Research interests include health and disability policy, how policy affects occupational therapy practice and people with disabilities, and community practice. Clinical experience primarily in the area of physical disability. Has practiced internationally in acute care, rehabilitation and community based settings. Teaching responsibilities include lab-based classes designed to teach students therapeutic use of self and interactive reasoning. Research interests include examining change in functional status across time from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives.
Doctoral dissertation is on examining functional recovery in community-living stroke survivors.
Has practiced internationally in acute care, outpatient, and community based settings. Clinical experiences primarily in the area of gerontology in both hospital and community-based settings. Also expertise in designing community and medical-based fieldwork experiences and training of fieldwork educators.