Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-BC, dean of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing, has been selected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. Induction into the Academy is a significant milestone in a nurse leader’s career. Fellows are selected based on their contributions and impact to advance the public’s health.
The Academy of Nursing is a policy organization and an honorific society that recognizes nursing’s most accomplished leaders in policy, research, practice, administration, and academia to advance equitable solutions to the nation’s most complex health care challenges. Academy Fellows from more than 40 countries hold a wide variety of influential roles in health care. Induction into the Fellowship represents more than recognition of one’s accomplishments in the nursing profession. Fellows contribute their collective expertise to the academy, engaging with health leaders nationally and globally to improve health and achieve health equity by impacting policy through nursing leadership, innovation, and science.
“I am so very honored to be recognized as a Fellow of the academy,” Dr. Likes said. “I look forward to continuing to make a difference in the profession by engaging with the academy to improve health outcomes and achieve greater health equity.
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