{"id":653,"date":"2021-09-30T12:31:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autismconnections\/?page_id=653"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:41:25","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/autismconnections\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lab Director:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gael Orsmond\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs<\/p>\n

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PhD Students:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Yeook Kim\"\"\"\"<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Yeook Kim is a fifth-year PhD student working with Gael Orsmond as her mentor. She received her Bachelor of <\/span>Science in Occupational<\/span>\u00a0Therapy fro<\/span>m the University of Yonsei (Mirae), South Korea and<\/span>\u00a0her Master\u2019s and Clinical Doct<\/span>orate in Occu<\/span>pational<\/span> Therapy from The University of Pittsburgh. <\/span>Her current research has focused on community participation in autistic young adults and community-engaged<\/span>\u00a0research.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sharada Krishnan\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sharada Krishnan is a fifth-year PhD candidate working with Gael Orsmond as her mentor. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Occupational Therapy from the University of Southern California. Shar’s research interests focus on school-based services and trauma, mental health, and well-being across the transition to adulthood for autistic youth.<\/p>\n

Mario Crown\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mario Crown is a second-year PhD student working with Gael Orsmond as his mentor. He received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests largely focus understanding resilience for autistic adults in employment contexts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ROAD AHEAD LAB ALUMNI:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Jasin Wong\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jasin Wong is an assistant professor at National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. She completed her PhD in Rehabilitation Science with Gael Orsmond and Wendy Coster in the Families and Autism Research Lab. She received her Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degrees in Occupational Therapy from National Taiwan University.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jennifer Chen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jen Chen is currently an occupational therapist at StanfordLucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. She continues to collaborate on research and publications with the team.<\/p>\n

Dr. Elizabeth Schmidt\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Elizabeth K. Schmidt is an Assistant Professor and the Director of Research at the Lincoln Memorial University Doctorate of Occupational Therapy program. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Families and Autism Research Lab. She received her PhD and Masters of Occupational Therapy from the Ohio State University. Her research interests are in promoting sexual and reproductive health of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through accessible sexual health education.<\/p>\n

Dr. Elizabeth Munsell\"\"<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Dr. Elizabeth Munsell is the Director of Research at Pearson. <\/span>She received her masters and PhD at Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and the Center for Education in Health Sciences at Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. Her clinical occupational therapy experience includes public school-based therapy, community life skills programs, and acute rehabilitation. Her research aims to enhance function and community participation of young adults with disabilities, with a particular focus on understanding the needs of youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities entering adulthood and how to assess meaningful transition outcomes to inform clinical intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jess Bauza de Garc\u00eda\"\"<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jess Bauza de Garc\u00eda is an Occupational Therapist, and was working as the Research Coordinator for the ROAD Ahead Study. They received their Bachelor of Science in Psychology from University of the Sciences in Philadelphia and their Master of Occupational Therapy from Bay Path University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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