Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy

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Second-year occupational therapy student Anna Benfield works with Assistant Professor Raheleh Tschoepe, MS, OTR/L, during a mock orthopedic lab exercise.

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Linn Wakeford, PhD, OT/L, Receives Innovation Grant from Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) for Interdisciplinary Project

Linn Wakeford, PhD, OT/L, and associate professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, has received an Innovation Grant in the amount of $26,000 from the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) for her interdisciplinary project, AH:SPIRE (Allied Health: Strategies to Promote, Inspire, Recruit, and Educate). The broad goal of AH:SPIRE is to address … Continued
Protected: Womack Named Associate Director of UNC Partnerships in Aging Program

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Interdisciplinary Team from Department of Allied Health Sciences Fosters Dialogue About the IPE Geriatrics Experience

Department of Allied Health Sciences faculty participated in a conversation focusing on interdisciplinary work and the geriatric experience. Susan Coppola, MS, OT/L, OTD, FAOTA, with the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy; Carol Giuliani, PT, PhD, FAPTA, with the Division of Physical therapy; and Sharon Williams, PhD, with the Division of Speech and Hearing … Continued