NAP Times Newsletter - October 9, 2017

October 9, 2017

NAP 2018 Award Nominations

Nominations are now being accepted for the following three awards for NAP 2018:

The Nicholas Andrew Cummings Award

Awarded to a member of a NAP Academy who has demonstrated outstanding or extraordinary contributions to interprofessional healthcare

Interdisciplinary Group Recognition Award

Given annually to groups who have made enduring contributions to interdisciplinary practice and education Interdisciplinary

Creativity in Practice & Education Award

Established by the NAP Council to recognize and encourage interdisciplinary team programs/projects/models which focus on the improvement of health care, this award is given periodically

Please submit nomination letters to:

Melanie Bowzer, Executive Director

mbowzer@amrms.com

859-514-9181

Deadline for nominations: December 15

image: 2017 Interdisciplinary Group Recognition Award Winners the Midwest Interprofessional

Practice, Education, and Research Center (MIPERC)

Deadline for Class of 2018 Fellow Nominations is October 27

Be sure to nominate your colleagues for Fellowship or Professional Membership before the October 27 deadline in order for them to be considered for the Class of 2018!

Member News

Melnyk awarded grant for high-risk pregnancy research

Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN, university chief wellness officer, dean and professor of the College of Nursing, has been awarded a $3.3 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIH/NIMHD) for the study entitled, “Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for High-Risk Minority Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.” If successful, this study could be widely scaled to improve pregnancy, birth and post-natal outcomes nationally.

Read the full article here

Meet Your NAP Council

Victor Bray, MSC, PhD, FNAP , Secretary/Treasurer 2017-2019

Year Inducted as NAP Fellow: 2014

Title : Associate Professor

Academy : Audiology

Education: B.S. Biochemistry; M.S.C. Audiology; Ph.D. Speech and Hearing Science

Fun Fact : Once had a family pet named "39246." We called him "three-nine" (his nickname).

Number One Reason You Volunteer for NAP : Bring the small profession of Audiology to the big table for USA healthcare.