Latest Chan Division News
Deborah Pitts appointed to California Mental Health Planning Council ⟩
June 28, 2013
Associations and Bodies Faculty
Assistant professor of clinical occupational therapy Deborah Pitts PhD ’12, MBA, OTR/L, BCMH, CPRP, has been appointed to the California Mental Health Planning Council of the California Department of Health Care Services. The CMHPC, comprised of 32 members, is charged by both federal and state…
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OTD student selected to AOTA Emerging Leaders program ⟩
June 27, 2013
Associations and Bodies Chan in the Media Students
Doctorate in occupational therapy student Shain Davis MA ’12 has been selected to the 2013 cohort of the American Occupational Therapy Association's Emerging Leaders Development Program. As a participant, Davis will attend a leadership training seminar at AOTA headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland,…
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New study charts exercise for stroke patients’ brains ⟩
June 12, 2013
Chan in the Media Faculty Research
By Robert Perkins/USC Today A new study has found that stroke patients’ brains show strong cortical motor activity when observing others performing physical tasks — a finding that offers new insight into stroke rehabilitation. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a team of…
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Forbes Names Occupational Therapy No. 6 Best Master’s Degree for Jobs ⟩
June 11, 2013
Academics and Courses Chan in the Media
Occupational therapy is the sixth-best master's degree for jobs, according to a 2013 list released by Forbes.com. The list ranks master’s degrees according to anticipated long-term opportunities, based on salary data from Payscale.com and employment projection data from the Bureau of Labor…
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Occupational Therapy Student Receives Schweitzer Fellowship ⟩
June 5, 2013
Awards Chan in the Media Clinical Community and Partners Students
Master’s student Ingrid Leu is one of seven USC graduate students who have been named 2013-2014 Albert Schweitzer Fellows. The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship supports university graduate students to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. Fellows partner with a community-based…
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Advance Magazine Features Alumna’s Surf Therapy for Military Veterans Program ⟩
June 4, 2013
Alumni Chan in the Media Clinical
Advance for Occupational Therapy Practitioners recently featured alumna Carly Rogers OTD ’11, MA ’04 and her Ocean Therapy adaptive surfing program designed to assist military veterans coping with mental and physical illness to access the ocean environment and readjust and reintegrate to…
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Trojan Occupational Therapists Make Firsts with Two USC Awards ⟩
May 21, 2013
Awards Chan in the Media Clinical Faculty Students
Assistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy Phuong Nguyen received the Keck Medical Center of USC’s Care Partner of the Year award at the 2013 Nurses Week Awards Ceremony. The Nurses of Keck Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital annually nominate and select winners for various awards in…
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Jaynee Taguchi Meyer Appointed to California Occupational Therapy Board ⟩
May 16, 2013
Associations and Bodies Chan in the Media Faculty
Jaynee Taguchi Meyer (OTD ’06, MA ’98), Academic Coordinator of Fieldwork Education and Assistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy, has been appointed by Governor Jerry Brown to the California Occupational Therapy Board. Taguchi Meyer joins alumna and Division Board of Councilors…
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Classmates Rally Around USC Student ⟩
May 15, 2013
Chan in the Media Community and Partners Students
With one touch last summer, what was just another day in the life of a Trojan graduate student suddenly became something much more. “It was the third day of school and I was in class, touching my neck,” recalled Caryn Roach, a student in the entry-level professional program of the USC Division…
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Alum Suzanne Asherson writes in the New York Times and L.A. Times ⟩
May 3, 2013
Alumni Chan in the Media Health and Wellness
Division alumna Suzanne Asherson MA ’06, OTD ’08 writes in the New York Times "Room for Debate" blog and in the L.A. Times on the benefits of cursive handwriting in the classroom. Fight On!
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