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Engage Summit Program

Advancing the Science of OT

  • Kendra Heatwole Shank, PhD, OTR/L, CAPS, Towson University
    MCI Intervention for Out-of-Home Participation
  • Allison L'Hotta, OTD, OTR/L, Washington University in St. Louis
    Cancer Survivors' Participation in Meaningful Activities
  • Elizabeth Munsell, PhD, OT, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
    Employment Intervention for People with Early PD
 

Rachel Proffitt, OTD, OTR/L

Trustee

Dr. Rachel Proffitt is Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Missouri. Her research focuses on developing, testing, and implementing virtual reality-based interventions for adults and older adults post-stroke. Dr. Proffitt has extensive experience working in an interdisciplinary setting with computer scientists and engineers and was previously the Director of the Game Based Rehab Lab at the Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California (USC). She has completed a T32 postdoctoral fellowship with an emphasis in rehabilitation clinical trials as well as a KL2 Career Development Award. She is currently translating effective interventions, such as LSVT®BIG, for use with the stroke population and pairing telehealth applications for remote delivery in rural areas. Dr. Proffitt is PI of an NIH R01 to evaluate a sensor system in the homes of rural...