Moses Ikiugu, PhD, OTR/L is Professor of Occupational Therapy at the University of South Dakota. He is a leading scholar in addressing the relationship of human occupation to environmental sustainability. The Mitchell Symposium is an annual event dedicated to the late Marlys Mitchell, PhD, founder of the MS OT program at UNC, and her husband, Earl.
This panel discussion was organized by current students, including those with disabilities. The conversation surrounded understanding the perspectives of health care providers with disabilities, and considered how people with disabilities experience discrimination, marginalization and other challenges.
6 months ago
Dr. Khalilah Johnson has received the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Equity Scholars for Action award. Johnson is an assistant professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy in the Department of Allied Health Sciences in the UNC School of Medicine. The $250,000 grant will support her project, Disrupting the Cycle of Inaccessible …
7 months ago
In the fall of 2017, Amanda Carroll ’09 (’12 MS, ’21 PhD) returned to UNC to pursue a PhD in occupational science with a goal of better understanding the relationships between military service, occupational participation, resilience and successful aging for older U.S. military veterans. “I’ve always been interested in military culture and the way it …
1 year ago
At the annual Public Service Awards event held on April 15, Ryan Lavalley, post-doctoral research associate in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, was among 11 individuals and one organization honored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for outstanding contributions to the campus and broader communities. This year’s event was …
1 year ago
Khalilah Johnson has received a 2021 MLK Unsung Hero Award from the Office for Diversity and Inclusion, an initiative of the Office of the Provost at UNC-Chapel Hill. The awards, given annually, recognize those who have exemplified a commitment to justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Johnson, an assistant professor in the Division of Occupational Science …
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