Jennifer Hensley DNP, CPNP-PC, PMHS

Education

University of Alabama- Doctor of Nursing Practice
Saint Louis University- Master of Science in Nursing, focus pediatrics
George Mason University- Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Biography

Dr. Jennifer Hensley is a Developmental Behavioral Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at A.T. Augusta Military Medical Center. She is the pioneer for the Autism Resource Clinic with the mission to Empower Parents with Teamwork and runs the multi-disciplinary autism as well as developmental behavior pediatrics clinic at ATAMMC. She attended Saint Louis University for her master’s degree and University of Alabama for her doctorate completing her dissertation on the emotional cycle of deployment for military families. Dr. Hensley is board certified in pediatrics as well as pediatric mental health specialty. Dr. Hensley recently completed her research on the Autism Resource Clinic. Dr. Hensley is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Uniformed Services University. She has a passion for caring for military children with special needs. She was an army wife for 27 years as well as a current army mom. She lives by the words of Mother Teresa “A life not lived for others is a life not worth living.”

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Autism Resource Clinic 2017-current

A.T. August Medical Center Master Clinician 2022

Civilian Achievement Award, NCR 2022

Fort Belvoir Research Symposium 2022- Second Place

Published: Principal Investigator for Autism Resource Clinic: A quasi-experimental controlled study on the effect of guardian attendance of the Autism Resource Clinic. 2021

American Journal of Nursing, Book of the Year; Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Chapter Author 2018 Behavioral Pediatric Health Care for Nurse Practitioners chapter author Chapter 27 Child Behaviors within Military Families, First Place Award, 2018 from the AJN for Book of the Year, Psychiatric Mental Health

WRNMMC Research Symposium Florentino Award Runner- Up 2021

ATAMMC Sensory Room: https://belvoirhospital.tricare.mil/News-Gallery/Articles/Article/3704877/the-inauguration-of-the-gavin-blair-sensory-room-insights-from-a-provider

Representative Bibliography

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36856675/

https://academic.oup.com/milmed/article/188/11-12/e3411/7059700