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Merilee Larsen

Faculty Member

Merilee Larsen

Biography

Dr. Larsen completed her undergrad at Utah Valley State College and her Masters (MPH) and Doctorate (DrPH) at Loma Linda University. Dr. Larsen is an Associate Professor and she has been teaching at UVU for over 20 years and has taught at the University of Utah and in private industry. Merilee is an E-RYT500 and has taught Yoga for over 20+ years.

Education

DrPH - Doctor of Public Health, Loma Linda University, 2017

Major: Health Education

MPH - Masters of Public Health, Loma Linda University, 2012

Major: Public Health Practice

BS, Utah Valley University, 2006

Major: Community Health

Teaching

HLTH 282R

Health Coaching Experience, Spring 2024

HLTH 2550

Health Coaching II, Spring 2024

HLTH 4200

Health Education Teaching Methods WE, Spring 2024

HWC 2000

Lifestyle Medicine for Health Coaching, Spring 2024

HLTH 1500

Mindfulness/Meditation/Breathwork, Spring 2024

HLTH 1057

Power Yoga, Spring 2024

HLTH 490R

Special Topics in Public Health, Spring 2024

HLTH 2750

Supervised Coaching, Spring 2024

Presentations

Larsen, Merilee (Presenter & Author), Barber, Melinda (Presenter & Author), Roots of Knowledge, "Reproductive Life Planning Post Roe V. Wade", UVU, Bingham Gallery, UVU. (April 13, 2023)
Larsen, Merilee , CHPS Health Care Conference, "Meditation & Breathwork", Utah Valley University. (March 1, 2023)
Larsen, Merilee (Presenter & Author), Customer Service Secrets Podcast, "How to be Prepared in Times of Crisis", Kustomer, NYC - Podcast. (April 7, 2020)
Larsen, Merilee (Presenter & Author), Brown, Mary (Presenter & Author), Lily Conference, "Order Up! Serving Up a Personal Health and Wellness Course - Cafeteria Style", San Diego, CA. (February 28, 2020)
Larsen, Merilee (Presenter & Author), Womens Health, "Women's Health from A-Z", American Fork Youth Organization, American Fork. (February 12, 2020)
Larsen, Merilee (Presenter & Author), Continuity Insights Management, "Disaster Thinking for Businesses", Continuity Insights, New Orleans, LA. (April 17, 2019)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Larsen, Merilee , Barber, Melinda , "Utah State Board of Education Microcredentialling " . Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Board of Education.
Jones-Christensen, Lisa , Hammond, Scott , Larsen, Merilee , (2020) "Lost Person Behavior as an Antecedent to Resilience" . Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.

Awards

Faculty Excellence Award

Faculty Senate - March, 2022

CHPS Faculty Excellence Award

CHPS - March 11, 2021

Faculty Excellence: given to a faculty member or adjunct for her/his demonstrated excellence in teaching, service and scholarly activity/creative works. Nominees must have demonstrated one or more of the following over the previous 12 months_
Excellence in teaching through activities that advance the quality and practice of teaching and learning, and/or application of effective and/or unique teaching strategies, including (but not limited to) active learning, learning communities, student’s portfolios, creative assessment, and innovative uses of technology. This may be demonstrated through SRI scores, OTL training, etc.Demonstrated an exceptional level of service through committee participation and leadership, or community and service learning.A record of research publications in peer-reviewed journals and/or research-oriented texts or participation in national and/or international conferences through presentation of papers published in conference proceedings and/or digests.

Best Design for Health 1100 Online - 3rd Place

Office of Teaching and Learning

This was an award for online course development and implementation for Health 1100 - online.

Outstanding Educator of the Year

UVU Alumni Services

This award was given by the students through alumni services. This was a huge honor for me.

Adjunct Faculty of Excellence

College of Science and Health

This was an award for outstanding teaching