2011 Symposium Program - College of Health - University of Utah

Keynote
Lorie Gage Richards
PhD, OTR/L
Research emphasis and interests:
Developing evidence for stroke rehabilitation,
particularly in testing interventions for the arm
and hand; Neurorehabilitation; Vision Rehabilitation;
and Cognitive Rehabilitation.
Notable points:
Keynote Speaker at the 2012 World Occupational
Therapy Conference in Hong Kong; Member Society
for Neuroscience; Recipient of 21 grants totaling
$14,411,896; Published in 45 peer-reviewed journals
We are pleased to announce Dr. Lorie Gage Richards as the new chair of
the Division of Occupational Therapy. Dr. Richards obtained her BS degree
in Occupational Therapy from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania in
1983. She worked for three years in physical rehabilitation, with the
majority of her clientele being individuals with strokes and head injuries.
She returned to graduate school and earned an MS and PhD in
Experimental Psychology, emphasis in Cognitive Neuropsychology, from
Syracuse University in 1993. She was on faculty in Occupational Therapy
at the University of Kansas Medical Center and the University of Florida,
as well as a health scientist with the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans
Health System prior to coming to the University of Utah.
In her free time, Dr. Richards likes to spend time with her husband Tom
Richards and their children, Alia and Ian. She enjoys outdoor activities,
such as hiking and camping, as well as traveling to learn about other
cultures and languages. Her indoor hobbies include knitting, crocheting,
and cross-stitching. She is also an avid consumer of fiction literature,
particularly fantasy.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Beth Cardell, MS, OTR/L
Donna Costa, DHS, OTR/L, FAOTA
Louise Dunn, ScD, OTR/L
Tina McNulty, PhD, OTR/L
Pollie Price, PhD, OTR/L
Yda Smith, PhD, OTR/L
JoAnne Wright, PhD, OTR/L, CLVT
Nikki Bernhard, MOT, OTR/L; LDS Hospital
Evalyn Christensen, MS, CLVT; Veteran’s Administration Medical Center
Megan Farley, PhD; Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah
Shannon Goodpasture, MOT, OTR/L; Canyons School District
Julia Kleinschmidt, PhD, John A Moran Eye Center
Jeanette Koski, MS, OTR/L, Division of Occupational Therapy, University of Utah
Trinh Mai, MSW, LCSW; College of Social Work, University of Utah
Andrea Minnis, MOT, OTR/L; Primary Children’s Medical Center
Kasey Mitchell, MOT, OTR/L; Division of Occupational Therapy, University of Utah
Alexandra Palombi, MSC OT; Istituto Chirurgico Ortopedico Traumatologico, Universita La Cattolica Di Roma
Elizabeth Peterson, PhD, OTR/L FAOTA; Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago
Brooke Pohlman, MS, OTR/L; University of Utah Health Care
Anastasia Pollock, MA, LPC; Lifestone Center
Kim Schmit, MEd, University Neighborhood Partners; University of Utah
EVENT COORDINATORS
Kelly Brown
Liam Hesselbein
Yda Smith
STUDENT SUPPORT
Amy Anderson, Amanda Burnett, Shalee Cary, Kevin Christensen,
Randy Curry, Meredith Dunaski, ThuVan Frazer, Alyssa Gourley,
Richard Hagen, Angie Hansen, Cynthia Johnson,
Victoria Kochanek, Courtney Larsen, Krisann Leavitt,
Mandy Lenberg, Jennifer McGill, Kelcey Murdoch,
Amy Nagle, Lexi Post, Emily Richardson,
Larissa Swain, Michelle Taggart