity & Economic Impacts on Women’s Health on May 18, 2023 at the University of Utah.

• Training Guatemalan Lay Midwives in Acupressure for Preterm and Post-term Labor. Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Lisa Bell,
  Mindy Dillard, Joan Boccino, Caroline Sariah Howell, Cinnamon Geppelt, Ashlee Taft Nelson, Buffy Taylor, Claudia
  Citkovitz, Wen Tu, Gabby Alvarez, Dr. Kimberly Garcia.
• Addressing a Gap in Menopause Care (MENOGAP): Pilot Testing and Integrative Group Medical Visit. Dr. Lisa Taylor-
  Swanson, Camille Moreno, Belinda “Beau” Anderson, Melissa Cortez, Lisa Conboy, Luul Farah, Sara Farah, Julie Fritz,
  Cinnamon Geppelt, Dorina Lee, Heather Merkley, Lori Pacheco, Wendy Sanders, Dr. Xiaoming Sheng, Kari Stoddard,
  Fahina Tavake-Pasi, Jeannette Villalta, Paula Gardiner

Star Jones, Alexia Harrist, Jay Middleton, Dr. Deanna Kepka, andCassandra Walkama were invited speakers for the HPV Panel at the Wyoming Immunization Conferencein Casper, WY

Dr. Kara Dassel will co-facilitate a workshop titled What if? The importance of Planning Ahead at Lynden Legacy Foundation's Caregiver Seminar & Workshops 2023 on May 20, 2023.

Faculty, students, and alumni presented at the American College of Nurse-Midwives 68th Annual Meeting & Exhibition on May 7-9, 2023, in Orlando, FL. The conference theme was Reimagine & Rebuild.

• Dr. Gwen Latendresse, Dr. Eli Iacob, Dr. Ryoko Kausler, Uma Dorn, Dr.Sara Simonsen, Dr. Xiaoming Sheng, Marcela Smid, Marcia Williams, and Kristen Weissinger delivered apodium presentation titled Randomized Trial of Telehealth Group Intervention to Reduce Perinatal Depressive Symptoms in Diverse Populations
• Dr. Ryoko Kausler, Dr.Gwen Latendresse, Dr. Eli Iacob, Dr. Marcela Smid, Jane Grassley, and Dr. Kathie Supiano presented a poster titled Feasibility andAcceptability of a Remote-Access Intervention among Women with Perinatal Depression/Anxiety and Substance Use Risk.

Dr. Scott Christensen was invited to deliver a podium presentation titled Safety and Violence in the Clinical Workplace at the 18th Annual Hoag Embracing Excellence in Oncology Nursing Practice Conference on June 2-3, 2023 in Huntington Beach, CA. 

Dr. Deanna Kepka presented a digital poster titled Higher Levels of HPV Vaccine Hesitancy Among Rural Hispanic Young Adults in The Western U.S. at the 35th International Papillomavirus Conference.  

Dr. Christina Wilson, Dr. Sara Bybee, and Land Gardinier presented a poster titled Good Cancer Care is Gender-affirming Care for Transgender Individuals with Gendered Cancers: A Scoping Review at Cleveland Clinic’s 18th Annual Clinical Nursing Research Conference. 

Dean Marla De Jong delivered a presentation about the College of Nursing at University of Utah Alumni Luncheon in St. George, UT on April 18, 2023.  

Faculty helped plan and presented at the Utah Nurse Practitioners’ (UNP) 28th Annual Pharmacology Conference in Park City, UT. 

• Conference Co-Chairs: Dr. Mandy Al-Khudairi and Kim Bayless 
• Conference Committee members include Dr. Katie Davis 
• Dr. ElLois Bailey delivered a podium presentation titled Exploring an Integrative Medicine Approach to the Treatment of Mental Health Disorders 
• Dr. Heidi Vawdrey delivered a podium presentation titled So, what else are you taking? Unraveling the Risks and Benefits of Common OTC Dietary Supplements 
• Dr. Heidi Vawdrey delivered a podium presentation titled Workup and Management of Thyroid Disorders in Primary Care 

Faculty presented at the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) 49th Annual Conference on April 26-30, 2023 in Orlando, FL. The conference theme was Momentum and Sustainability in Advancing NP Education. 

• Dr. Diane Chapman, Dr. Debra Penney, and Dr. Jia-Wen Guo delivered a podium presentation titled Curricular Approaches to Support Refugee Health Mentoring in the Community Setting  
• Dr. Tom Rowley, Dr. Diane Chapman, and Dr. Eli Iacob presented a poster titled Augmenting Course Curriculum with Online Health Learning Platforms: An Evaluation of Student Use, Satisfaction, Confidence and Application of Course Material 

Faculty, students, and alumni will present at the American College of Nurse-Midwives 68th Annual Meeting & Exhibition on May 7-9, 2023, in Orlando, FL. The conference theme is Reimagine & Rebuild.  

• DNP student Lisa Bell, Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, and Dr. Kimberly Garcia will present a poster titled Pilot Study with Guatemalan Lay Midwives about Acupressure to Encourage or Discourage Labor 
• Lisa Bell, Dr. Kimberly Garcia, Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, and Dr. Buffy Taylor will present a poster titled Primary Care Providers' Experience with Referring Guatemalan Patients for Acupuncture Treatment 

Faculty, staff, pre- and post-doctoral fellows, and students presented at the Society of Behavioral Medicine's 44th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions on April 26-29, 2023, in Phoenix, AZ. The conference theme was Translating Science into Impact.  

Pre-Conference Course: What You Need to Know about NIH Fellowship Grants (F31, F32): How Trainees and Mentors Can Make the Most of this Funding Opportunity. Tamara Somers, Hannah Fisher, Caroline Dorfman, Felicity Harper, Dr. Lee Ellington 

Poster Presentations: 

• A Phenomenological Study of Lived Experiences of Individuals with Perinatal Depression and Telehealth Group Interventions. Marcela Smid, Marcia Williams, Kritzia Merced-Morales, Ryoko Pentecost Kausler, Dr. Gwen Latendresse 
• Mixed Method Approach to Understanding Participation Barriers in a Perinatal Depression Group Telehealth Intervention Trial. Marcia Williams, Marcela Smid, Dr. Eli Iacob, Ryoko Pentecost Kausler, Dr. Sara Simonsen, Dr. Gwen Latendresse 
• Vaccine Hesitancy and Effects of Rurality among Young Adults (YAs), Western US, 2020-2021. Ida Tovar, Kaila Christini, Rebecca Richardson, Hannah Aanderud-Tanner, Amanda Petrik, Gloria Coronado, Dr. Deanna Kepka  
• Trial of Three Approaches to Promoting the DPP: Effects on Risk Perceptions, Self-Efficacy and Interest in Referral. Bryan Gibson, Dr. Sara Simonsen, David Wetter, Roger Altizer, Yue Zhang, Kelly Lundberg, Jon Barton, Marta Valadez, Nancy Valadez 

Podium Presentations: 

• Randomized Trial of a Group Telehealth Intervention to Reduce Perinatal Depressive Symptoms. Dr. Gwen Latendresse, Dr. ElLois Bailey, Uma Parameswaran Dorn, Carol Hogue, Dr. Eli Iacob, Ryoko Pentecost Kausler, Kritzia Merced-Morales, Dr. Xiaoming Sheng, Dr. Sara Simonsen, Marcela Smid, Nancy Thompson, Kirsten Weissinger, Marcia Williams 
• Crowdfunding Cancer Costs Online and LGBTQ+ Equity. Dr. Echo Warner, Caleb Easterly, Austin Waters, Cindy Turner, Dr. Jia-Wen Guo, Dr. Anne Kirchhoff, Stephen Rains, Dr. Kristin Cloyes 
• Concordance of Expected and Perceived Social Support among Cancer Survivors and Their Care Partners during COVID-19 Pandemic. Dr. Kristin Cloyes, Sarah Nowak, Dr. Jia-Wen Guo, Maija Reblin 
• Using Human-centered Design Methods to Adapt an Ehealth Platform for a Young Adult Cancer Survivor Group Intervention. Rina Fox, Terry Badger, Emmanuel Katsanis, Stacy Sanford, David Victorson, Betina Yanez, John Salsman, Dr. Echo Warner, Frank J. Penedo, Michael Antoni, Laura Oswald 
• Recorded Research Spotlight: Centering LGBTQ+ Perspectives in Cancer Financial Burden Research. Cindy Turner, Austin Waters, Caleb Easterly, Dr. Kristin Cloyes, Dr. Anne Kirchhoff, Stephen Rains, Dr. Echo Warner 

April

Rowan Neill – Honors and pre-licensure student and Dr. Linda Edelman’s mentee – presented a poster titled Primary Care
Modules: An Effective Nursing Educational Model? at the 2023 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Dr. Youjeong Kang hosted a virtual research seminar titled Utilization of Data Science in Nursing Research for the American
University of Beirut Rafic Hariri School of Nursing. 

U Health will host the Evidence-Based Practice and Wellness Champions Poster Fair on April 10-13, 2023, and 26 teams of
multidisciplinary faculty, staff, and students will present team-based improvement and wellness projects conducted throughout U Health. College of Nursing presenters are:

• Dr. Cheryl Armstrong: Implementing Wellness Initiatives to Enhance Professional and Personal Well-being of Nursing
  Academia Faculty and Staff
• Dr. Scott Christensen and Dr. Sue Chase-Cantarini: Newly Licensed Nurses’ Transition to Practice during Pandemic
  after Participating in Nurse Apprentice Program
• Bernadette Kiraly and Dr. Frances Johnson: Building Trust, Fostering Growth: The Power of Core Values and
  Psychological Safety

Dr. Lisa Taylor-Swanson, Elisabeth Osgood-Campbell, and Wen Tu presented a poster titled Women’s Interest in the
Development of an Integrative Group Medical Visit for the Menopausal Transition at the 2023 Integrative Medicine & Health
Symposium in Chicago, IL.

Dr. Deanna Kepka delivered a podium presentation titled Improving HPV Vaccination Rates in the Mountain West at the
Huntsman Cancer Institute Research Retreat: Discovery, Innovation, and Celebration.

Dr. Djin Tay was invited to present a research talk about non-parental caregiving and its implications for caregivers working in academia. She presented Emotional and Health Impacts of End of Life Caregiving and Bereavement: Implications for Family Caregivers in Academia and STEM at Policies and Practices for Supporting Family Caregivers Working in Science, Engineering, and Medicine: Symposium 2. The symposium, part of a series, provided guidance to an expert committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) who will create a report to provide leaders in academia and government with evidence-based guidance on how to implement policies and programs to support the retention, re-entry, and advancement of students and professionals working in science, engineering, and medicine who have family caregiving responsibilities.

Olivia Frazier, Eden Bennett, and Joshua Nay delivered a presentation about Transformational Gifts at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Nursing Advancement Professional Conference in Washington, DC.

Dean Marla De Jong and Robin Newhouse facilitated the Academic Health Center Like Schools Focused Discussion at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) Deans Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, and presented themes to the AACN Board of Directors.

Christopher Stucky, Felichism Kabo, and Dean Marla De Jong presented a poster titled Associations of Surgical Team Communication with the Layout of Physical Space: A Network Analysis of the Operating Room in a Military Medical Center at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Global Surgical Conference & Expo in San Antonio. They won third place for research posters.  

March

Dr. Mollie Cummins was a member of the Scientific Program Committee for the 2023 AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) Informatics Summit.

• Dr. Mollie Cummins Chaired the Social Determinants of Health: Addressing Disparities and Bias session.
• Ram Gouripeddi, Dr. Mollie Cummins, and colleagues presented a poster titled Developing a Metadata Description for Publishing Research Data Resources for Promoting their Reuse.
• Ram Gouripeddi, Jackson Barlocker, Natalya Alekhina, Jace Johnny, Jennifer Lloyd, Haddy Bah, Tina Greimes, and Dr. Mollie Cummins presented a poster titled Performance of Containerized Text De-identification (TiDE) for De-identification of RECOVER EHR Clinical Notes. The Nursing Informatics Conference Engagement Scholarship supported Natalya Alekhina, Jace Johnny, and Jennifer Lloyd’s participation.

The Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) invited Dr. Scott Christensen and Chris Snyder, University of Utah Chief of Police (Retired)to present Safety and Violence in Health care on April 26, 2023, at the 48th Annual ONS Congress.

Dr. Shawna Sisler delivered two podium presentations at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners 44th National Conference on Pediatric Health Care.

• Stephanie Evans and Dr. Shawna Sisler presented Lethal Means Reduction: The What, Why and How of Means Reduction for the Pediatric-focused APRN.
• Dr. Shawn Sisler presented Collaborative Parent-Teen Safety Planning for Suicidal Teens.

Dr. Scott Christensen, Shaun Hansen, and Dr. Barbara Wilson presented Conceptualizing Nurse Emotions with Affective Events Theory: A Scoping Review at the Cleveland Clinic Nursing Institute’s 18th Annual ClinicalNursing Research Conference.

Dr. Djin Tay, Mia Hashibe, and Dr. Lee Ellington presented When Hope is Not Enough: The Relationship between Optimism, Mental Health and Coping among Immunotherapy Patients and Caregivers at the Data Blitz session of the 2023 Palliative Care Research Cooperative Annual Investigator Meeting

Dr. Erin Meyer will present a video poster titled Autism: A Parallel Life in a Three-Dimensional Spectrum, which was selected through a peer-reviewed, competitive process for publication on the YouTube channel for the Conference for Global Transformation, an annual international conference held virtually. If you are interested in attending this conference, contact Dr. Meyer to learn about conference prerequisites. The video stars Rachael Hamilton and will be available starting May 19, 2023.  

February 

Dr. Deanna Kepka presented an oral presentation titled Higher Levels of HPV Vaccine Hesitancy among Rural Hispanic Young Adults in the Western U.S. at EUROGIN 2023.  

Dr. Deanna Kepka was invited to offer introductory remarks at the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences’ HPV Cancer Center Consortium, which aims to reconnect cancer centers, researchers, and practitioners in a collaborative environment; discuss increasing uptake of the HPV vaccine and reducing HPV-related cancers, and highlight local issues surrounding HPV vaccination. 

Brian Jack, Dr. Andrea Wallace, and Peter Yellowlees are featured speakers at the AHRQ National Webinar Leveraging Digital Technologies to Address the Needs of Underserved Populations panel discussion on February 28, 2023. These experts will share findings from their research on reducing health disparities and improving the quality of care for diverse patients through innovative digital health interventions. 

Dr. Deanna Kepka was invited to deliver a presentation titled Successful Technology-based Rural Patient HPV Vaccination Reminder Intervention and Social Media Assessment of Strategies to Reduce HPV Vaccine Misinformation at EUROGIN 2023 in Bilbao, Spain.  

Dr. Lauri Linder mentored five students who will present at the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research (UCUR) on February 17, 2023.  

• Sydney Gilliland – Usability of the Revised Color Me Healthy App for Children with Cancer.  
• Hakop Kardzhyan – Health Narratives of Children with Cancer Using an mHealth App.  
• Brianna Oliveros – Qualitative Usability Evaluation of the Revised Color Me Healthy App: Perceptions of Parents.  
• Minahil Usman – Pediatric Oncology Patients’ Conceptualization of Cancer Symptoms.  
• Haley Utendorfer – Qualitative Usability Evaluation of the Revised Color Me Healthy App: Perceptions of Children.  

In addition, Dr. Kimberly Garcia mentored Ella Baker who will present Improving Neonatal Resuscitation Curriculum Using Demographic Information and Preferred Learning Methods from Guatemalan Lay Midwives. 

January

Dr. Mollie Cummins, Ramkiran Gouripeddi, Jackson Barlocker, Sukrut Shishupal, and Mary Beth Scholand presented a poster titled Data Science and Teamwork for Understanding PASC: PCORnet™ RECOVER EHR at the Utah 2023 Data Science Day, which the Utah Center for Data Science and the One Utah Data Science Hub organized.  

Dr. Mollie Cummins, Dr. Catherine Ivory, and Dr. Robert Lucero hosted a panel discussion titled Perspectives on Adoption of a Unique Identifier for Nurses at the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium in Washington D.C. Panel members discussed the following key points: People are hospitalized to receive nursing care, and some care outcomes are perceived to be sensitive to nursing care. Connecting the care provided by the individual nurse to the person receiving the care is rarely accomplished because nursing care is bundled into the person’s daily room charge. The nursing profession proposes adoption of a unique nurse identifier (UNI) that stays with the nurse throughout the nurse’s career. Adoption of a UNI is a necessary step in quantifying the unique contributions of the nurse (the value of nursing care). To maximize adoption of the UNI, associates from various perspectives must be engaged to assure standards for data governance related to the UNI are applied, and processes to mitigate discrimination and bias are implemented. Panel members explored perspectives on implementing a UNI, and proposed solutions.  

Dr. Andrea Wallace, Natalie Tedford, and Carolyn Reynolds were panelists for a discussion titled Using the Health System to Address Social Determinants of Child Health at the Pediatric Health Equity Symposium. This conference was designed to share the work on child health equity happening at the University of Utah and Intermountain Healthcare.  

Faculty, including faculty emeriti, presented at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctoral Education Conference.  

• Dr. Jennifer Clifton and Dr. Leissa Roberts presented a poster titled Community Collaboration with Diverse Population Leads to Faculty Practice Expansion. 
• Dean Marla De Jong moderated the Life-Schools Discussion for Public Colleges/Universities.  
• Dr. Patricia Morton presented a Breakfast Forum titled Strategies to Promote Acceptance of a Manuscript. 
• Dr. Rita Picker, Dr. Mary Beth Happ, and Dr. Lee Ellington presented a poster titled Partnerships for Educating Nursing Scientists.