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China Initiative Visits Beijing and Guiyang | June 2017 ⟩
June 27, 2017

China Initiative Community and Partners Conferences Faculty Lectures and Talks Students

Purpose To meet with China Initiative partners and attend the “3rd Annual Conference of Rehabilitation Medicine Society of China International Exchange and Promotion Association for Medicine and Healthcare” highlighted with a keynote address by China Initiative Director Julie McLaughlin Gray.…

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2017 Commencement: Alison Cogan PhD ’17 ⟩
May 10, 2017

Events Research Students

By Mike McNulty Alison Cogan, who earns her USC Occupational Science PhD in 2017/Photo by Jenn Page Alison Cogan MA ’12, PhD ’17 may be a civilian but she deeply appreciates the social and family life of military servicemembers. Not only is her brother an active duty Marine, Cogan’s…

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2017 Commencement: Joseph Christian Ungco OTD ’17 ⟩
May 9, 2017

Clinical Diversity, Access, Equity Events Students

By Mike McNulty Joseph Christian Ungco, member of the USC Chan OTD degree class of 2017/Photo by Heather Van Buren Joseph Christian Ungco ’07, ’14, MA ’16, OTD ’17 has a clear vision for the profession’s future. Thanks in part to the occupational therapy doctorate degree he will receive…

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2017 Commencement: Alicia Mendoza MA ’17 ⟩
May 8, 2017

Events Students

By Mike McNulty Alicia Mendoza, member of the USC Chan master's degree class of 2017/Photo by Angela Lally For as long as she can remember, Alicia Mendoza MA ’17 has admired the work of Christian missionaries. In occupational therapy she found a career with similar attributes: provision of needed…

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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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Two Chan students named Schweitzer fellows ⟩
April 6, 2017

Awards Clinical Community and Partners Research Students

Projects aim to improve health status of vulnerable L.A. populations

By Mike McNulty 2017-18 Schweitzer Fellows Allie Schmiesing MA ’18 and Erin Malia Sako MA ’18/Photo by Kelly Tongoi Erin Malia Sako MA ’18 and Allie Schmiesing MA ’18, first-year students in the division's entry-level occupational therapy professional program, have been selected to the…

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

China Initiative Community and Partners Faculty Lectures and Talks Students

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…

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2016 White Coat Ceremony Infographic ⟩
August 26, 2016

Events Students

On August 26, 233 talented Trojan occupational therapy students begin or renew their commitment to the values and ideals of our noble profession as they enter (or re-enter) academia during our 2016 White Coat Ceremony. Here is a quick look at these stellar Trojans! Fight On!

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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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