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Occupational Therapy Students and Alums Participate in “Celebrate Life with HOPE” ⟩
July 13, 2010
Alumni Events Faculty Health and Wellness Students
Each year, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles' Hematology-Oncology Psychosocial and Education (HOPE) Program holds their signature event, Celebrate Life with HOPE, to honor childhood cancer survivors and their families. This is one of the largest annual events of its kind and is filled with fun, food,…
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Healthy rush: Combat-weary veterans find adrenaline fix on the water ⟩
July 9, 2010
Chan in the Media Clinical Health and Wellness Students
Current OTD student and alum, Janna Kuntz, is featured in Healthy rush: Combat-weary veterans find adrenaline fix on the water, by Chelsi Moy of the Missoulian.
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Aziz-Zadeh awarded grant to fund stroke rehabilitation ⟩
July 8, 2010
Associations and Bodies Awards Faculty Research
The American Heart Association has awarded assistant professor Lisa Aziz-Zadeh a three-year $231,000 grant to understand how individuals with stroke process actions.
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Spirit Intact, Soldier Reclaims His Life (source: NY Times) ⟩
July 7, 2010
Alumni Chan in the Media Clinical
Article cites Capt. Sarah Mitsch, Class of 2001: Spirit Intact, Soldier Reclaims His Life. In the nearly 15 months since losing his limbs, Specialist Marrocco has pushed past pain and exhaustion to learn to use his four prosthetics, though he can walk for only 15 minutes at a time. Credit Ruth…
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AOTA President Florence Clark ⟩
July 1, 2010
Associations and Bodies Faculty
On July 1, 2010, Florence Clark PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, became the 28th president of the American Occupational Therapy Association.
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Centennial Vision — Rehabilitation Research ⟩
July 1, 2010
Assistant Professor Trudy Mallinson co-authored Centennial Vision — Rehabilitation Research in the May/June 2010 issue of The American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT).
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Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Adolescents ⟩
July 1, 2010
Alumni Chan in the Media Faculty Health and Wellness
Be sure to see Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Adolescents, written by alum Sarah Bream, in the June 28, 2010 issue of OT Practice.
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Occupational Therapy in High Definition ⟩
May 6, 2010
Associations and Bodies Conferences Faculty Lectures and Talks
On May 1, 2010, Dr. Florence Clark delivered her Inaugural Presidential Address at the 90th Annual AOTA Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida. "Passionately and directly, Clark wasted no time focusing in on her message for the audience, encouraging students, scientists, educators, and…
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Food Selectivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders ⟩
April 29, 2010
Dr. Sharon Cermak and a team of experts explore food selectivity in children with autism spectrum disorders in recently published articles from the Journal of the American Dietetic Association and the Journal of Pediatrics. Bandini, L. G., Anderson, S. E., Curtin, C., Cermak, S. A., Evans, E. W.,…
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Does Music in Speech Equal Empathy in Heart? ⟩
February 27, 2010
Chan in the Media Faculty Research
Professor Lisa Aziz-Zadeh is interviewed by USC News about her study on prosody and empathy. "A new study in the journal Public Library of Science ONE finds that people use the same brain regions to produce and understand intonation in speech. Many studies suggest that people learn by imitating…
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