Maren Voss

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Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor | Health and Wellness | HEART Initiative | Salt Lake & Tooele Counties

Contact Information

Office Location: Salt Lake and Tooele Counties
Phone: 385-468-4841
Email: maren.voss@usu.edu
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Website

Educational Background

PhD, Rehabilitation Science, University of Utah, 2021

ScD, Occupational Science, Towson University, 2017 Dissertation

UNDERSTANDING WELL-BEING AMONG RETIREES EXPERIENCING LATE-LIFE UNEMPLOYMENT

MA, Journalism, University of Maryland, 2009

MS, Clinical Psychology, University of Texas Southwestern, 1997 Thesis

MATHEMATICAL LEARNING DISABILITIES

BS, Psychology, (English), Brigham Young University, 1991

Licensures & Certifications

Youth Mental Health First Aid Instructor, MHFA, 2019

Buprenorphine Waiver Training, University of Utah's Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Epidemiology's Program for Addiction Research, 2019

Universal Prevention Coordinator Certification, Applied Prevention Science International, 2019

Question, Persuade, Refer Instructor Certification, QPR Institute, 2019

WorkingMinds Certified Trainer, Colorado State University, 2019

Certified Undergraduate Research Mentor, University of Utah , 2018

CITI- Human Subjects Research Certification, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, 2015

CITI- Responsible Conduct of Research, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative, 2015

Registered Yoga Teacher, Yoga Alliance, 2012

Biography

My career has focused on methods of maximizing public health in a variety of domains including education, clinical arenas, public communications, and research. I have completed master’s degrees in clinical psychology and communications and a doctoral degree in the health sciences. I have scholarly publication and professional presentation experience and have taught and collaborated at academic and community level institutions.

Research Interests

My most recent career focus has been in research on pain management and occupational engagement as health variables. I conduct public health programming and utilize secondary analysis of large public datasets for broad epidemiological analysis in addition to qualitative interviewing with small samples for individual-level insights. I am particularly adept at analysis and literature reviews to draw out relevant variables and contexts that influence outcomes.

Awards

Communication Written Award 1st Place Western Region, 2021

NEAFCs

Communication Written Award 3rd Place National, 2021

NEAFCS

Florence Hall Award 1st Place National, 2021

NEAFCS

Marketing Package Award 2nd Place Western Region, 2021

NEAFCS

Mary W Wells Memorial Diversity Award 3rd Place Western Region, 2021

NEAFCS

Communications Educational Publications Award 2nd Place National, 2021

NEAFCS

Communities Educational Publications Award 1st Place Western Region, 2021

NEAFCS

Community Partnership Award 2nd Place Western Region, 2021

NEAFCS

Communication Award - Newsletter (HEART Beat), 2021

UEAFCS

Communication Award - Pain Management Education, 2021

UEAFCs

Communication Award-Television/Video (HEART Bunch), 2021

UEAFCS

Community Partnership Award - Pain Education, 2021

UEAFCs

Diversity Team Award (HEART Initiative), 2021

Epsilon Sigma Phi IOTA

Florence Hall Award (HEART Initiative), 2021

UEAFCS

Innovative Programs (SLCounty Enrichment Series), 2021

UEAFCS

Marketing Package Award (HEART), 2021

UEAFCS

36th Annual Educational Advertising Award - Gold (HEART), 2020

EduADAWARDS

NIH Research-Industry Collaborative Fellow, 2019

National Institutes of Health

Extension DC Research Fellow, 2019

Utah State University Extension

Member of the Month, 2018

Utah Valley Drug Prevention Coalition

Psi Chi Diversity Award, 2017

Rocky Mountain Psychological Association

Young Scholar Award, 2016

American Psychosomatic Association

Science Journalism Award, 2009

Merck

Addiction Studies Journalism Award, 2009

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Publications | Fact Sheets

Yaugher, A., Voss, M., (2020). Cognitive behavioral therapies for chronic pain management. Utah State University Extension
Voss, M., Atisme, K., Yaugher, A., Sulzer, S., (2019). Mindfulness for Chronic Pain Management.
Swensen, K., Keady, T., Yaugher, A., Atisme, K., Parkhurst, E., Voss, M., (2021). Community Paramedicine: A New Approach to Health in Rural Communities. USU Extension
Swensen, K., Murza, G., Sulzer, S., Voss, M., (2020). Public Health Violence Prevention: Supporting Law Enforcement.
Savoie Roskos, M., Yaugher, A., Condie, A., Murza, G., Voss, M., Atisme, K., (2020). Diet, Nutrition, and Substance Use Disorder.
Williams-Condie, A., Yaugher, A., Voss, M., Evidence-Based Alternative Pain Management Techniques for Chronic Pain Relief.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Curriculum

Yaugher, A., Keady, T., Voss, M., Atisme, K., Arrington, R., (2020). Stress and Stress Management: A brief overview . Utah State University Extension *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

Voss, M., Health Effects of Late-Career Unemployment. Journal of Aging and Health, doi: 10.1177/0898264318806792
Hung, M., Bounsanga, J., Voss, M., (2017). Interpretation of Correlations in Clinical Research. Postgraduate Medicine, 129:8, 902-906. doi: 10.1080/00325481.2017.1383820
Voss, M., Birmingham, W., Wadsworth, L., Chen, W., Bounsanga, J., Gu, Y., Hung, M., (2017). Honest Labour Bears a Lovely Face: Will late life unemployment impact health and satisfaction in retirement? . Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Voss, M., Chen, J., (2015). Health Status After Job Loss: Does the Reason for Job Change Matter?. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 57:12, 1319-1324. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000558
Voss, M., (2019). Boundaries of the Construct of Unemployment in the Pre-Retirement Years: exploring an expanded measurement of lost-work opportunity. Work, Aging, and Retirement, 32:1, 106-116. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264318806792
Hung, M., Smith, W., Voss, M., Franklin, J., Gu, Y., Bounsanga, J., (2019). Exploring Student Achievement Gaps in School Districts Across the United States: The Case for Investigating Opportunity Gaps.. Education and Urban Society, 1-19.

In-House Journal

Professional Journal

Voss, M., Merryman, M., Crabtree, L., Subasic, K., Birmingham, W., Wadsworth, L., Hung, M., Late-Career Unemployment has Mixed Effects in Retirement. Journal of Occupational Science, doi: 10.1080/14427591.2018.1514645
Sulzer, S., MacArthur, S., Garcia, Z., Jensen, C.E, Prevedel, S., Voss, M., (2020). Scaling Community Health Coalitions: The Well Connected Communities Pilot Initiative. Journal of Extension, Volume 58 :Number 2

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Bulletins

Magazine/Trade Publications

Yaugher, A., Keady, T., Voss, M., Savoie Roskos, M., Atisme, K., Arrington, R., (2022). Health Extension: Advocacy, Research, & Teaching (HEART) Monthly eNewsletter - HEART Beat. Utah State University Extension HEART Initiative *

Newspaper

Miscellaneous Extension

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Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Extension

Certified Peer Support Training, 2019 - Ongoing

Mental Health Programming, 2019 - Ongoing

Health and Wellness Programming, 2018 - Ongoing

Health Extension: Advocacy, Research, & Teaching (HEART) for Utah's Opioid Epidemic, 2018 - Ongoing