Latest Chan Division News
Help with hoarding disorder on World Mental Health Day 2017 ⟩
October 10, 2017
Events Faculty Health and Wellness Research
By Mike McNulty Hoarding disorder has been found to affect between 2-6 percent of the population, and a growing body of research highlights the complexities involved in hoarding disorder and its impact on people's occupational, social and vocational function. To raise public awareness of mental…
⋯
APOTS in Taiwan ⟩
October 5, 2017
Associations and Bodies China Initiative Community and Partners Faculty International
Purpose The USC Chan China Initiative team attended the first-ever Asia-Pacific Occupational Therapy Symposium, hosted October 17-22 by the Taiwan Occupational Therapy Association, Chang Gung University's Department of Occupational Therapy and the Asia-Pacific Occupational Therapy Regional Group…
⋯
8 Trojans to be honored with OTAC awards ⟩
September 27, 2017
Alumni Associations and Bodies Awards Conferences Faculty
By Mike McNulty Eight Trojans have been named recipients of annual awards presented by the Occupational Therapy Association of California, a non-profit professional society that represents the interests of the more than 15,000 occupational therapy practitioners working in California. Associate Chair…
⋯
Who are the people in your neighborhood? Meet Viviana Padilla ’16, MA ’19 ⟩
August 23, 2017
Academics and Courses Chan in the Media Community and Partners Events Students
The first-generation college student’s journey from a South Los Angeles elementary school to the 2017 White Coat Ceremony
By Mike McNulty Viviana Padilla ’16, MA ’19, whose latest Trojan affiliation is as a new USC Chan graduate student/Photo by Hong Le Most of the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy’s new grad students are adults when they first set foot on campus. Viviana Padilla…
⋯
Leland earns record $4.7M to compare models for nursing home residents with Alzheimer’s, dementia ⟩
August 17, 2017
Associations and Bodies Awards Chan in the Media Clinical Community and Partners Faculty Research
Five-year PCORI contract is largest single award in USC Chan Division history
By Mike McNulty / USC Today More than half of America’s 1.4 million nursing home residents have Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. On any given day in any of the thousands of nursing homes across the country, medications need adjusting and activities require adapting as residents are monitored for…
⋯
New research shows occupational therapy helps people in pain ⟩
July 19, 2017
Chan in the Media Clinical Faculty Lifestyle Redesign Research
Lifestyle treatment for chronic pain management improves quality of life, confidence and function
By Mike McNulty / USC Today A new study from the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy shows that lifestyle-based occupational therapy treatment significantly improves the experiences of people living with chronic pain. “Having quantitative evidence for occupational…
⋯
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
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
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…
⋯
Subscribe | RSS