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Putting Knowledge and Skill Into Action
Feature | Dec 06, 2023
Faculty and students from schools and colleges across the university come together to address the challenges of people living with Parkinson's disease and autism spectrum disorder, allowing students to grow beyond their traditional career paths.
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Op-ed: Autism diagnoses are on the rise. School policy must change.
Feature | Sep 05, 2023
A Fortune op-ed by the School of Health Professions’ Alex Lopez, J.D., OT/L, advocates that K-12 schools be required to have occupational therapists or other autism specialists on staff to support students and provide proper intervention.
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Health Professions Students Present Their Work at Aletheia
Feature | May 15, 2023
The School of Health Professions hosted its annual Aletheia Research Symposium, where students presented their scholarly research and defended their capstone projects.
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Health Professions Students Share Research at Annual Aletheia Symposium
Feature | May 28, 2020
School of Health professions students and faculty gathered for a two-day Zoom conference to present their research at this year’s virtual Aletheia Symposium.
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News Brief: OT Earns 100% Pass Rate
Feature | Feb 28, 2019
For the first time in the history of the program, students in NYIT's M.S. in Occupational Therapy program achieved a 100% pass rate on the NBCOT (National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy).
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SHP Faculty Presents to STEP High Schoolers
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Dr. Lorraine Moniello, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, speaks about nutrition.
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Prof. Sara Winter assists a student with gowning.
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Physcian Assistant Studies Prof. Sara Winter's group ready to be health professionals.
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Nursing faculty members Dr. Pamela Treister and Dr. Mercy Joseph at their STEP session.
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Dr. Rose Gallagher and Dr. Veronica Southard present on Physical Therapy.
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Occupational Therapy faculty member, Dr. Melanie Austin, discusses sleep.
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Dr. Pamela Karp, Occupational Therapy, conducts a session on hand therapy.
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Pediatric Occupational Therapya specialist and faculty member, Dr. Kelly Lavin.
SHP faculty presented on nutrition, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing and physician assistant studies to Science and Techonology Entry Program (STEP) students.
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Alumni Profile: Amanda Caruso
Profile | Dec 12, 2018
Amanda Caruso (M.S. ’18) plans to draw on her service-learning experiences at NYIT to help others as a professional occupational therapist.
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Student Profile: Carla Bazan
Profile | Nov 01, 2018
Carla Bazan travelled to the mountains and jungles of Peru to introduce the people to occupational therapy.
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2nd Year OT Student Carla Bazan Attends Peru Medical Missions
Carla Bazan had the opportunity to educate and apply what she learned in NYIT's MS Occupational Therapy Program during two medical missions to Peru.
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From Students to Researchers
Video | Oct 12, 2018
Associate Professor Razan Hamed, Ph.D. encourages her occupational therapy students to become innovative problem solvers, helping substance abusers regain the balance in their lives.
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