Susan Magasi, PhD, FACRM
Professor and Head
Occupational Therapy
Disability and Human Development
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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354 AHSB
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1919 W. Taylor St.
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About
Susan Magasi is Professor and Head of the Department of Occupational Therapy.
She is passionate about health and participation equity for people with disabilities. She works closely with the disability community, using an equity-focused, community participatory approach to help understand and address barriers to health and participation, with a focus on peer support and technology-enabled self-management interventions.
She is deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of disability and occupational therapy researchers, with a commitment to students who have historically been excluded from the clinical and research workforces. Her teaching focuses on evidence-based practice, knowledge translation, and qualitative methods.
Selected Grants
National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research, mENTER: A remote mHealth enabled peer navigator intervention for people with disabilities transitioning to community living, Principal Investigator
National Cancer Institute, WeCanManage - An mHealth self-management intervention for cancer survivors with known disabilities, Principal Investigator
Selected Publications
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Professional Leadership
Chair, American Occupational Therapy Foundation - Scientific Advisory Council
Notable Honors
2025, Academy of Research, American Occupational Therapy Foundation
2023, Fellow, American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
2022, Researcher of the Year, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago
2016, Researcher of the Year, Rising Star in Social Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago
2016, Acting Up Award, Chicago Community Trust
Education
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Health Services and Outcomes Research, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 2006-2008
PhD, Disability Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2006
MS, Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2002
BS, Occupational Therapy with great distinction, McGill University, 1995
BS with distinction, University of New Brunswick, 1992