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Department of Occupational Therapy

Department Chair

  • Wendy Coster, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA | Email | Phone: 617-353-7518
    Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy
    Director, Programs in Occupational Therapy & Therapeutic Studies
    Professor of Occupational Therapy
    Director, Patient/Clinician Reported Outcomes Core, Boston Rehabilitation Outcomes Center
  • Elaine Chu | Email | Phone: 617-353-7515
    Assistant to the Chair
  • Joan Gentile | Email | Phone: 617-353-7526 | Fax: 617-358-3475
    Fieldwork Clinical Assistant, Fieldwork Office
  • Caroline Pantridge | Email | Phone: 617-353-2729 | Fax: 617-353-2926
    Senior Program Coordinator, OT Office
  • Terri Mellen | Email | Phone: 617-353-9731
    Clinical Sites Coordinator

Occupational Therapy Program

  • Elizabeth Auth, LCSW | Email | Phone: 617-353-7521
    Research Fellow, Life Skills (Helfrich) Lab
  • Sue Berger, Ph.D., OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA | Email | Phone: 617-353-7512
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Kevin Berner, MS, OTR/L, ATP | Email | CV
    Lecturer
  • Ellen S. Cohn, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA | Email | Phone: 617-358-1063
    Clinical Professor
  • Emily DeGroat, MS, OTR/L | Email
    Lecturer
  • Paula Donnelly | Email | Phone: 617-353-2060
    Project Manager, Family & Autism (Orsmond) Lab
  • Linda Duncombe, Ed.D., OTR/L, FAOTA | Email | CV
    Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
  • Anne Escher, MS, OTR/L | Email
    Lecturer
  • Mary Evenson, OTD, MPH, OTR/L | Email | Phone: 617-353-2728 | Fax: 617-358-3475
    Clinical Associate Professor, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
  • Simone Gill, PhD, OTR/L | Email | Phone: 617-353-7472
    Assistant Professor
  • Jennifer Gottlieb, Ph.D. | Email | Phone: 617-353-3549
    Research Assistant Professor
  • Andrea Halverson, MS, OTR/L | Email
    Lecturer
  • Christine Helfrich , Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA | Email | Phone: 617-353-8947
    Assistant Professor
  • Brooke Howard, MS, OTR/L, Email
    Lecturer
  • Karen Jacobs, EdD, OTR/L, CPE, FAOTA | Email | Phone: 617-353-7516
    Clinical Professor
    Program Director, Online Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Programs
  • Jessica Kramer, Ph.D., OTR/L | Email | Phone: 617-353-2702
    Assistant Professor
  • Iris Leigh, CAGS, OTR/L | Email | Phone: 617-353-6569
    Clinical Assistant Professor, Level I Fieldwork Coordinator
  • Nancy Lowenstein, MS, OTR/L, BCPR | Email | Phone: 617-358-1064
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Susan McGurk, Ph.D. | Email | Phone: 617-358-6723
    Associate Professor
  • Kim Mueser, Ph.D. | Email | Phone: 617-353-3549
    Professor
    Executive Director, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
  • Gael Orsmond , Ph.D. | Email | Phone: 617-353-2703
    Associate Professor
  • Monica Pessina, PhD, MEd, OTR | Email
    Lecturer (MED Assistant Professor)
  • Sheridan Sharkey, OTD, OTR/L | Email
    Lecturer
  • Anne Sullivan-Soydan, ScD, CRC |Room SAR 339| Email | Phone: 617-353-2726| CV
    Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Scott Trudeau, PhD, OTR/L | Email
    Lecturer
  • Elizabeth R. Whitney, PhD, MSPT | Email
    Lecturer (MED Assistant Professor)

Resources

Research Labs

  • Families & Autism Lab (Orsmond) | Room SAR 502 | Phone: 617-353-2060
  • Kids in Context Research Lab (Coster) | Room SAR 552 | Phone: 617-353-7492
  • Motor Development Research Lab (Gill)| Room SAR 110 | Phone: 617-353-7472
  • Life Skills Lab (Helfrich) |Room SAR 554 | Phone: 617-353-7521
  • Research Lab (Kramer) | Room SAR 605 | Phone: 617-353-7522