The 26th USC Chan Occupational Science Symposium
2019
The 26th USC Chan Occupational Science Symposium, “Celebrating the past and mobilizing the future,” was held on Sept. 19, 2019, at USC’s Caruso Catholic Center. The event featured presentations from USC faculty and alumni, including Grace Baranek, Mary Lawlor and a keynote talk from Thomas Valente.
The founders panel featured Professors Emereti Florence Clark, Elizabeth J. Yerxa and Ruth Zemke. The 2019 Wilma West Lecture was given by Clare Hocking.
Symposium Agenda
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| 8:00am: | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30am: | Welcome Remarks and Introduction |
| Grace Baranek PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Associate Dean, Chair, and Mrs. T.H. Chan Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy | |
| Avishai Sadan DMD, MBA Dean and G. Donald and Marian James Montgomery Professor of Dentistry | |
| 8:45am: | Occupational Science Founders Keynote Panel |
| Moderated by: Janice Burke PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Thomas Jefferson University | |
| Keynote Panelists: Florence Clark PhD, OTR (retired), FAOTA Professor Emeritus | |
| Elizabeth J. Yerxa EdD, OTR (retired), FAOTA Professor Emeritus | |
| Ruth Zemke PhD, OTR (retired), FAOTA Professor Emeritus | |
| 9:45am: | “An Untold Story: A Unifying Narrative of the Discipline of Occupational Science” |
| Mary Lawlor ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA Associate Chair of Research and Professor | |
| 10:15am: | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 10:30am: | “A Collective Vision of Occupational Science at USC Chan” |
| Grace Baranek PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Associate Dean, Chair, and Mrs. T.H. Chan Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy | |
| 11:05am: | USC Chan Research Presentations |
| Stefanie Bodison OTD, OTR/L Assistant Professor of Research | |
| Leah Stein Duker PhD, OTR/L Assistant Professor of Research | |
| Sook-Lei Liew PhD, OTR/L Assistant Professor | |
| Stacey Schepens Niemiec PhD, OTR/L Assistant Professor of Research | |
| Elizabeth Pyatak PhD, OTR/L, CDCES Associate Professor | |
| Shawn Roll PhD, OTR/L, RMSKS, FAOTA Director of the PhD in Occupational Science Program and Associate Professor | |
| 12:00pm: | Lunch |
| 1:00pm: | Alumni Panel: Global Developments in Occupational Science |
| Moderated by: Daniel Park OTD, OTR/L Director of Global Initiatives and Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy | |
| Panelists: Eric Asaba PhD Karolinska Institutet | |
| Jin-Ling Lo PhD National Taiwan University | |
| Etsuko Odawara PhD Seirei Christopher University | |
| Melissa Park PhD McGill University | |
| 2:00pm: | Wilma West Lecture: “Occupation in Context: A Reflection on Environmental Influences on Human Doing” |
| Clare Hocking PhD, MHSc, DipOT Auckland University of Technology | |
| 2:55pm: | Coffee/Tea Break and Transition to Breakout Sessions |
| 3:10pm: | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
| Occupational Science and “Wicked” Social Problems | |
| This session will share selected applications of occupational science knowledge and methodologies to complex and persistent social problems and engage attendees in discussing how occupational science can contribute more robustly to ameliorating such problems. | |
| Facilitated by: Rebecca Aldrich PhD, OTR/L Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy | |
| Gelya Frank PhD, MPW Professor | |
| Ben Henwood PhD, LCSW Associate Professor of Social Work, Department of Adult Mental Health and Awareness | |
| Deborah Pitts PhD, MBA, OTR/L, BCMH, CPRP, FAOTA Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy | |
| Translation of Occupational Science to Occupational Therapy | |
| This session will share selected examples of translating occupational science knowledge to occupational therapy practice and engage attendees in discussing needs for continued knowledge translation. | |
| Facilitated by: Erna Blanche PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy | |
| Don Gordon PhD, OTR/L Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy | |
| Katie Jordan OTD, OTR/L Associate Chair of Occupational Therapy Clinical Services, Director of OT and Speech Therapy, Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, and Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy | |
| Occupational Science and University Initiatives | |
| This session will share selected examples of teaching, applying occupational science knowledge, and partnering across the university, and engage the audience in identifying how an occupational perspective can make other contributions to the higher education landscape. | |
| Facilitated by: Quade Yoo Song French PhD Senior Project Manager, Office of Wellness and Education | |
| Julie McLaughlin Gray PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Associate Chair for Curriculum and Faculty, and Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy | |
| Ashley Uyeshiro Simon OTD, OTR/L Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy | |
| 4:30pm: | Keynote Lecture: “Social Networks and the Spread of New Ideas and Practices” |
| Thomas Valente PhD Interim Chair of Preventive Medicine and Professor of Preventive Medicine | |
| 5:15pm: | Closing Remarks |
| Grace Baranek PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Associate Dean, Chair, and Mrs. T.H. Chan Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy | |
| 5:45pm: | Reception |
| USC Chan Center for Occupation and Lifestyle Redesign® 2653 Hoover Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007 |
You can also view the USC Chan Occupational Science Symposium Agenda in PDF form.
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Photos from the 26th USC Chan Occupational Science Symposium
September 19, 2019
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