{"id":4290,"date":"2019-07-09T09:14:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T13:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/?page_id=4290"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:14:30","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2\n\t         id=\"bookmark\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-bookmark\">Quick Links<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center\"><som-cell cell-info=\"{&quot;ID&quot;:5929,&quot;post_author&quot;:&quot;56087&quot;,&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-03-05 10:51:17&quot;,&quot;post_date_gmt&quot;:&quot;2025-03-05 15:51:17&quot;,&quot;post_content&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_title&quot;:&quot;OSOT Quicklinks&quot;,&quot;post_excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_status&quot;:&quot;publish&quot;,&quot;comment_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;ping_status&quot;:&quot;closed&quot;,&quot;post_password&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_name&quot;:&quot;osot-quicklinks&quot;,&quot;to_ping&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;pinged&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_modified&quot;:&quot;2025-03-05 10:53:34&quot;,&quot;post_modified_gmt&quot;:&quot;2025-03-05 15:53:34&quot;,&quot;post_content_filtered&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;post_parent&quot;:0,&quot;guid&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/cell\\\/osot-quicklinks\\\/&quot;,&quot;menu_order&quot;:0,&quot;post_type&quot;:&quot;somcell&quot;,&quot;post_mime_type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;comment_count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;filter&quot;:&quot;raw&quot;}\" cell-meta=\"{&quot;_wpv_contains_gutenberg_views&quot;:[&quot;&quot;],&quot;_upd_sortorder&quot;:[&quot;1&quot;],&quot;layout&quot;:[&quot;RepeatableBoxes&quot;],&quot;cellInformation&quot;:[&quot;{\\&quot;singleCellBlocks\\&quot;:{},\\&quot;repeatableBoxes\\&quot;:[{\\&quot;includeLink\\&quot;:1,\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;Information Sessions\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/prospectivestudents\\\/information-sessions\\\/\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkIcon\\&quot;:\\&quot;circle-info\\&quot;},{\\&quot;linkIcon\\&quot;:\\&quot;user-graduate\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;PhD Program\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/prospectivestudents\\\/phd-program-description\\\/\\&quot;},{\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;PhD Admissions &amp; Costs\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkIcon\\&quot;:\\&quot;laptop-file\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/prospectivestudents\\\/phd-program-description\\\/phd-admissions\\\/\\&quot;},{\\&quot;linkIcon\\&quot;:\\&quot;user-graduate\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;MS Program\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/prospectivestudents\\\/programs\\\/\\&quot;},{\\&quot;linkIcon\\&quot;:\\&quot;money-check-dollar\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkText\\&quot;:\\&quot;MSOT Program Costs\\&quot;,\\&quot;linkUrl\\&quot;:\\&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.med.unc.edu\\\/healthsciences\\\/ocsci\\\/prospectivestudents\\\/programs\\\/costsandaid\\\/\\&quot;}],\\&quot;boxCustomStyles\\&quot;:{\\&quot;backgroundColor\\&quot;:\\&quot;mediumBlue\\&quot;},\\&quot;boxType\\&quot;:\\&quot;iconLinks\\&quot;,\\&quot;boxStyleOption\\&quot;:\\&quot;icon-nav-bar\\&quot;}&quot;],&quot;apiCallInformation&quot;:[&quot;{}&quot;]}\"><\/som-cell>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"quote-left\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-quote-left\">Featured<\/h2>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ODG1N5dHvY?si=_ACrFepxs_mwk5zp\" title=\"Mitchell Symposium, Spring 2025\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" 0=\"allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h2>Featured Event: Mitchell Symposium, Spring 2025<\/h2>\n<p>The UNC Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy hosted <a href=\"https:\/\/aaad.unc.edu\/faculty-staff\/lerhonda-manigault-bryant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant<\/a>, &#8220;Dr. Rhon&#8221; as our speaker for the Spring 2025 Mitchell Symposium.<br class=\"html-br\" \/>Dr. LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant is the director of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/calendar.unc.edu\/the_sonja_haynes_stone_center_for_black_culture_and_history\">Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History<\/a>. She navigates the academy as a scholar-artist, where she merges her life as a musician and filmmaker with her interdisciplinary specializations in Religious Studies, Africana Studies, and Gender Studies, all with a focus on ethnographic methods. In addition to publishing several books, as the founder of media company ConjureGirlBlue Productions, Dr. Manigualt-Bryant investigates community practices, pop cultural development, and the impact of new technologies to critically explore how Black women through the diaspora engage religion and spirituality to navigate the contours of everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/about-us\/mitchell-symposium\/\">Mitchell Symposium<\/a> is an annual event dedicated to the late Marlys Mitchell, PhD, founder of the MS OT program at UNC, and her husband, Earl.<\/p>\n<hr class=\" rule-thick osc-rule\" \/>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"featured video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-SU975dSqeY?si=Cn4O0YSA3CHl-Erb\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h2>Featured Event: Ethics Event, Spring 2024<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy hosted Dr. Susan Coppola as the keynote presenter for its 2024 Ethics Continuing Education event. Dr. Coppola shared about the Intersection of Power, Advocacy, and Moral Courage in this interactive presentation.<\/p>\n<h2\n\t         id=\"newspaper\"\n\t         class=\"icon center fa-newspaper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/h2>\n<script>\n\n    (function($) {\n        $(\"body, html\").addClass(\"heels_full_width_overflow\");\n    })(jQuery);\n\n   <\/script>\n   <div style=\"background-color:#F5F5F5;\" class=\"full-width-contained whitebackground \">\n\n<div class=\"row heels-recent\">\n\n\n    <div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-3\">\n\t<div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                <div class=\"image-hover\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/project-aim-autism-intervention-meta-analysis\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Project AIM (Autism Intervention Meta Analysis)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/08\/sandbank_headshot-e1768573600488-800x420.png\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbshort size-post_thumbshort wp-post-image\" alt=\"Micheal Sandbank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/project-aim-autism-intervention-meta-analysis\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Project AIM (Autism Intervention Meta Analysis)<\/a><\/h4>\n                                <p>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 research evaluates interventions such as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/project-aim-autism-intervention-meta-analysis\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Project AIM (Autism Intervention Meta Analysis)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    \n    <div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-3\">\n\t<div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                <div class=\"image-hover\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/student-spotlight-sayoko-kawabata\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Student Spotlight: Sayoko Kawabata\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2020\/08\/Kawabata_Sayoko-e1765392306597-800x420.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbshort size-post_thumbshort wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sayoko Kawabata\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/student-spotlight-sayoko-kawabata\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Student Spotlight: Sayoko Kawabata<\/a><\/h4>\n                                <p>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. \u00a0Prior to starting her PhD, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Doshisha University and later received her Master\u2019s of Science in Health Science from Bunkyo Gakuin &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/student-spotlight-sayoko-kawabata\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Student Spotlight: Sayoko Kawabata\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    \n    <div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-3\">\n\t<div class=\"thumbnail\">\n                <div class=\"image-hover\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/unc-oc-ot-goes-to-the-united-kingdom\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"UNC OSOT Goes to the United Kingdom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2025\/11\/558240051_821342850400149_1438166738451566201_n-800x420.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post_thumbshort size-post_thumbshort wp-post-image\" alt=\"UNC&#039;s OS\/OT at the 2025 Occupational Science Europe Conference.\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n                                    <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/unc-oc-ot-goes-to-the-united-kingdom\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">UNC OSOT Goes to the United Kingdom<\/a><\/h4>\n                                <p>Back in August, faculty and students from UNC\u2019s 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 to reimagine the role of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/unc-oc-ot-goes-to-the-united-kingdom\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about UNC OSOT Goes to the United Kingdom\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n    \n    <div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-3\">\n\t<div class=\"thumbnail\">\n        \n                                    <div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"media-heading\" data-shouldbe=\"h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/division-of-occupational-therapy-welcomes-hillary-till\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Division of Occupational Therapy Welcomes Hillary Till<\/a><\/h4>\n                                <p>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. 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