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Research Cores

At USC, we recognize the benefits of building organized critical masses of faculty with overlapping research interests related to targeted growth areas, and in response have formed research cores to promote an interdisciplinary infrastructure that fosters proximity, collaboration, readiness to respond to relevant funding announcements and internal, national and global networks.

Health Promotion and Prevention

This core was established in 1993 with the implementation of the original USC Well Elderly Study to further research on relationships between daily activity, health, chronic disease management and disability prevention.

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Rehabilitation, Health Services, and Brain-Body (ReHaB)

This core, founded in 2004 and reorganized in 2015, focuses on developing evidence that informs and enhances occupational performance and functional independence for individuals with medical conditions or who are differently abled.

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Sensory Integration, Engagement, and Family Life for People with Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Disorders (SIEFL)

The SIEFL core was founded in 2012 to grow a translational science research program targeting individuals with autism and related disorders, their families, and the clinicians who serve them.

USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) is accredited by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org.

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for the national certification examination administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. All states require licensure to practice; a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT® OTR certification examination or attain state licensure. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.