Profs Named Among “100 Influential People” in Occupational Therapy
In honor of the OT Centennial, celebrating the 100th year of both the Occupational Therapy professional and the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), the AOTA has named the “100 Influential People” who influenced OT’s 100 year history.
Sargent Professor and OT Department Chair Wendy Coster and Clinical Professor and PP-OTD program director Karen Jacobs are among the list of influencers.
Coster is an AOTA Fellow, a member of the Academy of Research of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, and a recipient of the A. Jean Ayres Research Award,
Jacobs is a former AOTA president and vice president and was the founding editor of the journal WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation.
Both Jacobs and Coster are past recipients of the prestigious Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship.