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2023 AOTA Inspire Annual Conference & Expo

The faculty, staff, students and alumni of USC Chan will be strongly represented at the American Occupational Therapy Association’s 2023 Inspire conference in Kansas City. With nearly 100 USC-affiliated speakers/presenters, including the 2023 Eleanor Clarke Slagle lecture by Professor Mary Lawlor, eight USC-affiliated award winners, two alums featured in general sessions and a Saturday night Trojan Family Reception, this conference will be one to remember!

USC Trojan Family Reception

Saturday, April 22
7:30 – 10:00 p.m.
The Neptune Ballroom at the Loews Kansas City Hotel (1515 Wyandotte Street)
RSVP by April 7 at tinyurl.com/USCAOTA2023

2023 AOTA Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture Award

Mary Lawlor | The Mattering of “Little Things”

2023 AOTA & AOTF Awardees

Karla Ausderau MA ’00, PhD ’09 | AOTF Roster of Fellows

Erna Blanche MA ’88, PhD ’98 | AOTF Virginia Scardina Award of Excellence

Stefanie Bodison ’92, MA ’94, PhD ’10 | AOTF Roster of Fellows

Don Fogelberg PhD ’08 | AOTF Meritorious Service Award

Mary Khetani MA ’02 | AOTF Roster of Fellows

Sook-Lei Liew MA ’08, PhD ’12 | AOTF Academy of Research

Elizabeth Pyatak ’02, MA ’04, PhD ’10 | AOTF Mid-Career Research Excellence Award

Bill Wong MA ’11, OTD ’13 | AOTA Recognition of Achievement Award

Featured Speakers during INSPIRE General Sessions

Karla Ausderau MA ’00, PhD ’09 | AOTF State of the Science Symposium Speaker

Susan Lingelbach MA ’13 | What’s So Funny About Burnout? Improv Skills for Burnout Prevention in Occupational Therapy

Aviril Sepulveda OTD ’17 | The Hidden Occupations and Co-occupations of Women: The Perinatal Period

USC Faculty, Staff Members, Current Students and Alumni Presenters/Speakers

Andrea Abad | Joana Nana Serwaa Akrofi | Melina Allahverdian | Amber Angell | Arameh Anvarizadeh | Asha Asher | Karla Ausderau | Grace Baranek | Amber Bennett | Alisha Bernal | Erna Blanche | Aaron Bonsall | Lorie Brinkman | Brandi Buchanan | Erin Bussell | Emily Campi | Kristine Carandang | Olivia Carroll | Kevin Casey | Jana Cason | Megan C. Chang | Elizabeth Choi | Dejaney Clark | Alison Cogan | Rebecca Cunningham | Yiyang Sunny Fang | Yasmin Farasat | Alexandra Feldman | Heather Gates | Stephani Gharehptian | Savannah Gluck | Julie McLaughlin Gray | Ginny Greene | Janet Gunter | Ashley Halle | Cristin Holland | Judy Hopkins | Tiffany Hsu | Seung Woo Hwangbo | Mariamme Ibrahim | Jeanne Jackson | Esther Jahng | Tracy Jalaba | Jennifer Jones | Katie Jordan | Mary Khetani | Justin La | Elizabeth Larson | Mary Lawlor | Kelly Yu Chien Liao | Susan Lingelbach | Julia Lisle | Sophia Lovell | Cindy Luff | Anna Lynch | Marissa Marchioni | Jenny Martínez | Tessa Milman | Bryan Morales | Kristin Nxumalo | Elizabeth Nye | Emily Ochi | Justin Parnell | Allison Phillips | Bobbie Pineda | Angela Pogossian | Brianna Pollard | Rachel Proffitt | Samia Rafeedie | Lindsey Reeves | Caryn Roach | Pamela Roberts | Emily Rourke | Stacey Schepens Niemiec | Allie Schmiesing | Lisa Semro | Andrea Sherman | Hyon Min Catherine Shin | Alix Sleight | John Sideris | Linsey Smith | Emily Sopkin | Amanda Speights | Hilary Stanek | Leah Stein Duker | Lawrence Stevenson | Adam Strizich | Karen Tapper | Cindy Teow | Marilyn Thompson | Joseph Christian Ungco | Ashley Uyeshiro Simon | Samantha Valasek | Jennifer Weaver | Amanda Wiles | Kimberly Wilkinson | Myka Winder | Bill Wong | Janis Yue

Every effort is made to accurately recognize the USC Trojan Family; if an error or omission has been made above, please notify .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) — Fight On!

2022 AOTA Inspire Annual Conference & Expo