The Department of Family & Preventive Medicine Newsletter

Volume 1 Issue 2 January 2018 - March 2018 Chair’s Corner Dear Colleagues,

Spring feels like it is finally starting to take hold here in even though we continue to experience waves of wintry precipitation here and there. I am thankful it has been nothing like what my former hometown of Minneapolis experienced the weekend of April 14 with more than 20 inches of snow and blizzard like conditions. As the weather and season start to show signs of growth and rebirth, it makes me reflect on the growth of our department.

Like the flora and fauna that rejoice in the newness of spring, our department has many initiatives that we have worked hard on over the last several months to ensure they are moving in the direction of our mission to optimize the quality of life through scholarship. As you thumb through this issue of the newsletter, I hope you are amazed by all the growth of many of our initiatives and programs that make our department a world-class department for students, faculty, staff, and donors.

Below are some of the achievements of which I am particularly proud.

As the month of May starts our Physician Assistant Studies Program will be welcoming 16 new students in our extention campus, State University, in St. George, Utah. In addition, we have three new faculty members and two new staff members ensuring students have exceptional experience during their time in the program. Another addition to our Physician Assistant Studies program is the classroom expansion. Construction kicked off the second week of April at 421 Wakara Way to create two new classrooms with distance learning capabilities, a student lounge area, and much needed faculty office space. As the Physician Assistant Studies program gets their schedules finalized, we hope to be able to make use the classrooms for some of our other department programs.

Not only are we expanding our presence in Utah, but we continue to expand around the Last, but definitely not least, we want to celebrate our newest Blue Ridge standing (based globe. We are in the final phases of approval for the Extended Master of on NIH funding sources). We moved up as a department from #7 to #4. Moving to a top Public Health Program at the of Public Health. Once the program is formally 5 ranking was my 5-year goal, but we have done it within a year! Thank you to everyone approved, it will be the first Council of Education of Public Health (CEPH) approved in the department. You all have a role in supporting our research mission and this very program in Africa. This initiative has been led by our faculty and staff along with incredible sought after ranking. From staff to PIs, all of your work contributes to the difference our donor support. The campus will host the Global Health Extreme Affordability Conference department makes in ground breaking scholarship. in July 2018 where global health stakeholders round the world will meet to share ideas of emerging health innovations and transformation. Additionally, our faculty will lead These accomplishments are merely the tip of the iceberg for the department. There is so two student groups to Ghana as part of our Learning Abroad Global Scholars and Junior much more we have accomplished together in the last several months. We are truly a Global Scholars programs. world class department that shares the best of Utah with the rest of the world and brings back world class activities from around the globe back home to Utah. We have lots to In addition to our presence in Africa, we continue to have a major presence at the celebrate this spring. As you read through this Newsletter, I hope you find yourself feeling University of Utah Asia Campus with our Masters of Public Health. In May, we have 12 proud of your contribution to these accomplishments! students enrolled in the Exploring Public Health in Korea course that will be led by Dr. TP Singh. Dr. Singh will then lead half a dozen students to India to do work with the Mehar Sincerely, Baba Charitable Trust (MBCT) as part of their practicum work. Also, don’t miss the next issue of our Newsletter to hear details on the Nepal Clinical Rotation led by our Physician Assistant Studies and Public Health faculty members. Kola

1 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 2 1. Chair’s Corner Page 1

2. Department Mission and pageValues 2 ArticlePage 6 One

3. Welcome! Pages 7 Article Two page 2 4. Match Day Page 9

5. Blue Ridge Ranking page 2 ArticlePage 11 Three

6. Graduation Page 13 Article Four page 2 7. The Department Around the World Page 15 Article8. Upcoming Five Events page 2 Page 21

9. Department Awards, Grants, and More Page 23 Article Six page 2 10. Events Pages 31 Article11. Utah AHECSeven page 2 Page 36

12. IT Trick of the Trade Page 37 Article Two page 2 13. Social Media Page 38

14. Patient Comments

Table of Contents Page 39 Department Mission The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine optimizes quality of life through scholarship that advances health and wellbeing in homes, workplaces, and communities.

The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine is committed to and accountable for promoting a culture of inclusiveness, diversity, and respect of all faculty, staff, students, and the communities we serve.

and rely upon diversityWe and Value inclusion for the development, improvement, and sustainability of exceptional education, research, and healthcare for our diverse, ever changing local, regional, national, and international communities.

5 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 6 We would like to welcome all of those who have joined the department during January-March 2018! We are excited to continue to get to know you Welcome! and have you as part of our team. Welcome!

Sarang Corby Matt Melissa Forrest Karen YOON BRADSHAW KERR PRINGLE RHINEHART WINNINGHAM Division Physician Division Administration Division of Physician of OEH Assistant Studies of OEH Public Health Assistant Studies

Sarang Kim Yoon, Corby Bradshaw is Matt Kerr is the Director Melissa Pringle is Forrest Rhinehart is Karen Winningham DO, MOH, is a clinical responsible for the of the Mountain West the Pre-Award the new Program is the Education instructor in the Division IT equipment and OSHA Education Administrator for the Assistant for the Division Coordinator for of Occupational coordination of IT at Center for OEH. He has department. She of Public Health. the PA Division in and Environmental the St. George campus. accumulated over 30 provides administrative Before joining the St. George, UT. She Health. She earned He has been involved years of experience in support for the pre- division in January, she has worked with the her medical degree with computers and the safety, health, and award process graduated from the University of Utah for from Touro University tech work for most of environmental fields, associated with University of Utah with the past 18 years in the College his life, most recently and is a specialist grants, contracts, Bachelors’ degrees in Continuing Education of Osteopathic working for Dixie State in the areas of and other external Communication and and Community Medicine in 2014, and University. Starting at the construction, general funding sources. She International Studies. Enrichment (CECE) completed her Internal University of Utah in early industry (including oil & also identifies funding When she is not at department. She was Medicine internship 2018, he has facilitated gas), disaster response, sources that match work you will probably born and raised in St. at West Anaheim the IVC system during and maritime safety. department faculty’s find her hanging out George and is excited Medical Center classes, as well as Matt enjoys flyfishing, research interests. with dogs, attempting to return home. She and Occupational developed tools for kayaking, hiking, Melissa has a degree to cook, or playing in loves cooking, being Medicine Residency at teachers and students traveling, mindless from Oregon State the mountains. outdoors, and is the U of U. Her research to use that improve their television, and comfort University in Exercise learning the ukulele. interests include educational experience. food. and Sport Science. musculoskeletal He is currently finishing disorders,7 worker his degree in IT. www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 8 health, and wellness. SARAH HAWLEY JOHANNA SALAY University of Tufts University California, San Francisco

GREGORY JONES SARAH WALKER Wayne State University of Match University Michigan Interests: Neurology; Interests: PhD neurocritical care candidate in cell Day transfers protein structure

CHRISTINE KWON SHANE WILLIAMS Creighton University of Cincinnati We would like to extend a warm welcome to our 10 new 2018 Family Medicine Interns who will be starting with the department in June 2018. We look forward to working with and learning from each of you!

SHERILYN DESTEFANO AARON GALE WINSTON PLUCKETT NOAH ZUCKER University of New York State, Medical University University of Michigan Vermont American Branch of South Carolina Interests: Interests: Role of Interests: DVT risk Interests: Retinal Confidentiality “Get up and go stratification tool, epithelium research in doctor-youth test” in cancer health care workers relationships, patients attitudes toward pain reduction in asylum seekers accupuncture

9 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 10 Did we miss an important event? Would you like to feature awards, research, and more?

Please email Kristen Steiner at [email protected] for future Newsletter submissions.

Congratulations to the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine!

We received our Blue Ridge ranking for 2017 and are happy to announce that we moved up from a #7 ranking to #4.

The Blue Ridge ranking system ranks medical schools according to NIH Funded research by dollars. We want to thank all faculty, staff, and students who played a role in helping us achieve this great accomplishment.

We also want to congratulate Joseph Stanford, MD, MSPH; Mia Hashibe PhD; and Kola Okuyemi, MD, MPH, on their Blue Ridge rankings.

11 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 12 2018 Graduations

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Division of DivisionHealth of GraduationSarah May 17, 2018 FamilyAnn Medicine FamilyBryce Medicine MCCORMICKAbby COLLINS LANCASTERRice Eccles Tower DOWD School of Medicine Graduation May 18, 2018 Happy One Year Anniversary, Kingsbury Hall Dr. Okuyemi Family Medicine Residency Graduation June 29, 2018 Cottonwood Country Club Ghana Graduation July 14, 2018 Ensign Campus Physician Assistant Studies Graduation August 3, 2018 Rice Eccles Stadium

13 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 14 The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine The Department Around , Utah

The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine primarily resides at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah and houses four divisions: the World Family Medicine, Physician Assistant Studies Program, Public Health, and The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine was founded in 1970 at Occupational and Environmental Health. the University of Utah. Since then, the department has grown into what we each know today. As a department, our mission is to optimize the quality The Division of Family Medicine provides training to residents and medical of life, advance health, and be committed and accountable in promoting students, and also provides patient care through the division clinics and inclusiveness, diversity, and respect. While those efforts begin behind a inpatient services. Currently the department houses residents and doctors desk, the accomplishments of our department show that these efforts soon at the Sugar House Clinic, Madsen Clinic, Centerville Clinic, and South Main become qualities as individuals step out and get involved. Clinic. The division residency program combines hospital training with special training at university and children’s hospital across the state of Utah. Although our department resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, its programs, residencies, and reach are located throughout the world. We have programs The Physician Assistant Program is one of the oldest in the country and is and campuses located in Kpong, Ghana; Incheon, South Korea; and St. co-sponsored by the Utah Medical Association. The program is committed George, Utah. Residencies range from a variety of states and countries from to training physician assistants who will provide quality care to patients in Alaska to Florida and Guatemala to Nepal, with each providing unique medically underserved and rural communities. Physician assistant training health care expereinces and challenges. includes both didactic instruction and preceptorship training in a rural or underserved community. As a department, we are proud of the global accomplishments and involvement our faculty, staff, and students play in our global programs. We The mission of the Division of Public Health is to promote and protect the truly have become a world-class department and we are excited to see our health of communities in Utah and across the globe. The division collaborates global reach continue to grow and expand. with organizations around the state and throughout the world to achieve its mission through research, practice, and implementation.

The Division of Occupational and Environmental Health’s primary goal is to protect workers and their environment through research, service, and education. The division, established in 1977, serves as a national hub for safety and health education, research, and clinical practice. It services Health and Human Services Region 8 which includes Utah, Montana, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado.

Each of these divisions help make up a department that has earned national recognition and made a difference worldwide. Without each student and faculty and staff member, the department would not be the worldwide example of advancing health and welbeing in homes, workplaces, and communities.

15 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 16 The Division of Occupational and Environmental St. George Extention of the Physician Assistant Health - Salt Lake City, Utah Studies Program - St. George, Utah

The Division of Occupational and The St. George extension of Physician Assistant Studies Program is a Environmental Health houses collaboration between the University of Utah School of Medicine and Dixie the Rocky Mountain Center for State University. The program, recently accredited by the Accreditation Occupational and Environmental Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistants, will provide Health (RMCOEH). The center opportunities for students, faculty, and staff located in Southern Utah. serves as a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health With the recent accreditation, the inaugural class at the St. George extension (NIOSH) supported education and will matriculate in May 2018. This will allow students and individuals involved research center (ERC). As a national to begin another chapter and produce more physician assistants throughout center, it serves Health and Human the state of Utah. Services Region 8, which covers Utah, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, The division takes pride in their dedication to fulfilling its mission of improving Wyoming, and Colorado. the quality of health and access to care with a commitment to the medically underserved. With the St. George extension now in place, it will help the The division was established to meet the needs for occupational and division and department provide better primary care services to rural and environmental safety and health programs in the West, but has now grown to underserved communities throughout Utah. This collaboration also provides a meet the needs of individuals around the nation. chance for more collaboration and partnerships to serve those around us. The division offers degrees such as a Master of Science in Occupational Health, Doctor of Philosophy in Occupational and Environmental Health, Graduate Certificate of Occupational Safety and Health, and more. The division also offers an Occupational Medicine Residency Program, allowing physicians to become specialized in occupational medicine. The residency program offers students residencies throughout the nation with hands on expereince.

After the first year of training, research projects, and classes in the residency program, students have the opportunity to pick an industrial, population- based, or common clinical rotation. Rotations include opportunities such as working for Chevron in Texas; NASA in Florida; NIOSH in West Virginia, Ohio, or Alaska; Civil Aerospace Medical Institute in Oklahoma and more.

During rotation, residents can work with occupational medicine, safety, industrial hygiene, and management personnel. They are able to participate in task analyses, evaluate work-related injury and illness, review medical surveillance, and gain experience in administrative and management aspects of a variety of health care programs.

Because of the quality individuals who work in the division, the department and division name is known throughout the country. 17 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 18 The University of Utah Asia Campus Ensign College of Public Health Incheon, South Korea Kpong, Ghana

The University of Utah Asia Campus (UAC) offers a variety of both undergraduate and graduate programs and degrees. The Division of Public Health offers a Masters of Public Health (MPH) through the Asia Campus where students are able to learn, research, and experience much in South Korea. Public Health faculty rotate to the UAC to teach courses in five week blocks.

Through the Asia Campus, Public Health students have the opportunity to The University of Utah Extended Masters of Public Health (MPH) Program at participate in a program centered around public health core knowledge Ensign College of Public Health is one of our many global representations. and has become recognized by communities around the world. Students The Ensign College is located in Kpong, Ghana and was established to be also have a great opportunity to fully engage in a global public health a place where people and communities can create conditions for optimal educational experience. health and wellness. It is a place where knowledge is shared and leaders are trained to advocate community health and prevent disease through partnerships with different organizations, neighboring African countries, and more.

Those attending the Ensign Campus for a degree in a Master of Public Health (MPH) not only gain knowledge and experience in the core fundamentals of Public Health, but have the opportunity to specialize their focus to meet their individual needs and goals.

Several faculty from the University of Utah campus, such as Dr. Steve Alder, PhD, and Sharon Talboys, PhD, MPH, work extensively at the Ensign campus teaching and being involved in programs, classes, and research.

19 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 20 Upcoming Events David Satin Women Helping Women Extreme Do you have “A Case for Medical Clothing Donation Affordability: an event coming Students as Scribes: Ethics, Event West Africa up during Law, and Policy of EMR Department of “Impacting Health April - June 2018? Documentation” Family & Preventive through Collaboration and Email details to May 3, 2018 Medicine Innovation” kristen.steiner@ 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM May 7-18, 2018 July 8-10, 2018 hsc.utah.edu

21 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 22 that integrates West African WASH *Domestic violence prevention practitioners from government, NGOs, initiative and villages, with UU undergraduate and PI(s): Steve Godin graduate students for a week long boot Sponsor: Urban Indian Center of Salt camp at the Ensign College of Public Honors & Health Campus located in Ghana. The Lake boot camp will include a mixed group of Dates: 01/01/2018-09/30/2020 participants, organizations, and UU faculty and students from disparate disciplines *Shoulder injuries among truck Accolades such as behavioral sciences, public policy, drivers: prevalence, incidence, and economics, engineering, and public health. risk factors The WASH Academy is part of a larger PI(s): Matt Thiese multidisciplinary effort to develop graduate Sponsor: DHHS Centers for Disease & education focused on the crosscutting Control Prevention themes that define the relationship Dates: 01/01/2018-12/31/2021 between health, clean drinking water, proper sanitation, and hygiene behaviors. Parental psychological stress during Two new courses focusing on these issues will serve as the cornerstone of a new pregnancy and offspring asthma risk graduate certificate in WASH Sciences. The PIs: Karen Schliep certificate will be designed to integrate Sponsor: C-FAHR Faculty Pilot Grant didactic learning in the US with the WASH Dates: 03/01/2018-03/31/2019 Academy in Ghana. UU students will earn course credits for participating in the Impact of maternal psychosocial Academy’s boot camp and will have the opportunity to apply their skills to a WASH stress on pregnancy and child health project in Ghana as part of the Division of outcomes Public Health Learning Abroad program. PIs: Karen Schliep Sponsor: NIH The first activity of the WASH Academy Dates: 04/01/2018-03/31/2019 There is nothing better than Grant Applications will be a planning meeting to include celebrating the successes GLAD Grant stakeholders from communities, NGOs, Scott Benson, Jim VanDerslice, academia, service providers, and Glycemic control for clinics with and hard work of friends and Tejinder Singh, and Sharon Talboys government agencies to map out pharmacists on care teams co-workers. In academics, the Academy’s mission and activities. PIs: Lisa Gren The planning meeting will be held in Scott Benson, PhD, MD, MPH, along with Sponsor: CTSA we see many who work conjunction with the launch of the Jim VanDerslice, PhD; Tejinder P. Singh, Dates: 04/01/2018-03/31/2019 University of Utah Public Health MPH countless hours on writings, BDS, MDS, MPH; and Sharon Talboys, PhD, Program at the Ensign Global Campus in MPH were awarded a Global Learning work late to meet deadlines, Ghana, Africa. PTQ research supplement Across the Disciplines (GLAD) Award from PIs: Kola Okuyemi and attend endless the University of Utah (UU) Office of Global Sponsor: NIH-NHLBI meetings to be able to share Engagement. The award is designed to support efforts to integrate multi-disciplinary Dates: 4/1/2018-3/31/2019 their voice and make a global learning into curricular activities. difference in our community. Our “Honors & Accolades” This $10,000 award will support the development of a “WASH Academy” to section celebrates and promote education, practical training, and highlights those who have research in the areas of Water, Sanitation, and Health (WASH). Dr. Benson’s team done much to achieve envisioned the Academy to be the focal point for an experiential learning program much. 23 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 24 * Indicates Notice of Awards Recieved Health systems of the future: The independent, additive and modeling and including synergistic effects of multiple interdependencies in human- environmental exposures on technological space suicide: phenotypic and genetic PIs: Kim Shoaf vulnerabilities Sponsor: NSF PIs: Bakian (Co-Pi: Jim VanDerslice) Dates: 08/01/2018-07/31/2022 Sponsor: NIH/NIEHS Dates: 12/01/2018-11/30/2023 Novel strategies to describe rural and urban community factors contributing Improving risk stratification and to cancer survival disparities in the treatment response prediction in mountain west thyroid cancer through incorporation PIs: Carol Sweeney (Co-PI: Jim of molecular markers and clinical VanDerslice) data Sponsor: NIH Cancer Institute PIs: Mia Hashibe Dates: 09/01/2018-08/31/2020 Sponsor: NCI/NIH Dates: 12/01/2018-11/30/2023 PLAC-UTAH- prediabetes lifestyle and activity changes - using teledentistry Healthy lifestyles to impact outcomes to improve access to healthcare study (HELIOS) PIs: Hanson (Co-PI: Steve Godin) PIs: Lisa Gren Wristband supplement project Indigenous community health Sponsor: HRSA Sponsor: Wake Forest University PIs: Christy Porucznik workers engaged in health Dates: 09/01/2018-08/31/2022 Dates12/01/2018-11/30/2025 Sponsor: NIH-DHHS coaching with Native Americans Dates: 4/1/2018-3/30/2020 with pre-diabetes: evaluation of an The health effects and costs of infused oral health curriculum with air pollution on survivors of breast How do early and mid-life events the “prevent T2 lifestyle change cancer impact alzheimer’s disease and program” PIs: Anne Kirchoff (Co-Pi: Jim vascular dementia risk in PIs: Steve Godin VanDerslice) women? Sponsor: Burton Foundation Sponsor: NIH Cancer Institute PIs: Karen Schiep Dates: 07-01/2018-06/30/2019 Dates: 09/01/2018-08/31/2023 Sponsor: Utah Center for Aging Dates: 07/01/2018-06/30/2019 Evaluation of airborne heavy metal Health disparities in rural vs. urban concentrations at surface and gynecologic cancer survivors Awards *Using silicone wristbands as non- underground mines in PIs: Mia Hashibe (Co-PI: Jim invasive, passive environmental the Western US 2018 Mental Health Outreach Fellows VanDerslice) Jennifer Forbes monitors to evaluate PIs: Darrah Sleeth Sponsor: NIH seasonal and within-family Sponsor: Alpha Foundation for Mine Dates: 09/01/2018-08/31/2023 correlation for environmental Safety Jennifer Forbes, MHS, PA-C, Assistant Professor in the Division of Physician exposures Dates: 07/01/2018-12/31/2019 Wasatch range offender re-entry Assistant Studies, received the Mental PI(s): Soto (Porucznik) program Health Outreach Fellowship through the Sponsor: ECHO supplement Rocky Mountain Public Health PIs: Steve Godin PA (Physician Assistant) Foundation. Forbes Dates: 07/01/2018-06/30/2019 Training Centers was 1 of 16 physician assistants selected Sponsor: SAMSHA to conduct outreach in their communities PIs: Kimberley Shoaf Dates: 09/30/2018-09/29/2023 Sponsor: University of Colorado at across the United States using the validated Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) curriculum. Denver 25 Dates: 7/1/2018-6/30/2022 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 26 The PA Foundation Mental Health Outreach Health Sciences Center Inclusive Excellence Fellowship is designed to connect Award. the clinical expertise and community Publications & Presentations engagement of physician assistants in areas Physician Assistant Education Publications in need of mental health assistance. As a Association Future Educator Fellow Mental Health Outreach Fellow, Forbes will Alex Locke serve as a trainer and conduct community Allen AM, Abdelwahab NM, Carlson S, Bosch TA, Eberly LE, Okuyemi K. Effect of brief By: Darin Ryujin and Virgina Valentin outreach and training to various groups in exercise on urges to smoke in men and women smokers. Addict Behav. 2018 Feb;77:34-37. her community. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.09.009. Epub 2017 Sep. 20 PMID: 28950116 Alex Locke, UPAP Class 47 (2018) has been named a Physician Assistant Education Beyond offering training and outreach Bliss, J., Martin, S., Couturier, B. A., Rumunu, J., Azman, A. S., Hale, P., . . . Luquero, F. J. Association Future Educator Fellow. She courses using the MHFA curriculum, Forbes (2017, December 4). “High Prevalence of Shigella or Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli is 1 of 15 recipients from a nationwide will also submit de-identified outcomes of Carriage among Residents of an Internally Displaced Persons Camp in South Sudan.” applicant pool. the pre- and post-training surveys to assess The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 98(2), 595-597. doi:10.4269/ how, and if, knowledge and behavior ajtmh.17-0339 Prior to PA school Alex completed a changed due to the training. Forbes will master’s degree in Oncological Sciences provide additional insight for ways to refine Brenneman AE, Goldgar C, Hills KJ, Snyder J, VanderMeulen SP, Lane S. Noncognitive and worked as an R&D scientist and a and expand the MHFA program from a Attributes in Physician Assistant Education. J Physician Assist Educ. 2018 Mar;29(1):25-34 clinical trial coordinator for the Huntsman health care provider’s perspective, as well Cancer Institute. as submit a MHFA poster presentation for Coombs J. (2017, December 18). “Can the college drinking problem be solved?” Musing: the 2019 American Academy of Physician Blog of the JAAPA Editorial Board. Retrieved from http://journals.lww.com/jaapa/blog/ These experiences led Alex to PA school Assistants Conference. musings/pages/post.aspx?PostID=147 where she could become both a healthcare provider and an educator. In Physician Assistant Education Cox N, Tak CR, Cochella SE, Leishman E, Gunning K. Impact of Pharmacist Previsit Input to her application, Alex discussed her love Providers on Chronic Opioid Prescribing Safety. J Am Board Fam Med January-February Association Future Educator Fellow and experience of teaching—including 2018; 31:105-112; doi:10.3122/jabfm.2018.01.170210 Jose Escalante teaching her niece and nephew to tie By: Darin Ryujin and Virgina Valentin their shoes, teaching novice rock climbers Doran T, Quella A, Coombs JM. Commentaries on health services research. JAAPA climbing safety, and teaching her patients 2018;31(4):1-2 Jose Escalante, UPAP Class 47 (2018) about their cancer therapies. Alex plans to has been named a Physician Assistant take these past experiences and develop Hinderaker K, Piwer DV, Allen S, Parker E, Okuyemi, K. What do medical students know Education Association Future Educator them further as a Future Educator Fellow. about ecigarettes? A cross-sectional survey from one U.S. medical school. BMC Med Educ. Fellow. He is 1 of 15 recipients from a 2018 Mar;18(1):32.Doi: 10.1186/s12909-018-1134-1. nationwide applicant pool. Alex is also the University of Utah student representative for the American Academy Jones HP, McGee R, Weber-Main AM, Buchwald DS, Manson SM, Vishwanatha JK, Jose’s experience growing up as a young of Physician Assistants. As a student leader, Okuyemi KS. Enhancing research careers: an example of a US national diversity-focused, immigrant in marginalized Bakersfield, Alex has represented Utah on a national grant-writing training and coaching experiment. BMC Proc. 2017 Dec 4;11(Suppl 12):16. California motivated his pursuit for a career level, led student events and local fund in healthcare and higher education. raisers throughout the year. Khanna P, Kaur R, Singh T, Miller J, Sandhu A. K, Jyoti. Prevalence and Socio Demographic Throughout the year, Jose has been Determinants of Malnutrition in Rural Communities of District Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. Curr involved in inclusion and equity efforts. He Res Nutr Food Sci 2017;5(3). doi is the past president of PASSED, where he led students in outreach and educational Kim K, Wactawski-Wende J, Michels KA, Schliep KC, Plowden TC, Chaljub EN, Mumford SL. activities that reached fellow students and ”Dietary minerals, reproductive hormone levels, and sporadic anovulation: associations in communities in our area. Additionally, he healthy women with regular menstrual cycles”. British Journal of Nutrition. In press. was a student director of the Student Run Clinic at Maliheh Free Clinic. Oliphant JB. Short-Term Medical Missions Done Well: What Every Sponsoring Institution Should Understand. J Physician Assist Educ. 2018 Mar;29(1):58-61 9 (Pedersen K(Ed.)) In addition, this year he was awarded the Physician Assistants for Latino Health Pinsker EA, Hennrikus, Erickson DJ, Erickson DJ, Call KT, Forster JL, Okuyemi KS. Trends in self- Scholarship, the Hilmon Castle Award for efficacy to quit and smoking urges among homeless smokers participating in a smoking the First Year PA student who demonstrated cessation RCT. Addict Behav. 2018 Mar;78:43-50. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.10.025. Epub outstanding clinical performance. He was 2017 Nov 2. also nominated for the University of Utah 27 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 28 Pohl S, Van Hala S, Ransco M, Leiser J. (2018). How the University of Utah Prepares Family Zhang P, Godin S, Owens M. (in press). Measuring the Validity and Reliability of the Apple Medicine Residents to Lead Value Improvement Efforts. The New England Journal of Watch as a Physical Activity Monitor. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness Medicine Catalyst. Presentations & Posters Robinson CD, Muench C, Brede E, Endrighi R, Szeto EH, Sells JR, Lammers JP, Okuyemi KS, Izmirlian G, Waters AJ. Pro-tobacco advertisement exposure among African American Backman R, Pedersen D, Pedersen K. The US Physician Assistant Experience: Application to smokers: An ecological momentary assessment study. Addict Behav. 2017 Oct 24. pii: Nepal’s Workforce Needs. Conference Proceedings. International Conference on Quality S0306-4603(17)30386-6. doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.10.015. [Epub ahead of print] Education in Federal Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal. February 2018.

Rogers CR, Robinson CD, Arroyo C, Obidike OJ, Sewali B, Okuyemi KS. Colorectal Cancer Godin S. (2018, March). Multicultural night: Family recipe sharing to promote healthy Screening Uptake’s Association With Psychosocial and Sociodemographic Factors eating. Paper presented at the Utah Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Meeting, Among Homeless Blacks and Whites. Health Educ Behav. 2017 Dec;44(6):928-936. doi: Murray, UT. 10.1177/1090198117734284. Epub 2017 Oct. 4. Godin S, Fitzpatrick M, McMonigal L, Williams J, Bransteitter T, Nybeck L, Lenhart C. (2018, Russo LM, Whitcomb BW, Mumford SL, Hawkins M, Radin R, Schliep KC, Silver RM, Perkins NJ, April). Measuring Synergy Created by CDC’s Chronic Disease Prevention 1305 Initiative: Kim K, Omosigho U, Holland TL, Sjaarda LA, Schisterman EF. A Prospective Study of Physical An Organizational Network Analysis of the Keystone Kids Go Workgroup in Pennsylvania. Activity and Fecundability. Human Reproduction. In press. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research, Philadelphia, PA. Sierra, T; Forbes, J., Mirly, A. “Key Factors Leading to Program Selection: A Survey of Physician Assistant Program Interviewees”. The Journal of Physician Assistant Education. Jones H, Eide K, Buchwald D, Manson S, McGee R, Vishwanatha J, Weber-Main A, 29(1):43-48, March 2018. Okuyemi K. Enhancing research careers: an example of a US national diversity-focused, grant writing training and coaching experiment. Poster presented at the 10th annual Soisson S, Ganz PA, Gaffney D, Rowe K, Snyder J, Wan Y, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Science Careers, Baltimore, MD. Fraser A, Smith K, Herget K, Hanson HA, Wu YP, Stanford J, Werner TL, Setiawan VW, Hashibe M. Long-term, adverse genitourinary outcomes among endometrial cancer Johnson J, Eide K, Jones H, Harwood E, Okuyemi K. Examining the Scientific Human survivors in a large, population-based cohort study. Gynecol Oncol. 2017 Dec 27. and Technical Capital of Early Stage Investigators. Poster presented at the 10th annual pii: S0090-8258(17)31616-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2017.12.025. [Epub ahead of Understanding Interventions that Broaden Participation in Science Careers, Baltimore, MD. print] PubMed PMID: 29289418. Pedersen D, Pedersen K, Backman R. A 50-Year History of Physician Assistant Education Sorkness CA, Pfund C, Ofili EO,Okuyemi KS, Vishwanatha JK: NRMN team, Zavala ME, in the United States and Lessons Learned for the Health Assistant Profession in Nepal. Pesavento T, Fernandez M, Tissera A, Deveci A, Javier D, Short A, Cooper P, Jones H, International Conference on Quality Education in Federal Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal. Feb Manson S, Buchwald D, Eide K, Gouldy A, Kelly E, Langford N, McGee R, Steer C, Unold T, 24 2018. Weber-Main AM, Baez A, Stiles J, Pemu P, Thompson W, Gwathmey J, Lawson K, Johnson J, Hall M, Paulsen D, Fouad M, Smith A, Luna R, Wilson D, Adelsberger G, Simenson D, Cook A, Pinzon, LM, Velazquez, A, Rutkoski, H, Lai, D, Martel, L, Pappas, L, Godin, S, Dixon, B, Feliu-Mojer M, Harwood E, Jones A, Branchaw J, Thomas S, Butz A, Byars-Winston A, House Winkler, J, Kepka, D. (2018, March). Validation of an HPV Survey of Dental Students in Latin S, McDaniels M, Quinn S, Rogers J, Spencer K, Utzerath E, Womack V. A new approach to America. Paper to be presented at the American Association for Dental Research Annual mentoring for research careers: the National Research Mentoring Network. BMC Proc. 2017 Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dec 4;11(Suppl 12):22. doi: 10.1186/s12919-017-0083-8. eCollection 2017. Zhang P, Che D, Witmer C, Godin S. (2018, March). Effect of ‘efitbuddy’ on Promoting Sundwall, D. Public Health Advocacy in the Tumultuous Times of the Trump Administration. Physical Activity in College Students. Paper presented at The 2018 SHAPE America National AJPH. 2018 Mar 7. Convention, Nashville, TN

Tan MM, Okuyemi KS, Resnicow K, Dietz NA, Antoni MH, Webb Hopper M. Association between smoking cessation and weight gain in treatment-seeking African Americans. Addict Behav. 2018 Jun;81:84-90.doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.02.002. Epub 2018 Feb 3.

Truong A, Cobb NM, Hawkes JE, Adjase ET, Goldgar DE, Powell DL, Lewis BKH. Continuing Dermatology Education for Rural Physician Assistants in Ghana: An Assessment of Needs and Effectiveness. J Physician Assist Educ. 2018 Mar;29(1):19-24.

Van Hala S, Cochella S, Jaggi R, Frost C, Kiraly B, Pohl S, Gren L (2018). Development and Validation of the Foundational Healthcare Leadership Self-assessment. Fam Med, 50(4), 262-8. 29 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 30 EventsJanuary - March 2018 The Department of Family and Preventive Medicine held multiple events in early 2018

Paul Grundy Visits UU for a Special working in it as well.” National Research Mentoring Network Lecture on Healthcare Transformation Holds Program Kickoff at the University The lecture was an opportunity for UU of Utah On Feb. 14, the Department of Family and employees to hear different perspectives Preventive Medicine hosted Paul Grundy, and ask questions of those from The National Research Mentoring Network MD, MPH, for a special lecture entitled, HealthTeamWorks who see and work with (NRMN) hosted a kickoff meeting for “Primary Care as the Foundation for healthcare on multiple levels. the Proposal Preparation Program (P3) Delivery Transformation,” at the University at the University of Utah (UU) on Jan. of Utah’s (UU) Health Sciences Education Dr. Paul Grundy, known as the Godfather of 22 – 23. The NRMN P3 program is one of Building. the Patient Center Medical Home (PCMH), five grant writing training programs that Joseph Stanford, MD, MSPH, Professor has spent over four decades of his career NRMN offers junior investigators in the of Family and Preventive Medicine and Grundy, Global Director of Healthcare focused on population health. He recently biomedical sciences. The program teaches NRMN P3 Director, then orientated scholars Transformation at HealthTeamWorks, retired as CMO from IBM’s Health Care Life investigators grantsmanship and creates to the P3 program and what would be accompanied by HealthTeamWork Science Industry where he founded the IBM creates national networking opportunities. covered during the two-day, in-person colleagues, Bert Miuccio, CEO, and Industry Academy. kickoff session, as well as what participants David Ehrenberger, CMO, gave a lecture For two days, scholars and coaches from could expect throughout the four month regarding the many components and He now serves as Global Director various universities around the nation, program. transformations of healthcare, and his of Healthcare Transformation at including UU, gathered to discuss grant journey through the healthcare system. HealthTeamWorks, a non-profit that delivers writing techniques to begin preparing and Prior to the meeting, scholars were asked to healthcare transformation strategies writing their grant proposals. submit a biosketch and Specific Aims page. “The kind of care we want for ourselves is and resources to practices, groups, and Throughout the two-day meeting, coaches the kind we want for our mothers and the networks. Kola Okuyemi, MD, MPH, Chair of the and scholars reviewed each assignment, kind we want for others,” Grundy said. Department of Family and Preventive helped each other hone their ideas and “We are very fortunate that Dr. Grundy Medicine and a Co-Principle Investigator writing, and began to prepare for the hard Grundy began his lecture by discussing the is part of the University of Utah family. for NRMN, began the kickoff meeting with work that would occur throughout the early stages of his career, how he became He knows well the dynamic healthcare an introduction to NRMN and its offerings. course of the program. interested in healthcare, and what advances underway here, and sings caused him to look at the fundamentals of praises of the U wherever he travels,” said Following Dr. Okuyemi, Anne Marie Weber- The kickoff meeting also entailed a healthcare around the world. He shared his Michael Magill, MD, Chair Emeritus of the Main, PhD, the Director of the original National Institutes of Health panel, including experiences in building relationships of trust, Department of Family and Preventive NRMN P3 at the University of Minnesota a scientific review officer and a grant which would provide the foundation for his Medicine. (UMN), described NRMN P3’s background. management specialist. They shared career and decades of opportunities to their expertise and insights on working work with people around the globe on care with NIH officials as well as with the kickoff integration. attendees, helping prepare them for writing and critiquing proposals. At the close of the lecture, Ehrenberger shared some of his experiences on The program will conclude with a one-day, healthcare and the good, bad, and ugly in-person mock study section in May 2018. that follow a career in the healthcare field. Scholars will hear critiques on their proposal from a mock reviewer to prepare for their “It is hard to be in healthcare these professional review in the months following days,” Ehrenberger said. “Burnout is a real the completion of the program. epidemic, but there is a real reward to 31 www.coffeeculture.com Coffee Culture Volume One 32 University of Utah School of Medicine Physician Assistant Division continues their University of Utah’s Center for Clinical The day began with a Culture Box activity long-term collaboration with Nepal and Translational Science Partners where participants gathered with those at with the National Research Mentoring their tables and shared three items about Department of Family and Preventive faculty members Don Pedersen, PhD, PA; Network to Hold Mentor Training themselves. The activity allowed attendees Richard Backman, MD; and Kathy Pedersen, MPAS, PA-C, were invited speakers at the to break down barriers and feel more “International Conference on Challenges and Prospects of Quality Education in Nepal comfortable with those who they would be in the Federalism Era,” Feb 23-24, 2018. The Higher Institutions and Secondary Schools working closely with throughout the course Association (HISSAN) of Nepal organized the conference. It was held in Budanilkhanta, of the day. Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal is in a transition period and one area of reform is an emphasis on quality education. The remainder of the day included topics and discussions based around maintaining KP Sharma Oli, the Right Honorable Prime Minister of the Republic of Nepal, was on effective communication, aligning hand to inaugurate the program. The University of Utah was listed as a conference expectations, fostering independence, collaborator. University of Utah faculty discussed workforce capacity building, professional promoting professional development, and development, and new opportunities for Heath Assistants (HA) in Nepal. The HA is an addressing equity, inclusion, and diversity as analogue of US Physician Assistants. The University of Utah has worked with the Health pertaining to mentoring. Assistant profession in Nepal since 2013, including research, collaborative projects, On Feb. 27, the University of Utah’s Center education, and health camps. In 2015, the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine for Clinical and Translational Science provided a Health Studies Fund research grant for the 2015 study, “Career Prospects and collaborated with the National Research Challenges of Health Assistants (HA) in Nepal.” Mentoring Network to hold a one-day Research Mentor Training course. The The University of Utah speakers’ topic was “A 50 Year History of Physician Assistant course was held at the Williams Building Education in the United States and Lessons Learned for the Health Assistant Profession in where more than two dozen University of Nepal.” The UU group, along with research collaborators Dr. Ram Prasad Shrestha and Dr. Utah employees from various departments Sujan Marahaof Nepal, also met with the Vice Chancellor and faculty of the new Nepal were able to learn and participate Open University (NOU) that will be embarking on a distance education effort to provide in activities and discussions aimed at post-secondary education to the people of Nepal. An Advanced Health Assistant (AHA) improving their mentorship skills and curriculum is being proposed for Nepal with assistance from the University of Utah. The abilities. proposed 12-month curriculum will be delivered through the NOU and will include both didactic and clinical training to build capacity within the existing Nepal Health Assistant Dr. Christine Sorkness, RPh, PharmD, from profession. the University of Wisconsin-Madison, along with Dr. Mitchell Feldman, MD, MPhil, FACP, from the University of California, San Francisco, facilitated the training to help attendees improve their mentorship skills.

Aside from the facilitators, participants included employees from the University of Utah’s Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, and more. Attendees also ranged from veteran The training also included case studies, mentors to those just starting mentoring discussions, worksheets, and activities programs and trainings. to allow and help attendees develop mentoring skills that can be applied in a variety of situations.

As those working in academia will attest, there is no such thing as too much learning. The one-day mentor training allowed for colleagues and associates to learn and grow together in a shared area of interest that will be beneficial throughout various 33 www.coffeeculture.com stages of theirCoffee careers. Culture Volume One 34 Thank You! We want to extend a big thank you to everyone that contributed and helped with our second issue of the department Newsletter in any way! Utah AHEC is teaming up with the National AHEC Organization to offer an For further submissions or inquires, please email: exciting new program, AHEC Scholars, which is committed to supporting tomorrow’s healthcare workforce. The primary goal of the AHEC Scholars [email protected] Program is to recruit students in health professions students into the underserved urban or rural health workforce by supplementing their training with enhanced exposure to community-perspectives through an interdisciplinary cohort structure. This program will provide students with national recognition for work they are already doing in Utah’s underserved urban and rural communities AND access to professional networking, mentors, and interdisciplinary cohort activities.

Specifically, the AHEC Scholars Program facilitates and recognizes health professional students’ competence in the following six Core Topic Areas: Inter-Professional Education, Behavioral Health Integration, Social Determinants of Health, Cultural Competence, Practice Transformation, and New/Emerging Health Issues. After completing this program, students will be prepared to: •Partner with other health professionals to address pressing population health issues •Provide high quality services and care in transformed health systems •Meet the health needs in Utah’s underserved urban and rural populations

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