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China Initiative Visits Beijing and Guiyang | June 2017 ⟩
June 27, 2017

China Initiative Community and Partners Conferences Faculty Lectures and Talks Students

Purpose To meet with China Initiative partners and attend the “3rd Annual Conference of Rehabilitation Medicine Society of China International Exchange and Promotion Association for Medicine and Healthcare” highlighted with a keynote address by China Initiative Director Julie McLaughlin Gray.…

Occupational therapy helps young adults with diabetes ⟩
June 21, 2017

Associations and Bodies Chan in the Media Conferences Faculty Lectures and Talks Lifestyle Redesign

By Miriam E. Tucker/Medscape An occupational therapy intervention can help improve HbA1c and improve quality of life in young adults with diabetes, new research finds. Results from the randomized, controlled Resilient, Empowered Active Living (REAL) diabetes study were presented June 11 here at the…

Virtual Reality Rehab ⟩
June 13, 2017

Faculty Research Technology

Assistant professor Sook-Lei Liew MA ’08, PhD ’12 is exploring new brain-computer interfaces that connect stroke survivors to the worlds of tech and medicine.

By Katharine Gammon For people recovering from a stroke, even the simplest motions can become a struggle. To lift a hand, for example, requires a signal from the brain that travels all the way down an arm to the hand. That’s a lot of moving parts — and when something is damaged, it makes…

2017 Commencement: Alison Cogan PhD ’17 ⟩
May 10, 2017

Events Research Students

By Mike McNulty Alison Cogan, who earns her USC Occupational Science PhD in 2017/Photo by Jenn Page Alison Cogan MA ’12, PhD ’17 may be a civilian but she deeply appreciates the social and family life of military servicemembers. Not only is her brother an active duty Marine, Cogan’s…

2017 Commencement: Joseph Christian Ungco OTD ’17 ⟩
May 9, 2017

Clinical Diversity, Access, Equity Events Students

By Mike McNulty Joseph Christian Ungco, member of the USC Chan OTD degree class of 2017/Photo by Heather Van Buren Joseph Christian Ungco ’07, ’14, MA ’16, OTD ’17 has a clear vision for the profession’s future. Thanks in part to the occupational therapy doctorate degree he will receive…

2017 Commencement: Alicia Mendoza MA ’17 ⟩
May 8, 2017

Events Students

By Mike McNulty Alicia Mendoza, member of the USC Chan master's degree class of 2017/Photo by Angela Lally For as long as she can remember, Alicia Mendoza MA ’17 has admired the work of Christian missionaries. In occupational therapy she found a career with similar attributes: provision of needed…

AOTA president Amy Lamb keynotes 2017 commencement ⟩
April 26, 2017

Associations and Bodies Events Lectures and Talks Students

By Mike McNulty 2017 USC Chan commencement speaker Amy Lamb/Photo courtesy of the American Occupational Therapy Association Amy Lamb OTD, OT/L, FAOTA, president of the American Occupational Therapy Association and an occupational therapy faculty member at Eastern Michigan University, will deliver…

Building better doctor’s visits for adults with autism ⟩
April 20, 2017

Autism Clinical Conferences Events Faculty Research

Newly funded study aims to improve primary health care encounters of autistic adults

By Mike McNulty/USC News Challenges with communication, environmental factors and decision-making processes can add to the anxiety of a doctor's visit for a person with autism./Photo by Martin Kenny (Flickr) During his first visit to the doctor’s office, Bobby fled from the waiting room, ran…

Mattingly among three USC faculty honored as 2017 Guggenheim Fellows ⟩
April 12, 2017

Awards Chan in the Media Faculty Research

Fellowship to support writing new book on stigma

By Mike McNulty with Susan Bell and Ian Geckler/USC News Professor Cheryl Mattingly Professor Cheryl Mattingly has been honored with a 2017 Guggenheim Fellowship, one of only three USC faculty members to receive the prestigious award. She joins a diverse cohort of 173 scholars, artists and…

Two Chan students named Schweitzer fellows ⟩
April 6, 2017

Awards Clinical Community and Partners Research Students

Projects aim to improve health status of vulnerable L.A. populations

By Mike McNulty 2017-18 Schweitzer Fellows Allie Schmiesing MA ’18 and Erin Malia Sako MA ’18/Photo by Kelly Tongoi Erin Malia Sako MA ’18 and Allie Schmiesing MA ’18, first-year students in the division's entry-level occupational therapy professional program, have been selected to the…

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