Rochelle Mendonca, PhD, OTR/L

Awards

• International Academy Fellow at Temple University (2015)
• Dissertation Fellow at the Rehabilitation Research Design and Disability Center (R2D2) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2008 to 2010)
• Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2008)
• American Occupational Therapy Foundation Graduate Student Award (2008-2009)
• Graduate Student Scholarship at the International Conference Aging, Disability and Impairment (2008)
• Student Scholarship Award at the Wisconsin Biotechnology and Medical Device Association (2008)
• Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2007)
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate Student Travel Award (2007)
• Research Fellow at the Rehabilitation Research Design and Disability Center (R2D2) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2006-2007)
• Student Design Award for the RESNA 29th International Conference on Thriving in Challenging Times: The Future of Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology, Atlanta, GA (2005)

Recognitions

• Invited Keynote Speaker - 2013 POTA dinner meeting, Philadelphia, PA and 2012 Sendex Symposium on Assistive Technology, Kintex, South Korea.
• Member of the U.S. Access Board Committee for Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standard Development, 2012-2014
• Invited Keynote Presentation at the Sendex Symposium on Assistive Technology, Kintex, South Korea, 2012
• Advisory Board for the Universal Design in Learning and Assistive Technology Certificate, West Chest University, Philadelphia, 2010-2011
• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2006-Present

Journal Guest Reviewer Positions

• Associate Editor of the IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), 2021-Present
• Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 2018 - present
• Disability and Rehabilitation – Assistive Technology, 2018 - present
• Medical Decision Making, 2018 - present
• Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2017-Present
• RATE Journal, 2016 - present
• Applied Ergonomics, 2015 - present
• Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2014 - present
• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation- Horizons, 2013

Other Review and Consulting Positions

• Chair of the American Occupational Therapy Association Physical Rehabilitation Board Certification Content Development Committee, 2022-Present
• Co-Chair of the Elsevier Monthly Webinar on Global Perspectives on Medicine, Rehabilitation and Robotics Webinar Series, 2022-Present
• Scientific Review Committee of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation Grant and National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) Grant, 2020-Present
• Member of the U.S. Access Board Committee for Medical Diagnostic Equipment Accessibility Standards Development, 2012-2016
• American Occupational Therapy Association Conference Abstract Reviewer, 2012
• Advisory Committee Member for the Universal Design in Learning and Assistive Technology Certificate at West Chest University, Philadelphia, 2010