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Morgan Johanson is an Instructor in the Interprofessional Education Department where she teaches undergraduate level evidence-based practice and medical teams content and the Doctor of Physical Therapy Department at St. °µÍø½ûÇø where she teaches the cardiopulmonary content.Morgan Johanson's research focuses on the barriers and facilitators for pursuing academic doctoral degrees in DPT faculty and updating the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the physical therapy management of heart failure. She was the lead investigator for the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Entry-Level Physical Therapist Competencies: Update by the Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy and a contributing author to the Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy 4th and 5th Editions. In 2022, she won the Merit Award from the Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy and in 2003, she won the Service Star from the California Pacific Medical Center for excellence in patient care.Prior to coming to St. Kate’s, Morgan Johanson, earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of California, Santa Barbara, master’s degree at University of California, San Francisco, and is currently working toward her Doctoral degree at Nova Southeastern University. She taught as a part-time faculty member at the University of Toledo for 7 years, until coming to St. °µÍø½ûÇø in 2024. She worked as a Level 3 Physical Therapist at the California Pacific Medical Center and then as the Coordinator of Inpatient and Outpatient Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy at the Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System for 5 years.