Six members of the University of Michigan community were inducted into the National Academies of Practice (NAP) as Distinguished Fellows in a ceremony held on March 16, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida as part of the Annual NAP Meeting and Forum.
Six members of the University of Michigan community were inducted into the National Academies of Practice (NAP) as Distinguished Fellows in a ceremony held on March 16, 2024 in Jacksonville, Florida as part of the Annual NAP Meeting and Forum.
The group includes faculty and clinicians from the University of Michigan, University of Michigan-Flint and Michigan Medicine. The Class of 2024 inductees includes:
- Kristin C. Klein, Pharm.D., BCPPS, FPPA, Clinical Professor, Pharmacy Academy (U-M)
- Rajesh S. Mangrulkar, M.D., Marguerite S. Roll Professor, Director of the Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education and Executive Director of Research. Innovation. Scholarship. Education. (RISE), Physician Academy (U-M)
- Michelle Pardee, D.N.P., FNP-BC, Clinical Associate Professor, Nursing Academy (U-M)
- Laura J. Smith, P.T., D.P.T., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Physical Therapy Academy (UM-Flint)
- Dana Tschannen, Ph.D., R.N., Clinical Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Nursing Academy (U-M)
- Anita Vereb, Ph.D/CCC-A, Audiologist, Audiology Academy (Michigan Medicine)
Distinguished Fellows are required to first be nominated by an active NAP fellow, and then selected based on a review of their portfolio. The criteria centers on the candidate’s commitment to shaping and advocating for interprofessional practice and accessible, affordable health care for all.
“On behalf of my U-M colleagues, I can say that we were all incredibly honored to be part of this inductee class. The National Academies of Practice is a unique community where we collaborate to advocate for the kinds of policies and legislation that are needed to advance the health of our patients and communities,” said Mangrulkar. “This advocacy channels many diverse perspectives into one voice, which has a strong potential to influence real change at the national, state and local levels.”
Distinguished Fellows were recognized during the closing banquet of the Annual Forum. During this two-day conference, U-M presenters also led two different roundtable discussions: one that was focused on the Center for IPE’s Interprofessional Community Health Collaborative, and one that engaged the Academies on how interprofessional education centers can add value to health care systems.
Founded in 1981 to advise governmental bodies on our health care system, NAP is an alliance of health care professionals who are collaborating to transform health and wellbeing.
Distinguished practitioners and scholars are elected by their peers from multiple different health professions to join the only interprofessional group of health care practitioners and scholars dedicated to supporting affordable, accessible, coordinated quality health care for all.
Since 2020, three U-M faculty members have been named NAP Distinguished Fellows. This year’s induction of six members shows the growing commitment and dedication to interprofessional education and teamwork happening at the University of Michigan. To learn more about this work, visit Michigan Center for Interprofessional Education.
