Keynotes & Awards Archives - Community Practice Lab

Dr. Ryan Lavalley gives keynote address for the Urban Teaching Fellowship “Open Bak” (“Open Book”) Festival

Community Practice Lab (CPL) Primary Lead Dr. Ryan Lavalley was hosted by colleagues to Amsterdam, where he hosted a Masterclass workshop for the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and delivered the keynote address at the Urban Teaching Fellowship “Open Bak” Festival. Through the visit, Ryan built and strengthened connections with colleagues employing community occupational science …

Dr. Ryan Lavalley delivers keynote at WV OTA 2025 conference.

CPL Primary Lead Dr. Ryan Lavalley delivered the keynote address for the West Virginia Occupational Therapy Association’s 29th Annual Conference in Charleston, WV last week. In his keynote, “Fire in the Mountain: What Occupational Therapy Can Learn from Appalachian Resilience,” Ryan spoke about how lessons learned from Appalachian history and resilience can inform an expansion …

The Carolina Center for Public Service has accepted CPL Lead Dr. Lauren Selingo into the Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholar Program for the 2025-2027 cycle. The program’s community-engaged curriculum and stipend will support Lauren’s community-engaged research around substance use among older adults and caregivers in Orange County. Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholars participate in a highly interactive, …

Dr. Ryan Lavalley delivers keynote address at Japanese SSO and Sayoko Kawabata interprets

Community Practice Lab (CPL) Primary Lead Dr. Ryan Lavalley and CPL Community Engagement Fellow Sayoko Kawabata facilitated cross-university partnership and shared knowledge rooted in community occupation during a September 2024 trip to Japan. First, Ryan and Sayoko traveled to Saitama to attend the Japanese Society for the Study of Occupation’s 2024 Annual Conference, where Ryan …

Kevin Giff receives 2024 Dean's Performance Award

Kevin Giff received the 2024 School of Medicine Dean’s Performance Award for his community engagement work through the Community Practice Lab (CPL). The award honors Giff’s support of housing and community development initiative with HOPE NC and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County. The Dean’s Performance Awards recognizes individual or group efforts that make significant …

Dr. Ryan Lavalley speaking at a conference podium

Dr. Ryan Lavalley delivered the keynote address for the Turkish Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Conference on October 25, 2023. In the keynote presentation, Lavalley discussed how occupational therapy can contribute to community practice in a variety of contexts. Lavalley highlighted how theory and programs rooted in community occupational therapy have been emerging in the United …

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Dr. Ryan Lavalley gives keynote address, co-hosts “Masterclass” for colleagues in the Netherlands

Dr. Ryan Lavalley delivers keynote address for WV Occupational Therapy Association conference

Dr. Lauren Selingo named a 2025-2027 Thorp Faculty Engaged Scholar to support FOCUS-OAC

Building global impact and partnership in Japan

CPL’s Kevin Giff receives Dean’s Performance Award for community engagement work with HOPE NC and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County

CPL Primary Lead Dr. Ryan Lavalley delivers keynote address for Turkish Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Conference