2018 Dean's Research Awards Recipients

Blanche Leeman, MA, OTR/L, CHT
Occupational Therapy Department
Joan Wagner, MLS
Keith Pardini, MLS
SHS Library
“The Validity of the 3-D Printing Course in the Occupational Therapy Curriculum: Combining Interdepartmental and Interprofessional Collaboration”

Jill Horbacewicz, PT, MA, PhD
Physical Therapy Department
Rivka Molinsky, PhD, OTR/L
Office of the Dean
“Interprofessional Collaboration among Students of Various Health Care Professions”

Patricia M. Burke, PhD, CNE, RNC
Nursing Department
“Developing Interprofessional Cultural Competence Skills through the Use of Video Vignettes and Literature”

Ralph K. Garcia, MPT, PhD
Reema Thakkar, PT, DPT
Physical Therapy Department
“Falls and Balance/Mobility Outcomes in Racially Diverse Community Dwelling Older Adults”

Tara Collins, DHS, OTR/L
Occupational Therapy Department
With collaborators from New York Institute of Technology
“Exploring How Occupational Therapy Practitioners Prepare for Their Role as Fieldwork Educator and Their Use of Available Supports”

Yocheved Besinger-Brody, PT, PhD, PCS
Physical Therapy Department
Pat Precin, PhD, PsyaD, OTR/L, LP, NCPsyA, FAOTA
Shifra K. Leiser, OTD, OTR/L
Occupational Therapy Department
“The Effect of Isolated Attention Training on Motor and Cognitive Performance”

The Dean’s Research Awards were established by Dean Louis Primavera to promote new research initiatives and sustain on-going SHS faculty research by providing discretionary seed funding