X
GO

Academy of Research Print View

About AOTF   >   Awards and Honors   >   Academy of Research in OT   >   Academy of Research Print View
October 31, 2025

 

  

Calendar

Academy of Research In Occupational Therapy

http://www.aotf.org/portals/0/documents/Honors-Awards/Logo%20right%20side%20up%20-%20corrected.gif

Established in 1983, the AOTF Academy of Research in Occupational Therapy recognizes individuals who have made exemplary and distinguished contributions toward the science of occupational therapy. Every year, the Academy of Research invites nominations for membership. After consideration of the nominations and supporting materials, the Academy selects individuals to be inducted into this distinguished body of researchers. Normally, inductions occur at the next AOTA Annual Conference and Exposition. Awardees will have the opportunity to present their research at the next AOTA Annual Conference. 

Members of the Academy of Research

  • A. Jean Ayres*, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (1983)

  • Ganesh M. Babulal, PhD, OTD, MSCI, MOT, OTR/L (2024)

  • Nancy Baker, ScD, MPH, OTR/L (2009)

  • Grace T. Baranek, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (2008)

  • M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (2006)

  • Gary Bedell, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (2016)

  • Daniel Bourbonnais, PhD, OT(C) (2007)

  • Anita C. Bundy, ScD, OTR, FAOTA (2012)

  • Leeanne M. Carey, BAppSC(OT), PhD (2009)

  • Jane Case-Smith*, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA (2015)

  • Sharon A. Cermak, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA (1984)

  • Florence A. Clark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (1986)

  • Sherrilene Classen, PhD, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA, FAGSA (2012)

  • Lindy Clemson, PhD, MAppSc (Research), BAppSc (OT), Dip OT, FOTARA (2024)

  • Helen S. Cohen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA (2003)

  • Wendy J. Coster, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (1997)

  • Patricia Davies, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (2010)

  • Deirdre Rose Dawson, PhD, OT Reg(Ont) (2014)

  • Jean Deitz, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (1991)

  • Johanne Desrosiers, PhD, OT(C), FCAOT (2010)

  • Winifred Wiese Dunn, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (1983)

  • Dorothy Farrar Edwards, PhD (2012)

  • Joyce Engel, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (2007)

  • Marcia Finlayson, PhD, OT Reg(Ont), OTR (2004)

  • Anne G. Fisher, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA (1992)

  • Jennifer Fleming, PhD, OTR/L, FOTARA (2020)

  • Susan Garber, MA, OTR, FAOTA (2006)

  • Erika G. Gisel, PhD, OTR, erg (1994)

  • Laura N. Gitlin, PhD (2001)

  • Yael Goverover, PhD, OTR/L (2019)

  • Joy Hammel, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (2014)

  • Betty R. Hasselkus, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (2000)

  • Christine Helfrich, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (2013)

  • Margo Holm, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, ABDA (2001)

  • Naomi Josman, PhD, OT(I) (2015)

  • Noomi Katz, PhD, OTR (1995)

  • Gary Kielhofner*, DrPH, OTR, FAOTA (1984)

  • Natasha A. Lannin, PhD, BSc(OT), GradDip (2017)

  • Mary Law, PhD, OT(C) (1998)

  • Mary C. Lawlor, ScD, OTR/L (2004)

  • Natalie Leland, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, FGSA, University of Pittsburgh (2022)

  • Sook-Lei Liew, PhD, OTR/L (2023)

  • Keh-chung Lin, ScD, OTR/L (2017)

  • Kathleen Doyle Lyons, ScD, OTR/L (2021)

  • Catherine Lysack, PhD, OT(C) (2007)

  • Hui-Ing Ma, ScD, OT (2019)

  • Annette Majnemer, BSc(OT), MSc, PhD (2012)

  • William Charles Mann, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (1994)

  • Virgil Mathiowetz, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (2002)

  • Cheryl Mattingly, PhD (1999)

  • Lucy Jane Miller, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (1988)

  • Mary Jane Mulcahey, PhD, OTR/L (2015)

  • Susan L. Murphy, ScD, OTR/L (2011)

  • Bernadette Nedelec, PhD, BScOT(C), (2018)

  • David L. Nelson, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (1991)

  • Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (1984)

  • Stephen J. Page, PhD, MS, MOT, OTR/L, FAHA (2013)

  • Shula Parush, PhD, OTR (2008)

  • Roberta Gittens Pineda, PhD, OTR/L, CNT (2024)

  • Helene J. Polatajko, PhD, OT Reg(Ont), FCA (1996)

  • Janet L. Poole, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (2008)

  • Elizabeth Pyatak, PhD, OTR/L, CDCES, FAOTA , University of Southern California (2022)

  • Mary Reilly*, EdD (1983)

  • Timothy Reistetter, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (2019)

  • Sylvia Anne Rodger*, BOcc Thy, MEd St, PhD (2013)

  • Joan Rogers, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (1984)

  • Shawn C. Roll, PhD, OTR/L, RMSKS, FAOTA, FAIUM (2021)

  • Robert Sainburg, PhD, OTR/L (2019)

  • Roseann Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (2016)

  • Mary Lynn Schneider, PhD, OTR (1998)

  • Suryakumar Shah*, PhD, OTD, MEd, OTR, FAOTA (2011)

  • Elizabeth R. Skidmore, PhD, OTR/L (2014)

  • Roger Smith, PhD, OT, FAOTA, RESNA Fellow (2010)

  • Susan Stark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (2019)

  • Linda Tickle-Degnen, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA (1984)

  • Catherine Trombly Latham, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA (1984)

  • Carolyn A. Unsworth PhD, BAppSci(OccTher), GCTE, OTR, , MRCOT, FOTARA (2023)

  • Craig A. Velozo, PhD, OTR (2000)

  • Patrice L. Tamar Weiss, BSc(OT), MSc, PhD (2005)

  • G. Gordon Williamson, PhD, OTR, FAOTA (1993)

  • Timothy J. Wolf, OTD, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, OTJR Editor-in-Chief, University of Missouri (2022)

  • Ching-yi Wu, ScD, OTR (2018)

  • Yael Goverover, PhD, OTR/L (2019)

  • Elizabeth June Yerxa, EdD, OTR, FAOTA (1993)

  • Jenny Ziviani, PhD, BAppSC(OT), MEd (2016)

  • 2025 Inductees