Student Blog
Occupational Therapy, Entrepreneurship, and a Conversation with Dr. Esther Bae ⟩
April 10, 2025
by Avery
Occupational therapy (OT) is a field dedicated to helping people live fuller, more independent lives. OT’s are often found in clinics, schools, or hospitals. But how can the field of Occupational…
Connecting, growing, and navigating new beginnings ⟩
April 9, 2025
by Tanya
At the start of this Post-Professional Master’s of Occupational Therapy (PP-MA) program, I often wondered if I would truly make the most of the Person-Environment-Occupation fit I was hoping for.…
USC Chan Magazine
Summertime and the Livin’ is OT ⟩
During the past decade, USC’s Summer Occupational Therapy Immersion program has graduated more than 500 students, changing their lives and careers while building an internationally-connected Trojan family.
Golden Goals ⟩
After receiving a heart transplant at Keck Hospital of USC, former NCAA soccer player Courtney Shoda is relearning how to play the game of life.
Join the Club: Faculty Member Joy Agner Mobilizing Knowledge about the Clubhouse Model to Support People with Mental Health Conditions ⟩
By partnering with a community organization, one USC Chan faculty member demonstrates how to engage a user base, develop a collaborative research agenda and put knowledge to work for the people who can most use it.
Can Sensory Adaptations Ease Children’s Dental Fears and Anxieties? ⟩
New $5.5 million NIH-funded study led by Leah Stein Duker extends research line begun in 2011.
Professor Sharon Cermak’s Retirement Caps Illustrious Career Spanning More than Five Decades ⟩
Celebrating the 55-year career of one of occupational therapy’s most prolific researchers studying developmental disorders in children.
View/download the Fall 2024 issue (6.6MB)
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)
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The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).
Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.