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Can “social architecture” reverse the loneliness epidemic? ⟩
April 11, 2025
Community and Partners Faculty Students
In the heart of Hollywood, USC Chan’s Joy Agner is studying how the built and social environment can better connect people to each other through occupation.
By Mike McNulty Originally appeared in The Explorer: Journal of USC Student Research published by the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Photo courtesy of Joy Agner Feeling lonely? You’re not alone. Recent surveys show that approximately half of adults in the United States experience loneliness,…
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Wildfire Resources and Relief ⟩
January 15, 2025
Alumni Community and Partners Faculty
Help support Trojans in need in the aftermath of the southern California wildfires.
The damage and devastation caused by the southern California wildfires is tragic, and they have immediately impacted members of our USC Chan family. But in the face of this heartbreak, the USC Chan Trojan Family is working together in a number of ways to connect people to resources and support to…
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New $5.5 million NIH-funded study to test whether sensory adaptations can ease children’s dental fears and anxieties ⟩
November 25, 2024
Community and Partners Faculty Research
Study led by Leah Stein Duker in partnership with Children's Hospital Los Angeles extends Sensory Adapted Dental Environment research line begun in 2011.
By Mike McNulty (Adobe Stock) A new study funded by more than $5.5 million in NIH grants will test whether a Sensory Adapted Dental Environment (SADE) — a novel intervention that provides soothing visual, auditory and tactile input within the dental clinic environment — can reduce anxiety and…
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Emily Rothman is recipient of 2024 Patricia Buehler Legacy Award for Clinical Innovation ⟩
October 24, 2024
Awards Community and Partners
Rothman is a public health researcher with several projects focused on autism as informed by a neurodiversity perspective and conducted in partnership with autistic people.
Emily Rothman (Photo by Anna Glenn) Emily Rothman, professor and chair of the Occupational Therapy Department at Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, was awarded the division’s 2024 Patricia Buehler Legacy Award for Clinical Innovation. Rothman delivered…
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New study demonstrates impact of interprofessional collaboration on health sciences education and practice ⟩
August 26, 2024
Chan in the Media Clinical Community and Partners Health and Wellness Students
Faculty member Ashley Halle quoted in article about USC's Interprofessional Education and Collaboration for Geriatrics program on education and care for complex health care needs of older adults.
By Michele Carroll / USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work One of the values of the IECG program is that students learn essential cross-disciplinary skills and assessments they can provide to patients in their own clinical practices. They also learn about other health sciences-based…
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Occupational therapy a core discipline in new $1 million AHRQ grant expanding Long COVID clinic ⟩
August 12, 2024
Clinical Community and Partners Faculty Pandemic
Occupational therapist Jamieson Wilcox is a co-investigator on grant to establish the Keck COVID Recovery Clinic, Optimal Outcomes for Patients in a Comprehensive Assessment and Management Program.
By Mike McNulty AI generated image (Adobe Firefly) A new grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) will expand Keck Medicine of USC’s COVID Recovery Clinic, an interdisciplinary care clinic that has included occupational therapy on its collaborative team since its…
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USC-PKUHSC Dual-Degree OTD Monthly Seminars: Summer 2024 Semester Recap ⟩
July 26, 2024
Academics and Courses China Initiative Community and Partners International
The China Initiative team hosts three seminars in the summer semester to continue supporting the USC-PKUHSC dual-degree students with integrating their residency experiences and preparing for their return to China.
The China Initiative team continued to host monthly seminars to support the third cohort of USC-PKUHSC dual-degree students, now in their final semester of the post-professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) program. Considering students’ specific interest areas and their full-time…
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Belonging and camouflaging while Black, female and autistic ⟩
July 10, 2024
Autism Community and Partners Research Students
New article explores how occupational science might reconcile authentic belonging and autistic camouflaging among intersectional populations.
By Mike McNulty First author and occupational science PhD candidate Marshae Franklin OTD ’21, PhD ’26 (Photo courtesy of Marshae Franklin) To what extent does a person truly “fit in,” when fitting in requires hiding parts of one’s authentic self? What disruptions arise at the juncture…
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USC-PKUHSC Dual-Degree OTD Monthly Seminars: Spring 2024 Recap ⟩
May 8, 2024
Academics and Courses China Initiative Community and Partners International
The third cohort from Peking University Health Science Center (PKUHSC) completes their second semester at USC Chan and the China Initiative team continues to host monthly seminars to support their abilities to apply knowledge and experiences from their residencies to various contexts in China.
The China Initiative team hosted the spring series of monthly seminars for the third cohort of USC-PKUHSC dual-degree students to supplement their mixed-track residencies across research and clinical settings. The monthly seminars provide valuable opportunities for peer mentorship and reflective…
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FDA Health Care at Home Initiative identifies occupational therapy as a key need ⟩
April 26, 2024
Associations and Bodies Community and Partners Faculty
Occupational therapy will figure prominently in the launch of the FDA's Health Care at Home Initiative to Help Advance Health Equity, with the expert assistance of Associate Professor Beth Pyatak.
Occupational therapy will figure prominently in the launch of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Health Care at Home Initiative to Help Advance Health Equity. The Initiative aims to better position the FDA to address health care needs by moving care into the home setting. Based within the…
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