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Students
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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China Initiative Visits Beijing and Shanghai | May 2016 ⟩
May 27, 2016
China Initiative Community and Partners Faculty International Students
Purpose Joined by Dean Avishai Sadan of the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, the China Initiative delegation reinforced relationships with potential partner universities. Delegation Dean Avishai Sadan, USC Chan Division faculty members Florence Clark, Julie McLaughlin Gray and Adley Chan, and…
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Commencement 2016: Graduates honor longtime associate dean during ceremony ⟩
May 16, 2016
Events Faculty Lectures and Talks Students
By Yasmine Pezeshkpour Fariborz Maseeh ScD Fariborz Maseeh ScD delivered the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy commencement speech on May 13. Maseeh founded the Kids Institute for Development and Advancement (KiDA) in 2008 after his son was diagnosed with autism…
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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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