Professor Roger O. Smith, PhD, OT, FAOTA, RESNA Fellow, from the Department of Occupational Science & Technology presented at The Global Report on Assistive Technology (GReAT) Consultation sponsored by the World Health Organization. The GReAT Consultation 2019 was held in… Read More
CHS incoming Freshman, John Poppe and Peyton Bendis, have dedicated much of their last summer before college to jumpstarting their academic careers, doing meaningful research in Associate Professor Brooke Slavens’ Mobility Lab. Students dive into research before starting freshman year
Congratulations to Associate Professor Brooke Slavens, PhD, from the Department of Occupational Science & Technology for receiving a 2.5 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health. The award is for the project titled “Prediction of Shoulder Injury for… Read More
College alumn, Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy Andrew Persch, PhD, OTR/L, BCP, at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, is the Project Leader on a R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health from the administering institute, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National… Read More
Last month Associate Professor and Chair, Jay Kapellusch, PhD, Department of Occupational Science and Technology, traveled to Beijing, China to give presentations in his area of expertise. He taught an advanced course on “Musculoskeletal Disease Prevention and Occupational Ergonomics.” The two-day course was… Read More
Children with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome are suffering because conventional therapy and treatments are not effective. Associate Professor Brooke Slavens, PhD, Department of Occupational Science and Technology and Biomedical Engineering, and her team of faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduate students… Read More
The 11th Annual UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium on April 5 celebrated the research of over 300 students from across the UWM campus. Among them were 33 students from the College of Health Sciences who presented their research. Honored to deliver… Read More
College of Health Sciences alum Héctor Colón (’99 BS Occupational Therapy, ’01 MS Occupational Therapy) has been appointed to USA Boxing’s Board of Directors starting March 31. Colón serves as the president and chief executive of Lutheran Social Services of… Read More
Associate Professor Kris Barnekow, PhD, OTR, IMH-E, Department of Occupational Science and Technology, was appointed to serve as Wisconsin’s Act Early Ambassador by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In this role, Barnekow will improve early identification of developmental… Read More
Two clinical faculty members from the Department of Occupational Science and Technology volunteer regularly at a neighborhood outreach organization called City on a Hill. Tamicah Gelting, MS, OTR, clinical assistant professor and Patricia K. Thomas, MPA, CTRS, clinical associate professor,… Read More