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Dr. Jesús Díaz is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, with over 12 years of experience in training healthcare professionals and organizations with the transformative skills of motivational interviewing. Passionate about instilling confidence and efficacy in practitioners, Jesús thrives on the opportunity to lead dynamic training sessions, where he fosters an environment of growth and skill enhancement. Through these trainings, healthcare professionals and organizations emerge equipped and empowered to navigate complex client interactions with empathy, compassion, and efficacy, ensuring better outcomes for both providers and their clientele.

Lindsey Shomer, OTD, OTR/L, CEAS, LRC is an Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy in the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. Dr. Shomer earned her master’s degree and Doctor of Occupational Therapy at USC. As a clinical faculty member, Dr. Shomer is the clinical manager of the USC Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice and works with clients in the pain management, chronic headache, MCAS and dysautonomia, and sleep disorders service lines using a Lifestyle Redesign approach. She is a member of the USC Chronic Pain, Chronic Headache, and MCAS Interdisciplinary Teams and facilitates support groups for individuals with chronic headache conditions. She is a leader in the field and has presented on her occupational therapy work with chronic pain and headache populations at local, national and international conferences, including the American Headache Society, the USC Pain Symposium, and the International Headache Society conference. Dr. Shomer is a certified ergonomic assessor and is Lifestyle Redesign Certified and is passionate about promoting occupational therapy’s role in chronic pain management.

Dr. Nora Dixon OTD, OTR/L, LRC is an assistant professor of clinical occupational therapy at the USC Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. Nora completed her doctoral residency at the USC Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice (OTFP), where she led the research, development, and launch of the clinic’s first program for gender-affirming care. Now a faculty member at the USC OTFP, Nora has continued her advocacy for occupational therapy’s role in gender-affirming care by establishing interdisciplinary partnerships, providing presentations on the local and international scales, and developing resources for her clients to promote gender euphoria and support safe access to gender-affirming occupations.

The MeaningMatters OT Research Group consists of researchers specializing in the relationship between participation in meaningful activities and its impact on health and well-being. Their research focuses on increasing awareness and promoting occupational self-analysis as a tool for empowering individuals to become agents of change. The group includes Dr. María Rodríguez Bailón from the Universidad de Málaga, Dr. José Antonio Merchán from the Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya, Dr. Judit Fernandez Solano from the Universidad de Murcia, and Dr. Laura Vidaña Moya from Escola Universitària d’Infermeria i Teràpia Ocupacional de Terrassa at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Mélanie Levasseur, PhD, OT
Mélanie Levasseur is an occupational therapist and full professor at the School of Rehabilitation of the Université de Sherbrooke. She is also a researcher and director of the Research Lab Connect at the Research Centre on Aging, Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Estrie – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CIUSSSE-CHUS). She holds a doctorate in clinical sciences from the Université de Sherbrooke and was also a postdoctoral researcher in health promotion at School of public health of the Université de Montréal. Professor Levasseur holds a Tier 1 Canadian Research Chair in Social Participation and Connection for Older Adults (CRC-2022-00331; 2023-2030). Funded notably by a Foundation Grant from the CIHR (#148466; 2016-24), her research program targets the development and evaluation of a continuum of innovative interventions to promote the social participation of older adults, including the personalized citizen assistance for social participation (APIC), Remodeler sa vie (the French-Canadian adaptation of Lifestyle Redesign), and inclusive environments. Her passions include social robotics and activism against ageism.

Marie-Hélène Lévesque, OT, MOT, M.Sc, PhD candidate
Marie-Hélène Lévesque holds a bachelor’s degree and a professional master’s degree in occupational therapy from Université Laval. She has completed a master’s degree in research and is currently pursuing doctoral studies under the direction of Prof. Mélanie Levasseur, in Health Sciences at the Université de Sherbrooke and at the Research Centre on Aging of the CIUSSSE-CHUS. Combining her clinical experience and her desire to integrate new preventive approaches to better meet the needs of older adults, she is particularly interested in the field of healthy aging and the implementation of the Remodeler sa vie program in Quebec. She aims to develop an explanatory theory of the program’s functioning to understand how this program works for certain people and in different circumstances, including in a post-pandemic context.

Tracy Jalaba, OTD, OTR/L, LRC

Tracy Jalaba completed her doctoral residency at the USC Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice (OTFP), where she focused on expanding and improving the Lifestyle Redesign program for Adults and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). As a clinical faculty member, Dr. Jalaba continues to work at the OTFP primarily within their ASD, college student, mental health, sleep disorders, and health coaching programs. She has completed the training course for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia and is a PEERS® Young Adult Certified Provider. Dr. Jalaba serves as a professional development coordinator for AOTA’s Mental Health Special Interest Section’s steering committee. In addition to her work at OTFP, she represented occupational therapy in the USC Office for Student Accessibility Services for seven years.

Michal S. Atkins, MA, OTR/L
With 45 years of experience, Ms. Atkins is as enthusiastic about the profession as she was when she began her diverse career.  She has served as an Occupational Therapist Clinical Instructor at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Medical Center (RLANRC) in Los Angeles, California for 37 years on the inpatient Spinal Cord Injury Service.  Since 2002, Ms. Atkins has collaborated with the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Lifestyle Redesign team, initially as a consultant and later as a RLANRC, on-site Study Team Director for the Lifestyle Redesign for Pressure Ulcer Prevention Study (PUPS). 

Ms. Atkins co-created and has served as the co-director of the Lifestyle Redesign outpatient programs at RLANRC since 2012. In this role, she supervises staff and students while treating clients with neurological impairments and various chronic medical conditions. OTAC 2012 Practice Award recipient, Ms. Atkins has lectured nationally and internationally. She is also the author and co-author of chapters and articles in occupational therapy textbooks, focusing on Lifestyle Redesign and spinal cord injury.

Monica Becerril, MA, OTR/L
Monica Becerril is an expert occupational therapist with over 30 years of experience at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (RLANRC) in Los Angeles, California. Throughout her career, she has worked with individuals from diverse backgrounds, addressing challenges across the healthcare continuum, including physical, cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and contextual. 

Raised and residing in the Los Angeles County Latinx community, Monica deeply understands her clients’ unique challenges. She is committed to fostering resilience and promoting independence in the lives of those she serves. Her passion lies in serving her community and empowering individuals on their journey to recovery, health, and well-being. Ms. Becerril is an OTAC 2018 Practice Award recipient and has lectured on OT topics such as Lifestyle Redesign, diabetes, and arthritis.  Additionally, she has co-authored chapters in several occupational therapy textbooks.

Dr. Samantha Valasek is a licensed occupational therapist with a specialization in addressing the needs of neurodivergent individuals, including those who are autistic or have ADHD, OCD or other neurodevelopmental differences. Dr. Valasek works with adults and adolescents to improve their daily living and ability to pursue milestone achievements through a holistic, collaborative, goal-oriented approach. Her areas of clinical expertise include assessment of functional cognition, sensory processing, executive function skills training, environmental modifications, compensatory strategies, habit and routine formation, and accommodations in the school and workplace. Her work is focused on supporting clients who experience executive function (thinking), sensory processing and emotional regulation (feeling), and behavioral (doing) challenges to live more full and meaningful lives. She guides her clients in developing the practical skills, strategies, and adjustments that support sustainable participation in real-life contexts. She loves working collaboratively with the other clinicians at Spectrum Psych Los Angeles to target their clients’ goals together in a holistic way.

Dr. Valasek started her career and developed her expertise as a clinical faculty member at the University of Southern California. While there, she had the pleasure of working with university students, faculty, staff, and community members to create health-promoting habits and routines. Her services addressed a range of chronic conditions, including anxiety, depression, addiction, insomnia, obesity, diabetes, migraines, and chronic pain. In addition to her direct clinical work, she taught graduate-level occupational therapy courses; developed programming around ADHD, self-regulation, medical student wellness, and tobacco/alcohol cessation; and was involved in multiple inter-professional clinics.

Dr. Carlin Daley Reaume is a licensed occupational therapist with a board certification in Lifestyle Medicine (DipACLM) and additional specialty certifications in Pilates, Pregnancy & Postpartum Corrective Exercise (PCES), and Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C). Dr. Reaume is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200), and a graduate of Loyola Marymount University’s Yoga Therapy RX Certificate Program. After completing both her Master’s and Doctorate at the University of Southern California, she has created a career weaving together her background in Lifestyle Redesign, mental health, mindfulness and movement in order to forge her own path in a variety of non-traditional OT settings including workplace wellness, college student mental health, and maternal wellness. She launched her private practice, Supported Mama, in 2020 with the goal of helping women reconnect to their bodies after pregnancy in a way that supports both physical and mental wellbeing. Dr. Reaume is an Assistant Clinical Professor within the Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program at the University of the Pacific in Sacramento, California and currently serves as the Advocacy & Government Affairs Committee Chair for the Occupational Therapy Association of California.

Dr. Christy Billock is a licensed occupational therapist and holds a PhD in Occupational Science from the University of Southern California where her dissertation focused on women’s experiences of spirituality in everyday life. She was a professor for 24 years where questions of meaning, the science of well-being and health, and how it all relates to what we do every day influenced her teaching and scholarship. She currently has a private practice focused on conscious living and dying where she helps others utilize a whole health approach for optimal mental, physical, and spiritual health and well-being. Dr. Billock is a board-certified diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine as well as being a conscious dying coach and death doula. She is the founding co-chair of the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Lifestyle Management Community of Practice.

Dr. Billock has spoken at numerous state, regional, national, and international professional conferences and has published on a variety of topics. She is the recipient of numerous awards including, most recently, the 2022 California Foundation for Occupational Therapy Honored Lectureship and the 2020 Occupational Therapy Association of California Award of Excellence.

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