Duke Occupational Therapy Doctorate Debuts in Top 10% of U.S. News and World Report Rankings
Duke’s Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) program is in the top 10 percent of occupational therapy programs in the U.S., according to the 2024 U.S. News and World Report (USNWR) ranking released this week.
Reflections from an Invigorating AOTA Conference
Duke OTD was well-represented at the annual meeting of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) last week!
Here's a snapshot:
Duke Awarded Up to $33 Million to Develop OA Therapies that Rebuild Bone and Joints
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke Health is part of a multi-institution research team receiving federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) funding to develop an osteoarthritis treatment that regenerates joints.
Predictors of Population Mental Health in Montana: An Occupational Justice Perspective
OTD faculty members Antoine L. Bailliard, PhD, and
Beyond Compliance – Disability and Theological Education
OTD faculty members will serve as panelists and the featured speakers at this Duke Divinity School event on March 4. Please join us for a conversation on disability in education, accommodations, and Universal Design for Learning.
Harvesting Justice – Farmworker Health and the Climate Crisis
On March 21, join OTD faculty member Denise Nepveux, PhD, OTR/L, and various university, government, and nonprofit organizations across the state for sessions that will address multifaceted ways the climate crisis intersects with the everyday activities of farmworkers – for example, dangerously high average temperatures during farming seasons – and emerging strategies for the protection of farmworker health, safety, and rights.
Duke OTD Students Attend the City of Medicine Academy Career Fair
Duke OTD and DPT students and faculty recently met with students at the City of Medicine Academy's career fair on Feb. 7.
Duke Occupational Therapy Faculty Take the Lead in Mental Health Justice
Duke Occupational Therapy Doctorate (OTD) division faculty members MaryBeth Gallagher, PhD, and Antoine Bailliard, PhD, have launched an innovative community-based mental health non-profit. The Center for Community Connection (C4CC), led by executive director Darren Peters, an occupational therapist, will promote well-being, mental health equity, and occupational justice by enhancing participation in meaningful activities and cultivating human social connection.
Preserving OT’s Black History
Last week, I featured a few of occupational therapy's Black "elders," whose leadership, education, and scholarship were like stories that illumined paths that, if taken, would make occupational therapy stronger. Paths, for example, toward desegregation and attending to diversity and health disparities; paths toward addressing community health and wellness through occupation, generating robust evidence and theory supporting the effects of occupation on health.