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AOTA president Amy Lamb keynotes 2017 commencement ⟩
April 26, 2017

Associations and Bodies Events Lectures and Talks Students

By Mike McNulty 2017 USC Chan commencement speaker Amy Lamb/Photo courtesy of the American Occupational Therapy Association Amy Lamb OTD, OT/L, FAOTA, president of the American Occupational Therapy Association and an occupational therapy faculty member at Eastern Michigan University, will deliver…

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Chinese Delegation at AOTA Conference ⟩
April 1, 2017

Associations and Bodies China Initiative Conferences International

Purpose Faculty members from Peking University Health Science Center, who are collaborating with the USC Chan Division to develop the details of the China Initiative curriculum and program, traveled from Beijing to Philadelphia to attend the American Occupational Therapy Association's annual…

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Clinical professor Katie Jordan helps score profession-wide victory ⟩
March 6, 2017

Associations and Bodies Chan in the Media Clinical Faculty

AOTA advocacy success: Evaluation payments expected to rise as CMS corrects error

Last week, clinical professor Katie Jordan met with representatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to raise concerns on behalf of the American Occupational Therapy Association regarding what was believed to be an error resulting in decreased Medicare reimbursements for…

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In 2016, 100 percent of new USC Chan graduates passed national certification exam ⟩
February 28, 2017

Associations and Bodies Clinical Students

By Mike McNulty According to new data released by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy®, all 132 of USC’s new graduates successfully passed the Occupational Therapist Registered OTR® certification examination during the 2016 calendar year. This 100 percent passing rate…

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Five Trojans aboard 2017 Rose Parade float ⟩
December 29, 2016

Alumni Associations and Bodies Events Faculty

Occupational Therapy Association of California float commemorates 100-year anniversary of profession's founding

Float rendering courtesy of the Occupational Therapy Association of California/Fiesta Floats On the morning of Jan. 2, 2017, five USC Trojans will be floating high above the streets of Pasadena, Calif., during the world-famous Tournament of Roses® Rose Parade. The Trojans will be riding on board…

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23 Trojans on AOTA centennial list of 100 most influential people ⟩
December 6, 2016

Alumni Associations and Bodies Awards Faculty

USC Chan faculty members Cermak and Clark among all-time notables

By Mike McNulty Twenty-three USC alumni and faculty members are among the 100 most influential people who have shaped the occupational therapy profession throughout its century-long history, according to a new list compiled by the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). In preparation for…

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Remembering Florence Cromwell ⟩
December 1, 2016

Alumni Associations and Bodies Faculty

An esteemed USC alumna and occupational therapy leader passed away on Nov. 5, 2016, at the age of 94

By John Hobbs MA ’14 Florence Cromwell 1922-2016. Photo undated. Occupational therapy visionary, two-time AOTA president, and former faculty member Florence S. Cromwell MA ’52 died Nov. 5, 2016. She was 94. The former faculty member was a USC alumna, an interim chair for two years before…

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Five Trojans to take AOTA awards ⟩
November 7, 2016

Associations and Bodies Awards Conferences Faculty

Florence Clark to receive rarefied AOTA-AOTF Presidents’ Commendation

By Mike McNulty Exhibit Hall at 2016 AOTA Conference Five USC Trojans will win annual awards from the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The recipients were revealed last week by AOTA and will be presented their awards during AOTA’s annual conference in April 2017, when the…

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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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Four alumnae award-winners cap 2015 OTAC conference ⟩
October 26, 2015

Alumni Associations and Bodies Awards Conferences Faculty

The USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy was well represented at the 39th annual conference of the Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC) in Sacramento. Four alumnae were recognized for their outstanding achievements at the annual OTAC awards ceremony:…

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