{"id":5297,"date":"2022-07-18T08:56:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T12:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/?p=5297"},"modified":"2022-07-18T08:56:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T12:56:30","slug":"faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/directory\/ryan-lavalley\/\">Ryan Lavalley<\/a> (PhD \u201919), is an assistant professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy who places focus on applying OT skills and interventions in community settings.<\/p>\n<p>A 2019 graduate of the PhD in Occupational Science program here at UNC-Chapel Hill, Lavalley has been quick to make deep connections on campus and in the community during his time as both a student and professor. His interest in how occupational therapists can apply their skillset in community settings \u2013 particularly in broader systems that impact the everyday lives of patients \u2013 has fueled various projects and research that are moving the growing field forward.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Occupational Therapy in the Everyday<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Lavalley found a path to occupational therapy thanks to an early interest in social justice issues and personal navigation of challenges presented by structural injustices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI recognized occupational therapy\u2019s role in peoples\u2019 everyday lives and saw lots of potential and change happening in the everyday,\u201d he says. \u201cMany disciplines thinking about change are thinking in structural terms, but most people think and live in the everyday \u2013 there is much opportunity for occupational therapists to support this area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from Xavier with a master\u2019s degree in Occupational Therapy, Lavalley was interested in pursuing how OTs could use their skills in everyday applications to think about larger social issues. He found UNC\u2019s PhD in Occupational Science program to be a good fit for his research goals and quickly began making connections within the Chapel Hill and Orange County communities.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Community Practice: Individuals, Communities, and Social Policies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Lavalley\u2019s work and research revolves around thinking about OTs outside of the healthcare model, including how they can apply their work in community settings and systems, beyond individual intervention. Much of this work occurs at an intersection of aging, housing, and anti-racism, with a focus on individuals, communities, and social policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe area of community practice uses activity analysis, systems thinking, and holistic approaches to understanding people in their everyday lives,\u201d says Lavalley. \u201cWe partner with various organizations in the local community to build programs rooted in this mentality &#8211; where OTs can use their skills to build programs that fit into everyday processes of an organization and the people it serves.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A few examples of these partnerships include work with organizations focused on mental health, healthy aging, Meals on Wheels, Habitat for Humanity and the Orange County Home Preservation Coalition \u2013 where Lavalley serves as a coordinator.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Building a Community Practice Lab<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Community practice for occupational therapists has gained traction in other areas of the world, like Brazil and parts of Europe, but is not as prevalent in the United States due to its privatized healthcare system. Lavalley and his colleagues are looking to grow the field in the U.S. through the development of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/cpl\">community practice lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now there are a few community-oriented projects at universities around the country, but our goal is to create space to build community practice in the United States more substantially,\u201d says Lavalley. \u201cWe hope it can be a place where OTs, students, researchers and interdisciplinary practitioners can learn from or partner with those of us who primarily work in community-based occupational therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Connecting Beyond Chapel Hill<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Launching the community practice lab both with local partners <em>and<\/em> in a digital space will allow Lavalley and his team of colleagues and students to reach beyond UNC-Chapel Hill in pursuit of collaboration and learning. He is familiar with the power of online connections and takes advantage of a strong Instagram and Twitter following, along with a podcast produced with colleague Dr. Khalilah Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a new age for sharing ideas and information,\u201d says Lavalley. \u201cMany conversations around community practice are taking off because of practitioners\u2019 and researchers\u2019 abilities to explore and have discussions on both local and international levels through digital communication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lavalley can be followed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ryan_lavalley\/\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryan_lavalley\">Twitter<\/a>. His podcast with Johnson, Dr. ThOTs, is available to listeners on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/dr-thots\/id1557659719\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=dr+thots+podcast&amp;oq=dr+thots+podcast&amp;aqs=chrome.0.0i512j69i57.1872j0j7&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#:~:text=Dr.%20thOTs%20%7C%20Podcast,spotify.com%20%E2%80%BA%20show\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Lavalley (PhD \u201919), is an assistant professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy who places focus on applying OT skills and interventions in community settings. A 2019 graduate of the PhD in Occupational Science program here at UNC-Chapel Hill, Lavalley has been quick to make deep connections on campus and in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111958,"featured_media":5298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice | Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice | Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ryan Lavalley (PhD \u201919), is an assistant professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy who places focus on applying OT skills and interventions in community settings. A 2019 graduate of the PhD in Occupational Science program here at UNC-Chapel Hill, Lavalley has been quick to make deep connections on campus and in &hellip; Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DeptAHS\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-18T12:56:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"marycatr\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UNC_AHS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UNC_AHS\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"marycatr\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"marycatr\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#\/schema\/person\/2b23b6da89190275aaf297504d9a1a26\"},\"headline\":\"Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-18T12:56:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/\"},\"wordCount\":665,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/\",\"name\":\"Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice | Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-18T12:56:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#\/schema\/person\/2b23b6da89190275aaf297504d9a1a26\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/\",\"name\":\"Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy\",\"description\":\"Department of Health Sciences\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#\/schema\/person\/2b23b6da89190275aaf297504d9a1a26\",\"name\":\"marycatr\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2931771d9caee2eb763f99e36fb811161b661f7ba09ea6070caf35b2d213ab5c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2931771d9caee2eb763f99e36fb811161b661f7ba09ea6070caf35b2d213ab5c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"marycatr\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/author\/marycatr\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice | Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice | Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy","og_description":"Ryan Lavalley (PhD \u201919), is an assistant professor in the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy who places focus on applying OT skills and interventions in community settings. A 2019 graduate of the PhD in Occupational Science program here at UNC-Chapel Hill, Lavalley has been quick to make deep connections on campus and in &hellip; Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/","og_site_name":"Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DeptAHS\/","article_published_time":"2022-07-18T12:56:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":600,"url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"marycatr","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UNC_AHS","twitter_site":"@UNC_AHS","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"marycatr","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/"},"author":{"name":"marycatr","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#\/schema\/person\/2b23b6da89190275aaf297504d9a1a26"},"headline":"Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice","datePublished":"2022-07-18T12:56:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/"},"wordCount":665,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/","name":"Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice | Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg","datePublished":"2022-07-18T12:56:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#\/schema\/person\/2b23b6da89190275aaf297504d9a1a26"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg","width":600,"height":600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/faculty-feature-ryan-lavalley-focuses-on-community-practice\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Faculty Feature: Ryan Lavalley Focuses on Community Practice"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/","name":"Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy","description":"Department of Health Sciences","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#\/schema\/person\/2b23b6da89190275aaf297504d9a1a26","name":"marycatr","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2931771d9caee2eb763f99e36fb811161b661f7ba09ea6070caf35b2d213ab5c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2931771d9caee2eb763f99e36fb811161b661f7ba09ea6070caf35b2d213ab5c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"marycatr"},"url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/author\/marycatr\/"}]}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1-300x300.jpeg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1.jpeg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/559\/2022\/07\/Ryan_Headshot-600x600-1-150x150.jpeg","featured_image_alt":"","category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/ocsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}