Gail Jensen, PT, PhD, FAPTA, professor of physical therapy and dean of the Graduate School and College of Professional Studies was awarded the 2018 National Academies of Practice (NAP), Nicholas Andrew Cummings Award. This award is named for NAP’s Founder and is presented annually to a member of a NAP Academy who has demonstrated outstanding or extraordinary contributions to interprofessional health care.
NAP is a nonprofit organization founded in 1981 to advise governmental bodies on our healthcare system. Distinguished practitioners and scholars are elected by their peers from fourteen different health professions to join the only interprofessional group of healthcare practitioners and scholars dedicated to supporting affordable, accessible, coordinated quality healthcare for all.
