Jennifer L. Vincenzo, PT, MPH, Ph.D., is an associate professor with the UAMS College of Health Professions Department of Physical Therapy. Her research interests revolve around implementation science and fall prevention and health promotion for aging adults. She is the former chair of the Balance and Falls Special Interest Group and Arkansas State Advocate for the American Physical Therapy Association-Geriatrics. She is currently a director on the board for APTA-Geriatrics, serves on a task force with the National Council on Aging, and is in her second term as chair of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Aging in Arkansas.
She was the first faculty member in the College of Health Professions and on the UAMS Northwest Regional Campus to receive a KL2 mentored research scholar award from UAMS (2019-2022) and a third year of partial funding due to her success. She is the third physical therapist and the only investigator at UAMS to receive the prestigious K76 Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders in Aging Career Development Award (2022-2027). She was awarded over $1 million to develop and test implementation strategies for the STEADI program, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, aimed at fall prevention in outpatient physical therapy. She has served as a co-investigator on other internal and external grant awards as well. She has received recognition locally and nationally for her research and service. To date, she has published 35 peer-reviewed publications (11 first author, six senior author), contributed to 62 peer-reviewed conference posters and/or presentations, given 43 invited presentations, and contributed 23 non-referred publications.