The excitement and joy of the entire IHP community experiencing Commencement together for the first time in three years is a cause for celebration, writes President Paula Milone-Nuzzo.

A two-day IHP virtual conference, hosted by Dr. Tiffany Hogan (left) and Dr. Sofia Vallila Rohter, brought together speech-language pathologists from around the world to discuss ways in which Implementation Science can improve the time between discovery and applying those findings to improve patient outcomes.

The pandemic delayed the annual holiday party until April 20, but it was worth the wait as the IHP community turned out in strong numbers to celebrate spring. A special guest was there to greet attendees such as Sheila Regan (left) and Lauren Putnam. The sweepstakes, which also includes funds raised in December 2021, garnered $6,588 that will go to the IHP Student Emergency Fund. The following prizes were awarded: Apple Air Pods Pro – Karen Hunt; two Amazon folding outdoor camping chairs/camping tent/speaker lantern – Jessica Bell; YETI portable cooler – Laura Plummer; Inflatable stand-up paddle board – Donna Montgomery; Beach umbrella/2 chairs – Laura Cline; Powerbeats Pro wireless earphones – Kim Mace; Fitbit – Sally Wu; and Echo Dot – Dianne Gould.

Faculty, alumni, and students from the Department of Occupational Therapy presented at the 2022 American Occupational Therapy Association Inspire conference held in April in San Antonio during Occupational Therapy Month.

OTD students learning from Dr. Cathy Leslie and Dr. Emily Eddy have spent the spring semester working with kids at the Kennedy Center and the Charlestown Coalition’s Healthy Alternatives program.

CBS Boston and WBZ NewsRadio 1030 each ran segments about the April 8 Center for Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Health’s symposium, “Climate Change & Health 2022: A Roadmap for Grassroots Advocacy.”

CNN’s New Day, CBS Boston, and Boston.com each interviewed Master of Science in Nursing student Olesya Simonova, a native of Ukraine, about being reunited with her 12-year-old daughter, who was in Crimea when the war began.

The Boston Globe included a listing of the IHP’s 2022 Commencement and speaker Ashley Lena Victor, SLP ’22, in a story about Boston area college graduation ceremonies.

High school students who are part of the MGH Scholars program visited the IHP for two days in April where they learned about several of the health professions from IHP students and faculty. IHP student participants were: Leah Rothchild, Hannah Sarnie, and Tatiana Sanabria (SON); Victor Najjar and Adriana Santoro (PT); Megan Dimler and Maria Murljacic (CSD); Katie Downs, Lauren Duthie, Christina Badal, and Danny Donovan (PAS); Ella Tyler and Jordan Banker (OT); and Kennedi Jones and Kaleigh Patton (GC). Faculty Jane Baldwin (PT) and Guy Chan-Smutko (GC) supervised the visit.

Several nurse practitioner students in the Class of 2022 presented their research April 29 at the School of Nursing’s Celebration of Nursing Scholarship Day.

Dr. Sarah McKinnon, Program Director of the post-professional OTD program, was named a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association at its 2022 Inspire conference. The award recognizes occupational therapists who - through their knowledge, expertise, leadership, advocacy, and/or guidance - have made a significant contribution over time to the profession with a measured impact on occupational therapy consumers and/or members of the Association.

Dr. Kathy Lyons, Director of the CaRe Lab and a Professor of occupational therapy, is the PI of a transfer grant from the National Institutes of Health: “Optimizing functional recovery of breast cancer survivors.”

Caron, J. G., O’Brien, M., & Weintraub, R. (2022). Online training to improve service provider implementation of letter-sound correspondence instruction for individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Advance online publication.

Davidson, M. M., Alonzo, C. N. (PhD-RS ’18), Barton-Hulsey, A., Binger, C., Bridges, M., Caron, J., Douglas, N. F., Feuerstein, J. L., Olswang, L., Oshita, J. Y., Schliep, M. E., Quinn, E., & Morris, M. A. (2022). Prologue: Implementation science in CSD and starting where you are. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00009

Nudelman, C. J., Ortiz, A. J., Fox, A. B., Mehta, D. D., Hillman, R. E., & Van Stan, J. H. (PhD-RS ’16). (2022). Daily phonotrauma index: An objective indicator of large differences in self-reported vocal status in the daily life of females with phonotraumatic vocal hyperfunction. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-21-00285

Christian, S., Cirino, A., Hansen, B., Harris, S., Murad, A. M., Natoli, J. L., Malinowski, J., & Kelly, M. A. (2022). Diagnostic validity and clinical utility of genetic testing for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Open Heart, 9(1), Article e001815. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8987756/

Falsey, E. (GC ’21), Cirino, A. L., & Snyder, E. (GC ’22), Steeves, M., & Lin, A. E. (2022). Parenthood among individuals with Turner syndrome: Results of an online survey of attitudes towards pregnancy, adoption, and surrogacy. Journal of Community Genetics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12687-022-00588-x

Lavelle, M., Darzi, A., Starodub, R., & Anderson, J. E. (2022). The role of transactive memory systems, psychological safety and interpersonal conflict in hospital team performance. Ergonomics, 65(3), 519–529. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00140139.2021.2006771

MacDonald, A., & Pusey-Reid, E. (2022). Writing effective and equitable academic policies for nursing programs. Nurse Educator. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001195

Olans, R. D., Olans, R. N., & DeMaria, Jr., A. (2022). Florence nightingale and antimicrobial stewardship. Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, 30(1), 106-108. https://doi.org/10.5152/fnjn.2022.21141

Pusey-Reid, E., Gona, C., Lussier-Duynstee, P. & Gall, G. (2022). Microaggressions: Black students’ experiences: A qualitative study. Journal of Professional Nursing, 40, 73-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2022.03.004

Pusey-Reid, E. (2022, March 16). Does a scarcity of dark skin tone imagery in nursing and health care literature affect patient quality of care and health care provider competency? [Presentation]. A HOPE Nurses Conference – Virtual. Harvard University Center for AIDS Research, Boston, Massachusetts.

Golden, K. (OTD ’21), Erler, K. S., Wong, J., Giacino, J. T., & Bodien, Y. G. (2022). Should consistent command-following be added to the criteria for emergence from the minimally conscious state? Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2022.03.010

Hildebrand, M., & Mack, A. (2022). Multimodal interventions for caregivers of people with stroke (January 1, 1999- December 31, 2019). American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(3), Article 7603393010. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2022/763002

Massawe, E., Mworia, N. A., Ismail, S., Rice, D. R., Vogel, A. C., Kapina, B., Mukyanuzi, N., Buma, D. C., Gluckstein, J., Wasserman, M., Fasoli, S. E., Chiwanga, F., Mateen, F. J., & Okeng’o, K. (2022). Measuring ambulation, motor and behavioral outcomes with post-stroke fluoexetine in Tanzania: The phase II Mambo trial. Journal of Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases, 31(4), Article 106372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106372

McGuire, F. (OTD 21). 2022 March. “Working with Capstone Students to Augment AgrAbility Services." 2022 AgrAbility National Training Workshop, Madison, WI. Co-presentation.

Rainone, L. (OTD ’22) (2022 March). “Experiences of Farmers with SCI.” 2022 AgrAbility National Training Workshop, Madison, WI. Poster presentation.

Martinchek, M., McKean, M., & Merson, J. (2022). Active learning in the virtual environment. Journal of Allied Health, 51(1), 76.

Ni, P., Spellman, K., Zafonte, R., Wen, H., Slavin, M. D., & Jette, A. M. (2022). A concordance table to convert FIM basic mobility and self-care scale scores to SCI-FI/AT scores. Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 103(4), 688–695.

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