Andrea LeFlore

Dr. LeFlore serves as an Adjunct Clinical Instructor for undergraduate and masters level occupational therapy courses at UIC. She worked as a Research Specialist and Clinical Supervisor for Dr. Susan Magasi’s Peer Health Navigator team as part of the Our Peers-Empowerment and Navigational Support (OPENS) study. Andrea also conducted performance-based assessments as a Williams Consent Decree skilled assessor to support individuals transitioning out of nursing homes. She worked as an occupational therapist at MacNeal Hospital for five years across all levels of inpatient care and consults with the hospital's homeless and medical respite work group. She is a 2018-19 Schweitzer Fellow and the Director of Community Education for the Chicago Street Medicine nonprofit organization. Her doctorate work involved the development and implementation of Participatory Community Assessment in a supportive housing organization. Her recent endeavor involves spearheading a grant-funded occupational therapy program at ReVive Center for Housing and Healing. She continually supports occupational therapy's role in homelessness, housing and health equity initiatives in the Chicagoland area.