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Every day VCU Occupational Therapy students, alumni, faculty and staff do extraordinary things. Read more about our latest achievements below.

Dr. Stacey Reynolds receives applied research grant to improve access to community-based occupations via a rideshare training program

Dr. Stacey Reynolds was recently awarded an Applied Research Grant from the Organization for Autism Research (OAR). The project entitled Improving Access to Community-Based Occupations via a Rideshare Training Program is a 1-year project to train autistic adults to use Rideshare services (e.g., Uber, Lyft).

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New faculty member gets grant to study motor deficits in Parkinson’s

Brooke Dexheimer, Ph.D., OTD, OTR/L has been awarded a Shirley Ryan AbilityLab research grant as part of the C-STAR Pilot Project Program to support her research quantifying fine motor deficits in early-stage Parkinson’s Disease.

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Half a world away, VCU’s Tony Gentry shares his wisdom on technology and autism

The College of Health Professions expert recently completed a long-delayed Fulbright fellowship in Malaysia. (VCU News)

Tony Gentry, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the VCU College of Health Professions, with Nursuriati Jamil, a computer science professor who hosted him during his Fulbright, and the teachers at the National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM) treatment clinic, in Clang, Malaysia. (Contributed photo)Tony Gentry, Ph.D., professor emeritus in the VCU College of Health Professions, with Nursuriati Jamil, a computer science professor who hosted him during his Fulbright, and the teachers at the National Autism Society of Malaysia (NASOM) treatment clinic, in Clang, Malaysia. (Contributed photo)
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