Latest Chan Division News

Alumna attempts Ninja Warrior course for cause ⟩
June 23, 2015

Alumni Chan in the Media Clinical Health and Wellness

By Mike McNulty Standing at the starting line of the world’s most notorious obstacle course, USC Chan alumna Karly Streisfeld MA ’05 took a deep breath and mentally visualized her route through the challenges looming ahead. As a competitor on the June 22 episode of the NBC competition television…

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Record-setting $3.1M NIH grant to improve dental experience for children with autism ⟩
June 10, 2015

Autism Awards Faculty Research

By Mike McNulty A five-year, $3.1 million-dollar National Institutes of Health research grant has been awarded to the USC Chan Division to further study an intervention which adapts sensory stimuli inside the dental office environment to decrease children’s anxiety and negative responses during…

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$2.1M NIH grant will use brain imaging to study autism deficits ⟩
June 8, 2015

Autism Awards Faculty Research Technology

By Mike McNulty A five-year, $2.1 million-dollar National Institutes of Health research grant has been awarded to the USC Chan Division to use neuroimaging technology to better understand the relationships between brain activity patterns and social and motor deficits exhibited by children with…

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USC Chan Aligns with the HollyRod Foundation to Focus on Common Needs of Those Affected by Autism ⟩
June 4, 2015

Autism Clinical Community and Partners Health and Wellness

By Mike McNulty The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy has aligned with the HollyRod Foundation as part of the division’s ongoing commitment to understanding and providing family-centered resources to those with autism spectrum disorder. USC is home to a community…

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Olga Solomon joins IMFAR autism conference keynote panel ⟩
May 18, 2015

Autism Conferences Faculty Lectures and Talks Research

By Mike McNulty Assistant professor Olga Solomon was a keynote panel session speaker at the 2015 International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The panel topic, "Autism and Society: Taking Stock of the History and Meaning of Autism Research," asked the speakers to assess…

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Class of 2015: A helper by design ⟩
May 13, 2015

Diversity, Access, Equity International Students

Former graphic designer Eun Kyung Bae MA ’15 sets out on a new career path to redesign lives for senior and disabled populations as an occupational therapist

By John Hobbs 2015 master's degree graduate Eun Kyung Bae Eun Kyung Bae MA ’15 didn’t think she would ever be in a position to help others. After a fall left Bae paralyzed from the waist down, the then 31-year-old Korean native says she expected life in a wheelchair would make her always require…

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Class of 2015: The courage to change ⟩
May 7, 2015

Academics and Courses Students

It took him nearly a decade, but Brian Wylie has found a career in occupational therapy that ties together his many disparate interests

By Mike McNulty 2015 master's degree graduate Brian Wylie While one’s life is most often lived looking forward, it is perhaps best understood only by reflecting backwards. For Brian Wylie MA ’15, a soon-to-be master’s degree graduate from the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and…

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Ten Years of Occupational Therapy in Africa ⟩
April 22, 2015

Chan in the Media Community and Partners Diversity, Access, Equity International Students

More than 200 USC students have taken advantage of an ‘amazing journey’ that led to Ghana

By Jamie Wetherbe/USC News Bonnie Nakasuji ’74, MA ’94, OTD ’08 first went to Ghana in 2003 with a simple mission. She wanted to match patients with wheelchairs. Two years later — thanks to her passion for occupational therapy and a good deal on airfare — Nakasuji returned to Ghana with 10…

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Video game developed at USC lets patients play their way through rehab ⟩
April 20, 2015

Chan in the Media Clinical Community and Partners Faculty Health and Wellness Research Technology

Mystic Isle tracks the coordinates of players’ movements, giving therapists valuable data on progress and future sessions

By Tanya Abrams/USC News Video games for health are not just for fitness gamers who’d rather stumble through Zumba alone than with a judgy gym rat. Clinicians and game developers at USC are teaming up to advance and validate video games for rehabilitation, a segment in the games-for-health…

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The Help Group and USC form a new partnership ⟩
March 6, 2015

Autism Community and Partners Faculty Research

By Mike McNulty The Help Group is pleased to announce an innovative partnership between The Help Group and the University of Southern California (USC) Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. The Help Group – USC Occupational Science Initiative is dedicated to developing…

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