Category: OT News

Project AIM (Autism Intervention Meta-analysis), led by Dr. Micheal Paige Sandbank, is a large-scale, ongoing meta-analysis that examines early interventions for young children on the autism spectrum. Unlike studies that focus on a single therapy or a single outcome, Project AIM reviews all non-pharmacological interventions for children under eight. The...

Sayoko Kawabata is an international scholar from Japan who recently defended her dissertation for the PhD program in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy.  Prior to starting her PhD, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Doshisha University and later received her Master’s of Science in...

Back in August, faculty and students from UNC’s Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (OSOT) attended the biannual Occupational Science Europe Conference at the University of Essex in England. The event, which brings together scholars from around the world, highlights research in education and occupational science while encouraging participants...

The Division of Occupational Therapy is excited to welcome our newest full clinical assistant professor, Hillary Till. She started off as an adjunct professor in 2018 and became a full time time professor as of June 2025. Till is originally from Claremont, California, a town known as “the land of...

On Thursday evening UNC Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy hosted the Spring 2025 Mitchell Symposium: “Embodied Testimony and Praxis: Reimagining Ways of Knowing in Occupational Science”.  This hybrid event was attended by students, faculty and staff. After Dr. Manigault Bryant’s presentation, attendees enjoyed a reception in the OT...

Rebecca Aldrich, PhD, OTR/L, and Antoine Bailliard, PhD, OTR/L, were the first two graduates of the Occupational Science PhD program in 2011. In the years since, both have embarked upon impactful careers involving research, teaching and both clinical and community practice. Aldrich and Bailliard returned to UNC-Chapel Hill to deliver...

The North Carolina Occupational Therapy Association (NCOTA) will host its annual conference November 3-5, 2023. This year, UNC Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy faculty and students will be on-site in Salisbury, NC to present the below topics. Master’s in OT students will also be in attendance to present their research...

A continuing education ethics event hosted in March by the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy—originally intended for an in-person audience—drew more than 400 participants after it moved online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The student-planned event, titled “Racism in OT Practice: Addressing Ethical Dilemmas and Promoting...

The 2020 Mitchell Symposium featured Sarah Kantartzis, DipCOT, MSC, PhD, “The Collective, our Collectivity and Collective Occupation.” Kantartzis is a senior lecturer in occupational therapy at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK. Access the symposium Download the PowerPoint, linked in the above button. Begin the slideshow within PowerPoint. The PowerPoint has embedded...

The 2019 Mitchell Symposium featured Elizabeth “Anne” Kinsella, PhD, MAdEd, BsC(OT), an associate professor in the School of Occupational Therapy, and member of the Occupational Science and Health Professional Education Field in the Health & Rehabilitation Sciences graduate program at Western University in Ontario, Canada. Kinsella’s talk, titled “Embodiment and Human Occupation: Implications for Health and Social...