Annual Review
Alistair Thorpe
October 20, 2026
1. Publications
Overview
Summary for CY2026
- Nine peer-reviewed publications and one blog post
this year
- Seven peer-reviewed publications as first author this year
- Four currently under review going into CY2027
- Media Coverage
- for Publication #3 included KUER NPR Utah, Discover, Science Alert, Super age, and KSL Radio.
- For Publication #2 included CIDRAP
- For Publication #8 included CIDRAP
- High-impact journals include JAMA, JAMA Network Open, and Clinical Infectious Diseases.
- h-index = 17 (15 in 2025).
Show: 2026 publications
| No | Author | Publisher | Type | Views | IF | Mnts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Thorpe A, Fagerlin A. | JAMA | Reply | 1,628 | 65.4 | – |
| 2 | Thorpe A, et al. | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Article | 1,143 | 8.3 | 4 |
| 3 | Thorpe A, et al. |
Open
Forum Infectious Diseases - Editors Choice Article |
Brief | 2,503 | 3.8 | 1 |
| 4 | Thorpe A, et al. | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology | Letter | 165 | 2.6 | 1 |
| 5 | Giddings R, et al. | Cancer Treatment Research Communications | Article | – | 3.5 | 1* |
| 6 | Thorpe A, et al. | JAMA Network Open [Oct 30th] | Article | – | 11.7 | 2 |
| 7 | Thorpe A, et al. | JAMA Network Open [Oct 30th] | Letter | – | 11.7 | 2 |
| 8 | Thorpe A, et al. | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Brief | – | 3.8 | 3 |
| 9 | Thorpe A, et al. | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology [Provisional accept] | Brief | – | 2.6 | 2 |
| – | Thorpe A. | SMDM Newsletter | Blog | – | – | – |
* For #5, mentee is the first author. Mnts=Number of mentee coauthors. High impact defined as IF ≥5.
2024-25
Show: 2025 publications (n=5)
| No | Author | Publisher | Type | Views | IF | Mnts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thorpe A, et al. | Open Forum Infectious Diseases | Article | 1,390 | 3.8 | 1 |
| 2 | Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Thorpe A, Fagerlin A. | JAMA | Commentary | 74,591 | 65.4 | – |
| 3 | Thorpe A, et al. | JMIR | Article | 186 | 12.6 | – |
| 4 | Hillen MA, et al. |
Patient
Education and Counseling - EQUATOR Guideline |
Article | – | 3.1 | – |
| 5 | Thorpe A, et al. | JAMA Network Open | Letter | 2,543 | 11.7 | – |
* Mnts=Number of mentee coauthors. High impact defined as IF
≥5.
CY2025 Summary
-
Five peer-reviewed publications
-
Three peer-reviewed publications as first author
-
International collaboration for Publication #3 and #4
- High-impact journals include JAMA and JAMA
Network Open.
Show: 2024 publications (n=5)
| No | Author | Publisher | Type | Views | IF | Mnts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thorpe A, et al. | American Journal of Infection Control | Brief | – | 2.6 | – |
| 2 | Sirota M, et al. | Nature Human Behaviour | Article | 1,217 | 17.5 | – |
| 3 | French M, et al. | Nutrients | Article | 6,346 | 5.8 | – |
| 4 | Thorpe A, et al. | BMC Infectious Diseases | Article | 2,701 | 3.2 | 1 |
| 5 | Imlay H, Thorpe A, Vaughn V. | Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases | Review | – | 4.5 | – |
* Mnts=Number of mentee coauthors. High impact defined as IF
≥5.
CY2024 Summary
-
Five peer-reviewed publications
-
Two peer-reviewed publications as first author
-
International collaboration for Publication #2
-
High-impact journals include Nature Human Behaviour and
Nutrients.
Key trends
Peer-reviewed publications by year
Annual peer-reviewed publication totals since joining PHS as faculty in March 2024
| Metric | CY2024 | CY2025 | CY2026 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total publications | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| First-author publications | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| Senior-author publications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2. Funding
Overview
Summary for CY2026
- Thirteen total funding submissions this year
- Three total funding submissions as PI this year
- One NIH R21 submission, two foundation grants
- Two active grants as PI, both foundation CDAs
Show: Active funding (n=4)
| No | Funder | Title | Role | Total | FTE | Submitted | Awarded | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intermountain Foundation at Primary Children’s Hospital; Early Career Development Award | Transforming Support for Adolescents on GLP-1 RAs Through Innovative mHealth Tools | PI | $50,000 | – | 2026 | 2026 |
Yr 1 of 2 07/2026–06/2028 |
| 2 | UofU; Digital Health Innovations Seed Grant | User-Centered Smartphone Application for In-Home Step Training |
Co-I PI: E Pliner |
$75,000 | – | 2026 | 2026 |
Yr 1 of 1 07/2026–06/2027 |
| 3 | American Heart Association; Career Development Award | Development and testing of communication strategies to improve decisions to initiate and adhere to GLP-1 agonists | PI | $230,931 | 30% | 2024 | 2025 |
Yr 2 of 3 04/2025–03/2028 |
| 4 | HCI; Team Science Acceleration Pilot Grant | Multilevel Strategies to Improve Access, Uptake, and Use of Anti-Obesity Medications for Cancer Prevention |
Co-I PI: DR Jones |
$35,000 | – | 2025 | 2025 |
Yr 1 of 1 10/2025–10/2026 |
| Total | $390,931 |
Show: Submitted/Pending applications (n=6)
| No | Funder | Title | Role | Submitted | Total | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NCI; R21 | Characterizing and improving AI-health advice about colorectal cancer screening | PI | 10/2026 | $437,980 | 20% |
| 2 | NCI; R21 | Exploring the utility of AI chatbots to help women make informed breast cancer screening decisions |
Co-I PI: LD Scherer |
10/2026 | – | 10% |
| 3 | SMDM; Z-F Decision Psychology Pilot Award [LoI] | “I’m not a clinician, but…”, Impact of AI disclosures on medical decision making | PI | 10/2026 | $6,000 | – |
| 4 | NHLBI; R01 | Decision Aid to Improve Parental Outcomes for Fetal/Neonatal Complex Congenital Heart Disease |
Co-I PI: EM Ozanne |
10/2026 | $3,037,288 | 10% |
| 5 | NIA; R01 | Improving the diagnosis and treatment of suspected infection in hospitalized older adults |
Co-I PI: VM Vaughn |
10/2026 | – | – |
| 6 | Black and Brown Collective; Community Solutions to Gun Violence | Co-Creation of an evidence-informed clinical communication toolkit to improve the reach firearm access screening with Black American adult patients |
Co-I PI: EV Goldstein |
04/2026 | $50,000 | 30% |
| 7 | AHRQ; R21/R33 | IMProving Diagnostic Testing And Clinical ManagemenT of ASymptomatic Bacteriuria (IMPACT-ASB): Development and Testing of a Novel Digital CDSS |
MPI MPI: VM Vaughn |
06/2025 | $999,969 | 22% |
Show: PI/MPI submission plan for CY2027 (n=6)
| No | Funder | Title | Role | Submission | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NCI; R21 | Characterizing and improving AI-health advice about colorectal cancer screening | PI | 07/2027 | Resubmission |
| 2 | NHLBI; R34 | Transforming Support for Adolescents on GLP-1 RAs Through Innovative mHealth Tools |
MPI with RK Delaney |
02/2027 | New |
| 3 | NCI; P01 | Dynamic GLP-1 Support in a Rapidly Evolving Evidence Environment |
R01-PI PI: PA Estabrooks |
10/2027 | New |
| 4 | NCI; R01 | RCT of AI-enhanced patient decision aids for colorectal cancer screening | PI | TBD | New |
| 5 | UofU; Inspiring DHI Seed Grant | Development of an information-seeking platform with integrated AI platforms | PI | 03/2027s | New |
| 6 | NIAID; R01 | Patient-Clinician Communication and Suboptimal Antibiotic Prescribing in Contemporary Outpatient Respiratory Infection Care |
MPI with JE Szymczak |
TBD | New |
Show: Not funded (n=7)
| No | Funder | Title | Role | Submitted | Total | FTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UofU; DODI/DMRC Seed Grant | Development and testing of communication strategies to improve decisions to initiate and adhere to GLP-1 agonists | PI | 01/2025 | $49,948 | – |
| 2 | American Heart Association; Innovative Project Award | Transforming Support for Adolescents on GLP-1 RAs Through Innovative mHealth Tools | PI | 12/2025 | $166,542 | 20% |
| 3 | PCORI; Broad Pragmatic Study | Stakeholder-informed Management of Antibacterial Regimens for Treatment of viral Community-Acquired Pneumonia |
Mentee PI: VM Vaughn |
01/2026 01/2025 |
$16,691,186 | 25% |
| 4 | UofU; Center on Aging Pilot Grant | Development of A User-Centered Platform for Delivering At-Home Step Training |
Co-I PI: E Pliner |
04/2026 | $25,000 | – |
| 5 | Elevance Health Foundation; Patient Safety Prize [LoI] | Validity of a Step Training Program for Reducing In-Patient Fall Risk |
Co-I PI: E Pliner |
04/2026 | $1,500,000 | 10% |
| 6 | Utah’s HB373 initiative; HERFP [LoI] | MilkMetrics - A Telehealth-Enabled Lactation Monitoring Platform to Improve Maternal Confidence, Infant Health, and Healthcare Accessibility Across Utah |
Co-I PI: O Kingstedt |
10/2026 | $1,800,000 | – |
| 7 | Utah’s HB373 initiative; HERFP [LoI] | Advancing Utah’s Leadership in Autonomous Safety Systems for Industry and Defense Operations |
Co-I PI: E Pliner |
10/2026 | $5,000,000 | – |
Key trends
| Metric | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All submissions | 1 | 5 | 13 | N/A | 19 |
| PI/MPI submissions | 1 | 3 | 3 | N/A | 7 |
| Co-I submissions | 0 | 2 | 10 | N/A | 12 |
MPI = multiple principal investigator. Mentee applications are included with Co-I applications.
3. Dissemination
Overview
Summary statement for CY2026
- Work presented at three conferences
- One international (SMDM), two national
- Five invited talks all national
- Three external, two internal
Show: 2026 conferences (n=3)
| Conference | Contribution |
|---|---|
|
Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) |
|
|
Clinician strategies for describing stroke risk, risk reduction, and
anticoagulation issues to patients with atrial fibrillation Role: First-author (Talk) |
|
|
Patient and Healthcare Professional Perspectives on GLP-1 Receptor
Agonists for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Role: Joint First-author with mentee (Poster) |
|
|
Telehealth and shared decision-making strategies for stroke
prevention among patients with atrial fibrillation Role: Co-author (Talk) |
|
|
Invited presentation to the SMDM Board and Executive Committee
Role: Speaker |
|
|
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) |
|
|
Parent and Caregiver Preferences Towards Antibiotic Allergy Delabeling
in Children Role: First-author (Poster) |
|
|
Evaluation of AI Chatbot Responses to Simulated Caregiver Questions
About Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Role: Senior-author (Poster) |
|
| International Shared Decision Making (ISDM) | |
|
Impact of clinician risk communication on decisional outcomes and
choice to take oral anticoagulation among patients with atrial
fibrillationn Role: Co-author (Talk) |
Show: 2026 Invited talks (n=6)
| No | Event | Format | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Intermountain Health Annual Antibiotic Stewardship Summit Motivating and meaning: The Psychology of Health Communication and Decision Making |
In person | External |
| 2 |
International Coproduction Collaboratory at the Dartmouth Institute Beyond Expectations and Requests: Prevalence, Patterns, and Predictors of Symptom Misrepresentation When Seeking Antibiotics |
Virtual | External |
| 3 |
UofU Division of Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds Psychological Research Insights for Messaging Effectively About Antibiotics |
In person (Oct 29th) | Internal |
| 4 |
SMDM Virtual Course Understanding Individual Differences in Medical Decision Making |
Virtual (Nov 12th) | External |
| 5 |
UofU PHS 7300 Guest Lecture Psychological Research Insights for Messaging Effectively About Antibiotics |
In person (Dec 1st) | Internal |
| 6 |
Washington State Antimicrobial Stewardship Community Shorter Is Better: What Do Patients Think? |
Virtual (Dec 3rd) | External |
2024-25
Show: 2025 conferences (n=3)
| Conference | Contribution |
|---|---|
|
Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) |
|
|
Preferences of US adults with a self-reported antibiotic allergy towards
delabeling efforts Role: First-author (Talk) |
|
|
Decision aid and values clarification RCT for parents of fetuses with
life-threatening congenital heart defects Role: First-author (Poster) |
|
|
Linking Shared Decision-Making Measures to Decision Outcomes and
Medication Selection in Anticoagulation Care Role: Co-author (Talk) |
|
|
Invited presentation to the SMDM Board and Executive Committee
Role: Speaker |
|
|
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) |
|
|
US Adults’ Perspectives on Antibiotic Durations and Adherence to Therapy
for Bacterial Respiratory Infections Role: First-author (Talk) |
|
| American Heart Association (AHA) | |
|
Evaluation of a Family-Centered Decision Aid on Parental Well-being
After a Life-Threatening Congenital Heart Defect Diagnosis
Role: Joint First-author (Talk) |
Show: 2025 Invited talks (n=5)
| No | Event | Format | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
UAB Infectious Diseases Grand Rounds Psychological Research Insights for Messaging Effectively About Antibiotics |
In person | External |
| 2 |
Nebraska Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit Communicating with Patients About Antibiotics |
In person | External |
| 3 |
Veterans Health Administration VISN Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Leads Training Conference Communicating With Patients And Prescribers About Antibiotics |
Virtual | External |
| 4 |
VISN 21 Antimicrobial Stewardship Task Force Communicating With Patients And Prescribers About Antibiotics |
Virtual | External |
| 5 |
VISN 10 Antimicrobial Stewardship Community of Practice Communicating With Patients And Prescribers About Antibiotics |
Virtual | External |
Show: 2024 conferences (n=3)
| Conference | Contribution |
|---|---|
|
Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) |
|
|
Communicating about antibiotic resistance with the public: Experimental
evidence from an online survey study Role: First-author (Poster) |
|
|
Predictors of Vaccination Intentions Across Multiple Diseases: A
Comparative Study on Psychological, Ideological, and Demographic
Influences Role: Co-author (Talk) |
|
|
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) |
|
|
User-Centered Education for Patients/Caregivers about Urinary Tract
Infections, Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, and Antibiotics Role: First-author (Poster) |
|
| ID Week | |
|
Impact of an Educational Leaflet on UTI, ASB, and Antibiotics for Adults
≥65 years Role: First-author (Poster) |
Show: 2024 Invited talks (n=5)
| No | Event | Format | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Utah Quality Advancement Laboratory (UQuAL) Communicating with patients and the public about antibiotics |
In person | Internal |
| 2 |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Office of Antibiotic
Stewardship Communicating with patients and the public about antibiotics |
Virtual | External |
| 3 |
UofU PHS Research Seminar Communicating with the public about antibiotics |
In person | Internal |
| 4 |
UofU and the Utah Department of Health (DHHS): Project ECHO Psychological insights for communicating with patients and the public about antibiotics |
Virtual | External |
| 5 |
Intermountain Health Annual Antibiotic Stewardship Summit Psychological insights for communicating with patients and the public about antibiotics |
Virtual | External |
Key trends
Dissemination by year
Annual dissemination totals
| Metric | CY2024 | CY2025 | CY2026 | CY2027 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total conference presentations | 4 | 6 | 7 | N/A | 17 |
| First-author oral presentations | 0 | 3 | 1 | N/A | 4 |
| Total invited talks | 5 | 5 | 6 | N/A | 16 |
| External invited talks | 3 | 5 | 4 | N/A | 12 |
First-author oral conference presentations include joint first-author presentations and exclude posters.
4. Mentoring
Current and past mentees
| Mentee | Role_and_years | Selected_outputs |
|---|---|---|
| William B. Petty | RA and study coordinator (2025–2026) | CID and ICHE manuscripts; two accepted abstracts; additional manuscripts under review and in preparation |
| Isabelle L. Palmer | Voluntary RA (2025–present) | CID manuscript; two accepted manuscripts; one under review |
| Emely Luhan | Voluntary RA (2025–2026) | SHEA abstract (first author); manuscript under review |
| Maddy C. Farrell | Voluntary RA (2025–present) | OFID and CID manuscripts; multiple abstracts; one manuscript under review |
| Abigail Rogers | PISCES (2024–2025) | SMDM abstract |
| Tatiana Ermi | PISCES (2024–2025) | SMDM abstract |
| Stacy Owusu | BRIDGE-UP (2025) | Manuscript under review |
| Rebecca Giddings | UCL PhD student (2022–present) | CTRC manuscript (first author); manuscript under review (first author) |
| Ryen Hill | UROP and thesis (2026–present) | Analyzing data for thesis manuscript |
| Zion Nichols | BRIDGE-UP (2026) | Manuscript in preparation |
| Tierney O’Sullivan | PHS PhD student; T32 secondary mentor (2025–present) | Manuscripts in preparation |
5. Service roles internal and external
Overview
Summary for CY2026
- Two Editorial Board Roles
- Twelve reviews submitted
- Five invited talks all national
- Three external, two internal
Show: 2026 Peer Review (n=12)
| Activity | No.Submitted |
|---|---|
| Society for Medical Decision Making Editorial Board Member (2025-27) | |
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
|
| JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance Editorial Advisory Board Member (2025-Present) | |
|
3 |
| Other journals | |
|
4 |
Show: 2026 Other Roles (n=3)
| Activity | Context |
|---|---|
| Society for Medical Decision Making | External |
|
|
| UofU PHS Workforce Engagement Committee | Internal |
|
|
| UofU Utah AI Moonshot Program | Internal |
|
2024-25
Show: 2025 Peer Review (n=16)
| Activity | No.Submitted |
|---|---|
| Society for Medical Decision Making Editorial Board Member (2025-27) | |
|
6 |
|
1 |
|
|
| JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance Editorial Advisory Board Member (2025-Present) | |
|
2 |
| Other journals | |
|
7 |