Vital Signs COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES ANNUAL CHECKUP • SPRING 2014–2015
MESSAGE FROM DEAN JOSEPH STEINER Dear Friends, Vital Signs is the College of Health Sciences Annual Report and I know you will enjoy reading about this past year’s wonderful accomplishments of the University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences’ professional, undergraduate, and graduate students; outstanding faculty and staff; and dedicated alumni and friends. It has been an interesting year at the college and we continue to aspire to excellence. The faculty, staff, and students at the college continue to excel in all the areas that contribute to the high quality healthcare education. I know that has been your expectation and it remains mine. We are proud of the college’s past and have great expectations for its future. As you can see, this has been another banner year for accomplishments.
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The University of Wyoming is currently conducting its strategic planning to develop University Plan 4 and the college has been active in this process and in setting a course for the next 5 years. The College of Health Sciences signature initiative in the strategic plan is the Wyoming Institute on Health. Through support and promotion of education, research, and service with a special emphasis in the areas of aging, mental health, disabilities, and rural and frontier health, the University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences is committed to becoming a leader and partner in health education, innovation, and discovery. The mission of the Wyoming Institute on Health is to provide a college-wide infrastructure of resources and to strengthen the efforts and collaboration in education, research, and service offered at the College of Health Sciences. I am very happy to report that three task forces have been formed by volunteer faculty to investigate each of the three emphasis areas and they will be reporting back soon. This initiative has the potential to transform the operations of the college and I will keep you posted. Interprofessional education has always been important; but with the advent of the Patient Centered Care and the emphasis this concept and the Institute of Medicine has placed on the team approach to care, the emphasize has increased substantially. As the standing on this important area has grown over the years, so has the college’s response. When I arrived back at UW six years ago, there was an ad hoc task force working on interprofessional education. Because of the prominence, that task force became one of the college’s standing committees in 2010. However, the emphasis continued to grow and each subsequent year there has been greater interest and involvement by the college’s faculty and students. We have had some very well attended workshops, fantastic student activities, and supported faculty development in interprofessional education. I am
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very pleased to report that we took the next step in the evolution of this important area, and that is the appointment of a college-wide Director of Interprofessional Education. Dr. Carol Kobulnicky from the School of Pharmacy has been a strong advocate for interprofessional education and has agreed to be the first director.
the lives of the students and this has become even more important as the state continues to decrease its financial support.
I hope you enjoy reading this report. As a member of the college, you share in these accomplishments. The tradition of excellence continues and grows with our current students and graduates, something of which I hope you too are proud. A big “Thank You” to all those who provided financial support, it continues to make an important difference in
Best wishes,
Please feel free to contact me to discuss any of the report contents or any concerns regarding the college.
Joseph F. Steiner, Pharm.D. Dean and Professor
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES ADMINISTRATION Joseph F. Steiner, Pharm.D. Dean (307) 766-6556
Rex E. Gantenbein, Ph.D. Director Center for Rural Health Research and Education (307) 766-6544
Donna Leigh Bliss, Ph.D. Division Director and Associate Professor Division of Social Work (307)766-6112
Mary Hardin-Jones, Ph.D., C.C.C.-S.L.P. Associate Dean Academic Affairs (307) 766-5710
Sandy Root-Elledge, M.A. Interim Director Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (307) 766-2764
Lisa H. Shipley, M.A. Manager Student Affairs (307) 766-6704
Jun Ren, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Dean Research (307) 766-6120
Timothy J. Robinson, Ph.D. Director WWAMI Medical Education Program (307) 766-2496
Teresa A. Ukrainetz, Ph.D. Director Division of Communication Disorders (307) 766-6427
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Ronald L. Malm, D.O. Director Family Medicine Residency Program/Cheyenne (307) 777-7911
Linda Gore Martin, Pharm.D. Dean/Director School of Pharmacy (307) 766-6120
Mary E. Burman, Ph.D. Dean/Director Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing (307) 766-4291 Derek Smith, Ph.D. Director, Associate Professor Division of Kinesiology and Health (307) 766-5271
Beth C. Robitaille, M.D. Director Family Medicine Residency Program/Casper (307) 233-6000
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NEW PROGRAMS COLLABORATIVE PHD IN EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION DISORDERS The Division of Communication Disorders is pleased to announce an agreement with the College of Education to offer a collaborative Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with a concentration in literacy education. Speechlanguage pathologists who choose this degree program to further their education and transform their careers will benefit from the established doctoral structure, academic offerings, and student cohort offered by the College of Education and the research and scholarship resources in child language disorders and intervention offered by the Division of Communication Disorders. Interested individuals should contact Teresa Ukrainetz (tukraine@ uwyo.edu) or Doug Petersen (dpeter39@uwyo.edu) for more information.
Brain in a Box.
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IN-A-BOX AHEC, WYOMING In-A-Box, Wyoming is a “traveling resource” designed to enhance your science and health curriculum. It’s all inclusive lesson plans and activities around specific themes give teachers, presenters, group leaders, and others working with children in grades 4–8 in the state of Wyoming the opportunity to use the curriculum absolutely free! Use these self-contained “Exploration in Science and Health” kits to discover aspects of scientific careers, the body, and the environment. Boxes include: Bones and Muscle, Brain, Ear, Heart, Eye, Guts, and Mouth. To find out more, visit: www. uwyo.edu/ahec/ inaboxwy.html
WyCOA Wyoming Center on Aging A RELIABLE, CREDIBLE RESOURCE FOR AGING AND HEALTHCARE The Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA) has been founded to serve as a resource for the state of Wyoming, including older adults, professional and family caregivers, students, and aging researchers. WyCOA seeks to be the premier source for reliable, credible information about aging, including healthy aging and healthcare conditions common in older adults.
Wyoming Geriatric Provider Network. Learn more about this opportunity on the Healthcare Professional Section. WyCOA also serves UW and other faculty and students. WyCOA is in the process of creating an aging research network, composed of faculty and students interested in investigating all aspects of aging. To learn more about research opportunities through WyCOA visit the Research Section. For more information, go to www. uwyo.edu/geriatrics/.
RECOVERY LARAMIE PROMOTES SUBSTANCE ABUSE RECOVERY The Division of Social Work launched www.RecoveryLaramie.org in celebration of National Recovery Month, which promotes recovery from substance abuse and mental health issues. The website contains information on substance abuse and community resources that persons seeking help can access.
The WyCOA website features online resources for older adults and their family care partners in the Resources Section. Topics include: Alzheimer’s Disease, Healthy Aging, and many more.
MSW student Amber Donais helped develop this website as part of an independent research course she took this summer with division director Dr. Donna Leigh Bliss.
Professional caregivers will find useful information about caring for aging adults at the Wyoming Geriatric Education Center (WyGEC). WyGEC offers many online and in-person trainings throughout the state each year. Healthcare professionals are also invited to join the
According to Bliss, “I am very proud of the work Amber did. RecoveryLaramie.org is the first in a series of websites the Division of Social Work will launch each September to promote substance abuse recovery throughout Wyoming.
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STUDENT NEWS COMMUNICATION DISORDERS HELPS OUT IN GUATEMALA Drs. Doug Petersen and Christiane Dechert were awarded UW International Travel Grants to share research, and provide continuing education, and services to educators and children with disabilities in Guatemala. Four Spanish-speaking students from communication disorders, Gwynn Barrows, Jen Glodowski, Mike Soriano, and Allie Long, were awarded Cheney Study Abroad Grants. The students participated in presentations at the UW partner university Universidad del Valle in Guatemala City and Escuintla.
INAUGURAL STUDENTS OF THE NEW UW DUAL DEGREE PROGRAM Jimmy Curtiss, Steven Schoeber, and Anna Bayert are the inaugural students of the new University of Wyoming Pharm.D./M.B.A. dual degree program.
Children taking a break from class, Guatemala.
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After a year of business management courses, the students’ summer project for the M.B.A. portion of the program was to contract with Pharmacy Solutions, a primarily sterile compounding pharmacy operating in the Rocky Mountain Region, as marketing consultants to understand and develop their marketing approach for non-sterile compounding. Curtiss, Schoeber, and Bayert presented an overview of their summer 2014 business project process to UW School of Pharmacy faculty. The students conducted qualitative research with various stakeholder groups including patients, pharmacists, and physicians to glean insight into what the needs and desires were for the market. After analysis of this information, the group used their findings to develop specific marketing tools for the company that included a basic brochure, business cards, and a website. The students presented their findings to the CEO, Chris Tice, along with various other members of his executive
Left: Jimmy Curtiss, Steven Schoeber, Anna Bayert, and Dr. Larry Staubach. Right: Dr. Timothy J. Robinson (center), Director of WWAMI Medical Education, participates with first year medical students in team building exercises.
staff and faculty in late July. The students gave an overview of the process for their project to the UW School of Pharmacy faculty at the beginning of the fall 2014 semester. Dr. Larry Staubach, assistant professor of social and administrative pharmacy, is the students’ adviser.
WWAMI ORIENTATION Incoming students are provided with an overview of the program as well as a “Team Building” experience, like this one involving a low rope course at Pingree Park in Colorado.
THOSE WHO HAVE ENDURED: The Paradoxical Nature of Trauma in the Frontier West Research and Article by Brittany Wienholz As a recent graduate of the M.S.W. Program at UW, I am a new inductee into the world of advocacy and best practice with vulnerable clients. As someone who lacks first-hand knowledge of the many traumas experienced by clients, I felt compelled to gain understanding of those who have endured, so to better attune and support them on their healing journeys. This led me to my thesis research, Journeys after Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Phenomenological Study in a Frontier Region, which provided an exploratory analysis with the aim of increasing awareness, informed by survivors themselves. The findings expand light on this historically secretive topic, in the frontier where independence and strength are expected and crucial for survival. Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a particularly virulent form of trauma affecting survivors’ overall well-beings.
The prevalence of CSA is estimated to affect 11% of the global, and 10% of the U.S., population. Healing journeys have been described as complex and enduring; however, little research has explored the journeys of those living in the frontier west. Wyoming, with a population of .17 people per square mile, has the second lowest population density in the United States, and so presents a geographic context and culture uniquely its own. Social Workers therefore, have an imperative to aide survivors in their healing journeys by becoming more aware of the effects of, and needs after, such trauma. For my study, I interviewed 10 adults between the ages of 21–80, female and male, all living in the frontier west. The findings highlighted themes of dualism in the wake of trauma. The theme of connectedness (to others, a higher power, through parenting, mattering to others and society, and the use of sexual relationships) encompassed support, as well as struggle. Ongoing betrayal (by family, perpetrators, societal discrimination, and “the system”) was also evident across stories. After losing control through exploitation, survivors also had a heightened need for control. The frontier west appeared paradoxical where safety and trust were inherent in small towns and solace was found in open spaces, while at the same time, the frontier contributed to issues with confidentiality, safety, isolation, and lack of services. Participants Advice to Professionals The most consistent advice offered to professionals, by participants in my study, was to listen to survivors’ stories and “don’t act like you know if you never experienced it.” Many urged for compassion without judgment, and requested professionals to “tell us we will
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be okay.” One participant advocated for professionals to refrain from “threatening” hospitalization when survivors discuss thoughts of self-harm, because it breached trust. In terms of protecting children, participants advocated for professionals to recognize the children who are fighting, isolating, are dirty, cheating in school, sexualized, or perfectionistic. In addition, another stated immediate removal of perpetrators from the child is paramount, as he did not receive this safety. Lastly, one participant urged, “You’re going to see a lot of crap, but don’t get hardened.” As social workers we come to this field for a myriad of reasons, unified in our desire to impact lives for the better. We have our work cut out for us. And so, I leave us to ponder the words of Dr. George Brandon, who concluded the 2014 International Trauma Conference in Boston, Massachusetts: “It’s not the person who has stood and looked on who knows what [trauma] is; it is the person who has endured.” This concept reverberates through my mind as I approach my new work with survivors of trauma, recognizing their perspectives as expertise. Their stories of struggle and resilience reflect a society that begs for change and increased compassion from the individual to the political.
GRAND ROUNDS 2015 Although heavy snow forced an early closure of the University of Wyoming on April 17, the 2015 College of Health Sciences Grand Rounds/Research Day was a huge success, with students and faculty from kinesiology and health, pharmacy, nursing, communication disorders, and social work presenting their research, and receiving awards for their many fine presentations. “Progress towards the Elimination of Pediatric AIDS” was this year’s keynote theme.
K&H Student Rikki Tarufelli.
KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH STUDENTS HELPING THEIR COMMUNITY Laramie residents who don’t have enough to eat include children, the elderly, and college students, according to some at the University of Wyoming who hope to alleviate the problem. The college student demographic is one of the most likely to not have access to enough food to lead a healthy life, some UW students said. “That’s one of the largest communities that is food-insecure,” said Rikki Tarufelli, a UW senior. Tarufelli was part of a UW class in the Division of Kinesiology and Health that studied food, health, and justice. As part of their coursework, students organized a one-time food pantry, which they hope to turn into a monthly event. The pantry provided food for about 100 households and 300 people total, with extra food given to Interfaith-Good Samaritan and Laramie Soup Kitchen. The class was taught by assistant professor Christine Porter and discussed the ways food, health, and justice are linked. Students learned about problems and ways they could create solutions.” I teach it because it’s my passion,” Porter said.
Left: Brittany Wienholz (right) Speaks with a fellow student at the 2014 College of Health. Right: Grand Rounds 2015.
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IN MEMORIAM Dean and Professor Emeritus H. John Baldwin passed away peacefully at his home in Kansas on October 23, 2014, at the age of 74. John Baldwin served the school as dean from 1985–2001. He was active in the area of social and administrative pharmacy including authoring a frequently used textbook entitled Pharmacy Ethics. Dean Linda Gore Martin, along with the School of Pharmacy, extends their condolences. Eleanor Noble, instructor in the School of Pharmacy from 1960–1986. (October 1923–January 2015).
Top: Mountain View Regional Hospital. Bottom: Aspire students split up in pairs to work on the skill of introducing oneself at a leadership workshop funded by MVRH.
MOUNTAIN VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL TO SUPPORT NURSING ASPIRE Mountain View Regional Hospital (MVRH) in Casper pledged $45,000 in support for the Marcia Dale Aspire Scholars Program at the UW FWWSON. The hospital announced its decision last summer to provide $15,000 annually for the Aspire senior class per each of the next three years. The MVRH gift will materialize in scholarships for each senior Aspire Scholar as well as provision for travel costs associated with mentoring opportunities with members of the MVRH staff. The Marcia Dale Aspire Scholars Program was created to encourage, promote, and nurture scholarship, leadership, and professionalism in future nurses. This spring semester 2015, the MVRH funding enabled senior Aspire students to attend the national American Nurses Association Quality Conference in Florida. The MVRH generous gift also brought registered nurse and executive coach Deborah Center from Colorado to facilitate a weekend leadership workshop for the Aspire Scholars.
Top left: H. John Baldwin. Top right: Eleanor Noble. Bottom: The College of Health Sciences School of Pharmacy.
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ALUMNI NEWS Distinguished Alumni and Friends of the College DIVISION OF KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH Alex Garn, Ph.D., is the Division of Kinesiology and Health’s Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. Garn graduated with his M.S. degree in kinesiology and health (thesis) in 2000. He Alex Garn completed his Ph.D. at Indiana University in 2007 and is currently a faculty member at Louisiana State University.
DIVISION OF SCHOOL WORK Chrissy L. Davis Jones, M.S.W., is the Division of Social Work Distinguished Alumna of the Year. She is currently the Associate Dean of Student Development at Spokane Falls Community College, part of the Community Colleges of Spokane District. She began her work at Spokane Falls Chrissy L. Davis Jones Community College (SFCC) in February 2010 as the Director of Academic Advising, and was promoted to the Associate Dean of Student Development in August of 2010.
FAY W. WHITNEY SCHOOL OF NURSING Marlene Ethier, M.S., R.N., C.N.E. (M.S., ’93), is the 2014 Distinguished Alumna for the Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing. Ethier, a nursing Marlene Ethier
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leader in Wyoming for over 25 years, joined the faculty of Western Wyoming Community College as a nursing instructor in 1989 and continued on to direct that program from 1999–2013.
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Allan E. Weber, Ph.D., (B.S.P. ’63) is the School of Pharmacy 2014 Distinguished Alumnus. Weber’s highly successful pharmaceutical development career includes numerous accomplishments, including participating in over 12 new domestic Allan E. Weber and international drug approvals and receiving three Presidential Awards at Abbott Laboratories for project leadership and technical advances leading to new product approvals.
WWAMI MEDICAL EDUCATION Eric Cubin, M.D., M.S., Distinguished Alumnus of the WWAMI Medical Education Program, joined Casper Medical Imaging in 2010. He is a Casper native and is excited to be able to practice medicine in his home town. Cubin has a love for the outdoors and the Wyoming lifestyle including some of his favorite passions, bow hunting, fishing, backpacking, and competitive shooting.
Eric Cubin
DIVISION OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Dr. Douglas Baldwin, Distinguished Alumnus for the Division of Communication Disorders, earned his M.S. in audiology from the University of Wyoming in 1994. Baldwin worked at Rehder Hearing Clinic and Deaconess Clinic in Billings. In 1998, Baldwin received the Montana Speech Douglas Baldwin & Hearing Association award, “Making a Difference” for his foundational work in the state universal newborn hearing screening program. In 2003, Baldwin earned his doctorate in audiology. He is audiology manager for a global hearing technology company, Sonova, headquartered in Staefa, Switzerland. Baldwin manages scientific marketing and audiology training around the world—in 46 countries to date. aldwin has volunteered with Hear the World Foundation, working toward sustainable improvements in hearing services in under-developed countries.
FRIEND OF THE COLLEGE Kerry Patrick Hall, CEO of Wyoming Delta Dental. Hall has provided strong support for the UW College of Health Sciences over the years. He is a great advocate for the college’s WYDENT program where we provide dental education for eight new students every year, four at Creighton University and four at the University of Nebraska Dental Schools. Hall has Kerry Patrick Hall helped support these students and takes the initiative to maintain contact with them and visit them on a regular basis. When Dean Steiner introduced him, he said that he relied on him to keep him informed about this important program and these students, and that is so true. He is on the College of Health Sciences Deans Advisory Council and has supported many other college initiatives including the Honduras Brigade. It is great to recognize his support in naming him the 2014 Friend of the College of Health Sciences awardee.
College of Health Sciences students work to make the 2014 Tailgate a success!
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FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS BADMINTON RESEARCH EXPLAINED BY KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH
Rebecca Carron
By Associate Professor Qin “Arthur” Zhu
The video documentary featured on Science Friday, December 26, 2014, was based on two of my recent publications. These publications were in the Journal of Sports Sciences and Perceptual Motor Skills and were on the affordance of string tension and use of striking techniques for power strokes in badminton. The sport of badminton has been known as the fastest racquet sport in the world because the release speed of the projectile (shuttlecock) can reach up to 206 miles per hour. However, there has been a lack of study on how such a speed can be produced by players whose racquets were strung with varying tensions. My studies revealed that unskilled players were constrained by the string tension in producing the power stroke, while skilled players were able to coordinate the body and use the kinetic chain to always produce the fastest shot, overcoming the constraint of string tension. In addition, the use of both fast swing and angled striking techniques contributed to the production of the fastest shot by the skilled players. Although Qin “Arthur” Zhu the speed of shuttlecock will reduce significantly after the impact due to its cone shape, 80% of the max speed can be preserved, which makes the return of shot still a challenging task. It was my hope that the studies could make some suggestion to the coaching of badminton, change people’s perception about the sport of badminton, and help promote this sport in the world.
ALERT RESPONSE LEADS TO REWARDING RESEARCH Nursing professor Rebecca Carron, Ph.D., R.N., and N.P.-C.—a nurse practitioner involved with dermatology—was honored by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine with a $1,000 research award for her nursing research in partnership with co-investigator, Dr. Ruben Alvero, reproduction endocrinologist. Their
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research is titled Psychosocial Distress, Coping, and HealthRelated Quality of life (HRQL) in Adult Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). Carron’s interest in PCOS seems unusual in that it stems from her clinical work as a Family Nurse Practitioner in dermatology. “But dermatology is an entry point in the health care of women with PCOS,” says Carron. “Such women have problems with acne and hirsutism [abnormal growth of hair on face and body] due to the hormonal imbalance of the syndrome, so they seek care from a dermatologist.” Carron continues, “Many of these women have been to three or four different medical offices before they come to the dermatologist and finally find out they have PCOS.” Carron said she began to be suspicious that PCOS was the culprit in many young women’s acne problems as she began interviewing them further and would find some having difficulty becoming pregnant, for instance—a big sign that PCOS may be the cause. Carron screens all young women who present for an acne evaluation for PCOS by asking some simple questions. Carron is grateful for the ASRM award, noting, “The award helps to acknowledge that our research is relevant and important.” She hopes that other N.P.s will become aware of this research and be on the alert for such young women. “F.N.P.s as primary health care providers have an incredible opportunity to screen and diagnose PCOS in their practice,” stresses Carron.
TRAVIS BROWN RECEIVES 2014 AACP NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD Travis Brown, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmaceutical science, is one of seventeen recipients of the highly competitive American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) New Investigator Award for 2014. Brown will receive start-up funding from AACP for his research Travis Brown program, The Role of Cathepsin K in Mediating Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity and Memory.
Diane Kempson (left), and Bill Miller, Developer of Motivational Interviewing.
In addition to the research grant, he will receive $1,000 from AACP for required travel to present his research findings at the AACP Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland.
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING NETWORK OF TRAINERS (MINT)
DISABILITY STUDIES ALUMNI JOINS WIND
Dr. Diane Kempson, who is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) was one of over 300 attendees at the international MINT conference in Atlanta, October 8–11, 2014. MINTies from more than a half dozen countries convened for intensive workshops on best practices in training paraprofessionals and professionals in Motivational Interviewing (MI), an internationally accepted evidencebased practice for behavior change of almost anything conceivable, particularly in the realm of health behaviors. Key to the excitement of each of the MINT conferences is the first plenary, always done by Dr. William Miller, developer of MI, in presenting an overview of the latest thinking and research surrounding MI.
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND) disability studies minor alumni, Molli Rosenbaum (2014), recently joined WIND. Rosenbaum is a project coordinator for the Inventory of Client and Agency Planning (ICAP) project. The ICAP project helps to Molli Rosenbaum determine individual’s eligibility for funding within the Wyoming Developmental Disabilities service system. The ICAP is a standardized measure that yields an estimate of a person’s adaptive functioning, the extent of behavior problems that may limit his or her inclusion in various settings, as well as a systematic review of all available evaluation data. ICAP scores are used by the Wyoming Department of Health, Developmental Disabilities Division as part of the basis for determining eligibility for funding within the developmental disabilities service system.
Kempson was awarded a grant from the Wyoming Geriatric Education Center to attend the conference. She taught a semester-long interprofessional MI course open to all College of Health Sciences students in spring 2015. In addition, Kempson and Dr. Pamela Clarke are developing a research protocol to examine the use of MI in end-of-life planning. Kempson has trained with Miller since 1999 and completed her train-the-trainer training for MINT in 2010.
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NEW DIRECTOR OF INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Interprofessional Education (IPE) at the College of Health Sciences has taken several major steps forward this year. IPE occurs when students from two or more disciplines are learning with, from, and about each other with the purpose of cultivating collaborative practice. The core competencies of IPE center on teamwork, communication, ethics, values, and understanding one’s own and others’ roles and responsibilities. A second faculty IPE retreat was held in January 2015, which provided added momentum for key strategic planning efforts that include curricular change and faculty development. In addition, School of Pharmacy faculty member Carol Kobulnicky, Ph.D. R.Ph. was appointed Director of Interprofessional Education in February, 2015. This new position was established to mobilize IPE faculty Carol Kobulnicky teams and to coordinate IPE efforts at UW.
“I’M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ENGAGE MY STUDENTS” When University of Wyoming students in Dr. Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker’s aural rehabilitation class pull out their cell phones and send text messages, it doesn’t
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mean they’re not paying attention. Rather, they are using their electronic devices to learn their course material. “My students enjoy pulling out their phones to text their answers,” says Hidecker, an assistant professor in the UW College of Health Sciences Division Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker of Communication Disorders. “This then lets me see and correct any misconceptions that the students demonstrate. We do this once a week or so, usually as a warm-up activity.” After learning about Polleverywhere at the UW Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning, Hidecker became excited about using the technology with senior students in her aural rehabilitation spring course. Polleverywhere allows teachers to engage their classes anywhere and in real time. An instructor can ask a question, even true / false or clickable image polls, and students’ answers are compiled through text and web messages. Hidecker usually uses the technology to ask reading assignment questions or conduct quizzes. Her goal is to ascertain whether her students are doing their outside reading and understanding the material. “I’m always looking for ways to engage my students,” she says. “I can see what they understand or don’t understand. It lets me know whether to explain or go into more detail.”
Bruce Culver
Chloe Jones
Thank you to our retirees for their hard work, loyalty, and dedication! Professor Bruce Culver, Ph.D., School of Pharmacy, 37 years Bobbie Cesko, staff assistant, School of Pharmacy, 35 years Chloe Jones, office associate, School of Pharmacy, 11 years Jackie Robinson, office associate, School of Pharmacy, 2 years 14
Bobbie Cesko
Jackie Robinson
NEW FACULTY AND STAFF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Jason Custer, B.S.W., joins the Division of Communication Disorders as an assistant lecturer of American Sign Language. Custer is a graduate from the UW Division of Social Work. He served as a social worker at Peak Wellness and an ASL instructor at Laramie County Community College, so brings dual professional strengths to our division. Beth Young, M.S., is finishing up a year as project director for communication disorder’s Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker’s Mountain West grant investigating a communication assessment measure for adults with cerebral palsy. She is also working with Doug Petersen on a 3-year U.S. Institute for Education Sciences grant to further develop and investigate tiered narrative language intervention. Young has worked on a variety of health and health policy projects in Wyoming, most recently with the School of Pharmacy. We hope to continue to keep Young’s talents employed within the College of Health Sciences. Diane Heien, office associate with communication disorders, is glad to be back on the UW campus since she literally grew up here. Her dad, John Maurer, was a chemistry professor for almost 40 years, she went to UW Prep (before it became the Lab School), and graduated from UW with a degree in dietetics.
WWAMI Dr. Alison H. Doherty hails from Lander, Wyoming. Her educational background includes: University of Wyoming, B.A., anthropology; Kent State University, M.A., biological anthropology in the School of Biomedical Sciences; Kent State University, Ph.D., cell and molecular physiology in the School of Biomedical
Jason Custer
Beth Young
Sciences; Northeast Ohio Medical University, graduate fellow in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology; Colorado State University, postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Biomechanical Engineering; University of Wyoming, clinical assistant professor for anatomy in the WWAMI program and curriculum development. Doherty’s research focuses on the effects of hibernation, a form of mechanical disuse, on the skeleton in rodents as a comparative model of human disuse osteoporosis. She is also interested in the history of Wyoming doctors and their contributions to medicine throughout the state.
KINESIOLOGY AND HEALTH Gretchen SewczakClaude, P.T., D.P.T., assistant lecturer in the Division of Kinesiology & Health. Sewczak-Claude’s teaching/training Gretchen Sewczak-Claude interests include: Educating students in areas of strength and conditioning, functional mobility and functional training; development of skills to improve fitness and quality of life across various levels; emphasis on strong knowledge and understanding of fundamental movements; concentration in developing professionalism skills, with emphasis on communication skills, to become successful in professional school and career. Sewczak-Claude will be teaching courses such as, “Kinesiology, Health, and Teaching Physical Activity,” “Methods of Training and Conditioning,” and “Functional Movement Analysis”.
Diane Heien
Alison Doherty
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Kara Enyeart
Leena Myran
WYOMING INSTITUTE FOR DISABILITIES Kara Enyeart, B.A., is the business manager for Wyoming Institute for Disabilities (WIND). Since 2000, Enyeart has worked with the college of business in the development office, economics and finance, and the molecular biology department. She also enjoys working at her shop downtown, Quilt Essentials. Enyeart has a paralegal associate’s degree from Laramie County Community College and a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business economics from the University of Wyoming.
SCHOOL OF PHARMACY Leena Myran is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the School of Pharmacy. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Wyoming in 2012. Myran completed a PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency in 2013 at the Billings Clinic Hospital in Billings, Montana. Her practice site is at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center working with the UW Family Medicine Residency Program. Jared Bushman is an assistant professor at the School of Pharmacy. He received a B.A. (2003) in biology and biochemistry from the University of Utah, and an M.S. (2005) and a Ph.D. (2009) in biomedical genetics, both from the University of Rochester Medical Center. Bushman has been an assistant research professor at Rutgers University since 2009. Dorie Gallegos is the new staff assistant at the School of Pharmacy. She replaces Bobbie Cesko, who retired the first part of September. Gallegos has worked at UW for more than 19 years. She was previously the office associate for the Department of Elementary and Early
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Jared Bushman
Dorie Gallegos
Childhood Education in the College of Education, where she worked for nine and one-half years. Gallegos graduated from UW in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education.
FAY W. WHITNEY SCHOOL OF NURSING The School of Nursing’s D.N.P. program brings J’Laine Proctor, F.N.P., P.M.H.N.P., D.N.P., on board to teach in the new Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (F.P.M.H.N.P.) program this fall 2014. J’Laine Proctor
Nancy McGee, D.N.P., A.P.R.N.-B.C., clinical assistant professor for the D.N.P. program. McGee joined the UW FWWSON faculty hoping to help revive the Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner track of the D.N.P. program. She has been a Nancy McGee practicing Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (P.M.H.N.P.) for the last seven years. The need for increased psychiatric care in the state of Wyoming is apparent. She is excited to be at the forefront of developing a program that will prepare students to fill these care needs.
Rebecca Carron
Sarah Anne Kooienga
Rebecca Carron, Ph.D., R.N., N.P.-C., enters academia following a career as an F.N.P. in the field of dermatology. She has focused her research on spirituality and coping with chronic disease. Sarah Anne Kooienga, Ph.D., F.N.P., A.R.N.P., comes from Washington State University Vancouver. Kooienga has been an F.N.P. for 25 years. Her program of research focuses on Electronic Health Record implementation in independent primary care N.P. practice, specifically in rural areas. She is also interested in the international development of the primary care N.P. role, and spends time as a visiting faculty member in New Zealand. Kayla Boshell has stepped into the office associate position for the BRAND accelerated program. She omes to us with UW experience from working with the registrar’s office. Joanne Prahl is the new assistant coordinator of the Clinical Simulation Center. She enters this position following a seven-year stint with the Wyoming Active Guard Reserve as a flight operations specialist, prior to which she was employed in a variety of offices at UW.
DIVISION OF SOCIAL WORK The Division of Social Work is pleased to welcome Dr. Amy Baker as an assistant professor. Baker and her family have recently moved from New York, where Baker completed her Ph.D. at Hunter Amy Baker College. She was recently published in Social Science and Medicine, for her article concerning mortgage strain among African American homeowners.
Kayla Boshell
Joanne Prahl
Previously, Baker worked with the Honorable Marjorie Margolies and Women’s Campaign International to train women as political candidates in South Africa. Baker is looking forward to introducing her students to what she learned about media literacy and identifying how the public perception impacts agencies and clients in the field. The Division of Social Work is very pleased to have assistant lecturer Kari D. Velzke joining the division at our UWCasper location this year. Velzke is joining us from the University of Stirling in Scotland, where she is currently a Ph.D. candidate. She has worked for a Kari D. Velzke number of years as a research assistant in the Dementia Knowledge Exchange at the University of Stirling. Velzke has also had the opportunity to teach in locations such as South Africa, England, and Scotland. Velzke is the Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of School Social Work, an innovative open access online journal. She is also on the International Committee on School Social Work Collaborations, working to establish an international school social work credential. Ashley Neff (photo not available), office associate for the Division of Social Work, recently moved from San Diego, California where she was stationed with the Marine Corps. She and her family moved to Wyoming to embrace the outdoors lifestyle. When not at the University, Neff enjoys hiking, horseback riding, spending time with her husband, and playing with their two young sons and two dogs.
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COLLEGE NEWS WYOMING CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM HEALTHY POKES
to see the new locker rooms, weights rooms, and all the spaces that are only used by the players.
In an effort to address the physical activity and health of children in Wyoming, faculty members from the Division of Kinesiology and Health and Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Wyoming have partnered with Albany County School District 1, Ivinson Memorial Hospital, and area pediatricians to offer an after-school program to enhance the health and wellness of at-risk youth.
On December 10th, a dinner was provided for all the Healthy Pokes children and their families. Sandra Miller, from Cent$ible Nutrition, provided a cooking demonstration to show parents how to make a meat sauce and cornbread.
Healthy Pokes was awarded a grant in the amount of $30,000 from Cheyenne Regional Medical Center to support the expansion of this program to Laramie County. Beginning September 2015, Healthy Pokes has partnered with CRMC, Laramie County Community College, and the Cheyenne Children’s Clinic to deliver the Healthy Pokes program.
For more information about the Healthy Pokes program or to make a donation, please visit: www.uwyo.edu/ kandh/healthy-pokes/index.html
THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES FALL 2014 COMMENCEMENT The College of Health Sciences held its fall 2014 Commencement Ceremony on December 13, in the Wyoming Student Union. We proudly congratulate our graduating students and welcome them as new Alumni of the University of Wyoming!
The Healthy Pokes program had 10 fantastic weeks this fall with the children and UW students. In November, they got to tour the new Arena Auditorium with our friends on the UW men’s basketball team! The children and UW mentors had the chance
Top: Graduates await the start of their commencement ceremony. Bottom: Dean Steiner (center), oversees the presentation of degrees.
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DOCTOR OF NURSING PRACTICE PROGRAM OFFICIALLY ACCREDITED The Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing’s (FWWSON) first class from the new Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program will graduate in 2015—and from an officially accredited program. The school received the good news this past fall from the school’s accrediting body, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). D.N.P. program director Ann Marie Hart says the CCNE’s national accreditation standards are high: “In order to be accredited, the program had to complete a self-study over many months. The study took into account not only our program’s curriculum and faculty, but also the leadership and resources at the FWWSON, the CHS, and UW. So our program receiving national accreditation truly reflects that we are part of a strong school, college, and university.”
training. The new integrated model is one that over 75% of the medical schools have adopted over the past decade and is supported by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), the accrediting body for all U.S. Medical Schools. A defining feature of the new integrated model is earlier and more intensive clinical training. This year the WWAMI program has begun preparing for this change by incorporating more clinical skills workshops and simulation training. Physicians from Laramie as well as around the state have been graciously donating their time by volunteering instructional time to help our WWAMI students in clinical training. The increase in clinical training has been met with excitement by our WWAMI students and the WWAMI program is excited to onboard this new curriculum model in the fall of 2015.
Top: Dr. Bob Onders (Laramie, Wyoming) and student Allie Dawson. Bottom: (left) Dr. Will Smith (Jackson, Wyoming) with student Bryan Feinstein.
The state of Wyoming also played a role. CCNE site visitors met with nurse practitioners and physicians around the state who help provide clinical education to students and hire program graduates. “So in addition to national accreditation being an important milestone for the D.N.P. program and graduates,” says Hart, “it is also important for the state and its citizens, who will ultimately receive primary and mental health care from our D.N.P.-prepared nurse practitioners.”
INCREASED CLINICAL TRAINING FOR WWAMI STUDENTS The University of Washington School of Medicine will undergo a major curriculum overhaul beginning with the entering 2015 WWAMI class. The existing curriculum is based on the Flexner report of 1910 and emphasizes science instruction in the first two years of medical school followed by two years of clinical
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THE WWAMI STETHOSCOPE CEREMONY FALL 2014
THE PHARMACY WHITE COAT CEREMONY FALL 2014
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GRANTS Division of Communication Disorders Guiberson, M. (2014). Digital Graphic Novella: Hearing Health for Spanish-speaking Agricultural Workers. National Institutes of Health, High Plains Intermountain Center for Agricultural Health and Safety, $25,000. Guiberson, M. Identification of behavioral phenotype markers of language impairment in Spanish-speakers via telehealth: A feasibility study. National Institutes of Health, Mountain West Clinical Translational Research-Infrastructure Network—Pilot Grant, 1/1/2014–6/30/2014, $55,000. Hidecker, M. J. C. (2014). Expansion of the CFCS to adults with cerebral palsy. College of Health Science Research, 5/1/2014– 4/30/2015, $7000. Hidecker, M. J. C. (Principal investigator). Expansion of the CFCS to adolescents and adults with cerebral palsy. Mountain West Research Consortium, 7/1/2014–06/30/2015, $75,000. Petersen, D. B. (Principal Investigator) & Spencer, T. D. (Principal Investigator), Restrepo, M. (Principal Investigator). Development of a Dual Language Narrative Curriculum. IES; CFDA 84.305A: Early Programs and Policies; Goal 2: Development and Innovation, 2014–2019, $1,481,976. Petersen, D. B. (Principal Investigator) & Spencer, T. D. (Principal Investigator). Predictive Early Assessment of Reading and Language (PEARL): Feasibility, Reliability, & Validity. Northern Arizona University Preliminary Studies Grant, 2013–2014, $65,000.
Division of Kinesiology and Health Christine Porter (PI), Food Dignity. Funding source: NIH & Dept. of Ag., $3,982,968.00, 1/1/11–3/31/2015. Christine Porter (PI), Growing Resilience. Funding source: INBRE, $77,754.00, FY 13–14. Karen Gaudreault (PI), Healthy Pokes. Funding source: Ivinson Memorial Hospital, $5,000.00, 2/1/14–2/1/15. Karen Gaudreault (PI), Healthy Pokes. Funding source: ACSD #1, $11,000.00, 2/1/2014–2/1/2015. Arthur Zhu (PI), Task-specific Bimanual Training to Improve Upper Limb Function Post Stoke. Funding source: University of Nevada-Las Vegas, $10,980.00, 12/10/14–6/30/2015. Emily Guseman (PI), Fit Families: Early Intervention of Children and their Caregivers. Funding source: CHS, $7,370.00, 7/1/13–6/15/14. Emily Guseman (PI), Adolescents’ Cortisol Responses to Acute Exercise of Varying Intensities. Funding source: FGIA, $7,500.00, 7/1/14– 6/30/15.
Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing Boyle, D. (Co-Principal Investigator) (2015), The Relationship between Nursing Specialty Certification and Surgical Site Infection Rates in Acute Care Hospitals. Sandra-Bergquist-Beringer, Ph.D., R.N., Co-Principal Investigator. Emily Cramer, Ph.D., Co-Investigator. Grant from the Competency and Credentialing Institute and the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board, $71,804 Burman, M. (PD) (2013-2015), Revolutionizing Nursing Education in Wyoming (ReNEW). Project funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation “State Implementation Grant” program, $150,000.
Burman, M. (PD) (2013–2015), Wyoming Center for Nursing and Health Care Partnerships. Project funded by the Wyoming Work-force Development Council and the Department of Workforce Services, $26,000. Burman, M. (PD) (2015–2017), ReNEW: Seamless Nursing Education for Students in Wyoming. Project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation “State Implementation Program”, $150,000. Clarke, P. (PI/PD) (2010–2015), LEAP from R.N. to M.S.: Preparing Nurse Educators. Funded by Health Resources Administration (HRSA), $1,108,708. Purtzer, M. A. (PI), & Hermansen-Kobulnicky, C. J. (Co-I). (2015). Banner Health Grant. Caregiver Experiences with Cancer Patient Proxy Self-Monitoring. Porter, C. M., (co-PI), Spoonhunter, T. (co-PI), Sutter, V. (coinvestigator), Purtzer, M. A. (co-investigator), Thomas, J. (coinvestigator). Wyoming INBRE University of Wyoming-Wyoming Community College Collaborative Grant Program.
Wyoming Institute for Disabilities Association of University Centers on Disabilities. Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship. Federal Communications Commission. I Can Connect—Wyoming Deaf Blind Equipment Distribution Program. U.S. Department of Agriculture, UW Cooperative Extension. Wyoming AgrAbility. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Community Living. WIND core funding. U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration. Wyoming Assistive Technology Act Program. U.S. Department of Health, Health Resources and Services Administration. Wyoming Geriatric Education Center (limited to fiscal administration). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health. Wyoming Family to Family. Wyoming Department of Education Accessible Educational Materials Communities of Practice—Improving Student Transitions Next Step Assessment Clinic Wyoming Department of Health Inventory for Client and Agency Planning— eligibility assessments Supports Intensity Scale—eligibility assessments Wyoming Vision Collaborative Wyoming Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities Think College Wyoming Also: Fees for Services—assessments, training, technical assistance in education, employment, and health
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