{"id":78540,"date":"2024-04-04T11:31:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T15:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/?p=78540"},"modified":"2024-04-04T11:36:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T15:36:33","slug":"introducing-jennifer-kaldenberg-as-program-director-entry-level-otd-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/introducing-jennifer-kaldenberg-as-program-director-entry-level-otd-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Kaldenberg Named Program Director, Entry-Level Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment78541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment78541\" style=\"width: 177px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sargent\/files\/2024\/04\/13-6861-SARFACULTY-122-e1712170043930.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Jennifer Kaldenberg\" class=\"wp-image-78541\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment78541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clinical Associate Professor Jennifer Kaldenberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We are delighted to announce that Clinical Associate Professor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/profile\/jen-kaldenberg\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jennifer Kaldenberg<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">OT, DrPH, MSA, OTR, SCLV, FAOTA, has taken on the role of Program Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/academics\/departments-programs\/occupational-therapy\/entryotd\/admissions\/\">Entry-Level Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kaldenberg\u2019s clinical work has been largely focused on individuals with visual impairment. A leader in the field, she has served on the AOTA Board of Advanced and Specialty Certification and was a panel member for the development of the low vision specialty certification. She has contributed to the education of both occupational therapy and optometry students, highlighting the functional and social implications that visual impairment may have on individuals\u2019 occupational performance and quality of life. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Kaldenberg\u2019s scholarship is multifaceted and draws upon her clinical work to explore the intersections between visual impairment and occupational performance and community-based health. Additionally, her research examines the topic of occupational therapy education, with an emphasis on innovation in fieldwork and Capstone opportunities. You can read more about Kaldenberg\u2019s scholarship in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/about-us\/our-publications\/inside-sargent\/inside-sargent-2021\/when-research-meets-advocacy\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><em>Inside Sargent<\/em> magazine<\/span><\/a>.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to announce that Clinical Associate Professor Jennifer Kaldenberg, OT, DrPH, MSA, OTR, SCLV, FAOTA, has taken on the role of Program Director of the Entry-Level Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program. Kaldenberg\u2019s clinical work has been largely focused on individuals with visual impairment. A leader in the field, she has served on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23276,"featured_media":68468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5166,5144],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78540"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78579,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78540\/revisions\/78579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sargent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}