Latest Chan Division News

Could occupational therapy lead to a better night’s sleep? ⟩
September 12, 2016

Faculty Health and Wellness Lifestyle Redesign Research

By Mike McNulty Every occupational therapist knows that the foundation for living well includes a healthy daily balance between work, play, rest and sleep. But while therapeutic interventions often target patients’ habits, roles, routines and environments during waking hours, their combined…

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Inaugural class inducts new sensory integration continuing education ⟩
September 2, 2016

Academics and Courses Clinical Faculty International

By Mike McNulty Clinical professor Erna Blanche and research assistant professor Stefanie Bodison review video of a SI treatment session. (Photo/Phil Channing) The inaugural cohort of participants has successfully completed the first of USC’s new sequential four-course Sensory Integration (SI)…

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2016 White Coat Ceremony Infographic ⟩
August 26, 2016

Events Students

On August 26, 233 talented Trojan occupational therapy students begin or renew their commitment to the values and ideals of our noble profession as they enter (or re-enter) academia during our 2016 White Coat Ceremony. Here is a quick look at these stellar Trojans! Fight On!

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Nine Trojans publish in July/August AJOT ⟩
July 14, 2016

Alumni Faculty Lifestyle Redesign Research Students

By Mike McNulty Nine members of the USC Trojan Family are cited as authors across three new research articles published in the July/August issue of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy. Professor Sharon Cermak co-authored Atypical Sensory Modulation and Psychological Distress in the General…

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Friends with benefits in obesity research ⟩
June 29, 2016

Faculty Health and Wellness Research

New research shows how social and family relationships can improve adolescents’ obesity-related behaviors

By Mike McNulty As the saying goes, it’s not what you know, but who you know. And in the nation’s ongoing fight against obesity, the quality of social relationships with peers and family members might buffer the impact of neighborhood economic contexts. New findings published by USC researcher…

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Clark visits Toronto to deliver 2016 Cardwell Lecture ⟩
June 23, 2016

Events Faculty Lectures and Talks Lifestyle Redesign

By Mike McNulty Florence Clark, associate dean, chair and Mrs. T.H. Chan Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, delivered the 2016 Thelma Cardwell Lecture at the University of Toronto on June 22. Her lecture, entitled “Occupational Therapy as Life Design: Fortifying Health and…

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China Initiative Visits Beijing and Shanghai | May 2016 ⟩
May 27, 2016

China Initiative Community and Partners Faculty International Students

Purpose Joined by Dean Avishai Sadan of the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, the China Initiative delegation reinforced relationships with potential partner universities. Delegation Dean Avishai Sadan, USC Chan Division faculty members Florence Clark, Julie McLaughlin Gray and Adley Chan, and…

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Commencement 2016: Graduates honor longtime associate dean during ceremony ⟩
May 16, 2016

Events Faculty Lectures and Talks Students

By Yasmine Pezeshkpour Fariborz Maseeh ScD Fariborz Maseeh ScD delivered the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy commencement speech on May 13. Maseeh founded the Kids Institute for Development and Advancement (KiDA) in 2008 after his son was diagnosed with autism…

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Trojans take 3 of top 6 AOTF student scholarships ⟩
May 6, 2016

Associations and Bodies Awards Students

By Mike McNulty USC Chan students won three of the top six student scholarships, as ranked by dollar amount, that are administered by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation. Founded in 1965, AOTF is a non-profit organization that administers more than 50 annual scholarships to students…

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Mother and son: Meet the Drs. Margetis ⟩
May 5, 2016

Chan in the Media Clinical Faculty

Physical drawbacks don’t hamper the life of a USC faculty member who was adopted as an infant

By Diane Krieger/USC Today John Margetis was adopted from a Taiwanese orphanage by USC pediatric pulmonologist Monique Margetis. Though born without hands and only partial feet, John’s “limb differences” haven’t held him back one bit. He skydives and rides a road bike. He drives an…

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