The 26th USC Chan Occupational Science Symposium
2019

The 26th USC Chan Occupational Science Symposium, “Celebrating the past and mobilizing the future,” was held on Sept. 19, 2019, at USC’s Caruso Catholic Center. The event featured presentations from USC faculty and alumni, including Grace Baranek, Mary Lawlor and a keynote talk from Thomas Valente.

The founders panel featured Professors Emereti Florence Clark, Elizabeth J. Yerxa and Ruth Zemke. The 2019 Wilma West Lecture was given by Clare Hocking.

Symposium Agenda

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8:00am:	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am:	Welcome Remarks and Introduction
	Grace Baranek PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Associate Dean, Chair, and Mrs. T.H. Chan Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
	Avishai Sadan DMD, MBA Dean and G. Donald and Marian James Montgomery Professor of Dentistry
8:45am:	Occupational Science Founders Keynote Panel
	Moderated by: Janice Burke PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Thomas Jefferson University
	Keynote Panelists: Florence Clark PhD, OTR (retired), FAOTA Professor Emeritus
	Elizabeth J. Yerxa EdD, OTR (retired), FAOTA Professor Emeritus
	Ruth Zemke PhD, OTR (retired), FAOTA Professor Emeritus
9:45am:	“An Untold Story: A Unifying Narrative of the Discipline of Occupational Science”
	Mary Lawlor ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA Associate Chair of Research and Professor
10:15am:	Coffee/Tea Break
10:30am:	“A Collective Vision of Occupational Science at USC Chan”
	Grace Baranek PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Associate Dean, Chair, and Mrs. T.H. Chan Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
11:05am:	USC Chan Research Presentations
	Stefanie Bodison OTD, OTR/L Assistant Professor of Research
	Leah Stein Duker PhD, OTR/L Assistant Professor of Research
	Sook-Lei Liew PhD, OTR/L Assistant Professor
	Stacey Schepens Niemiec PhD, OTR/L Assistant Professor of Research
	Elizabeth Pyatak PhD, OTR/L, CDCES Associate Professor
	Shawn Roll PhD, OTR/L, RMSKS, FAOTA Director of the PhD in Occupational Science Program and Associate Professor
12:00pm:	Lunch
1:00pm:	Alumni Panel: Global Developments in Occupational Science
	Moderated by: Daniel Park OTD, OTR/L Director of Global Initiatives and Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy
	Panelists: Eric Asaba PhD Karolinska Institutet
	Jin-Ling Lo PhD National Taiwan University
	Etsuko Odawara PhD Seirei Christopher University
	Melissa Park PhD McGill University
2:00pm:	Wilma West Lecture: “Occupation in Context: A Reflection on Environmental Influences on Human Doing”
	Clare Hocking PhD, MHSc, DipOT Auckland University of Technology
2:55pm:	Coffee/Tea Break and Transition to Breakout Sessions
3:10pm:	Concurrent Breakout Sessions
	Occupational Science and “Wicked” Social Problems
	This session will share selected applications of occupational science knowledge and methodologies to complex and persistent social problems and engage attendees in discussing how occupational science can contribute more robustly to ameliorating such problems.
	Facilitated by: Rebecca Aldrich PhD, OTR/L Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy
	Gelya Frank PhD, MPW Professor
	Ben Henwood PhD, LCSW Associate Professor of Social Work, Department of Adult Mental Health and Awareness
	Deborah Pitts PhD, MBA, OTR/L, BCMH, CPRP, FAOTA Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy
	Translation of Occupational Science to Occupational Therapy
	This session will share selected examples of translating occupational science knowledge to occupational therapy practice and engage attendees in discussing needs for continued knowledge translation.
	Facilitated by: Erna Blanche PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy
	Don Gordon PhD, OTR/L Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy
	Katie Jordan OTD, OTR/L Associate Chair of Occupational Therapy Clinical Services, Director of OT and Speech Therapy, Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, and Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy
	Occupational Science and University Initiatives
	This session will share selected examples of teaching, applying occupational science knowledge, and partnering across the university, and engage the audience in identifying how an occupational perspective can make other contributions to the higher education landscape.
	Facilitated by: Quade Yoo Song French PhD Senior Project Manager, Office of Wellness and Education
	Julie McLaughlin Gray PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Associate Chair for Curriculum and Faculty, and Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy
	Ashley Uyeshiro Simon OTD, OTR/L Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy
4:30pm:	Keynote Lecture: “Social Networks and the Spread of New Ideas and Practices”
	Thomas Valente PhD Interim Chair of Preventive Medicine and Professor of Preventive Medicine
5:15pm:	Closing Remarks
	Grace Baranek PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Associate Dean, Chair, and Mrs. T.H. Chan Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
5:45pm:	Reception
	USC Chan Center for Occupation and Lifestyle Redesign® 2653 Hoover Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007