Ida Johnson Feaster Professor of Interprofessional Practice & Education
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS, United States
Dr. Teri Kennedy is Ida Johnson Feaster Professor of Interprofessional Practice and Education, University of Kansas School of Nursing and PI, Age-Friendly Kansas Forum (Kansas 4M) GWEP; Professor, Department of Population Health, KU School of Medicine; and Professor Affiliate, KU School of Social Welfare. She has 17 years’ experience serving older adults across the care continuum. She chaired and served on the Advisory Committee for Interdisciplinary, Community-Based Linkages, HRSA and was a Health and Aging Policy Fellow/American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow with Senator Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) DC Office and Senate Special Committee on Aging. She is a Fellow, National Academies of Practice (NAP) and Social Work Academy; Fellow, Social Research, Policy, and Practice, Gerontological Society of America; member, Council on Leadership Development, CSWE; co-chair, Mentoring Program, American Interprofessional Health Collaborative; member, NAP Public Policy Steering Committee and chair, NAP Telehealth Research Subcommittee; member, Arizona Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging; co-founder, The Next Chapter, and member, HAPF Alumni Network. She received the Mit Joyner Gerontology Leadership Award from the BPD and AGE-SW (2011) and Outstanding Social Work Program Director Award (BPD) (2010). Her scholarship concentrates on health and aging policy with a focus on interprofessional and age-friendly initiatives, sustainability, interprofessional leadership, team science, and health humanities and arts. She developed the Kennedy Model of Sustainability (adopted by the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education) and Strengths-Based Interprofessional Practice and Education (SB-IPE), and co-developed the M3 model supporting interprofessional academic-community partnerships. Kennedy is an indie singer/songwriter, artist, writer, and podcaster.
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Thursday, October 24, 2024
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CT
Council on Leadership Development Connect Session: Mentorship Along the Leadership Journey
Saturday, October 26, 2024
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT