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Baylor University Post Professional OTD Program Director, Dr. Kayla Collins, MOT, EdD, OTR/L, has recently been appointed as a World Federation of Occupational Therapy (WFOT) Programme Reviewer for new international educational programs.

With over four decades of combined experience in occupational therapy practice, what drove Katie Brown, Jen Gunn, and Anne Bradley to return to school to earn their Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) degrees? For each, a desire to train and equip the next generation of occupational therapists was a significant part of the equation. So today, these three occupational therapists find themselves enrolled in the Post-professional OTD program in Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences.

Barbara Doucet recently published an article in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy titled, “Occupational Therapy to Improve Activities of Daily Living of People With Parkinson’s Disease.” 

Baylor Department of Occupational Therapy is pleased to announce that Kelly Layne, OTD, MOT, OTR/L has accepted the position of OTD Director of Admissions and will be joining the department leadership team effective immediately.

The Baylor University Department of Occupational Therapy would like to extend a warm welcome to Ricardo Altahif, OTD, OTR, CHT, who joined the Department in January 2022 as Clinical Assistant Professor.

The Baylor University Department of Occupational Therapy would like to extend a warm welcome to Jose Rafols, EdD, OTD, MHSA, OTR/L, BCTS, who joined the Department in January 2022 as Clinical Lecturer.

The Baylor University Department of Occupational Therapy would like to extend a warm welcome to Jana Hickman, OTD, OTR/L, who joined the Department in January 2022 as Clinical Lecturer.

In this letter to friends, faculty, staff, students, and supporters, Department Chair Marian Gillard shares a number of highlights for Baylor's Department of Occupational Therapy throughout the 2022 year.

Faculty in Baylor University's Department of Occupational Therapy are more than gifted teachers and occupational therapy practitioners. They are also talented researchers and scholars. The 2022 calendar year was marked by an exceptional surge of scholarly work by the Occupational Therapy faculty. Here are a few highlights from throughout the year.

Thanks to a last name that is alphabetically first in line, Kellam Addison McQuitty will become the very first Entry-level OTD graduate when she crosses the commencement stage. In this Q&A, Kellam shares about her experience as a student and the foundational contributions she and her classmates made to an already exceptional occupational therapy program.

The Department of Occupational Therapy in Baylor University’s Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences received notice in August that the department’s entry-level occupational therapy doctoral degree has received full accreditation through the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA).

From Kingdom building to sleeping horses to cheering on the Baylor Bears, get to know Jason R. Carter, PhD, new Dean of the Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences at Baylor University, in this Q&A.