Editor in Chief: Boyd F. Richards, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics on the Lecturer Track in the Division of Pediatric Administration, Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah

Rebecca Wilson, PhD, RN
Director Nursing Education Specialty Track, College Of Nursing; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Family And Preventive Medicine; Associate Professor (Clinical), College Of Nursing; Director Academy of Health Sciences Education, School Of Medicine-Operations

Sara E Hart, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, Health Systems and Community-based Care, Director of Student and Community Engagement, Fellow, Academy of Health Sciences Educators, College of Nursing, University of Utah

Angelo Giardino, MPH, MD, PHD, FAAP
Wilma T. Gibson Presidential Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah’s School of Medicine and Chief Medical Officer at Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT

Randy Jensen, MD, PhD
Neurosurgery, Brain Tumors, Skull Base Surgery, Neuro Trauma and Neurocritical Care at the School of Medicine, University of Utah

Kathryn B. Moore, PhD
Faculty in the School of Medicine, Adjunct Faculty in the School of Dentistry, University of Utah

Timothy W. Farrell, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the School of Medicine, University of , Physician Investigator at the VA Salt Lake City Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center


Stacy McIntosh, MS, RD, CD
Chair, College of Health Teaching and Learning Excellence Committee, College of Health; Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Nutrition & Integrative Physiology; Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Nursing; Adjunct Faculty, School of Medicine-Operations

Kara Dassel, PhD, FAGHE, FGSA, FAHSE
Associate Professor (Clinical), Interim Assistant Dean, Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program, College of Nursing

Virginia L. Valentin, DrPH, PA-C
Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Physician Assistant, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah

Managing Editor: Nancy T. Lombardo, MLS
Librarian, Head of Digital Publishing, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah

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