Alan Jenks is an academic leader, educator, and clinician-scholar whose work bridges musculoskeletal health, exercise science, and health professions education. Trained as a chiropractor and epidemiologist, he has built a career around understanding low back pain, movement, and the ways research can improve teaching, practice, and institutional decision-making.
My doctoral training in the Netherlands deepened my commitment to evidence-informed care and gave me a broader perspective on musculoskeletal health across populations. That experience shaped how I think about clinical reasoning, healthy aging, and the responsibility of educators to prepare students for thoughtful, data-informed practice.
Today, my work focuses on teaching, mentorship, governance, and scholarship that strengthen health sciences education and help future practitioners combine clinical judgment with rigorous evidence. I am especially interested in approaches that support older adults, improve movement and function, and make academic programs more thoughtful, humane, and effective.