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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Edwin Enwia always enjoyed the medicine in his 10 years as a paramedic and firefighter. He would arrive on scene, conduct his assessment and drop the patient off at the hospital. However, Enwia felt frustrated that he often had no idea what would happen after that point. He wanted to... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
When Roneisha Joyner was applying for physical therapy schools across the nation, she noticed there weren’t a lot of people in the profession who looked like her. It’s an observation borne out by the data. A little more than 5 percent of U.S. physical therapists are African American, according to... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Luke Snyder remembers the moment he realized the power of physical therapy. He was a high-school, cross-country runner in Thousand Oaks when he began suffering from knee pain. In physical therapy, his therapist had him doing hip strengthening exercises — something that confused him at the time. After all, the... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
When Esther Leon’s grandfather suffered a severe stroke, the then-9-year-old girl wanted nothing more than for him to get better so he could again take her to the park like they always used to. Maybe out of a sense of helplessness, the young woman began developing an interest in the... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
On Christmas Day 2009, when Brandon Hsu was 18 years old, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Five months into treatment, he was in bed watching Modern Family when both of his calves started cramping, followed by his hamstrings. When he woke up his parents, his speech was slurred. By the... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
“Say yes to everything.” That’s the advice of Kelcie Kadowaki, MA, after looking back on the past year in the doctorate of occupational therapy degree program at the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. OTD students like Kadowaki spend a year embedded on the front lines at... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Amid the hustle and bustle of studying for her "final finals" of graduate school, Melody McKay continues to seek the same work-life balance she has been mastering since her first day in the master's degree in occupational therapy program at the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy.... Read More »
Commencement 2018: Carol Haywood, USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
In the home stretch before graduation, Carol Haywood has her share of lessons learned from her journey to earning her PhD in Occupational Science from the USC Chan Divison of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy. "The type of research you do and the ways you demonstrate your competency as a... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
He was trapped. And the fire department couldn’t get him out. Hector Ruiz had climbed into a confined space inside a hopper at the iron foundry where he worked, to clean and unblock the huge auger screw conveyor at the bottom. After finishing, Ruiz went back in to retrieve a... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Every week, Sammy Cohen heads to Skid Row, the part of Downtown Los Angeles known for its large homeless population. Roughly 5,000 folks live on the streets there, according to a 2017 count. Working at homeless shelters, Cohen, 21, stands close as doctors perform checkups and give referrals to homeless patients.... Read More »
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Monday, May 7, 2018
It’s well known that exposure to extremely loud noises — whether it’s an explosion, a firecracker or even a concert — can lead to permanent hearing loss. But knowing how to treat noise-induced hearing loss, which affects about 15 percent of Americans, has largely remained a mystery. That may eventually... Read More »