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A dog among doctors: Health center’s newest staffer is man’s best friend

Meet Professor Beauregard Tirebiter, the first full-time university facility dog in the country: He’s got office hours and everything

Sep 15, 2016, in General News, Student News

By Joanna Clay/USC News USC recently added a new staff member. And you could easily say he’s the furriest. Professor Beauregard Tirebiter — dubbed “Beau” for short — is a 2-year-old black Goldendoodle. He makes USC the first and only university in the United States with a full-time… Read more

Inaugural class inducts new sensory integration continuing education

Sep 2, 2016, in General News, Student News, Alumni News

By Mike McNulty Clinical professor Erna Blanche and research assistant professor Stefanie Bodison review video of a SI treatment session. (Photo/Phil Channing) The inaugural cohort of participants has successfully completed the first of USC’s new sequential four-course Sensory Integration (SI)… Read more

2016 White Coat Ceremony Infographic

Aug 26, 2016, in Student News

On August 26, 233 talented Trojan occupational therapy students begin or renew their commitment to the values and ideals of our noble profession as they enter (or re-enter) academia during our 2016 White Coat Ceremony. Here is a quick look at these stellar Trojans! Fight On! Read more

Nine Trojans publish in July/August AJOT

Jul 14, 2016, in General News, Student News, Alumni News

By Mike McNulty Nine members of the USC Trojan Family are cited as authors across three new research articles published in the July/August issue of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. Professor Sharon Cermak co-authored Atypical Sensory Modulation and Psychological Distress in the General… Read more

Commencement 2016: Graduates honor longtime associate dean during ceremony

May 16, 2016, in General News, Student News, Alumni News

By Yasmine Pezeshkpour Fariborz Maseeh ScD Fariborz Maseeh ScD delivered the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy commencement speech on May 13. Maseeh founded the Kids Institute for Development and Advancement (KiDA) in 2008 after his son was diagnosed with autism… Read more

Trojans take 3 of top 6 AOTF student scholarships

May 6, 2016, in General News, Student News

By Mike McNulty USC Chan students won three of the top six student scholarships, as ranked by dollar amount, that are administered by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. Founded in 1965, AOTF is a non-profit organization that administers more than 50 annual scholarships to students… Read more

Fariborz Maseeh to keynote 2016 commencement

Mar 14, 2016, in General News, Student News

Fariborz Maseeh Fariborz Maseeh will be the keynote speaker at the USC Chan Division’s 74th commencement ceremony on Friday, May 13. Maseeh is founder and managing principal of Picoco LLC, an investment management firm that manages various assets and funds, and the sole founder and president of… Read more

Assistant professor Jenny Martínez makes for a Good Neighbor

Assistant professor Jenny Martínez reflects on how USC's Good Neighbors campaign impacted her own professional path

Oct 21, 2015, in General News, Student News

By Jenny Martínez Jenny Martínez, Assistant Clinical Professor The Good Neighbors-funded STAR program connected me with a USC research laboratory during my senior year in high school. I worked in the Alcohol and Brain Research Laboratory under Dr. Ronald Alkana and Dr. Daryl Davies. I spent… Read more

After 27 years as division chair, Florence Clark to step down from administrative duties

The respected researcher, educator and leader to focus full-time on scholarship and division initiatives

Oct 16, 2015, in General News, Student News, Alumni News

Editor's note: Have a poignant memory, story or photograph of Dr. Clark to share? Send it to aboutclark@chan.usc.edu and we'll share it with Dr. Clark herself and the USC Trojan Family. Florence Clark, associate dean, chair and Mrs. T.H. Chan Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational… Read more

Meet our new students: Auston Stamm MA ‘17

In advance of the USC Chan Division’s 2015 White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 28, we’re profiling three of the newest Trojan Family members: incoming occupational therapy students. For our final installment, meet Austom Stamm MA ‘17

Aug 27, 2015, in General News, Student News

By John Hobbs Austom Stamm MA '17/photo credit Heather Van Buren Auston Stamm MA ’17 knows firsthand the impact an occupational therapist can have on the life of someone struggling with everyday tasks. Born with mild cerebral palsy, Stamm, 25, has been seeing an occupational therapist since he was… Read more