Announcements

GW is pleased to announce that Kellie Sawyer OTD, OTR/L, will serve as an assistant professor for the GW OT program. She is described as an incredibly reflective practitioner, bias fighter, and quiet disruptor who will provide a much-needed change in the occupational therapy profession.
Kiara Johnson has been awarded the Anti-Racism Coalition Scholarship from the George Washington University Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
Sheila Moyle, OTD, MOT, OTR/L to serve in the Occupational Therapy program as Doctoral Capstone Coordinator and Assistant Professor.
Dr. Olufolatimi Akinrinade, Erica Fuentes, and Mya Zavaleta Ford joined the GW Occupational Therapy program to offer diverse experience, backgrounds, and views for the Group Dynamics course in Fall 2022.
Prestigious E.K. Wise Scholarship awarded to GW eOTD student for the pursuit of leadership, service, and diversity.
Sarah Doerrer PhD, OTR/L, CHT, CLT, will serve as an assistant professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, in the Occupational Therapy program, following three years as Adjunct Professor.
Kellie Sawyer, a current Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate student, recently submitted a proposal that was accepted as a short course for the 2020 North Carolina OT Association Fall Conference.
To combine items from the Functional Independence Measure TM (FIM TM), Minimum Data Set 2.0 (MDS), and the Outcome and Assessment Information Set-B (OASIS) to reliably measure cognition across post-acute care settings and facilitate future studies of patient cognitive recovery.
The Early Career Networking Group is pleased to honor Trudy Mallinson, PhD, OTR/L, FACRM, FAOTA with the ACRM Early Career Outstanding Mentor Award.
Question Is there an association between therapy minutes per day and mobility and self-care outcomes for patients receiving rehabilitation services in postacute care facilities after undergoing hip fracture surgery?