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USC Peace Garden

Growing by Design

The USC Peace Garden is a collaborative community project located in the University Park neighborhood spearheaded by USC Chan faculty member Camille Dieterle and designed by landscape architect student Daniela Velazco. Read more about the garden’s early growth in the latest issue of the USC Chan Magazine.

Occupational Science at USC Chan

Occupational Science

USC Chan founded the first occupational science (OS) PhD program, Undergraduate Minor and academic department. OS content is woven throughout all of the academic curricula, studied in our interdisciplinary research programs and disseminated through publications and the USC Occupational Science Symposium.

Lifestyle Redesign® at USC Chan

Lifestyle Redesign®

Lifestyle Redesign® is an intervention approach pioneered at USC Chan that continues to be taught in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education courses, utilized by our occupational therapists at the USC Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice and advanced through our research studies.

Sensory Integration at USC Chan

Sensory Integration

Sensory integration theory, assessment and intervention were developed at USC Chan by Faculty Emeritus A. Jean Ayres PhD, OTR and continue to be taught today in our academic degree and continuing education programs and furthered through our research studies.

USC Chan alumni and the Trojan Family

Trojan Family

The Trojan Family is USC’s lifelong worldwide network of esteemed alumni and USC Chan’s alumni total over 3,000 and hail from 48 of the 50 states and more than 60 different countries. Keep up with USC Chan by browsing the latest issue of USC Chan Magazine and joining the Alumni Association.

USC Peace Garden

Growing by Design

The USC Peace Garden is a collaborative community project located in the University Park neighborhood spearheaded by USC Chan faculty member Camille Dieterle and designed by landscape architect student Daniela Velazco. Read more about the garden’s early growth in the latest issue of the USC Chan Magazine.

Occupational Science at USC Chan

Occupational Science

USC Chan founded the first occupational science (OS) PhD program, Undergraduate Minor and academic department. OS content is woven throughout all of the academic curricula, studied in our interdisciplinary research programs and disseminated through publications and the USC Occupational Science Symposium.

Lifestyle Redesign® at USC Chan

Lifestyle Redesign®

Lifestyle Redesign® is an intervention approach pioneered at USC Chan that continues to be taught in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education courses, utilized by our occupational therapists at the USC Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice and advanced through our research studies.

Sensory Integration at USC Chan

Sensory Integration

Sensory integration theory, assessment and intervention were developed at USC Chan by Faculty Emeritus A. Jean Ayres PhD, OTR and continue to be taught today in our academic degree and continuing education programs and furthered through our research studies.

USC Chan alumni and the Trojan Family

Trojan Family

The Trojan Family is USC’s lifelong worldwide network of esteemed alumni and USC Chan’s alumni total over 3,000 and hail from 48 of the 50 states and more than 60 different countries. Keep up with USC Chan by browsing the latest issue of USC Chan Magazine and joining the Alumni Association.

Research Expertise Research Expertise

Research Expertise

Our faculty have $28.7M in active, federally funded research projects.

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Prospective student? Request information about our programs.

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Learn more about USC occupational therapy services.

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White Coat Ceremony

See photos from this fall's White Coat Ceremony.

Latest News

New study demonstrates impact of interprofessional collaboration on health sciences education and practice ⟩

August 26, 2024

Faculty member Ashley Halle quoted in article about USC's Interprofessional Education and Collaboration for Geriatrics program on education and care for complex health care needs of older adults.

Occupational therapy a core discipline in new $1 million AHRQ grant expanding Long COVID clinic ⟩

August 12, 2024

Occupational therapist Jamieson Wilcox is a co-investigator on grant to establish the Keck COVID Recovery Clinic, Optimal Outcomes for Patients in a Comprehensive Assessment and Management Program.

Belonging and camouflaging while Black, female and autistic ⟩

July 10, 2024

New article explores how occupational science might reconcile authentic belonging and autistic camouflaging among intersectional populations.

Student Vlog
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Student Blog

Kimberly Rochin

My Summer at a Play-Based Sensory Integration Clinic ⟩

September 27, 2024
by Kimberly Rochin

This summer, I had the chance to be a camp counselor at Play 2 Progress (P2P), a sensory integration clinic that uses play as its core. As someone who's all about pediatrics, this experience wasn’t…

Mason

A Legacy of Hard Work, Perseverance, and Occupation ⟩

September 27, 2024
by Mason

Hi everyone! In my introductory blog post, I talked to you all about why I chose to take on the challenge of becoming an occupational therapist. In case you missed it, let me give you a refresher. My…

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USC Chan Magazine

USC Chan Magazine, Fall 2023 / Winter 2024

Fall 2023 / Winter 2024 ⟩

Growing by Design ⟩
When designing the USC Peace Garden, landscape architect Daniela Velazco prioritized people and planting.

New Team Challenge Looking to Change the Game ⟩
The inaugural gamechanger team-based challenge finds new ways of moving academic knowledge into the real world to benefit people’s everyday lives and occupations.

Mitigating On-the-Job Stress ⟩
Shawn Roll leading interdisciplinary team on $1.1M National Science Foundation grant for managing and mitigating on-the-job stress using artificial intelligence.

International Study Shows Link Between Brain Age and Stroke Outcomes ⟩
A USC-led team of researchers find that brain age, a neuroimaging-based assessment of global brain health, may play a role in post-stroke outcomes and could potentially help identify people at risk for poorer outcomes.

Beyond the Spectrum ⟩
Rethinking autism research from the perspective of an autistic researcher.

View/download the Fall 2023 / Winter 2024 issue (4.7MB)

USC Chan Magazine, Fall 2022 / Winter 2023

Fall 2022 / Winter 2023 ⟩

Daily Affirmations ⟩
Occupational therapist Nora Dixon leads new Lifestyle Redesign® program for supporting transgender and gender expansive clients.

Doing Decolonization ⟩
Faculty members Tessa Milman, Janet Gunter and Jennifer Jones in conversation with USC Chan Magazine editor Mike McNulty about dismantling occupational therapy’s colonial ideologies and practices.

USC OT/PT Summer Institute is Diversifying Tomorrow’s Workforce Today ⟩
How a six-week undergraduate pathway program empowers future occupational, physical therapists from underrepresented minority backgrounds.

More Than Just Fun and Games ⟩
Netflix’s sensation Squid Game highlights real-world issues for further consideration by occupational therapists and occupational scientists.

The Science of “Tuning in” ⟩
Building a Measure of Parent Responsiveness to Better Understand Its Effect on Infants’ Sensory Development.

View/download the Fall 2022 / Winter 2023 issue (2.2MB)