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Terrie Moffitt has received the title Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, commonly known as the MBE. She conducts longitudinal studies to research human health and behavior.

Consider donating to the new OTD Textbook Lending Library with any occupational therapy textbooks you no longer use. This system allows current OTD students to check out donated textbooks as supplemental resources for coursework and fieldwork experiences.   If you want to donate textbooks to the Lending Library, please drop them in the collection boxes in IPE 2214 and Erwin 212 (off the CORE Lab). We will collect donations for the next few weeks. 

What a fun night celebrating our program's accreditation! I hope you enjoyed the festivities at our dinner event last night at the Lakewood Social venue. It was great to have all three cohorts together in one place to celebrate a milestone that opens doors for all of us and future generations of Duke OTD students.   I encourage you to view the image gallery capturing the smiles and energy from last night. 

The Duke Microbiome Center awarded the 2023 DMC Diversity Matters Awards to Jessica Portillo and Dr. Sweta Patel.

Congratulations to Tomeico Faison, OTD, OTR/L, Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery, and Bianca Randleman, OTD-S, Class of 2025, who were named co-presidents for the North Carolina Black Occupational Therapist Collective (NCBOTC) e-board.

On Wednesday, Feb. 7, from 1-3 p.m. in the TBL classroom, join us as we make “Feelie Hearts” for our community partner, the Duke Outpatient Clinic. Chaplain Katherine Henderson will share stories of giving these little symbols of care (“comfort you can carry”) to patients and family members during times of crisis and joy.

A service in Goodson Chapel was held at the culmination of the International Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Jan. 18–25) to dedicate a relic of Saint Óscar Romero. Duke Divinity School welcomed the Most Reverend Luis Rafael Zarama, bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Raleigh, N.C., as the guest preacher.

All are invited to attend on Wednesday, February 7 at 4:00 p.m. (EST).

Feasibility and Validity of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine’s Visual Symptoms and Signs Screen: A Pilot Study. Roberts, P., Wertheimer, J., Ouellette, D., Hreha, K., Watters, K., Fielder, J., Graf, M., Weden, K., Rizzo, Jr. (2024). Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation. 

Cambey Mikush, OTD, assistant professor in orthopaedic surgery, is recruiting 1-2 first-year students to support a customized learning project developing and writing a mapping review on capstone education. The project explores models and processes across disciplines used to develop and implement graduate-level capstones. Time will be spent reviewing abstracts and articles, extracting and analyzing data, and writing.