Florence A. Clark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Term Ends 2013

 

Dr. Florence A. Clark is a widely published and noted scholar.  She earned her BA in English and Drama at SUNY Albany, her MS in OT from SUNY Buffalo, and her PhD in Education from the University of Southern California (USC), and she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Indianapolis.  He PhD focus was in the area of psychometrics. 

 

Dr. Clark is the Professor and Chair of the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, and Associate Dean in the School of Dentistry at USC.  She has been Principal Investigator of four NIH-funded studies, including her current project, the NCMRR-funded Lifestyle Redesign for Pressure Ulcer Preventionin Spinal Cord Injury clinical trial.

 

Dr. Clark was appointed as charter member of the Academy of Research of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF), she has served as special consultant to the US Army Surgeon General, been on the board of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research and been the recipient of an Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship, the highest academic honor of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).  In 1999, AOTA honored her with its Award of Merit and in 2001 she received a lifetime achievement award from the Occupational Therapy Association of California.  In 2004, she received the Presidential Medallion from the president of the USC, the ultimate honor for those who have brought honor and distinction to the university.

 

Dr. Clark currently serves as the President of AOTA.