Department of Occupational Therapy & Rehabilitation Counseling

Department Chair

Wendy Coster, Ph.D., OTR/L, Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Couseling; Director, Programs in Occupational Therapy & Theraputic Studies; Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy \| 617-353-7518 \| email: wjcoster@bu.edu
Elaine Chu, Assistant to the Chair \| 617-353-7515 \| email: echu@bu.edu

Programs in Occupational Therapy | 617-353-2727/2729

Sue Berger, MS, OTR/L, Clinical Assistant Professor \| 617-353-7512 \| email: sueb@bu.edu
Lianne Carroll McCann, Project Manager (Orsmond)\| 617-353-2060 \| email: lcarroll@bu.edu
Sharon Cermak, Ed.D., OTR/L, Professor \| 617-353-7520/7522 \| email: cermak@bu.edu
Ellen S. Cohn, Sc.D., OTR/L, Clinical Associate Professor \| 617-358-1063 \| email: ecohn@bu.edu
Linda Duncombe, Ed.D., OTR/L, Clinical Associate Professor \| 617-353-2728 \| email: duncombe@bu.edu
Vasundhra Ganju, Project Manager (Coster)\| 617-353-7492 \| email: vganju@bu.edu
Joan Gentile, Fieldwork Clinical Assistant \| 617-353-7526 \| email: gentilej@bu.edu
Christine Helfrich, Ph.D., OTR/L, Assistant Professor \| 617-353-8947/7521 \| email: helfrich@bu.edu
Anne Henderson, Ph.D., OTR, Professor Emerita \| email: ahenders@bu.edu
Karen Jacobs, Ed.D., OTR/L, CPE, Director, MS Online Program; Clinical Professor \| 617-353-7516 \| email: kjacobs@bu.edu
Jenn Kras, Sr. Program Coordinator \| 617-353-2729 \| email: jkras@bu.edu
Sarah Krill, Clinical Sites Coordinator \| 617-353-9731 \| email: skrill@bu.edu
Nancy Lowenstein, MSOT, OTR/L, Clinical Assistant Professor \| 617-358-1064 \| email: nlowe@bu.edu
Deane B. McCraith, MS, OTR/L, Clinical Associate Professor \| email: deane@bu.edu
Naomi Moran, BS, OTR/L, Clinical Instructor \| 617-353-6569 \| email: nmoran@bu.edu
Gael Orsmond, Ph.D., Associate Professor \| 617-353-2703/2060 \| email: gorsmond@bu.edu
OT Office \| 617-353-2727/2729 \| email: ot@bu.edu
Catherine Trombly,Sc.D., OTR/L, FAOTA, Professor Emerita \| email: ctrombly@bu.edu
Elsie Vergara, Sc.D., OTR/L, Associate Professor \| 617-353-7511 \| email: evergara@bu.edu
Doctoral Teaching Assistants \| Please use the BU Directory to search for each individual Doctoral Teaching Assistant by name
Families and Autism Lab (Orsmond & Carroll) \| 617-353-2060
Goode Assessment Library \| 617-353-8945 \| email: ottest@bu.edu
Research Lab (Cermak) \| 617-353-7522
Research Lab (Coster) \| 617-353-7492
Research Lab (Helfrich) \| 617-353-7521

Programs in Rehabilitation Counseling | 617-353-2725/2729

William Anthony, Ph.D., Professor \| 617-353-3549 \| email: wanthony@bu.edu
David Creasey, MD, Clinical Associate Professor \| 617-353-2702 \| email: dcreasey@bu.edu
Arthur Dell Orto, Ph.D., Professor and Director, BS Program in Rehabilitation & Human Services and Programs in Rehabilitation Counseling \| 617-353-7486 \| email: ado@bu.edu
Courtenay Harding, Ph.D., Professor \| 617-353-3549 \| email: charding@bu.edu
Norman Hursh, MEd, Sc.D., CRC, CVE, Associate Professor \| 617-353-2709 \| email: nhursh@bu.edu
Patricia Nemec, Psy.D., CRC, CPRP, Clinical Associate Professor \| 617-353-7487 \| email: pnemec@bu.edu
Anne Sullivan-Soydan, Clinical Assistant Professor \| 617-353-2726 \| email: apsoydan@bu.edu