Dean and Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Abiodun Akinwuntan, Ph.D., MPH, MBA, FASAHP, FACRM, FAMedS is the Dean of the School of Health Professions at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City. Dean Akinwuntan is a world-leading authority on the use of virtual-reality technologies to improve daily living activities in neurologically impaired persons. He has collaborated extensively on funded grants totaling more than $15 million. Dr. Akinwuntan has authored more than 110 peer-reviewed publications and abstracts including 8 book chapters. Dean Akinwuntan is a recipient of the prestigious United States Fulbright Scholarship to Nigeria in 2013 and a Fulbright Specialist Award to Iceland in 2016. He is a Fellow of the Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions, a Fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, a Fellow of the Medicine Specialties of Nigeria, and currently serves on the NIH National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research.