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September 2013
School of Health and Natural Science Newsletter
Welcome from our new Dean Dr. Joan Toglia
It is a pleasure to introduce our 2nd annual SHNS newsletter. As you read it, you will see that our students’ learning environment extends beyond the classroom and into the local and global communities. For example, a faculty led study abroad program in Antigua with seven Natural Sciences students provided a unique experience through coursework, training and hands-on work at clinical sites as well as various semi-nars, and workshops. Health Profession students & Faculty went on medical missions to Nicaragua, Ecuador and Peru helping to bring medical care to many medically under served rural areas. Locally our STEP Up to STEM summer program gave students the opportunity to learn about the STEM fields (Science, Psychology, Technology, and Mathe-matics) in a fun and innovate way. Our PA program has just launched our Mobile health Van and Donghyun Seo, one of our PT students, helped bring awareness to the Tourette Syndrome Association by spending 22 days biking from NYC to Miami. Also this year the SHNS held its first Annual Health Expo which provided students & faculty with the oppor-tunity to work in interprofessional teams to provide inter-active exhibits, workshops, activities and information on health and wellness across the lifespan. Students and fac-ulty conducted a wide range of activities and interacted with over 300 attendees. Take a look at our video clip on our home page at:
www.mercy.edu/academics/school-of-health-and-natural-sciences/
Our school is continuing to expand and this past year we celebrated renovations and upgrades to several of our science labs as well as the grand opening of a new science lab at our Manhattan campus. Our Physician As-sistant program has doubled in size and our Exercise Sci-ence program has added a concentration in strength & conditioning.
Finally there have been many outstanding faculty and student accomplishments including many publica-tions that we are very proud of. It has truly been a suc-cessful and busy year for the School of Health and Natural Science! In this next year, we are planning several events on the Bronx & Dobbs Ferry campus. Please be on the lookout for announcements as I hope you will be able to join us!
Special thanks To:
Stephanie Loving for putting together such a wonderful news-
letter. Claudia Fenderson & Debra Zizik for gathering all the
information as well as helping in the final editing.
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Mercy College’s first annual Health & Wellness Expo was held on Saturday, April 13, 2013 on the Dobbs Ferry campus. The Expo was designed for attendees of all ages and offered health screenings, advice from experts, interactive exhibits and hands-on workshops. The Expo also featured specific programs for parents, seniors and children. Participating sponsors and presenters included United Healthcare, TD Bank, Academic Federal Credit Un-ion, Pilates and More Studio, YogaWorks, Whole Foods, among others. Activities and events included:
Free health screenings for blood pressure, hearing, speech and language, vision, diabetes and more
iPad apps for health and productivity, children with spe-cial needs and fine motor development
Free Zumba, Pilates, Yoga and Conditioning classes
Senior fitness, home safety modifications and fall pre-vention
For kids: face painting, contests and more
Keynote talk by Emmy Award nominated TV journalist and award-winning speaker Shannon White, author of "The Invisible Conversations with Your Aging Parents" and "How was School Today? Fine"
Animal Experiences: Meet small and fluffy animals and learn tips for pet care
Careers in Nursing, Communication Disorders, Physician Assistant, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Exer-cise Science and Veterinary Technician programs
All health professions within the School of Health and Natural Science participated and operated their own unique workshops or table at the Expo.For example, Dr. Anthony Canger ran a workshop on the marvels of the Human Body and the Nursing and PA programs conducted free health screen-ings. Dr. Chris Sullivan, Program Director of the Occupa-tional Therapy Assistant Program and OTA students presented information and demonstrations on several topics geared to-ward aging. Participants were able to view videos on the vari-ous topics, try out and discuss various types of adaptive equip-ment and take home educational flyers and catalogs related to the topics. The Veterinary Technology Program educated pet
owners about plants that are toxic to animals. Students creat-
ed highly popular games and posters with interactive displays
on obesity in pets. In a dynamic presentation aimed at edu-
cating people about which animals make good pets and which
animals do not. One of the Program’s adjunct instructors
showed live animals from her wildlife sanctuary, ranging from
tortoises to hedgehogs to lemurs.
Twenty Physical Therapy students organized booths ranging from screening for balance, walking, and fitness, prop-er biomechanics, the healthy heart, fall prevention and senior fitness. Physical therapists from the area along with faculty joined the students in running the booths. At the end of the day, the PT students said organizing and running the booth was an excellent learning experience. Occupational therapy graduate students set up two rooms with fine motor and sensory activities for children while students educated parents about the importance of sensory processing. Other activities for adults included testing older drivers' vision and response times, demonstrating smart phone and i-pad apps to support healthy choices and use of the Wii for fitness. The Exercise Science program conducted two core conditioning workouts. The program also offered fitness testing for muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness. Participants could compete to get the highest push-up score! Communication Disorders faculty and students con-
ducted speech-language as well as hearing screenings to chil-
dren and adults. Written information about speech-language
and hearing development was also provided. Students con-
ducted the screenings under the supervision of Dr. Gloria
Schlisselberg (speech language pathology) and Dr. Karen Greer
and Dr. Nancy Datino (audiology).
Special thanks to Dr. Miriam Ford, Nursing program and Prof. Eunjin Park, PA program for coordinating student and faculty activities.
Please check out our video located on the SHNS home page at : www.mercy.edu/academics/school-of-health-and-natural-sciences/
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STEP Up to STEM Summer Program
In September 2011, Mercy College was awarded a federal grant for 5 years to support the teaching of science, technology, mathematics, and psychology as a research sci-ence. Mercy College’s “Step up to STEM” initiative works in coordination with the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) and IBM Corp. to support Hispanic and low-income students attaining degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathe-matics (STEM) fields.
One initiative of the Title V STEM grant is the STEM Summer Enrichment Program which provides students from Mercy and BMCC the opportunity to learn about the STEM fields (Science, Psychology, Technology, and Mathematics) in a fun and innovate way. The theme and content of the pro-gram was designed to engage students through a combina-tion of hands-on activities, lectures, and guest speakers in an effort to demonstrate how the STEM fields are part of every-day life.
This summer there were two sessions of the four
week long summer camp held at the Manhattan Campus
between June 3rd -28th and July 15th –August 8th . There were
approximately 64 students in each camp whose themes were
both Disaster Preparedness, which was chosen since it easily
incorporates all four disciplines and to give the students
basic skills and knowledge about how to react if a disaster
strikes.
The main objectives of the 2013 Title V Step Up to
STEM Summer Enrichment Camp students were to:
Get certified by Red Cross instructors in CPR, first aid
and disaster readiness
Explore the role social media plays in mitigating modern
disasters and tracking epidemics
Play computer games that utilize Geographic Infor-
mation Systems (GIS) software to explore how disasters
affect the world
Record body signals in Mercy College’s Psychophysiology
lab and learn how the human body deals with stress
Gain insight into the natural causes of disasters, includ-
ing extreme weather, biological agents and toxic chemi-
cals
Visit employers in and around New York City and learn
how STEM skills can accelerate a career path.
In one of the science classes, for instance, students learned
how the immune system responds to infection. During a sub-
sequent activity students were able to simulate how quickly
disease s spread in common daily interactions like in the sub-
way, train and at work.
The STEP Up to STEM summer programs were a
huge success and drew a lot of attention from the communi-
ty. On June 25th Mercy’s STEM camp was featured on WABC
7 news and on August 5th Congresswoman Nita Lowey took a
tour of Mercy College’s Step Up to STEM summer program
and met with students who were learning how STEM influ-
ences their daily life. The students also had the opportunity
to listen to guest speakers from the Red Cross, FEMA and
IBM, to learn about the various career opportunities that are
available to STEM majors and the basic skills needed to thrive
in the workforce, like ensuring they have a good resume,
learning basic networking skills like creating a LinkedIn page,
and understanding that certain fundamental academic skills
like writing and public speaking will follow them through the
rest of their careers. Mercy’s STEP Up to STEM summer pro-
grams are truly a unique way to teach students the im-
portance of STEM in an environment that enables the stu-
dents to think critically about real life scenarios.
Mercy college spotlighted on WABC
Congresswoman Nita Lowey
visits Mercy
Students being trained in CPR
Students simulating how dis-
eases quickly spread
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International Work
Helen Buhler and Shari Berkowitz (Communication Disorders) traveled to Lima, Peru, with a team of 27 physicians, surgeons, nurses, technicians and other SLPs, including one Mercy gradu-ate. Over the course of the week, 37 children had surgery; some had traveled for 7 days to reach the hospital. The SLPs
worked on parent training, peer training and direct service de-livery, seeing a total of 72 children for evaluation and/or treat-ment. Check out Shari’s blog at:
http://blogasha.org/author/sberkowitz
Grand Opening of Manhattan Campus Lab
A new multi-purpose laboratory for psychology, anat-omy ,physiology classes was officially opened on December 11, 2012. This lab was funded by the Title V STEM Grant and fea-tures a modular design, which makes it possible to offer lec-ture/laboratory class portions in the same space. The lab can hold up to 24 for a class and will serve students pursuing de-grees in STEM fields. The lab has been equipped with 22 compound light microscopes, 12 stereodissecting microscopes, and digital mi-croscopes, and anatomical models. Equipment for psychology and physiology including Biopac hardware and 12 iMAC com-puters enable students to do a range of advanced laboratories and research such as monitoring of stress responses, brain activity, and other biofeedback responses. This equipment will permit advanced courses in experimental psychology and physiology to be offered at the Manhattan campus in an active learning environment. Before this laboratory, students who needed to take coursework such as Anatomy & Physiology that require a la-boratory component had to travel to the Dobbs Ferry or Bronx campus. The construction of a laboratory will contribute to increased enrollment at the Manhattan campus, for students who rely solely on public transportation and were not other-
wise able to make the long commute to the Bronx or Dobbs Ferry. Also we are offering Human Physiology for first time in MT this fall. There is no lab but we plan to use the Biopac hardware and iMacs and other materials in the lab to develop a physiology lab course It is hope that in 2014, the lab will incorporate Psy-chology classes that emphasize the scientific nature of psy-chology. Students will benefit from laboratory experiences that help to reinforce the concepts and research findings dis-cussed in class.
Renovations to Lab 317 & 319
PERU
In January 2013 renovations of two laboratories in the Main Hall on the Dobbs Ferry campus were completed. The renovations were funded by a previous Title V grant awarded to the College. The labs features a modular design that ena-bles collaborative work and the teaching of laboratory and lecture. Room 319 is a new anatomy laboratory and room 317 is used in the study of Microbiology and Genetics. The Title V
grant also permitted the acquisition of new basic laboratory equipment, microscopes, digital cameras, anatomical mod-els, other equipment used in these labs for coursework as well as student-faculty research. The renovations included two complete renovation of two laboratory preparation room ad-joining the labs.
Dr. Canger, Department Chair, at the Grand opening in Manhattan
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Through a partnership with Global Brigades, the Phy-sician Assistant Studies Program arranged for a ten-day trip to Nicaragua. Faculty Lorraine Cashin, Brian Baker, Lorraine Ja-mieson and Robin Sturtz (from the Vet. Tech program) trav-eled with students to provide both medical and public health services to several remote areas. The students had been prepped with some medical vocabulary in Spanish, and did a wonderful job of giving medication directions. Several on the trip spoke Spanish, and local pharmacists helped with transla-tions. In several different towns triage and diagnostic/counseling areas and a pharmacy were set up. During the visit, almost 1000 patients were seen. Many of the patients had scabies, and a great number of the children had upper respira-tory infections. Robin Sturtz said “It may be that we didn’t make more than a tiny dent in the needs of these individuals. How-ever, the sense that this type of contribution needs to contin-ue was universal among us; it is safe to say that many of us will continue to participate in these kinds of projects. It was service learning at its finest. On the last day of work, they asked us to put our names in the still-wet concrete of the structures we built, and the name of our school. We left a bit of ourselves, and of Mercy College, in that small town in Nica-ragua. What we brought back were students with a deep ap-preciation of the world outside Dobbs Ferry, a greater confi-dence in their own skills, and a strong feeling of camaraderie. And as faculty, we received these gifts too. “
ANTIQUA
From May 17 - June 7, 2013 seven students partici-pated in a new faculty led study abroad program in Antigua. The program was developed by Dr. Anthony Canger in part-nership with the International College of Arts and Sciences of Antigua (AICASA). The primary goal of the program was to provide upper level health science and biology majors with experience that would make them more competitive for ad-mission to medical school, physician assistant programs, and graduate programs in the sciences. The students took a course entitled Biomedical Engineering taught by Dr. Canger and an AICASA faculty member, participated in clinical training and clinical work at a variety of sites on the island, and re-ceived basic life support training and certification. Classes, workshops, and seminars were all held at the American Uni-versity of Antigua School of Medicine and included training in the use of sophisticated simulated patients. Students attend-ed seminars with medical students and faculty and met with admission committee representatives.
Students from Mercy College & Old Dominion University at Half Moon Bay
NICARAGUA
Front row (L to R): Safina Begum, Denise Flores, Kelley Rosen-berger, Amina Begum, Professor Dumitrescu, Marsha Bissent. Back row (L to R): Deric Holloway, Nora Dunn, Lady Lydia Punu, Dana Philippe, Audra Johnson, Queenie Williams. Not pictured: Kantressa Ryals, Tom Polykarpous.
Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Students Meet with Legislators in Albany
Fourteen students in Mercy College’s School of Health and Natural Sciences traveled to Albany for Lobby Day in April to meet with legislators on pressing issues facing the Occupational Therapy (OT) profession. Mercy students met privately with legislators and the staff of New York Sen-ator Andrea Stewart-Cousins to discuss advocacy for legisla-tion to be promulgated that would allow occupational thera-py assistants to be licensed practitioners. Currently, profes-sional OT Assistants are issued an OTA certificate, rather than a license, yet they actually fulfill all of the requirements necessary to be a licensed practitioner.
“This moment left me with pride and confidence in myself,” said Mercy College OTA Class President Nora Dunn ‘14. “I spoke to legislators on issues that will directly affect my future as an OT Assistant.” Marsha Bissent ‘14 added,
“Meeting with the staff of Senator Stewart-Cousins was a life-changing experience that will stay with me for a long time.” Students rounded out the day by meeting with the OT Lob-byist and Legislative Chairperson of the NY State Occupa-tional Therapy Association, observing a general session and taking a tour of the capitol building.
The trip provided the opportunity for Mercy students to take their education beyond the classroom. They experi-enced the importance of advocating for future patients and clients; they debated how the political and socio-economic climate affects the profession; and they met and interacted with professional role models. Mercy students were accom-panied by Professor Cristina Dumitrescu, Associate Director of the Mercy College Occupational Therapy Assistant Pro-gram/Academic Fieldwork Coordinator.
ECUADOR Claudia B. Fenderson (Physical Therapy) participated for the 4th year in Medical Mission Ecuador (MME). MME provides medical and surgical care and therapy for children whose families who have little or no access to medical care either because they cannot afford it or because their medical communities do not offer it. They rely entirely on volunteers. Dr. Fenderson brought Lauren Rose, a physical therapy student and Sandra Guzman, an occupational therapy student. In Ambato, Ecuador, high in the Andes Mountains, they teamed with physicians, surgeons, PTs, OTs, nurses, and other health profes-sionals to provide a wide range of services including treatment for medical issues, and surgery for cleft palate, orthopedic issues and birth defects. The PT and OT students participated in fund raising activities to allow for purchasing materials and supplies used for making splints and other equipment .
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International Work Cont.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, many parts of our region were greatly affected. The loss and devastation suffered by our friends and neighbors prompted the student club of the Communication Dis-orders Program and local chapter of the National Stu-dent Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA) to take action. Within only a week’s time, the chapter col-lected an enormous number of donations: 48 large plas-
tic bags containing clothing for all ages, blankets, food, toys, and other supplies. With the help of students and Mercy College administrators, the NSSLHA chapter was able to directly provide donations to some of the hardest hit areas. The success of the drive would not have been possible with-out the help of the generous donations from the Mercy College faculty and students and their families.
Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts
School of Health and Natural Science Students Graduate as LEND Fellows
On Thursday May 2, 2013 three Communication Dis-orders Program students and two Occupational Therapy Pro-gram students graduated from The Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Training Program at the Westchester Institute for Human Development (WIHD). The LEND Program fosters professional development for those who want to take the next step in advancing their skills (advocacy/policy, clinical, research, teaching) to serve in leadership roles in careers focused on children with disabilities and other special health care needs and their families. Over the course of the 10 month long training program each train-ee participates in a public health or clinical research project and several leadership activities. The end-of-year Poster Ses-sion at the LEND Graduation gives the trainees the opportuni-ty to share their work with faculty and staff from WIHD and New York Medical College well as guests from affiliated colleg-es and organizations. This year Mercy College School of Health and Natural Science students presented the following
research topics: Lauren Percodani (OT) and Aryel Simonelli (CDMS) - Exploring
the Appropriateness of Home Visitation Programs for Parents with Intellectual and Learning Disabilities.
Sherina Mathew (OT) - Framing the Issue: Mental Health Ser-vices for Children with Disabilities who have been Sexually and/or Physically Abused.
Vanessa Tarricone (CD) - Mis-Informed Consent: Deficits in the Informed Consent Process Can be Identified and Re-mediated Using NIPT as an Example.
Nancy DiMaggio (CD) - Pathways to Identification, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Autism Spectrum disorder in Young Chil-dren.
LEND students also traveled to Albany to discuss their re-search projects with policymakers and lawmakers from NY State and to learn how to expand their projects and widen their research audience.
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In May 2013, the Graduate Communication Disor-ders (CD) Program hosted two full-day Research Symposiums for students to present their capstone projects, in which stu-dents plan, execute, write, and present original research pro-jects under the mentorship of core CD faculty. The research year is started at the end of the first year with a summer boot camp, and assignments in Research Colloquium I and II are dovetailed to work with a course in research design that stu-dents take in the fall of the second year. This year 39 students presented 14 different pro-jects. One recent graduate, working on changes in women’s voices across the age span, stated that “It's a great experi-ence to understand how all the research articles we read throughout our education are formed.” Another student
commented how she understood much better the results section of peer review articles read for classes and that she would like to conduct future research after graduation.
Communication Disorders Program hosts two day Research Symposiums
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Alpha Eta Honors Society
"Together We Serve”
The Alpha Eta Honors Society it the national scholastic honor society for the allied health professions, and the Mercy college chapter has been going strong since inducting its first members in 2010. Students who are top achievers in their gradu-ating class are invited to join the society, and to attend an induction ceremony with their families and loved one's. Students invariably repot that this ceremony is a highlight of their commencement season. Although they value the certificate, pin and green honor cord that they receive, it
is the recognition of their academic achievement that means the most. Kathy Ryans, Jeanine Stancanelli and Shari Berkowitz serve as president, secretary and treasurer of our Alpha Eta chapter, the 72nd to be chartered since 1975. These three keep Alpha Eta running, but not with-out the considerable effort of the Deans office staff. Please encourage your invited students to join Alpha Eta, a milestone they can be proud of.
PA program launches Mobile Health Van
The Physician Assistant Program just launched a brand new Mobile Health Van. The van was purchased through a grant from HRSA and has been outfitted to provide health screenings and education to medically underserved areas all across the Bronx. Our Mobile Health Van enables our PA students and faculty to overcome the obstacles that often prevent or deter people from obtaining important health tests and education and supports the Mercy College SHNS commu-nity health outreach efforts
OT in the Community
Club Discovery is a joint venture between the Graduate Occupational Therapy Program and Gilda’s Club Westchester. Social engagement is linked to improved physical and emotional health. Many survivors report difficulty in returning to social roles after cancer treatment has been completed. Occupa-tional therapy students collaborate with Professor Deb Zizik to design and im-plement a program that is designed to expose the participants to various lei-sure and stress-relieving, healthy activities with the hope that it will lead to a pattern of increased social engagement after the club has concluded. This pro-gram also provides students with the opportunity to further develop their ther-apeutic communication skills when working with individuals with a chronic ill-ness. Dr. Laurie Olson, Adjunct Professors Cheryl Colangelo and Amy Coop-ersmith collaborated to teach first year Graduate OT students the power of good positioning for children’s function by bringing service learning into the classroom. Professor Cheryl Colangelo, a nationally recognized OT expert in biomechanics, provided the lead in facilitating teams of students in assessing the seating or standing needs of 5 young children with varying disabilities. Each student team then designed and built customized chairs or standers for each child from triwall, a thick cardboard that is inexpensive, durable and easy to work with.
Donghyun Seo began studying physical therapy
(PT) at the Yong-In University in Korea. After 2 years in
the program he needed to complete 2 years of military
service and did this as a paramedic. During that time, he
explored the role of PTs in other countries and realized
that in Korea, a PT is very limited in the work they do.
This caused Seo to come to the U.S. to complete his PT
education.
After coming to NY, he began taking prerequi-
site courses at the City University of New York. During
that time, he heard about Mercy College’s DPT program
and discovered that it was one of the few PT programs
in New York that did not require a Bachelor’s degree. He
felt that the location of the campus, the quality and
design of the program (full-time weekend format), and
everything about Mercy College seemed to be a perfect
fit. He applied and was accepted to the Program in
2011.
While volunteering to learn about PT in the US,
Seo learned about the Tourette Syndrome Association
(TSA). During the summer of 2012, he engaged in a
fund-raising experience and spent 22 days biking from
NYC to Miami to raise money and awareness of the TSA.
Although he developed inflammation of both knees, he
concluded “it was such a great experience and hopefully
the people I met will share my story with others so
more people in the country become aware of TS.” His
blog of the trip can be found at https://
www.facebook.com/NYCtoMIA.
This is only one of the many ways Seo gives
back to the community. He has assisted with fundraising
events in the PT Program to help raise funds to pur-
chase equipment for medical missions. One of his PT
classmates is a mother of 4 children and two of them
were adopted from South Korea so Seo quickly devel-
oped a bond with them. One child has cerebral palsy
and needed to practice walking in parallel bars, which
are quite expensive. So Seo went to Home Depot, pur-
chased equipment and built parallel bars that adjust for
height and width for her to be able to practice at home
Student Spotlight - Donghyun Seo
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Faculty Publications
Berkowitz, S. S. (2013). Volunteering in a Short-Term English Immersion Program for Spanish-Speaking Adults. Perspectives on Global Issues in Communication Sciences and Related Disorders, 3, 34-40.;doi:10.1044/gics3.1.34 Buell, L., & Timperman, S. (2012). Lessons of Love, Friendship and Responsibility. NAVTA, Nov/Dec, 13-15. Campo, M., Shiyko, M., Margulis, H., & Darragh, A. (2013). Effect of a Safe Patient Handling Program on Rehabilitation Out comes. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 94(1), 17-22. Darragh, A., Campo, M., Frost, L., Abernathy, M., Pentico, M., & Margulis, H. (2013). Safe Patient Handling Equipment in Ther apy Practice: Implications for Rehabilitation. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(1), 45-53. Darragh, A., Campo, M., & King, P. (2012). Work-related activities associated with injury in occupational and physical thera pist in five practice areas. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation, 41, 1-12. Campo, M., & Darragh, A. (2012). Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders are Associated with Impaired Presenteeism in Al lied Health Professionals. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54(1), 64-70. Gurley, J. M., Hujsak, B. M., & Kelly, J. L. (2013). Vestibular rehabilitation following mild traumatic brain injury. Neurorehabilita tion, 32(3), 519-528.
Gurley, J. M., Sutera, J., Galatioto, J. A., Hujsak, B., & Lei-Rivera, L. (2013). Special tools for the assessment of balance and diz zyness in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury. Neurorehabilitation, 32, 463-472.
Kosky, C & Schlisselberg G.( June, 2013), Oral Communication Skills in Senior Citizens: A Community Service Model. Special Interest Group (SIG 10) Perspectives in Higher Education, American Speech Language Hearing Association.
Minorsky, P., Reece, J., Jackson, R., Wasserman, S., Cain, M., & Urry, L. A. (2014). Plant Structure and Growth; Resource Acquisi tion, Nutrition and Transport in Vascular Plants; Reproduction and Domestication of Vascular Plants; Plant Respons es to Internal and External Signals .Campbell Biology in Focus (pp. 553-639). Boston: Pearson. Nash, B. T. (Ed.) (2013) Laboratory Manual for General Chemistry I, CHEM 160. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solu tions. Nowak, C. (2011). Allergic reaction or food poisoning? The history holds the clue. The Journal of the American Academy of Phy sician Assistants, 25(9), 31-33. Olson, L., & Orentlicher, M. (2012). Topic 4: Transition from School to Adult Life for Students with Autism Spectrum Disor ders. Autism Topics Part II CE on CD, American Occupational Therapy Association Press. Olson, L., & Sasse, C. (2013). Community-Based Services for Children and Youth with Psychosocial Issues. Occupational thera py in community-based practice settings . Philadelphia: F A Davis. Schlisselberg, G., & Moscou, S. (2013). Peer review as an educational strategy to improve academic work: An interdisciplinary collaboration between communication disorders and nursing. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabili tation, 44, 355-360. Sturtz, R. (2012). Technician Rock Stars: How to Leverage Your Skills. Exceptional Veterinary Team, Nov/Dec. Retrieved Septem ber 27, 2012, from http://www.myevt.com/columns/technician-rock-stars-how-leverage-your-skills Sturtz, R., & Asprea, L. (2012).Anatomy and physiology for veterinary technicians and nurses: a clinical approach. Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell. Toglia, J., Rodger, S., & Polatajko, H. (2012). Anatomy of cognitive strategies: A therapist’s primer for enabling occupational per formance. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(4), 225-236.
Weiner, N., Toglia, J. & Berg, C. (2012). The Weekly Calendar Planning Activity: A performance based assessment of execu tive function piloted with at-risk adolescents. American Journal Of Occupational Therapy. 66, 699–708. Toglia, J.P. Golisz, K. & Goverover, Y. (2013). Cognition, Perception, and Occupational Performance In B. Schell, G. Gillen, M.Scaffa & E. Cohn (Eds.) Willard & Spackman’s Occupational Therapy, 12th Edition, Chapter 55, J.B.Lippincott: Philadelphia Toglia, J. & Golisz, K. (2012). Therapy for Activities of Daily Living: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives. Brain Injury Medicine Principles and Practice. (2nd ed., pp. 1162-1177). New York: Demos Medical Publishing. Spraggs-Young, K. & Zizik, D.T. (2013). For individuals with Grade II and III osteoarthritis (OA) of the trapeziometacarpal (CMC) joint in the dominant hand, is using a short opponens orthosis effective in decreasing pain and increasing strength and hand function for ADL performance? AOTA Critically Appraised Paper Series Evidence Exchange.
Undergraduate Programs
Communication Disorders
Bachelor's Degree
Helen Buhler, PhD, CCC-SLP , Director
Exercise Science
Bachelor's Degree
Astrid Mel, PhD, Coordinator
Nursing (RN to BS) Bachelor's Degree
Peggy C. Tallier, MPA, EdD, RN, Director
Occupational Therapy Assistant Associate's Degree
Christine Sullivan, OTD, OTR/L , Director
Veterinary Technology Bachelor's Degree
Laurie Buell, MS, LVT, Director
Veterinary Technology: Pre-Vet. Medicine Bachelor's Degree
Laurie Buell, MS, LVT, Director
Biology Bachelor's Degree
Anthony Canger, Chair Natural Science
Clinical Laboratory Science Bachelor's Degree
Barbara Nash, PhD, Program Director
Health Science Bachelor's Degree
Stephen Fong DPT, Program Head
Graduate Programs
Communication Disorders Helen Buhler, PnD,CC-SLP, Director
Physical Therapy Doctorate Nannette Hyland, PT, PhD, Director
Nursing Administration Master's Degree
Peggy C. Tallier, MPA, EdD, RN, Director
Nursing Education Master's Degree
Peggy C. Tallier, MPA, EdD, RN, Director
Occupational Therapy Master's Degree
Laurette Olson OTR, PhD, Interim Director
Physician Assistant Studies Master's Degree
Lorraine Cashin, MPS,PA-C, Director
School of Health and Natural Science Dean
Joan Toglia, OTR, PhD
Associate Dean
Kathleen Golisz OTR, OTD