Our Faculty Expertise

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Florence Clark, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Lifestyle Redesign^®, Well Elderly, professional issues, occupational science
Stanley P. Azen, Ph.D. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Epidemiology, Well Elderly, biostatistics, clinical trials
Lisa Aziz-Zadeh, Ph.D. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Functional imaging, mirror neuron system, neuroscience, empathy
Erna Blanche, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Sensory integration, autism, pediatrics, play, occupational science, Spanish, intercultural
Sarah Bream, O.T.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Mental health, adolescents and young adults, community-based services
Michael Carlson, Ph.D. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Biostatistics, Lifestyle Redesign^®, Well Elderly, pressure ulcer prevention, occupational science
Sharon Cermak, Ed.D., OTR/L, FAOTA .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Childhood motor coordination, dyspraxia, sensory processing, autism, health promotion
Celso Delgado, Jr., O.T.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Mental health, adolescents, at-risk youth, pressure ulcer prevention, Spanish
Lisa Deshaies, OTR/L, CHT .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Upper extremity rehabilitation, physical disabilities, arthritis, amputation, burns
Jesus Diaz, O.T.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Pressure ulcer prevention, fidelity measures, early intervention, Spanish, intercultural
Camille Dieterle, O.T.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Lifestyle Redesign^®, Faculty Practice, weight management, sustainability, yoga
Linda Fazio, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Curricula design, community-based practice, play, pediatrics, motivational interviewing
Gelya Frank, Ph.D. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Disability studies, gender studies, research methods, anthropology
Julie McLaughlin Gray, Ph.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Motor control, physical disabilities, stroke, rehabilitation, client-centered
Katie Jordan, O.T.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Hospital administration, clinical services, Lifestyle Redesign^®, Faculty Practice
Diane Kellegrew, Ph.D., OTR/L FAOTA .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Child development, early intervention, family routines, mothers
Karrie Kingsley, O.T.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	School-based practice, early intervention, grant administration
Mary Lawlor, Sc.D., OTR/L, FAOTA .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Qualitative methods, maternal and child health, ethnography, service disparities
Natalie Leland, Ph.D., OTR/L, BCG .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Gerontology, older adults, fall prevention, low vision
Trudy Mallinson, Ph.D., OTR/L, NZROT .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Public health, health policy, outcomes measurement, Medicare
Cheryl Mattingly, Ph.D. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Narrative studies, clinical reasoning, disability studies, anthropology
Susan McNulty, O.T.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Lifestyle Redesign^®, headaches, chronic pain, pain management
William Morgan, Ph.D. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Sports, philosophy of sports, sociology, occupational science
Bonnie Nakasuji, O.T.D., OTR/L, C/NDT .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Pediatrics, motor control, international practice, fieldwork education
Ann Neville-Jan, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Disability studies, phenomenology of pain, spina bifida, qualitative methods
Deborah Pitts, Ph.D., M.B.A., OTR, BCMH, CPRP .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Mental health, psychiatric rehabilitation, recovery model, community-based service
Beth Pyatak, Ph.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Diabetes, diabetes management, Lifestyle Redesign^®
Samia Rafeedie, O.T.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Brain injury rehabilitation, physical disabilities, evidence-based practice, curricula development
Chantelle Rice, O.T.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Lifestyle Redesign^®, diabetes management, Faculty Practice
Shawn Roll, Ph.D., OTR/L, CWCE .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Work and industry, carpal tunnel syndrome, ultrasonography
Olga Solomon, Ph.D. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Linguistics, narrative studies, ethnography, autism, animal-assisted therapy, technology
Susan Spitzer, Ph.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Autism, sensory integration, learning disabilities, occupational science
Shelby Surfas, O.T.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	UCEED, developmental disabilities, sensory integration
Jaynee Taguchi-Meyer, O.T.D., OTR/L .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Fieldwork education, emerging practice areas, technology
Barbara Thompson, Ph.D. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Animal model, neurodevelopment, prenatal drug exposure
Cheryl Vigen, Ph.D. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)	Epidemiology, biostatistics, study design, data management