OTD Student Profiles
Current Students
Jed David
- Cohort: Fall 2020
Affiliation: Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
OTD Goals: Develop a culturally relevant practice model that explicitly weaves the anthropological theories of Filipino core values and occupational therapy theories of co-occupation.
Lisa Lowenthal
- Cohort: Fall 2022
Professional affiliation: Jersey Shore University Medical Center
OTD Goals: Deepen knowledge of functional cognitive assessments and their impact on discharge planning to reduce readmissions in the acute care setting.
Gurpreet Singh
- Cohort: Fall 2022
Affiliation: Rockland Psychiatric Center
OTD Goals: To develop a sensory regulation based occupational therapy program that promotes functional participation in adults with serious mental illness.
Stephanie Alvarado
- Cohort: Fall 2022
Affiliation: Shandy Clinic in Colorado Springs, CO
OTD Goals: I hope to create assessments that are functional, performance-based and measure executive function within the pediatric population.
Tanaya Badsa
- Cohort: Fall 2023
Affiliation: JFK University Medical Center, Johnson Institute for Rehabilitation
OTD Goals: To build upon the body of knowledge and interventions related to neurological deficits resulting in impaired self-awareness in adults, while contributing to the OT field as an emerging leader and researcher.
Luis Filgueira
- Cohort: Fall 2023
Affiliation: Park Terrace Care Center
OTD Goal: To create a self-efficacy model combining cognitive and ecological theories in community-based older adults.
Ada Lawson
- Cohort: Fall 2023
Affiliation: Cornerstone Rehab
OTD Goals: To identify and address occupational injustices and inequities using a proactive approach within the occupational therapy community.
Natalie Hsi Tung Lu
- Cohort: Fall 2023
OTD goals: To deepen my understanding of the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, with the intention of developing and implementing evidence-based practices in occupational therapy assessments and interventions, in order to maximize cognitive functions of individuals in the geriatric population.
Morgan O'Neil
- Cohort: Fall 2023
Affiliation: Manhattan Childrens Center
OTD Goal: To explore and interpret the impact of a low-cost adaptive device program through outcomes in participation, function, and independence in children with disabilities.
Lee Westover
- Cohort: Fall 2023
Affiliation: Project Renewal, Inc
OTD Goals: Continue elucidating the lived experience of people who use drugs and who have experienced homelessness as advocacy for the application of harm reduction principles in clinical practice.
OTD Alumni Digital Portfolios
Tiffany Sha
Scott Rushanan