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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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USC Chan scientist using neuroimaging to advance autism research ⟩
April 8, 2016

Autism Faculty Research Technology

By Mike McNulty Stefanie Bodison ’92, MA ’93, OTD ’10 is the latest in a long line of USC experts, stretching back more than 50 years to former USC faculty emeritus A. Jean Ayres ’45, MA ’54 and her landmark theory of sensory integration, seeking to better understand the relationships…

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Could virtual reality neurofeedback help stroke survivors recover? ⟩
January 28, 2016

Awards Faculty Research Technology

USC researcher Sook-Lei Liew awarded two-year American Heart Association Innovative Research Grant to find out

By John Hobbs MA ’14 Virtual arm Imagine wanting to take a sip of your morning latte. To accomplish this task, your brain will send a signal that will pass from neuron to neuron all the way down your arm to your hand to your fingers, which will grasp the latte, bring it to your lips and, ah,…

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Who knew medical records had a ‘social life’? ⟩
January 13, 2016

Autism Awards Clinical Faculty Research

Two USC researchers show how paper records impact interactions with health care practitioners

By Mike McNulty/USC Today For more than a decade, electronic health records have been hailed as a means of improving health care quality, safety and efficiency. Yet in spite of the ongoing transition to electronic records throughout America’s health care system, two USC researchers are interested…

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Record-setting $3.1M NIH grant to improve dental experience for children with autism ⟩
June 10, 2015

Autism Awards Faculty Research

By Mike McNulty A five-year, $3.1 million-dollar National Institutes of Health research grant has been awarded to the USC Chan Division to further study an intervention which adapts sensory stimuli inside the dental office environment to decrease children’s anxiety and negative responses during…

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$2.1M NIH grant will use brain imaging to study autism deficits ⟩
June 8, 2015

Autism Awards Faculty Research Technology

By Mike McNulty A five-year, $2.1 million-dollar National Institutes of Health research grant has been awarded to the USC Chan Division to use neuroimaging technology to better understand the relationships between brain activity patterns and social and motor deficits exhibited by children with…

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Olga Solomon joins IMFAR autism conference keynote panel ⟩
May 18, 2015

Autism Conferences Faculty Lectures and Talks Research

By Mike McNulty Assistant professor Olga Solomon was a keynote panel session speaker at the 2015 International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The panel topic, "Autism and Society: Taking Stock of the History and Meaning of Autism Research," asked the speakers to assess…

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Video game developed at USC lets patients play their way through rehab ⟩
April 20, 2015

Chan in the Media Clinical Community and Partners Faculty Health and Wellness Research Technology

Mystic Isle tracks the coordinates of players’ movements, giving therapists valuable data on progress and future sessions

By Tanya Abrams/USC News Video games for health are not just for fitness gamers who’d rather stumble through Zumba alone than with a judgy gym rat. Clinicians and game developers at USC are teaming up to advance and validate video games for rehabilitation, a segment in the games-for-health…

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The Help Group and USC form a new partnership ⟩
March 6, 2015

Autism Community and Partners Faculty Research

By Mike McNulty The Help Group is pleased to announce an innovative partnership between The Help Group and the University of Southern California (USC) Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. The Help Group – USC Occupational Science Initiative is dedicated to developing…

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