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China Initiative Visits Yantai and Shanghai | October–November 2016
November 27, 2016

China Initiative Community and Partners Faculty Lectures and Talks Students

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Purpose
In Yantai, the team presented at the “Fourth National Congress of Rehabilitation Education of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine.” Carey Sokol and OTD Resident Lily Xu presented on OT fieldwork models in the US, while Adley Chan and OTD Resident Sherry Chen gave a presentation titled, “Occupational Science: Informing Occupational Therapy Practice.” OTD Residents Lily Xu and Sherry Chen also gave presentations at the conference’s Student Forum, respectively titled, “Occupational Therapy: Living life to its fullest” and “Post Professsional Master’s Program in OT at USC.”

In Shanghai, the team attended and presented at the “10th Pan-Pacific Conference on Rehabilitation.” Sook-Lei Liew presented on “Enigma Stroke Recovery: Using big data neuroimaging to predict motor recovery after stroke.” Kristin Nxumalo and Whitney Pike presented on “Occupational Therapy’s Distinct Role in Heart Failure Management.”

At both conferences, the teams engaged in networking and nurtured existing relationships in China.

Delegation
In Yantai: Carey Sokol, Adley Chan, Sherry Chen Xiao Yu, and Lily Xu Ruiying. In Shanghai: Julie McLaughlin Gray, Sook-Lei Liew, Kristin Nxumalo, Whitney Pike, Adley Chan, Sherry Chen Xiaoyu, and Lily Xu Ruiying.

View across Yantai, including the Sports Park

From left to right, Michael Li, President and CEO of SinoRehab, a subsidiary of Healthpoint Capital; Greg Li, Managing Director at Healthpoint Capital; Adley Chan, USC Chan Division China Initiative Coordinator; John Foster, Chairman and CEO of Healthpoint Capital; Julie McLaughlin Gray, USC Chan Division China Initiative Director; Sherry Chen Xiaoyu, USC Chan Division China Initiative OTD resident; and Lily Xu Ruiying, USC Chan Division China Initiative OTD resident

From left to right, Michael Li, President and CEO of SinoRehab, a subsidiary of Healthpoint Capital; Greg Li, Managing Director at Healthpoint Capital; Adley Chan, USC Chan Division China Initiative Coordinator; John Foster, Chairman and CEO of Healthpoint Capital; Julie McLaughlin Gray, USC Chan Division China Initiative Director; Sherry Chen Xiaoyu, USC Chan Division China Initiative OTD resident; and Lily Xu Ruiying, USC Chan Division China Initiative OTD resident

Close-up of academic conference program

USC Chan Division China Initiative team takes a selfie in front of the OT Room at a hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University

USC Chan Division China Initiative team takes a selfie in front of the OT Room at a hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Table full of delicious Chinese food

View of Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai

Sunset view across Shanghai, including the Yangpu Bridge

USC Chan Division China Initiative team with Professor Lijuan Ao, left, Chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Therapy at Kunming Medical University and Chairman of the Education Committee of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (CARM)

USC Chan Division China Initiative team with Professor Lijuan Ao, left, Chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Therapy at Kunming Medical University and Chairman of the Education Committee of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (CARM)