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Diversity, Access, Equity

The Help Group — USC Occupational Science Initiative heads to the museum with upcoming project ⟩
March 21, 2016

Autism Community and Partners Diversity, Access, Equity Faculty

By Mike McNulty The Help Group – USC Occupational Science Initiative has announced its next project to develop opportunities for advancing community-based social participation for children with autism spectrum disorders. Under the direction of Mary Lawlor, associate chair of research and professor…

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Assistant professor Jenny Martínez makes for a Good Neighbor ⟩
October 21, 2015

Community and Partners Diversity, Access, Equity Faculty

Assistant professor Jenny Martínez reflects on how USC's Good Neighbors campaign impacted her own professional path

By Jenny Martínez Jenny Martínez, Assistant Clinical Professor The Good Neighbors-funded STAR program connected me with a USC research laboratory during my senior year in high school. I worked in the Alcohol and Brain Research Laboratory under Dr. Ronald Alkana and Dr. Daryl Davies. I spent…

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Meet our new students: Auston Stamm MA ’17 ⟩
August 27, 2015

Diversity, Access, Equity Events Students

In advance of the USC Chan Division’s 2015 White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 28, we’re profiling three of the newest Trojan Family members: incoming occupational therapy students. For our final installment, meet Austom Stamm MA ’17

By John Hobbs Austom Stamm MA ’17/photo credit Heather Van Buren Auston Stamm MA ’17 knows firsthand the impact an occupational therapist can have on the life of someone struggling with everyday tasks. Born with mild cerebral palsy, Stamm, 25, has been seeing an occupational therapist since he…

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Meet our new students: David Matharu ’95, MA ’17 ⟩
August 25, 2015

Clinical Diversity, Access, Equity Events Students

In advance of the USC Chan Division’s 2015 White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 28, we're profiling three of the newest Trojan Family members: incoming occupational therapy students. Today, meet David Matharu ’95, MA ’17

By Yasmine Pezeshkpour David Matharu ’95, MA ’17/photo credit Heather Van Buren Helping others is a family affair for David Matharu ’95, MA ’17. His parents owned seven residential facilities in Los Angeles for adults with developmental disabilities. His brother Yogi Matharu ’95, DPT ’98…

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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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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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Occupational therapy students help peer ramp up project ⟩
October 16, 2013

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

By Jen Waters/USC News To many, do-it-yourself renovation projects can be a costly headache waiting to happen. But for Donna Ozawa, who can take a look at a person’s home and see potential for healthier living, it’s a real passion. With two decades of experience in disciplines including…

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PhD candidate receives USC Diploma in Innovation grant ⟩
July 15, 2013

Autism Awards Clinical Diversity, Access, Equity Research Students

By Mike McNulty Amber Angell Occupational science PhD candidate Amber Angell was recently awarded a Diploma in Innovation grant from the USC Graduate School with support from the USC Stevens Center for Innovation. The rising prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in the United States has been…

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Watch Ann Neville-Jan keynote Hollywood, Health & Society ⟩
February 25, 2013

Conferences Diversity, Access, Equity Faculty Lectures and Talks

Associate professor Ann Neville-Jan delivered the keynote address at "People First: Real Disabilities, Reel Stories" sponsored by the Writers Guild of America, West, the WGA Writers with Disabilities Committee, and Hollywood, Health & Society at the Norman Lear Center of the USC Annenberg School for…

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Interdisciplinary Pilot Program To Help Seniors, Disabled Residents ⟩
December 18, 2012

Chan in the Media Community and Partners Diversity, Access, Equity Faculty Health and Wellness Students

USC's Interprofessional Geriatric Group, a pilot project involving faculty and students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, and others, is developing interdisciplinary student-faculty teams to assist chronically ill residents with…

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