Latest Chan Division News
Alumnus Shawn Phipps Wins AOTA Election ⟩
March 6, 2012
Associations and Bodies Faculty
Congratulations to Shawn Phipps PhD, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA (BS ’97) for being elected to the Board of Directors of the American Occupational Therapy Association!
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U.S. News Names Occupational Therapist to “Best Jobs 2012” ⟩
February 28, 2012
U.S.News & World Report names Occupational Therapist as a Best Jobs 2012, with an emphasis on the profession's significant growth outlook over the next decade. Fight On, occupational therapists!
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Division Push Makes Hospital Pet Therapy Program Reality ⟩
February 27, 2012
Chan in the Media Clinical Community and Partners Health and Wellness
Spurred by the USC Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy's initial requests to incorporate a pet therapy program, the Keck Medical Center of USC hospitals recently launched a Pet Therapy Program to bring certified therapy animals to visit with patients staying in the hospitals.…
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Occupational Science student awarded NIH postdoc ⟩
February 23, 2012
Associations and Bodies Awards Chan in the Media Research Students
Congratulations to current Occupational Science PhD candidate Sook-Lei Liew (MA ’08) for recently being awarded an NIH postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Read more about her award and her accomplishments as a PhD student at USC News Online:…
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2012 Dentistry Research Day a Success ⟩
February 17, 2012
Awards Chan in the Media Events Research Students
The 2012 Dentistry Research Day on February 15th honored the research accomplishments of the faculty, staff, and students of the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry, which includes the Divisions of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, and Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy. This year the…
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Florence Clark Offers “Professional Help” on theAtlantic.com ⟩
February 16, 2012
Chan in the Media Faculty Health and Wellness Lifestyle Redesign
Florence Clark PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is featured on theAtlantic.com, the website for The Atlantic magazine, in a section called "Professional Help" in which scientists and health experts offer simple tips for real-world circumstances. Read Dr. Clark's lifestyle tips for successful aging for seniors,…
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Blanche and PUPS team research in OT Practice ⟩
February 7, 2012
Chan in the Media Faculty Research
The latest issue of OT Practice’s Research Update features the USC Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Spinal Cord Injury (PUPS) research article Manualization of Occupational Therapy Interventions: Illustrations From the Pressure Ulcer Prevention Research Program. Erna Blanche PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA,…
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TREET Postdoc Fellow in OT Practice Q&A ⟩
January 24, 2012
Stefanie Bodison OTD, OTR/L, C/NDT (OTD ’10, MA ’93, BS ’92), a current USC Training in Rehabilitation Efficacy and Effectiveness Trials postdoctoral fellow, is featured in the latest issue of OT Practice answering questions about Ayres Sensory Integration.
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Expert Lectures on Multisensory Integration ⟩
January 23, 2012
Autism Chan in the Media Lectures and Talks
On Friday, January 13, in conjunction with USC's Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, the Division hosted Mark Wallace PhD, Director of the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, and Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, for his seminar entitled…
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2 Trojans Among AOTA Emerging Leaders Class of 2012 ⟩
January 18, 2012
Associations and Bodies Awards Students
Two Trojans were among 17 future professional leaders selected by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) to attend the 2012 Emerging Leaders Development Program, hosted last week at AOTA headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. Arameh Anvarizadeh (BA ’05, MA ’06, OTD ’07) and current…
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