News Archive

• OT professor conducts new research on fall risk among wheelchair users

  Thursday, August 1, 2024

  Researchers find that full-time wheelchair or motorized-scooter users experience falls and fall-related injuries, and many live with the fear of falling again

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  AHS professors continue 20-year collaboration with University of Seville

  Tuesday, June 4, 2024

  Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar and Fabricio Balcazar return from their latest two-month appointment as visiting scholars in Seville in March

• AHS graduate programs earn top ranks in U.S. News

  Wednesday, April 17, 2024

  The AHS doctoral programs in occupational therapy and physical therapy are among the best in the country

• Researchers receive $620,000 grant to develop resources and services for Asian American elderly

  Tuesday, October 24, 2023

  This project is led by principal investigator Mansha Mirza co-PI Sumithra Murthy

• Susan Magasi named professor and head of the UIC Department of Occupational Therapy

  Wednesday, October 11, 2023

  Magasi succeeds Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar

• Susan Magasi named 2023 fellow of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine

  Tuesday, July 11, 2023

  The honor is given to active members of the organization who have made contributions of national significance in medical rehabilitation

• Occupational therapy students help Glencoe junior high schoolers build therapy toys for children

  Wednesday, May 24, 2023

  The students were developing prototypes of toys to be used in occupational therapy for children with cerebral palsy

• Mary Khetani was named to the American Occupational Therapy Association’s 2023 Roster of Fellows

  Thursday, April 6, 2023

  Award honors occupational therapists who have achieved a long history of contributions to the profession, the association and consumers of OT services