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Students from the OTD program excelled in the 2025 GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences Research Showcase.

Faculty nominated, voted, and selected four students from each cohort to receive Curricular Theme Awards for their commitment to program ideals and for their positive contributions to the GW community.

Inaugural Doctor of Occupational Therapy student, Natalia Anzaldúa Ayala, is selected as the 2025 GW Commencement Student Speaker.

Trudy Mallinson has been awarded the 2026 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship.

Faculty and 17 Doctor of Occupational Therapy students attended the AOTA Inspire 2025 Annual Conference & Expo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Kellie Sawyer, OTD, OTR/L has been appointed the associate program director for the Doctor of Occupational Therapy program.

Trudy Mallinson has been inducted to the American Occupational Therapy Foundation’s (AOTF) Academy of Research (AOR) for the year 2025.

Joyce Maring, EdD, DPT held various faculty, administrative, and leadership roles within the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) over twenty years.

The GW Doctor of Occupational Therapy program has received a full, seven-year accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education.

The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences inaugurated its Bicentennial Faculty Lecture Series with a presentation by Roger Ideishi, JD, OT/L, FAOTA, program director of the occupational therapy program on October 24, 2024.