SARGENT COLLEGE OF HEALTH
& REHABILITATION SCIENCES
635 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
(617) 353-2704
http://www.bu.edu/sargent
Annual Report 2005
Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary
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Strategic Planning
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Enrollment
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Academic Highlights
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Sponsored Research
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Financial Report
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Development and Alumni Relations
48
Centers Report
53
Faculty and Staff Transitions
71
Publications and Presentations
76
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
I am pleased to submit this Annual Report for AY 04/05 for Sargent College of Health
and Rehabilitation Sciences. This has been a year of change and growth for the
college. In January, 2005 I was appointed as the Dean of Sargent College. In my first
6 months as Dean, I met individually with all faculty and staff to obtain input on the
academic and administrative structure of the college. As outlined in the section on
Strategic Planning, this resulted in a reorganization of the academic departments and
the administrative structure of the college. Despite the change in leadership, the
faculty and staff continued to move forward with new and exciting academic programs
and to put in place several initiatives we had begun in AY 03/04 designed to increase
enrollments. In addition, in the past year the college’s faculty, staff and students have
achieved many impressive and important accomplishments the highlights of which are
presented in this report. Among the major highlights of the past year, the following are
most notable:
• In order to create more academically coherent departments the college’s two
departments were divided into four departments. The Department of Health
Sciences was divided into the Department of Health Sciences and the
Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Science and the Department of
Rehabilitation Sciences was divided into the Department of Physical Therapy
and Athletic Training and the Department of Occupational Therapy and
Rehabilitation Counseling. This reorganization of academic departments was
approved by the Board of Trustees effective July 1, 2005.
• With the goal of strengthening the undergraduate programs and increasing
our programs of research, the non-academic positions of Associate Dean for
Administration and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs were eliminated and
new academic positions for Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Research were created.
• After a 7-year downward trend in enrollments, the college saw a substantial
increase in the number of freshmen, external transfer and graduate program
applications.
• For Fall 2005 there is a 39% increase in freshman paid deposits.
• We are projecting a 23% growth in the total student body in Fall 2005 as
compared to Fall 2004.
• Our on-line post-professional degree programs continue to grow. In Fall 04 we
entered 33 students (11 FTE’s) into our new post-professional MSOT program
and had 258 students (86 FTE’s) registered in our transitional DPT program.
We project a class of 94 students (31 FTE’s) in the MSOT program and 240 (80
FTE’s) in the tDPT program in Fall 05.
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• The college’s faculty continues to build its funded research portfolio. Total
research dollars were down due to the fact that there are currently 5 unfilled
tenure-track faculty lines, as well as the fact that in September, 2004 funds for
the Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness (run by former Dean Jette) were
transferred from Sargent College to the new Health and Disability Research
Institute at Boston University. However, when these factors are taken into
account funding levels are stable.
• Several new research awards are of particular note. The Center for
Psychiatric Rehabilitation received a 5-year competitive renewal of its
Rehabilitation Research and Training center funded by NIDRR for $3,750,000.
Dean Waters received a 5-year $1,250,000 grant from the Department of
Education to develop a new, computerized assessment battery for older
children who are struggling readers. Professor Leher Singh who joined the
Communication Disorders faculty in 2003 as a junior faculty member received
two separate R03 grants from NIH for her work on language acquisition.
Professor Helen Barbas received a 5-year grant for $1,867,345 from NINDS for
her work on Prefrontal Anatomic Pathways in Executive Control and a 4-year
grant for $1,453,500 from NIMH for her work on the Organization of Prefrontal
Feedback Circuits.
• The college completed FY 2004-2005 with a $119,260 surplus in its
unrestricted budget due to funds resulting from the unfilled faculty lines.
• The college experienced a 13% increase in gift income in 2004-2005
compared to 2003-2004. However, giving in both 2003-2004 and 2004-2005
were down considerably from the previous four years.
I appreciate the strong support that I have received during my first 6 months as Dean.
I look forward to working with the faculty and staff in the next year to strengthen our
academic, clinical, and research programs in order to achieve our mission of leader in
the health and rehabilitation sciences. I welcome your comments and feedback.
Gloria S. Waters
Professor and Dean
Boston, August, 2005
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Strategic Planning
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OVERVIEW__________________________________________
There are many features of Sargent College that make it poised to be among the best
colleges of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences in the country. The professional
programs represented at Sargent (Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, SpeechLanguage Pathology, Audiology, Nutrition, and Rehabilitation Counseling) are the
major ones found in most rehabilitation and hospital settings. Few other colleges or
universities in the country have programs in all of these fields. Moreover, all of the
programs at Sargent College are ranked as being in the top tier of graduate
professional schools in publications such as the US News and World Report. In
addition, Sargent has excellent programs in other fields, such as Human Physiology
and Exercise Science, that constitute the basic sciences that underlie these
professional programs. Sargent can offer its students an interdisciplinary perspective
that other colleges cannot.
Sargent College is also well positioned because of its context. It is in a strong
research university with a medical school. Boston University has leading researchers
in medicine, as well as in the basic sciences, with many faculty working on topics that
are central to the Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. The research facilities in the
broader university, such as the new Neuroimaging Center, provide faculty and
doctoral students with facilities that are not available in many other colleges of Health
and Rehabilitation Sciences. In addition, Boston is home to numerous hospitals,
rehabilitation centers and health care facilities providing excellent settings in which
students can carry out their clinical placements and research.
Although Sargent College has a significant number of strengths, there are currently
many areas that need to be addressed in order for the college to fulfill its mission of
being a worldwide leader in health and rehabilitation sciences.
Despite the fact that the professional programs are ranked among the best nationally,
the number of students enrolling in these programs has been on the decline until very
recently. The reasons underlying the decline are multifaceted. The decline at the
undergraduate level in many cases is likely due to changes in the degree required for
entry into the profession. For example, until recently the degree required to practice in
the area of Occupational Therapy was a Bachelor of Science. There was a dramatic
decrease in the number of undergraduate students in Occupational Therapy when the
entry level changed to the Master of Science.
At the graduate level, a major factor appears to be the cost of Boston University tuition
relative to that of other comparable programs in the Boston area, coupled with the low
earning potential of the graduates in these professions. A threat to the graduate
research programs is the fact that the degree offered in all but one program is the ScD
rather than the PhD. However, the PhD is the commonly accepted research degree in
the majority of the graduate fields represented at Sargent. An additional threat is the
lack of sufficient funding for graduate scholarships and assistantships making for
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research students, making it difficult for the faculty to compete with other universities
and other programs at Boston University for students.
Another major issue is the small size of the faculty relative to the number of programs
offered. Sargent has 60 full-time faculty spread across 9 programs, with 5 tenure-track
positions currently being unfilled. Some programs have as few as two faculty
members, making it difficult to offer a wide enough array of courses and faculty
mentors to attract excellent students. The small number of faculty and large number of
programs makes it difficult to group the programs into departments in a coherent
fashion.
An additional challenge in terms of building the research programs concerns the fact
that due to the need to train students clinically, over half of the full time faculty
(approximately 31) are on non-tenure track clinical lines, with the majority of these
faculty having a Master’s degree or clinical doctorate. Furthermore, the two Associate
Dean positions were filled by administrative personnel rather than by faculty. Thus,
despite the fact that Sargent College has made excellent progress in the past 8 years
in terms of fostering a culture in which research is valued and encouraged and has
attracted some excellent new faculty members, a large proportion of the faculty are
not involved in research. Attracting new tenure track faculty who can help Sargent
meet its research mission is challenging due to the low salaries and high cost of living
in Boston. In addition, Sargent suffered a major setback to its research programs this
year when the Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness, run by former Dean Jette and
two Sargent faculty members (Haley and Latham), was transferred to the Health and
Disability Research Institute at Boston University.
Given the above, the Dean has set the priorities outlined below for Sargent College for
the next 5 years. Steps that have been taken towards achieving these goals in the
past 6 months are also outlined.
1. Reorganize the college into more coherent departments and implement a
management team that is more representative of all of the programs in the
college.
• In 2002 the college was reorganized into two large departments
(Rehabilitation Sciences and Health Sciences), rather than the previous 5 and a
Management team was put in place consisting of the Dean, the Chairs of the 2
departments, the 2 non-academic Associate Deans and the Chair of Faculty
Council. Although the programs in the Rehabilitation Science department were
somewhat coherent in terms of content, there was very little overlap between
the programs in the Health Sciences department making it difficult to
administer. Faculty felt that there was an added layer of administration, since
decisions had to first be run by the Program Director in the department before
the Chair. The amalgamated departments did not achieve any of the
anticipated savings in terms of cost of administration or shared courses. In
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addition, the faculty felt that with the new management structure, decisions in
the college were in the hands of very few academics.
In an effort to create departments that are more coherent, a proposal was put
forward to divide the Health Sciences Department into the Department of
Health Sciences and the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing
Science and the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences into the Department of
Physical Therapy and Athletic Training and the Department of Occupational
Therapy and Rehabilitation Counseling. The Board of Trustees approved the
reorganization of the academic departments effective July 1, 2005.
• In addition, consistent with our goals of increasing undergraduate enrollments
and our funded programs of research, the Dean eliminated the current nonacademic Associate Dean positions and replaced them with two newly created
academic positions—an Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and an
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research. Professor Melanie
Matthies assumed the role of Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs on
July 1, 2005 and as noted below, a search is currently underway for an
Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research.
• A new Academic Administrative Team consisting of the Dean, the two new
Associate Deans, the four Department Chairs and the Chair of Faculty Council
was put in place July 1. The new organizational structure of Sargent College is
shown in Figure 1.
2. Attract new doctoral-level faculty who have externally-funded programs of
research that focus on the basic sciences underlying rehabilitation, the
mechanisms of rehabilitation and/or the efficacy of current rehabilitation
techniques.
• In order to help achieve this goal the university has approved the search for
an Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, Chairs for the newly
formed Departments of Speech, Language and Hearing Science and
Department of Health Sciences, and 2 tenure-track faculty members for the
Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training. Searches are currently
underway and we hope to fill the positions for Fall 06.
• In an effort to deal with the issue of the low salaries of faculty at Sargent
College compared to some other colleges of Health and Rehabilitation
Sciences, the Dean carried out an equity analysis that compared the salaries at
Sargent College to those of our competitors. Salary equity raises were given to
Sargent faculty on a case-by-case basis when there was a significant
discrepancy. Faculty who received equity increases received one half of the
equity raise in January, 2005 with the other half being distributed over the next
few merit cycles.
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3. Increase enrollments at the undergraduate level and stabilize graduate
enrollments.
• As outlined in the enrollment sections in this report, several new nonprofessional programs have been put in place in order to increase enrollments
at the undergraduate level. In addition, combined undergraduate/graduate
programs have been developed in Speech-Language Pathology, Occupational
Therapy, Athletic Training/Physical Therapy and Health Science/Public Health
that allow students to obtain graduate professional degrees in an accelerated
fashion. These programs help to offset the higher cost of tuition at Boston
University.
• On-line programs have been developed in Occupational Therapy and
Physical Therapy that allow students who have professional credentials to
obtain a higher degree (MS in Occupational Therapy, DPT in Physical Therapy)
on-line. These initiatives have been extremely successful in increasing
enrollments.
4. Strengthen and increase our doctoral research programs.
• As can be seen in part from the accomplishments of students outlined in the
following sections, several of our doctoral programs are extremely strong with
students publishing in the top journals in their fields and being awarded national
awards such as NIH pre-doctoral awards. These students are at a
disadvantage since the degree tag for all but one of our programs is the Sc.D.
rather than the Ph.D. The faculty have put together a proposal to change the
degree tag from Sc.D. to Ph.D. for the doctoral program and Speech, Language
and Hearing Science and over the next few years we anticipate similar
proposals for other programs.
• In order to help Sargent College compete for excellent doctoral students, the
Provost approved 7 new doctoral teaching fellowships for Fall 2005. These
fellowships will provide full tuition and a $15,000 stipend.
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Figure 1. Organizational structure of Sargent College effective July 1, 2005.
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Enrollment
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OVERVIEW_________________________________________________________
A major issue facing the college over the past 8 years has been that of enrollment. In
1997 the college had a combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment of
approximately 1,350 FTEs. The number of FTEs dropped by almost 40% and
reached a low of 810 in 2003. Thus, a major area of focus for the college has been
that of enrollment management.
The number of freshmen, external transfer and graduate program applications
increased even more dramatically this year than last, reversing the seven year trend
downward which stabilized last year. As outlined below, this year we saw a dramatic
increase in the number of inquiries to our programs; the number of freshmen, transfer
and graduate applications; and the number of paid deposits. As a result, we are
projecting that in fall 2005 we will grow back to approximately 1,100 FTE on-campus
students and 110 FTE on-line students for a total student body of 1,210 FTEs. This
represents a growth of approximately 23% in one year. The sections below provide
more detail about the areas in which this increase has occurred. Tables 1 and 2 below
show the distribution of these students across the undergraduate and graduate
programs.
Freshmen
The number of inquiries to Sargent College undergraduate programs increased by
42.7% this year. This is reflective of a general increase in interest in the health and
rehabilitation sciences fields and the introduction of two new undergraduate program
options outlined below in the section on enrollment management.
The number of applications for the Freshman Class of 2009 increased by 20% from
622 to 743 and transfer applications rose by 56% from 53 to 82. The freshman
enrollment target was set at 160, an increase of 10 students over the AY 04-05 target
of 150 FTE students. As of July 22, 2005 we have 203 paid deposits (at this time last
year we had 142 paid deposits). This is a 39% increase in freshman paid deposits.
We do not expect this number to change significantly, as we do not lose many paid
deposits throughout the summer. The quality of the paid deposit class is up in SAT
scores: 1256 this year compared to 1231 in AY 04-05. The GPA and Rank are almost
identical to last year: GPA 3.57 and Rank 89.7.
As can be seen in Tables 1 and 2 the increase in Freshmen paid deposits is due to
the introduction of the new undergraduate program in Health Science, the new joint
Athletic Training/Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program, and the increased
popularity of our undergraduate Human Physiology program.
On-campus Graduate Students
Applications to the graduate programs at Sargent College increased 18% this year,
from 516 applications to 611 applications for fall 05. We projected an entering class of
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126, down 18 from last year due to the discontinuation of the on-campus postprofessional MS program in occupational therapy and the discontinuation of matching
the financial aid offered by Emerson College and Tufts University to our speechlanguage pathology and occupational therapy students. As of July 22nd we have 123
paid deposits for new, entering students to our graduate programs; we will lose some
of these deposits over the summer and anticipate an entering class of 120. Despite
the fact that we do not have an increased entering class size, we will have a much
larger graduate program than last year due to the fact that the entering class size was
also larger last year and we now will have larger class sizes in both years of our 2year MS programs.
On-Line Graduate Students
The number of on-line transitional DPT students has remained stable from last year
which was when the program reached its capacity. There are approximately 240 parttime or 80 FTE students enrolled in the program. The program will start it’s third year
of operation in fall 05 and this size of 80 per class is the maximum number we
anticipate. There are 6 years remaining on the contract for the program and we
anticipate that enrollment will decline steadily by approximately 10 FTEs per year as
the pool of possible applicants shrinks.
The MS program in occupational therapy, now in its second year of operation, has
grown to approximately 90 students, with new 30 FTEs entering per class. We
anticipate that the program size will continue like this through Fall 08 and decline
thereafter.
Table 1
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Undergraduate Programs
Undeclared
Communication Disorders
Human Phys./Exercise Sc.
Nutrition
Health Science
Subtotal
Fall 01
Fall 02
Fall 03
46
53
141
19
38
50
142
30
37
46
141
40
259
260
Communication Disorders
Applied Anatomy
Nutrition
Subtotal
57
18
23
98
Total
*Projection as of 7/22/05.
357
Fall 04
Fall 05*
264
51
51
160
47
3
312
76
61
206
51
401
432
50
8
14
72
54
9
16
79
60
8
27
95
72
9
51
132
342
343
407
564
Graduate Programs
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Table 2
DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES
Fall 01
Fall 02
Fall 03
Fall 04
Fall 05*
Undergraduate
Programs
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Athletic Training
Rehab & Human
Services
Subtotal
223
102
45
202
82
42
27
20
397
346
131
45
159
82
48
154
80
52
143
81
75
34
30
323
320
329
98
51
92
39
80
43
125
38
31
23
15
20
25
207
604
172
518
146
469
15
158
478
17
205
534
13
86
80
11
31
97
575
111
645
Graduate Programs
Physical Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Rehabilitation
Counseling
Rehabilitation Sciences
Subtotal
TOTAL On- campus
On-line Physical
Therapy (FTE)
On-line Occupational
Therapy (FTE)
TOTAL On-line
TOTAL incl. On-line
*Projection as of 7/22/05.
604
518
13
482
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ENROLLMENT
MANAGEMENT_______________________________________________
As noted above, the college began a decline in enrollments in both the undergraduate
and graduate programs in 1998. By the time this decline stopped in the fall of 2003
the college had experienced a substantial decrease in enrollments in both the
undergraduate and graduate programs.
There are likely many factors that account for the decrease in enrollment and different
factors are likely at play in different programs. For the most part, these factors are not
specific to Boston University and similar declines were seen nation-wide. One reason
for the decline in undergraduate enrollments was that many clinical health professional
degree programs, such as Occupational Therapy, moved to the post-baccalaureate
level. We therefore needed to find a new niche at the undergraduate level.
Interest in the professional graduate programs is very tied to employment
opportunities and dropped significantly when reimbursement by Medicare and
Medicaid dropped for services offered by the rehabilitation professions. In addition,
enrollments in Audiology and Physical Therapy have been affected as these
professions move to the clinical doctorate as the degree required for entry into the
professions.
One factor that has affected the graduate professional programs at Sargent much
more than some of our competitors, has been the extremely high cost of tuition at
Boston University relative to the low earning potential of individuals in the professions
represented at Sargent College. Thus, despite the fact that all 5 of our professional
graduate programs (Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech-Language
Pathology, Audiology, Rehabilitation Counseling) are ranked in the top tier nation-wide
using measures such as US News and World Report rankings, it has been
increasingly difficult to attract students into the professional programs.
Our dramatic growth over the past two years can be attributed to an improved market
for health professions and various enrollment strategies that we have implemented to
respond to the factors that we hypothesized were at play. These are outlined below.
New program development
Educating students in order to prepare them for the professions represented at
Sargent is extremely labor-intensive and costly due to the clinical education
component that is mandated by the licensing board for each profession. Thus, in the
past several years we have focused on trying to increase the size of our
undergraduate non-professional programs substantially. Our goal for the graduate
professional programs has been to increase each class to a manageable size and
then maintaining this class size. In addition, we have developed a number of joint
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undergraduate/graduate professional programs. These programs increase our
undergraduate class size and provide important feeders to our graduate programs.
They are particularly attractive to potential students since there is a substantial
savings in tuition (usually one year). These enrollment management strategies are
outlined in more detail below.
1. Undergraduate Major in Health Science
In the past several years there has been a trend for an increasing number of freshmen
inquiries to Sargent College from students who express a general interest in the
college but do not have a specific interest in one of the professional programs offered.
Evidence for this is that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of students
who come into Sargent College with their major being “undeclared”. These students
expressed an interest in the broader aspects of health care, indicating that they
eventually wanted to pursue a career in the health care industry but not in one of the
traditional rehabilitation professions represented at Sargent. This interest is likely
reflective of the fact that health care system changes over the past two decades have
expanded career opportunities in non-clinical health professions.
To respond to these diverse interests, in 2002-2003 we obtained approval for a new
undergraduate major in Health Science. This major offers students a strong
background in the health sciences, exposure to the humanities, and unique to this
major, a health care systems core, which includes topics such as health care delivery
systems and health care information systems. Another unique feature of this program
is that students carry out a practicum in their junior or senior year at one of many sites
in the greater Boston medical community, in Washington, D.C., at an international site
through the BU International Programs, including Ireland, Geneva, and New Zeland,
or though BU’s International Honors Health and Community Program in South Africa,
India or China. Examples of agencies that students may elect to work with include The
International Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International, and the US
Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Disability.
In the past year, the Program Director Eileen O’Keefe, M.D., MPH, worked with the
BU admissions staff and BU faculty to increase awareness of the program. In addition,
the website was expanded and various promotional materials were developed,
including advertising the new major in the Daily Free Press. In September 2004 three
sophomores and one junior enrolled in the major. By July, 2005 there were 40
students enrolled in the program.
2. Joint BS/MPH Program
A joint BS/MPH program with the BU School of Public Health was approved by the
Board of Trustees in fall 2002. This program is beginning to attract new students into
both the human physiology program and the health science major. There are
currently 12 students enrolled in this joint program benefiting both Sargent College
and the School of Public Health.
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3. Combined BS in Athletic Training/Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
Students who wish to qualify as certified athletic trainers must obtain a BS in Athletic
Training. Sargent faculty perceived that there is a need for students who are dualcertified in athletic training and physical therapy. The faculty developed a combined
program that would allow students to obtain the DPT in an accelerated fashion. In
2004-05 12 Sargent students were permitted to transfer into the program. The
program was marketed last year in the traditional ways that we market our programs,
as well as with a 6,000 piece targeted mailing to high school athletic trainers. This
program proved to be extremely attractive to students applying to Sargent and
resulted in 108 freshmen applications. Eighteen freshmen were accepted to the
program, so that there are currently 30 students enrolled in this program.
4. Accelerated BS/MS Programs in Speech-Language Pathology and
Occupational Therapy
As noted above, one of the major reasons that students (including our own
undergraduates) in both Speech-Language Pathology and Occupational Therapy give
for not choosing the graduate programs at Boston University is the high cost of tuition.
In the past two years, we have developed 5-year combined BS/MS programs in both
fields that allow stronger students to enter into an accelerated program in which they
obtain the Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in 5 rather than 6
years. In the past several years, the number of freshmen entering the Occupational
Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology programs has been very low and class size
has increased by both inter- and intra-university transfers in subsequent years.
However, for fall 05 the number of freshmen paid deposits has doubled (from 6 to 12)
for both programs perhaps indicating an interest in these new accelerated programs.
Recruitment
A. Freshman Class
For the past three years, Sargent College has worked with the Office of Admissions to
increase the student recruitment efforts for our undergraduate programs. We continue
to send direct mail pieces to selected SAT takers introducing them to our programs.
As noted above, this year we promoted our new AT/DPT program with a 6,000 piece
targeted mailing to high school athletic trainers. We hold open houses in the fall and
invite all freshman inquiries to visit the college, attend a faculty lecture, obtain program
information and meet with current students. These continue to be very well attended
and the yield of visitor to applicant is high. The increase in inquiry rate and application
rate reflect these activities.
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B. Inter- and Intra-university Transfers
An important source of new students for Sargent College continues to be inter- and
intra-university transfers. As noted above, this year there were 83 inter-university
transfer applications to Sargent College, as compared to 53 last year. In addition, a
significant number of students transfer to Sargent College from other colleges at
Boston University every year. In 2004-2005 there were 117 students who transfered
to Sargent compared to 89 the previous year. Many students who transfer into
Sargent indicate that they either were not aware of Sargent College or of the full range
of programs offered in the college when they originally applied to Boston University.
In the past year we have begun several initiatives to increase the visibility of Sargent
College within Boston University. In the fall, we initiated the Sargent Healthy Lifestyle
Challenge. Nearly, 1,200 members of the Boston University community participated in
the challenge. During the year, we unveiled a new “challenge” on the website and in
an email to participants every two weeks. Each challenge was a lifestyle tip, change or
recommendation created by BU Sargent College students and faculty members that
promote healthy living. Challenges came from all programs in the college.
In a second initiative to promote the visibility of Sargent, faculty in the Nutrition
Program worked with BU Dining Services to create a healthier dining environment at
BU by introducing “Sargent Choice” a new line of nutritious and tasty food items at all
dining halls, retail dining locations and through Catering on the Charles. Sargent
Choice baked items were available in the College of Arts and Sciences Café and the
Fitness and Recreation Center last year and will be available at all campus dining and
retail locations in 2005-06. Faculty and students in the Nutrition Program have
developed a variety of educational materials to accompany the Sargent Choice items
in order to educate the BU community about eating healthily.
The move of our Physical Therapy Clinic to the new recreation and fitness center will
create greater visibility for the college. In addition, the addition of classes in the area of
nutrition to the offerings of the Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Department
will help create greater awareness of the course offerings in nutritional science at
Sargent College.
In addition to creating greater visibility for Sargent College in general, in the past year
we have put several initiatives in place to highlight several of our programs. One area
in which we have been particularly successful has been in promoting our
undergraduate program in Human Physiology. This program is an excellent option for
students interested in a pre-med curriculum. The advantages of this program, as
compared to other pre-med options at Boston University, are the focus on humans
and the opportunity to work with excellent faculty in a more personalized environment
than in the College of Arts and Sciences. In fact, the program at Sargent is the only
such program in the Northeast and several students have indicated that they came to
Boston University specifically for this reason. In the past several years we have
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developed promotional materials specifically for this program, have redesigned the
web site to make the program more visible, have worked with the Pre-med advising
office at BU to make sure that students are aware of this option, and have advertised
the major within BU by placing ads in the Daily Free Press. These initiatives have
been extremely successful. Next to the Physical Therapy program, the Human
Physiology program has the largest number of incoming freshmen. In addition, due to
the number of students who have transferred into this major, it is now the largest
undergraduate program at Sargent.
C. Graduate Professional Programs
In AY 03 Sargent College contracted with STAMATS to conduct a comprehensive
review of our graduate program marketing and communications activities, strategies
and tactics, our competitive position in the marketplace and an evaluation of our
academic programs in light of marketplace desires and demands. The report and
recommendations were presented to the college in May 2004. The key
recommendations were outlined in the 2004 Annual Report for Sargent College. Many
of those recommendations have been implemented during this academic year. They
include:
• the development of high quality publications for each of the graduate
programs at the college
• the consistent use of key messages in all materials describing the college
and its programs
the implementation of an open house visitation program for prospective
graduate students – this open house was held in November 2004
the development of a systematic series of contacts with inquiries
the redesign of the graduate bulletin
D. Doctoral Programs
The recent allocation by the university of seven teaching fellowships (tuition and
stipend) will result in the recruitment of top quality doctoral students to our research
programs.
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ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS
HEALTH SCIENCES_________________________________________________
Programs in Communication Disorders (CD)
Undergraduate Program
Efforts in the undergraduate program mainly focused on the areas of advising and
recruitment and retention this year. The undergraduate advisors met regularly
throughout the year, worked on group events for the students, resolved some complex
advising issues and generated plans for recruitment. They hosted a breakfast for the
sophomores in conjunction with their completion of the Phonetics course (CD521) and
spring registration. Faculty attended the Junior Pledge ceremony. Seniors had a
group meeting with faculty to discuss preparation of graduate school applications and
also were honored with a luncheon prior to graduation. Freshmen attended orientation
events and were taken out to dinner by the National Students of Speech, Language
and Hearing Association (NSSLHA) group.
The National Students of Speech, Language and Hearing Association (NSSLHA)
sponsored a showing of the film, AFTER WORDS, an inspiring documentary film
about aphasia, on 12/3/04. Faculty and students attended as well as members of the
Aphasia Community Group and a reception followed the film.
NSSLHA in conjunction with the CD program, sponsored the 26th annual CD/NSSLHA
conference on 3/21/05. The topic was “Developing attention: Identifying and
accommodating vulnerabilities in a child’s executive system” and it was presented by
Penny Prather, Ph.D. and Petrus de Vries, M.D., Ph.D. The conference was well
attended and generated many positive comments about its content and organization.
Recruitment plans for 2005-06 include activities to generate transfers and/or minors
from within BU, as well as increasing applications and enrollments from high-school
students. At the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Disorders
(CAPCSD) annual meeting, it was noted that open houses for high school students
are not a successful recruitment strategy but talking to guidance counselors at feeder
high schools was helpful. To facilitate contacts with high-school students, discussions
with BU Admissions for SAR faculty and CD in particular will be helpful. Scott
Alessandro at the Summer Challenge Program for high school students at BU was
contacted. We are hoping to explore mechanisms for providing information to the
summer program students about the professions in communication disorders.
We have recruited an undergraduate to represent CD on SeniorNet. This opportunity
is sponsored by the BU Office of Career Services. Seniors can volunteer to be
contacted by “undeclared, confused or curious” students looking for information about
majors. In addition, in order to reach a wider undergraduate audience American
Speech and Hearing Association recruiting materials will be posted near Psychology
and Spanish departments/classrooms.
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MS in Speech-Language Pathology
Student enrollment in the Master of Science Degree Program in Speech-Language
Pathology increased from 25 in 2003-04 to 38 in 2004-05. This necessitated the
development of several new clinical experiences for students. These included:
A relationship was established with the Baldwin Public School (Brighton) to
have a Boston University clinical supervisor accompany six graduate students
a semester, one-half day a week, to the site to provide language and literacy
enhancement lessons for children in the early childhood classes. In addition
to providing an opportunity for students to be exposed to typically developing
children, it also provided an opportunity for students to work with children
from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
A relationship was established with the Boston Area Aphasia Community
Group that resulted in expanded opportunities for students to service
neurologically impaired adults in the BU Academic Speech and Language
Center. An aphasia book club and theme group met weekly and computer
classes met monthly. In addition, a music group met intermittently throughout
the year.
Boston University clinical faculty members were assigned to oversee both of
the above described activities. Faculty members were able to facilitate
connections between what was being taught in classes with what was being
practiced in the clinical setting.
A new curriculum for the Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology
was approved by the faculty during the Spring Semester. This curriculum will be
implemented in September 2005. It is aligned with the new clinical certification
requirements of the American Speech-Hearing-Language Association’s requirements
and reflects current practice patterns in the profession.
The combined BS/MS program underwent a revision pursuant to the major curriculum
changes in the M.S. Speech-Language Pathology program. The first student will be
following the new curriculum beginning in the fall.
Doctoral Curriculum Changes
After careful consideration of the long term plans and goals for Sargent College, it was
decided that the clinical track of the ScD program in Audiology would be discontinued.
This was a very difficult decision but with the newly aligned priorities in the College,
we did not have the resources to deliver an excellent program without having a
negative impact on other academic goals.
The faculty in the Communication Disorders Program has formally requested the
conversion of our current Sc.D degrees in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
to a Ph.D. In support of this request, we have noted that our doctoral students are
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being educated in a long-standing and high quality program that is staffed by senior
faculty with active research programs and two exceptional new faculty members who
have outstanding potential to compete for extramural funding. The doctoral program is
small but it has attracted excellent students over the years and we believe that the
Ph.D degree designation will help our future recruitment efforts. Furthermore, our
doctoral program is preparing students for research and teaching careers, therefore
the Ph.D. is more consistent with the work that our students are currently doing and
their prospects for faculty positions. Also, the Ph.D. is offered in 62 of the 63 research
doctoral programs listed on the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association
(ASHA) website (www.asha.org/students/academic/doctoral/doctoral_programs.htm).
As the Ph.D. degree is offered by virtually all of our academic competitors, we feel that
this change would be very beneficial to our efforts to attract top students. These
issues were discussed at a meeting on 1/25/05 and the Communication Disorders
faculty voted unanimously (11 in favor, 0 abstaining, 0 absent) to support this request.
It was also approved by the Health Sciences department and the Sargent College
faculty on 5/6/05. A formal Stage I proposal is in the process of being completed.
Health Science Program
Since the health science program is still a new major within Sargent College, our
initiatives in the past year focused on two broad areas: 1) Program and curriculum
development and 2) Student recruitment. We realize that these two areas build on
each other. A strong curriculum will attract and will also maintain a strong student
body, and student recruitment is crucial to program development. Getting sound
program information out to potential students that clearly identifies the strengths and
potential career tracts of the health science major is one of our goals.
Curricular development:
Practicum site development. The focus for 2004-05 year was development of
health science practicum opportunities for health science students, particularly
outside the Boston area. This involved meeting first with the Director of
Academic Affairs with BU International Programs Office to explore which sites
might be most appropriate and then meeting with program site directors
individually. We developed practicum opportunities in Washington DC,
Auckland, NZ, Dublin, Ireland and Geneva Switzerland. Examples of agencies
that students may elect to work with include The International Red Cross,
Doctors Without Borders, Amnesty International, and the US Department of
Health & Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Disability. During the spring
semester the Deputy Director of HHS Office of Disability presented a noon
lecture to students, faculty and staff at Sargent College, which was well
attended. The International Honors Program Health and Community program is
also an option for health science majors. Students complete their practicum
requirements during their junior and senior years. We have also established
local practicum opportunities for program students at BU Clinical Centers.
Further development of course curricula. New course development.
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HP 210 Introduction to Critical Inquiry (O’Keefe) was first given in the spring 2005
semester. Registration was capped at twenty-three students, and the class was full.
We have yet to review student feedback on this course.
HP 300 Research Design and Evaluation (O’Keefe); course content and textbook
selection were completed. This course will commence in fall 2005. There are twentythree students registered for this course.
HS Health Care Information Systems. Professor Schotland received funding to
develop this course as a class for summer 2006 session.
Program accreditation: Health Information Management (HIM) accreditation. At the
Health Science curriculum committee meetings this year, committee members
reviewed accreditation requirements, specifically, curricular requirements toward HIM
Accreditation. There were extensive additional curricular requirements and unclear
career benefits to program graduates. It was decided not to pursue this option at this
time and to revisit this issue in spring 2006.
Health Informatics: During the spring semester, we explored the Health Informatics
program on the BU medical campus. We met with Health Informatics faculty members.
This program may offer practicum experience and honor’s thesis opportunities to
health science students. The course syllabus for GMS 706, Computers Applications in
Health Care Biomedicine was reviewed and may be an elective course option for
seniors in the health science program.
Health Science Curriculum Committee: Committee members met five times during the
academic year and continued their work on health science curriculum development.
Student Recruitment:
• In order to increase awareness of the health science program among BU
admissions staff in September 2004, the Program Director made a presentation
describing the health science program to BU admission staff. These staff
members attend high school college fairs and speak with high school students
and distribute information on BU and its undergraduate programs.
Presentations were given at freshmen orientation and open houses (Oct 22nd, Nov
5th).
Presentations were also given at Accepted Student Open Houses April 9th and April
23rd.
Web site: this year we worked primarily on the curriculum and the study abroad
sections. These were successfully completed. Visit:
http://www.bu.edu/sargent/programs/undergraduate/health_science/index.html
Distribution of materials; posters and brochures. We developed a Health Science
Program Bulletin Board outside the Health Science Department Reception area on the
fourth floor. This highlights the study abroad options and contains pamphlets on the
health science program. Program pamphlets were also made available at Sargent
undergraduate open houses.
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The Program Director gave a presentation to Sargent College undeclared freshmen
students in HP 151 to increase awareness of health science major option in April
2005.
The Program Director communicated informally with many Sargent College faculty
and staff, and served on committees with them. A flyer was distributed to all college
faculty and the student counselors describing any new curricular courses open to
students in other programs. There is evidence that Sargent College faculty and staff
are aware of the health science major and have referred students to the program
Advertising. A health science program advertisement was placed in the Daily Free
Press in November and March through Sargent College Communication Department.
Nutrition Programs
Goals for the Nutrition Programs and Progress in Meeting Goals were as
follows:
I. Maintain/increase enrollment in both the undergraduate and graduate
programs.
The first class of students was admitted into the undergraduate Nutritional Science
Program in 2000. We have thus had two consecutive years in which we have students
in all four years of our undergraduate program. Total undergraduate enrollment has
increased by about 10% per year and total enrollment for the two years in which we
have had students in all four years of the program was 40 in Fall 03 and 44 in Fall 04.
Many students come to Boston University having an undergraduate degree in an area
other than Nutritional Sciences and enroll in the series of undergraduate courses
required to meet the American Dietetic Association requirements (the Didactic
Program in Dietetics- DPD) to matriculate into the MS and Dietetic Internship (DI)
Program. In the past year, the number of applicants to both the MS Program and to
the DPD/MS/DI program have increased. This may have been due to the fall open
house that we hosted for the first time. We are limited in the number of students that
we can accept into this program due to the number of internship sites. Thus, although
there was not a significant increase in the number of MS student, the increase in
applications to the DPD/MS/DI Program allowed us to be more selective and enroll a
stronger MS class. In addition, as the DPD/MS/DI Program has grown the enrollment
in our undergraduate courses has grown. As our first large class of BS and DPD
students moved through their first year, enrollments in the undergraduate courses
taken by both groups increased considerably:
Course
Life Cycle Nutrition
Food Science
Spring ’04
16
12
Spring ‘05
30
25
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As this class moves through the remainder of the program, enrollments in Medical
Nutrition Therapy I and II, Management of Food Service Systems, Applied Nutrition
Care and Applications of Food Service Management will increase. The DPD/MS/DI
class behind this first full undergraduate class is also large and enrollments in the
undergraduate classes should remain high.
As seen below, an increasing number of non-Sargent Students have enrolled in the
introductory nutrition courses over the past several years. This has resulted in a
significant increase in credit hours taught.
Human Nutrition Science
Introduction to Nutrition
Fall ’03
77
Fall ’04
89
Spring ’04
119
90
Spring ‘05
173
111
Finally, a nutrition minor was approved by CAS. We anticipate that this minor will
increase enrollments in our courses significantly.
II. Convene advisory group for American Dietetic Association mandated review
of undergraduate Dietetics Program
As a result of the submission of a Program Assessment Report to the American
Dietetic Association in November 2004 and its acceptance in January 2005, we were
told that we no longer have to abide by the earlier report and therefore did not have to
convene this advisory group.
III. Complete project initiated in ’02-’03 to determine if all competencies
promised to ADA in undergrad and grad courses are being met.
Project completed. Competencies not being met were transferred to other courses
where they will be met.
IV. Discuss development of joint nutrition/exercise program at the
undergraduate or graduate level.
After considering this joint program the faculty decided not to pursue it in the
immediate future.
V. Discuss development of joint biology/nutrition program at undergraduate
level.
This initiative was not pursued last year but will be a high priority for ’05-’06.
VI. Review graduate curriculum and begin development of program focus on
“Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyles for Weight Management”.
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There has been discussion about, and revision of, the graduate curriculum this past
year. Some changes include:
• Revision of HS 742, Nutrition for Disease Prevention and HS 776, Nutritional
Epidemiology. Revisions were made to eliminate overlap and allow more time
for discussion of specific issues related to disease prevention (including
prevention of overweight/obesity). Specifically, HS 742 will now focus on
disease prevention in children and HS 776 on disease prevention in adults. The
increased time devoted to pediatric issues is in line with the current concern
regarding the development of risk factors for chronic diseases in children.
As a result of discussion with many prospective students we are working on reducing
the time to complete the DPD/MS/DI from six semesters plus an Internship to five
semesters plus an Internship. We hope to initiate this plan in either fall ’05 or fall ’06.
Additional Initiatives Worked on During the ’04-’05 Year
I. Obtain approval from the American Dietetic Association for the Program
Assessment Report for both the undergraduate DPD and the graduate MS/DI.
Approval obtained in January ’05 after several revisions.
II. Sargent Choice Program initiated; development continues
A line of healthy muffins and cookies was developed by Stacey Stimets and produced
by BU Dining for sale at two campus locations.
Work is now in progress on beginning a program of Sargent-Approved Foods at
residential dining locations, retail locations and catering.
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ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS
REHABILITATION SCIENCES_________________________________________
Athletic Training
The AY2004-05 marked the first year of accepting transfer students into the
accelerated Athletic Training/Doctor of Physical Therapy (AT/DPT) program.
Beginning in Fall 2005, students will enter as freshmen into the program. Because
freshmen, sophomores and juniors essentially follow the same course of study, the
collective enrollment of both programs must be considered for program planning (see
Table).
The AT/DPT program is proving to be attractive, with 108 applications resulting in
18 paid deposits for the Fall 2005 semester. In addition to the routine Sargent College
outreach, web site changes and a 6,000-piece targeted mailing to high school athletic
trainers constituted the only additional advertising, further emphasizing the desirability
of this unique program.
Freshmen
AT
AT/DPT
Sophomores
AT
AT/DPT
Juniors
AT
AT/DPT
Seniors
AT
AT/DPT
TOTAL
AT
AT/DPT
2005 – 06
29
11
18
24
18
6
15
14
1
13
8
5
81
51
30
2004 – 05
15
15
0
18
18
0
13
13
0
8
8
0
54
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The dramatic increase in enrollment requires that we develop a plan to accommodate
all students in quality clinical education experiences. We developed a proposal to
expand placement opportunities for sophomore athletic training students from our
2004-05 maximum of 18 to a 2005-06 maximum of 24 – 26 students. The plan
includes development of super sites where, through a contractual arrangement, a site
agrees to provide opportunities for additional students in return for athletic training
services. We are currently working with Massachusetts Institute of Technology to
establish such an arrangement.
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The increased enrollment will place additional stress on our already-understaffed
operation. Because we were not able to fill our tenure-track open line, recent approval
has been given to a one-year temporary hire for a Clinical Assistant Professor.
Occupational Therapy
Undergraduate Program
In Fall 2004, 25 new post-baccalaureate students matriculated into the MSOT
program. The number of new students was similar to previous years despite the fact
that additional scholarship monies were available in 2004. The total number of
applications to the MSOT program was down in 2005, which is not consistent with
reports of an upturn in applications from other programs in the US. We are not sure
how to account for this discrepancy, except that less scholarship money was available
compared to AY2003-04, and that recruitment activities may have been affected
because the planned revision of recruitment materials and the website had not been
completed. We were, however, very successful in conversion in 2005: 19 of 48
students admitted (39%) have made deposits.
Graduate Program
We had a very successful launch of the on-line post-professional MS program and
have a projected enrollment of 31 FTE’s for Fall 05. We are in process of preparing a
Stage 1 proposal for an on-line post-professional OTD program to present to the
College for review in the Fall. A market analysis by Embanet/EKG was favorable and
they have indicated interest in working with us to launch this program (if approved by
the College and the University).
In 2004-2005 the Occupational Therapy faculty implemented an innovative new
curriculum in the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) program. The
new curriculum is designed to prepare excellent practitioners meet current and future
societal needs. It has three organizing threads that guide all instruction: a clear
emphasis on engagement in occupation as the focus of the profession, a commitment
to client-centered practice, and a strong belief that practice must be guided by the best
scientific evidence available. Two important features distinguish the new curriculum:
1. Academic and clinical learning are integrated throughout the program with four
semester-long fieldwork experiences that provide exposure to multiple settings and
populations. Fieldwork experiences are integrated with other coursework through
assignments that require investigation analysis, and problem-solving related to issues
from the fieldwork setting. In addition, students participate in a weekly integrative
seminar to help them draw together and synthesize the learning from academic and
clinical experiences.
2. The curriculum takes a holistic approach to occupational therapy assessment and
intervention. All the clinical courses are taught from a life-course perspective rather
than the traditional divisions by diagnosis (mental health; physical disabilities) or by
age group (pediatrics; geriatrics). In addition, a series of clinical cases guide the
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introduction of relevant assessment, intervention, and systems issues as they would
typically occur in relation to each part of the life course.
Physical Therapy
Undergraduate Program
Although the overall number of students enrolled in the undergraduate Health Studies
program continues to decline, freshman enrollments for Fall 2005 suggest a turn in the
declining tide. We had 202 students in Fall 2002, 159 students in Fall 2003, and 154
in Fall 2004. The enrollment of freshmen in the BSHS program in Fall 2004 was 46
and we have 53 paid deposits for AY2005-06. In addition, the accelerated AT/DPT
program has 18 paid deposits from an application pool of 108 (see AT program annual
report for a full description). Thus, there are 68 freshmen who would be expected to
matriculate into the DPT program during their senior year.
An important issue concerning the undergraduate program addressed by the faculty
this year was that of attrition. The DPT program had a higher than desired attrition rate
due to the higher grade point average(3.0) needed to remain in the program compared
to the previous MS program. In looking at those students who were having difficulty in
the program it seemed that those freshmen who had been rated as a 5 on admission
had difficulty maintaining adequate grades to succeed in the program. The goal for
the 2005-2006 was to admit only applicants with admission scores of 1-4 to the
freshman class. We anticipate that this will reduce the attrition due to academic failure.
Graduate Program
In Fall 2004, 21 new post-baccalaureate students and 42 seniors entered the oncampus full-time DPT program. Mainly due to the large attrition in the undergraduate
Health Studies program we had a smaller class compared to previous years. Our
recruitment efforts for AY2005-06 have resulted in 41 paid deposits for postbaccalaureate admission, implying that we have successfully impacted the downward
trend over the past 6 years in enrollment of new students. The larger number of postbaccalaureate students also allows us to counterbalance the large attrition at the
undergraduate level. We anticipate 35 post-baccalaureate students will matriculate
into the program in AY2005-06. This far exceeds our goal of 25 post-baccalaureate
students for Fall of 2004. This increased enrollment may be the result of advertising
our professional programs at the APTA conferences and the aggressive marketing of
our on-line tDPT program to all physical therapists in the US. Again, these efforts have
clearly increased our visibility at a national level.
The on-line tDPT program continues to thrive. Twenty- seven students completed the
first residency portion of the on-line program and graduated January 25, 2005.
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Rehabilitation Counseling
Undergraduate Program
The enrollment of students in the BS program in Rehabilitation and Human Services
(BSRHS) in Fall 2004 increased to 41 as compared to Fall 2003 when 22 students
were enrolled in the BSRHS program, although no new students entered as freshman
in 2005. This program has never had significant numbers in the freshman year and the
BSRHS program currently relies more on transfer students. Currently the BSRHS
program has 15 minors who may be potential transfer undergraduate or graduate
students. This is the result of more aggressively advertising the Minor in Rehabilitation
and Human Services within BU. It is important to note that the new SAR marketing
initiatives and the reconfiguration of the departments may have an impact on
freshman enrollment in the future as well as with transfers.
The increased enrollment in the Rehabilitation Counseling service courses has been
an area of on-going success. Not only are we able to generate significant credit
hours, but also we are in a unique position of providing course content to students
from other programs in SAR, CAS and other programs. We have been soliciting input
from SAR programs to make the course information most relevant when possible. Of
particular note are the projected enrollments for the following courses, which relate to
the mission and goals of the Rehabilitation Science Department and SAR:
HP252: Disability in the Life Span (Soydan-Sullivan) - 48 students from SAR;
RC412: Abnormal Behavior in Rehabilitation (Nemec) - 75 students from SAR
and other programs;
RC500: Helping Skills (Miranda) - 51 students from SAR and SMG.
Graduate Program
In Fall 2004 we experienced an increased enrollment in the MS program, suggesting
that we have successfully impacted the downward trend in enrollments that we have
experienced over the past 5 years. This was, however, largely due to the availability of
more scholarships for post-baccalaureate students. Intensified recruitment and
marketing activities for our individual programs are necessary to increase the number
of new students enrolled in our programs. With less scholarships (Unit 16 and external
training grants funding) available for AY2005-06, an enrollment of 5 MS students is
expected for Fall 2005.
Doctoral Program in Rehabilitation Sciences
In the second year of its existence, the ScD program in Rehabilitation Sciences
attracted 7 new doctoral students during AY2004-05 (5 in Fall 2004 and 2 in Spring
2005). Again students from many different countries (Japan, Israel, Taiwan and USA)
entered the program. It is expected that at least 35 doctoral students will be enrolled in
AY2005-06. As a result, most research faculty have a full load in supervising doctoral
students. Therefore we accepted less new students for Fall 2005; our projection is
that 3 new students will enter the program. The ScD program in Rehabilitation
Sciences was advertised at the national professional conferences in the fields of
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Athletic Training, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Counseling. A folder was developed for advertising purposes and the Sargent College
website for the ScD program in Rehabilitation Sciences was revised to make it more
attractive to future students.
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FACULTY AND STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENTS______________________________________
Faculty Awards
Arthur E. Dell Orto, Professor in Rehabilitation Counseling, received the
Distinguished Career Award from the National Council on Rehabilitation Education in
Tucson, AZ . February 2005.
Arthur E. Dell Orto, Professor in Rehabilitation Counseling and Patricia Nemec
Clinical Associate Professor in Rehabilitation Counseling, received the Rehabilitation
Services Commissioner Award for Excellence Doctoral Education, Washington DC.
October 2004.
Marianne Farkas received a National Commendation Award in recognition of
research, teaching and advocacy in the field of disability from the National Association
of Rehabilitation 2005 for Service to Field Research and Training Centers.
Marianne Farkas received the Lifetime Achievement Award, New York International
Association for Rehabilitation Services 2004.
Linda Fetters, Associate Professor in Physical Therapy, received the Sargent College
Award of Merit for outstanding leadership in the development of physical therapy
education programs at Boston University.
Karen Jacobs, Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy received a Fullbright
Scholar award to spend the fall 2005 semester at the University of Akureyri in Iceland.
Karen Jacobs, Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy received the 2004 Herbert
J. Hall Award which honors contributions and service to the occupational therapy
profession.
Judith Schotland, Assistant Professor in Health Sciences, received the Whitney R.
Powers Teaching Excellence Award from Sargent College.
Janet Turner, graduate financial aid administrator, received the Sargent College
Award of Merit for her extraordinary efforts and advocacy on behalf o the College’s
graduate students.
Other Faculty Activities
Helen Barbas, Professor of Health Sciences, served as a member of the COG NIH
Study Section.
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Sue Berger, Clinical Assistant Professor in Occupational Therapy, served as a
member of the American Occupational Therapy Association Gerontology Board
Certification Panel.
Sara Brown, Clinical Associate Professor in Athletic Training, was re-elected as vicepresident of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Board of Certification (BOC).
Clinical Associate Professor Sara Brown and Clinical Assistant Professor Mark
Laursen served as site visitors for the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
Education Programs.
Sharon Cermak, Professor in Occupational Therapy, served as a member of the
Advisory Board for the Maternal and Child Health Program at the Boston University
School of Public Health.
Wendy Coster, Associate Professor in Occupational Therapy, chaired an
International Conference on Evidence-based Occupational Therapy sponsored by the
American Occupational Therapy Association and the American Occupational Therapy
Foundation and funded by a grant she wrote to AHRQ. Representatives from 13
countries met to initiate collaborative efforts to disseminate evidence to the
international OT practice community.
Wendy Coster, Associate Professor in Occupational Therapy, served on the Editorial
Board of the journal Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics.
Arthur Dell Orto, Program Director and Professor in Rehabilitation Counseling, was
reappointed Commissioner of Professional Standards and Accreditation for the
Council on Rehabilitation Education.
Arthur Dell Orto, Program Director and Professor in Rehabilitation Counseling,
served on the editorial board of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal.
Linda Duncombe, Clinical Associate Professor in Occupational Therapy, served on
the editorial board of the journals Occupational Therapy in Health Care and
Occupational Therapy in Mental Health.
Marianne Farkas, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Psychiatric
Rehabilitation, served on the Board for the World Association of Psychosocial
Rehabilitation.
Marianne Farkas, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Psychiatric
Rehabilitation, was selected Chair, Research and Best Practices Committee of the
World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Chair, Training Committee of the
National Association of Rehabilitation and Research Training Centers.
Linda Fetters, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy, was a member of the
editorial board of the journal Pediatric Physical Therapy and the Journal of
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
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Norm Hursh, Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling, served as the ChairElect and Commissioner, Certification of Disability Management Specialists and a
member of the editorial board for Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and
Rehabilitation.
Karen Jacobs, Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy, served as a delegation
leader for a group of occupational therapists who went to Russia as a part of the
Ambassadors People to People Program.
Susan Kandarian, Professor of Health Sciences, served on the SMEP study section
of NIH and on the editorial board of American Journal of Physiology: Cell Physiology.
Gerald Kidd, Professor of Communication Disorders, served as the Associate Editor
of the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
Steve Lewis, Associate Professor of Health Sciences, served on the editorial board of
the Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain.
Nancy Lowenstein, Clinical Assistant Professor in Occupational Therapy, served on
the Massachusetts Professional Licensing Board for Allied Health Professions.
Melanie Matthies, Associate Professor of Communication Disorders, served as a
Section Editor for the Ear and Hearing Journal.
Deanne McCraith Clinical Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, served as a
board member of the Massachusetts Brain Injury Association.
Diane Parris, Clinical Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders, was the
organizer for the Stuttering Foundation of America biannual workshop which was held
at Boston University.
Nancy Peatman, Clinical Assistant Professor in Physical Therapy, was elected
secretary of the Education Section, American Physical Therapy Association.
Maria E. Restrepo-Toro, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Psychiatric
Rehabilitation, concluded her term one-year term on the board of USPRA (United
States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association) and was elected to serve as the Chair of
the USPRA Multicultural Committee.
Maria E. Restrepo-Toro, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Psychiatric
Rehabilitation, served on the Board of Directors of MASS- USPRA (Massachusetts
chapter United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association).
Joan Salge-Blake served as the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee of the
Massachusetts Dietetic Association.
Gary Skrinar, Professor of Health Sciences, served on the Executive Committee of
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the New England chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Wayne Tyrell, Clinical Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Counseling, served as an
executive committee member of the Council of Rehabilitation Education.
Robert Wagenaar, Chair of the Rehabilitation Sciences Department, was an invited
member of a strategic planning session entitled Opportunities for Rehabilitation
Research in Chronic Stroke sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, USA and
Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Italy, Pisa/Rome, Italy, November, 2004.
Gloria Waters, Professor of Communication Disorders and Linda Tickle-Degnan,
Associate Professor in Occupational Therapy were invited to participate in the
Interagency Committee on Disability Research workshop on “Capacity Building for
Research in Rehabilitation Science Professions”, Washington, D.C., June, 2005.
Student Awards
Rebecca Additon (BS in Health Studies) received a Sargent College community
service award.
Ayelet Ben-Sasson and Ling-Yi Lin (Sc.D. in Occupational Therapy) received travel
awards to present their research at the Gatlinburg Conference on Theory and
Research in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Annapolis, MD in March.
Gayle DeDe (ScD, Communication Disorders) received a NRSA Pre-doctoral
Fellowship from the NIH.
Nina Gluchowski (BS, Human Physiology), was one of two Boston University
students to receive a Melville Scholarship.
Kelly Hannon (MSOT II) received an Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. Her project
involves an organization called "Project Respite Care".
Andrew Judge (Ph.D. in Applied Anatomy and Physiology) won a Young Investigator
Award based on the presentation of his work at the Skeletal Muscle and Stem Cells
conference sponsored by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental
Biology.
Hero Fiona McNaughten (BSOT) received the Florence Hunter Award (established
for excellence of scholarship while also fulfilling demanding work responsibilities).
Megan Murai (BS Athletic Training) received the Bernard Kutner Award and the
Scarlet Key award.
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Lisa Olshefski (BS Communication Disorders) received the Pamela Posen Endowed
Memorial Scholarship which is awarded to support travel supplementing the student’s
study abroad.
Katherine Perlsweig, (BS Athletic Training) received the Anthony A. Schepsis &
David W. Zimmer Award, presented annually to an exceptional student in the Boston
University Athletic Training program.
Amy Porter (Sc.D Rehabilitation Counseling) received the Rehabilitation Services
Commissioner’s National Student Scholar Award, Washington DC. October 2004.
Victoria Sacoccio (BS Nutritional Science) was awarded a Harold C. Case
Scholarship.
Louise Stanczak (Sc.D. Communication Disorders) was one of five doctoral students
nationwide to receive a New Century Scholar doctoral scholarship from the American
Speech and Hearing Foundation, November, 2004.
Louise Stanczak (Sc.D., Communication Disorders) received a travel award from the
American Speech and Hearing Association.
Louise Stanczak (Sc.D., Communication Disorders) received the Sargent College
Dean’s Award at Boston University’s Science and Engineering Day.
Louise Stanczak (Sc.D., Communication Disorders) received a fellowship to attend
the Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth Medical School.
Jeanna Tachiki (BS in Nutritional Sciences) received the Twiness Award and the
American Dietetics Association Outstanding Dietetics Student Award for 2005.
Betty Yung (BS/MSOT) received the Student Activity Award (established for
recognition of student contribution to College, University, and community activities).
Janelle Ziobro (BS Communication Disorders), Orley White (BS/MSOT), and
Courtney Bryan (BS in Rehabilitation and Human Services) received Sargent College
Professional Contribution Awards for their great potential professionally as
demonstrated by their scholarship, research, clinical experience, and promotion of
their program to the community.
Other Student Activities
Amir Lahav, a doctoral student in rehabilitation sciences presented an invited talk,
“Musical Solutions to Motor Dysfunctions” at the United Nations in New York City as
part of the International Conference on Promoting an Enabiling Environment: Music,
Technology, Culture and Healthcare.
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Megan Murai submitted a case study to the Southeastern Athletic Trainers’
Association (SEATA) student symposium. Her submission was rated the best out of
over 70 papers. She presented the case study at the SEATA meeting in Atlanta, GA
and is preparing it for publication in Athletic Therapy Today.
Students of the BU PT Program won an honorable mention in the Marquette
Challenge, raising $2,000 for the Foundation for Physical Therapy.
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Sponsored Research
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HIGHLIGHTS_________________________________________
As can be seen in the following tables and graphs, the number of proposals submitted
(N=64) for external funding was down this year compared to the previous 6 years
(average =75). However, this can be accounted for by the fact that the Center for
Rehabilitation Effectiveness headed up by former Dean Jette moved from Sargent
College to the newly formed Health and Disability Research Institute at Boston
University in July, 2004. This move also had an effect on the number of awards and
total research dollars in 2004-2005. Total award dollars were stable in 2004-2005 if
the monies awarded to the Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness is taken into
account ($5,924,741 in 2003-2004 vs. $5,730,280 in 2004-2005). It should also be
noted that total research dollars are affected by the fact that there are currently 5
unfilled tenure-track faculty lines in the college.
Several new awards are of particular note:
The Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation received a 5-year competitive renewal of its
Rehabilitation Research and Training center funded by NIDRR for $3,750,000.
Dean Waters received a 5-year $1,250,000 grant from the Department of Education to
develop a new, computerized assessment battery for older children who are struggling
readers.
Professor Leher Singh who joined the Communication Disorders faculty in 2003 as a
junior faculty member received two separate R03 grants from NIH for her work on
language acquisition.
Professor Helen Barbas received a 5-year grant for $1,867,345 from NINDS for her
work on Prefrontal Anatomic Pathways in Executive Control and a 4-year grant for
$1,453,500 from NIMH for her work on the Organization of Prefrontal Feedback
Circuits.
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Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Sponsored Programs FY 2005
APPLICATIONS
July 2004 - June 2005
Program
Research
N
0
14
8
7
10
10
1
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Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness
Communication Disorders
Center for Psyc hiatric Rehabilitation
Health Sciences
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Rehabilitation Counse ling
Totals:
Training
Amount
$0
$2,558,201
$1,517,196
$1,051,294
$687, 430
$1,951,659
$149, 842
$7,915,622
N
0
2
4
2
1
0
3
12
Amount
$0
$74,026
$1,088,812
$100, 000
$26,535
$0
$278, 985
$1,568,358
Other
N
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
2
Totals
Amount
$0
$0
$332, 474
$0
$0
$0
$0
$332, 474
N
0
16
14
9
11
10
4
64
Amount
$0
$2,632,227
$2,938,482
$1,151,294
$713, 965
$1,951,659
$428, 827
$9,816,454
N - denotes number of applications
Amount Š denotes funding requested
NEW APPLICATIONS
Program
Research
CRE
CD
CPR
HS
OT
PT
RC
N
Amount
0
$0
4 $1,600,800
7 $1,367,225
5 $458, 514
5 $353, 662
7 $1,386,294
1 $149, 842
Subtotals:
29 $5,316,337
Training
N
0
1
2
1
0
0
3
Amount
$0
$26,730
$838, 876
$50,000
$0
$0
$278, 985
7 $1,194,591
CONTINUING APPLICATIONS
Other
Totals
Research
Training
Other
Totals
N Amount
0
$0
0
$0
2 $332, 474
0
$0
0
$0
0
$0
0
$0
N Amount
0
$0
5 $1,627,530
11 $2,538,575
6
$508, 514
5
$353, 662
7 $1,386,294
4
$428, 827
N
0
10
1
2
5
3
0
Amount
$0
$957, 401
$149, 971
$592, 780
$333, 768
$565, 365
$0
N Amount
0
$0
1 $47,296
2 $249, 936
1 $50,000
1 $26,535
0
$0
0
$0
N
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Amount
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
N Amount
0
$0
11 $1,004,697
3
$399, 907
3
$642, 780
6
$360, 303
3
$565, 365
0
$0
2 $332, 474
38 $6,843,402
21 $2,599,285
5 $373, 767
0
$0
26 $2,973,052
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Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Sponsored Programs FY 2005
Total Number of Proposals submitted for External Funding
90
79
Number Submitted
80
74
70
71
83
73
72
64
63
60
54
51
54
50
40
30
20
10
0
1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
Yea r
SAR/Center for
Rehabilitation
Effect iveness*
Total Proposa ls
New Proposals
New $ Requested
Center for Psyc hiatric
Rehabilitation
Health Sciences
Rehabilitation Sciences
FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2004
FY 2005
11
0
16
14
28
25
17
25
11
$2,522,292
0
$0
12
$2,220,848
11
$2,538,575
19
$6,476,115
11
$2,136,044
5
$893,184
16
$2,168,783
*In July 2004, the Health & Disability Research Inst itute (HDR) was established expanding on the scope and strength s of the Center for
Rehabi litation Effectiveness . Sponsore d funding, effective July 1, 2004, for HDR is exclusive of Sarge nt College.
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Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Sponsored Programs FY 2005
AWARDS
July 2004 - June 2005
Program
Research
Center for Rehabilitation Effectiveness
Communication Disorders
Center for Psyc hiatric Rehabilitation
Health Sciences
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Rehabilitation Counse ling
Totals:
Training
Other
Totals
N
0
13
2
7
4
3
1
Amount
$0
$1,529,130
$169, 938
$1,406,889
$256, 794
$526, 232
$149, 999
N
0
2
5
1
1
0
5
Amount
$0
$75,026
$1,165,867
$50,000
$26,535
$0
$418, 387
N
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Amount
$0
$0
$149, 944
$0
$0
$0
$0
N
0
15
8
8
5
3
6
30
$4,038,982
14
$1,735,815
1
$149, 944
45
Amount
$0
$2,544,419
$1,485,749
$1,456,889
$283, 329
$526, 232
$568, 386
$5,924,741
N - denotes number of awards
NEW AWARD S
Program
CRE
CD
CPR
HS
OT
PT
RC
Subtotals:
Research
N Amount
0
$0
4 $655,504
1 $20,000
6 $1,163,024
2 $36,926
1 $75,000
0
$0
14 $1,950,454
CON TINUING AWARD S
Training
N
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Amount
$0
$26,730
$88,876
$50,000
$0
$0
$0
3 $165, 606
Other
N Amount
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
0 $0
0
$0
Totals
N Amount
0
$0
5 $682,234
2 $108, 876
7 $1,213,024
2
$36,926
1
$75,000
0
$0
17 $2,116,060
Research
N
0
9
1
1
2
2
1
Amount
$0
$873, 626
$149, 938
$243, 865
$219, 868
$451, 232
$149, 999
16 $2,088,528
Training
N
Amount
0
$0
1
$48,296
4 $1,076,991
0
$0
1
$26,535
0
$0
5 $418, 387
12
$1,570,209
Other
Totals
N Amount
0
$0
0
$0
1 $149, 944
0
$0
0
$0
0
$0
0
$0
N
0
10
6
1
3
2
6
Amount
$0
$921, 922
$1,376,873
$243, 865
$246, 403
$451, 232
$568, 386
1 $149, 944
28
$3,808,681
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Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Sponsored Programs FY 2005
AWARDS
Total Awards with Award Dollars on Secondary Axis
60
9,000,000
41
36
$6, 896, 076
$5, 693, 736
39
30
$3, 010, 018
$3,581, 674
$2, 612,878
20
10
6,000,000
$5,924,741
5,000,000
4,000,000
$4,631,522
40
7,000,000
54
42
41
46
49
45
46
3,000,000
2,000,000
Dollars Received
Actual Number
40
8,000,000
$7, 002, 496
$8,450,473
$7,
641,337
$7, 573, 221
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1,000,000
0
0
19941995
19951996
19961997
19971998
19981999
19992000
20002001
20012002
20022003
20032004
20042005
Year
Awards
SAR/Center for
Rehabilitation
Effect iveness*
FY 2004
Number of Awards
3
Total Award $
$1,264,216
FY 2005
0
$0
Award $
Center for Psyc hiatric
Rehabilitation
FY 2004
10
$1,626,739
FY 2005
8
$1,485,749
Health Sciences
Rehabilitation Sciences
FY 2004
FY 2005
18
23
$2,190,729 $3,061,045
FY 2004
FY 2005
18
14
$1,920,812 $1,377,947
*In July 2004, the Health & Disability Research Inst itute (HDR) was established expanding on the scope and strength s of the Center for
Rehabi litation Effectiveness . Sponsore d funding, effective July 1, 2004, for HDR is exclusive of Sarge nt College.
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Financial Report
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FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS_________________________________________________
The college completed FY 2004-2005 with a $119,260 surplus in its unrestricted budget
of $8,221,746. This surplus was due to unspent monies associated with unfilled faculty
lines.
Unrestricted Boston University/Sargent College Budget
a. Administrative Departments
b. Academic Departments
Health Sciences
Rehabilitation Sciences
c. Centers
Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Budgeted
Actual Expense Margin+/-
$3,533,024
$3,558,335
-$ 25,311**
$1,729,313
$2,788,250
$1,611,257
$2,787,101
+$118,056
+$ 1,149
$ 171,159
$8,221,746
$ 171,104
$8,127,797
+$
55
+$119,260*
**The over-expenditure in the Administrative Departments will be paid by the University.
*The positive balance was rolled-over into the respective department’s capital equipment
account.
Entrepreneurial Units
Actual
Income
Actual
Expense
Cumulative
Margin
+/-
$1,249,646
$1,235,028
$14,618
$ 41,553
$ 116,582
$ 158,185
$
5,296
$ 93,592
$ 268,139
$ 54,755
$ 357,029
$1,095,131
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
a. Sargent College Clinical Centers
Orthopedic/Sports Medicine
Speech and Language
b. Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Career Support Services
Technical Assistance Services
Publications
Publications- Margin
Marketing
Technology & Dissemination
Training for the Future
Rehabilitation Initiatives
38,937
54,436
161,314
9,080
39,164
158,789
46,869
226,904
735,493
$ 2,616
$ 62,146
- $ 3,129
- $ 3,784
$ 54,428
$109,350
$ 7,886
$130,125
$359,638
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Development & Alumni Relations
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DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS________________________________________
Development
The table below details the non-federal gift income by source for Sargent College from
1999 to 2005.
Source
FY 99-00
FY 00-01
FY01-02
FY02-03
FY03-04
FY04-05
$36,270
$269,688
$8,230
$139,105
$15,503
$468,796
$12,730
$179,230
$6,958
$169,685
$199,529
$568,132
$462,853
$309,908
$22,000
$92,565
$254,584
$5,050
$35,225
$320,400
$402
$996,466 $1,267,743 $1,755,949 $2,203,618
$820,995
$924,159
Individuals:
Trustees
Alumni
Parents
Friends
Bequests
Total:
$3,000
$241,238
$325
$164,336
$128,743
$537,642
$14,000
$252,462
$120
$123,452
$13,299
$403,333
Corporations
Foundations
Organization
s, Societies,
Associations
Total:
$18,235
$225,911
$184,678
$188,585
$495,648
$180,167
$33,305
$16,000
$406,452
$361,659
$2,600
N/A
$159,106
$496,145
$15,955
$535,053
$617,418 $1,408,857
$461,284
$622,098
$55,149
As can be seen from the table, after 4 years of steady growth there was a sharp decline
in gift income in FY 03-04. The particularly strong figures seen in FY 02-03 were
attributed to the successful campaign to fund Sargent House, as well as the launching
of the campaign for the Services Division of the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
The downward trend was reversed somewhat this year as a result of a 21% increase in
individual contribution dollars in FY05, due to a variety of factors, including:
Large increase in bequest dollars
Success of newly implemented Annual Giving Leadership Societies
Targeted asks to friends/parents and other affiliated groups
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Reunion class gift support declined in FY05, primarily due to a weak cycle of reunion
classes, resulting in a decrease in total alumni giving, although number of gifts and
payments was up (1,005 vs. 980 in FY04). Classes were asked to support the following
with their class gifts:
1930, 1935
1940, 1945, 1955
1950
1960
1965
1970 – 2000
Dean’s Fund
Mary Tierney Coutts Scholarship Fund
Sargent Visibility Fund
Dean’s Fund (Fisk Lounge Renovation)
Dean’s Fund (Cohen Undergraduate Lounge Renovation)
Sargent Fund
Corporation support decreased again, while Foundation support saw an increase thanks
to a larger than expected gift to the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation. There has
been a noticeable drop in available funds for outlay; this trend is not expected to slow in
the short-term.
Highlights:
A goal of $100,000 was set for FY05 for the Sargent College Fund, to be
specifically used to make Sargent a “wireless” school, in addition to providing
educational enhancements for students and faculty. This goal, like last year, was
met and exceeded, with $106,846 being raised by alumni and friends of the
College. This represents a $29,000 dollar increase from FY04.
The implementation of the Annual Fund Leadership Giving Societies program
has turned out to be very successful, with 24 alumni, parents and friends
donating at least $1,000, $2,500 or $5,000 for yearly membership in a named
society.
The Campaign for the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation’s services division
increased its fundraising to $488,960, an $118,000 increase over FY04.
Capital Campaign
Due in large part to funds raised in 2001-2002 and 2002-2003, Sargent College is in the
top tier of BU schools that are reaching overall university campaign goals. We are at
$5,936,648 (app. 50%) of our $12 million campaign goal, with at least two years to go.
Campaign priorities have shifted somewhat with a new dean onboard. These now
include:
Creating an Institute for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation at Sargent College.
The Ryan Center for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation at the new Fitness and
Recreation Center in the John Hancock Student Village will provide services and
bring increased visibility to the areas of physical therapy, athletic training and
nutrition. The creation of an Institute for Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
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would allow us to attract top-notch scholars in this area and create opportunities
for collaboration between the Sargent College Clinical Centers that are a part of
the Ryan Center and the academic units. Research is currently underway to
determine costs and fundraising goals. (preliminary endowment goal - $6 million)
Implementing a Boston Aphasia Resource Center at Sargent College - Aphasia
refers to the loss or reduction of language following brain damage, typically as a
result of a stroke. The Boston Aphasia Community group was founded 15 years
ago as a support group for people who have language problems (aphasia) after
stroke and for their families. The group has been meeting once a month at the
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. In the past year, Sargent College has joined
with the Boston Aphasia Community Group to provide increased services for
individuals with aphasia. These services have provided wonderful clinical training
opportunities for our students, an important community service, and research
opportunities. We will begin a $4-6 million mini-campaign for the creation of a
resource center to provide services in our in-house clinic in the area of
Neurorehabilitation.
A $2 million campaign to endow a Chair in the area of Neurorehabilitation.
A $2 million campaign to endow the George Makechnie Distinguished Chair in
Health Science at Sargent College. This endowed chair will be named after Dean
Emeritus George Makechnie, dean of Sargent College from 1946 to 1972. Many
consider Dean Makechnie the second founder of Sargent College. He passed
away in 2005 at the age of 98.
$100,000 for the creation and $250,000 for maintenance endowment of a
Nutrition Kiosk at the new Fitness and Recreation Center. The kiosk would be
staffed by Nutrition students and would provide nutrition information to the
Boston University community.
Other:
Various trips with alumni events took place to introduce the new dean, Gloria
Waters, to alumni prospects and others. Locations included: Florida (Sarasota,
Naples, Ft. Lauderdale, West Palm Beach), Arizona (Tucson), Texas (San
Antonio/Kerrville) and Alabama (Birmingham).
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ALUMNI RELATIONS
HIGHLIGHTS______________________________________________________________
The overall mission for the 2004/2005 academic year was to increase alumni giving and
participation by implementing programs that emphasized outreach to current and future
alumni; to foster alumni pride, interest in and loyalty to Sargent; and to promote alumni
involvement both financially and through alumni activities.
Highlights:
eConnection, a bi-monthly electronic newsletter was successfully launched.
Designed to serve as a means to keep alumni connected to Sargent in the
interim between Sargent publications, the newsletter included interesting and
topical updates on various college initiatives, current research, and faculty/staff
profiles. In addition, information about local, regional and national alumni events,
as well as pertinent university information was shared.
The Alumni Association Board continued its work to strengthen the roles of each
member, with the following program highlights:
- Aging Gracefully, a full-day seminar discussing various aspects of aging,
was attended by over 80 alumni and guests
-
Student/Alumni relations continue to be a priority, with alumni attending
various student events throughout the year.
-
Reunion weekend attracted approximately 200 alumni and guests, with
the highlight being that the alumni luncheon and awards ceremony was
held in a new location – the Club Room in the new Harry Agganis Arena.
Seven outstanding alumni were recognized for their professional and
personal accomplishments with the following awards:
Twiness Awards:
Jacqueline Francis ’55, Jane Koomar ’80, Charles Inniss ‘98
Special Recognition Awards:
Barbara Waddell ’55, Roger Fielding ’83, Cara Topalian Soderquist ’95,
Anthony Zipple ’87.
A BU Young Alumni Social reception atop of the State Street Building (BU
Club) took place to attract younger alumni to reunion.
Alumni office staff made personal thank you calls to all alumni who gave to the
annual fund in ‘05
The Alumni Office continues to work with departments to host receptions for
alumni and clinical associates at annual conferences.
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Centers Report
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SARGENT COLLEGE
CLINICAL CENTERS___________________________________
The Sargent College Clinical Centers consists of 6 centers that provide comprehensive
preventive and rehabilitative care to its clients. The centers include the BU Physical
Therapy Center (PTC), the BU Athletic Enhancement Center (AEC), the BU Nutrition
and Fitness Center (NFC), the BU Speech, Language and Hearing Center (SLHC), and
the BU Vocational Rehabilitation Center (VRC). In addition to providing state-of-the-art
care, the centers support the educational mission of Sargent College with more than 30
Sargent students involved in Center activities ranging from educational experiences to
employment. The PTC, AEC, NFC, and VRC are mainly entrepreneurial endeavors,
while the SLHC is the in-house clinic that is required by professional accreditation
standards and primarily serves the educational needs of the MS program in SpeechLanguage Pathology.
The 2004-2005 year was a challenging one for the PT clinics due to the need to move
to a new facility in the downtown location and the pending move of the main PT clinic
from 930 Commonwealth to the new Ryan Center for Sports Medicine and
Rehabilitation in the Fitness and Recreation Center. Nonetheless, the 2004-2005 year
was marked by continued growth in depth and scope of programming and continued
increase in positive exposure for the Centers.
Financial Highlights:
Of greatest significance are the following accomplishments:
Despite a large amount of one-time expenses related to acquisition of a
permanent downtown Financial District location and Ryan Center development
costs, the Physical Therapy Center exceeded expectation of break-even and
generated a surplus within the fiscal year.
Both the AEC and NFC achieved the primary goal of becoming self-sufficient
under the leadership of Adam Naylor and Stacey Stimets, respectively.
Total Income
Total Expense
Total Profit
Roll Over Profit
AEC Income
NFC Income
Voc Rehab Income
PT Visits
2003-2004
$1,113,414
$1,033,034
$80,380
$67,021
$61,000
$29,000
$5,200
17,018
2004-2005 % Change
$1,249,646
+12%
$1,235,027
+20%
$14,619
-82%
$148,006
$88,900
$78,500
$1,300
18,400
46%
169%
-75%
8%
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Physical Therapy Centers (PTC)
The 2004-2005 year saw continued growth, despite the fact that operations ceased on
the South Shore due to the high cost of Clinic Licensure. Focus on clinical excellence
yielded outstanding patient and referral source feedback. The major highlights for the
year were:
A permanent location was secured for the downtown clinic in the Financial
District.
The physical space in the Ryan Center was completed in the spring with plans to
take residence in the summer of 2005.
Patients Served – over 18,400 treatment visits were provided to 1,700 individual
patients, representing a total increase of 8% from last year.
Emerging Identity – gains were made in creating a brand identity for BUPTC that
will be uniform across all media.
Staff – the professional staff consisted of 13 full and part time clinicians, in
addition to 3 administrative staff.
Athletic Enhancement Center (AEC)
After moving to its new location within the state of the art Track and Tennis Center, over
130 individual athletes and 7 teams chose to train under the guidance of the AEC.
Subscription to the AEC news letter has grown to over 300 recipients and the Center
and staff has been featured in many articles, publications, and other forms of media
exposure.
Workshops Provided
Raising the Student Athlete (2x)
The Complete Runner (2x)
Injury Prevention for Military Training for BU ROTC
Injury Prevention for Soccer Officials for Mass Soccer Referee’s Association
Athletic Excellence for High School Athletes
Great Coaching = Organized Chaos: Coaching Athletes with Learning Disabilities
for Newton Youth Hockey
New Programs Introduced
Open Houses – Introduction to BUAEC
Off-Site Team Coaching – Newton North Indoor Track, Waltham Track
Nutrition & Fitness Center (NFC)
2005 saw continued success with our partnership with the Human Resources
Office and the Fitness Evaluation program. This year, the program was
expanded to include a weight loss option (“Weight Loss Essentials”), which was
very well received by faculty and staff.
Continued growth was experienced in the individual counseling programs, where
faculty and staff participated in nutritional and physical activity instruction.
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The Sargent Choice program was initiated, a collaboration between Sargent
College and BU Dining Services for the purpose of enhancing, expanding and
promoting healthy food options at BU. This valuable service will provide the
University with great support for adopting healthy practices, while providing
Sargent College with increased exposure.
2006 will build on this strong foundation by creating stronger ties to the Sargent
academic programs, as well a establishing other University partnerships.
Other
The Speech-Language and Hearing Center and the Vocational Rehabilitation Center
continued to provide service to the community and meet the goals of the academic
departments.
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CENTER FOR PSYCHIATRIC
REHABILITATION________________________________________________________
MISSION
A person who has experienced a psychiatric disability has the same basic wants and
needs as any other person: a place to live, a job, a chance to learn, and people for
support and friendship. Our mission at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation is to
increase the likelihood that people who have a history of psychiatric disability can reach
their goals. We conduct research, develop educational materials, disseminate new
knowledge, and provide training and program consultation in the area of psychiatric
rehabilitation.
GOALS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2004-2005
The Center is organized into 6 divisions: Research Division (Director: Sally Rogers);
Training Division and International Division (Director: Marianne Farkas); Publications
and Production Division (Director: Linda Getgen); Services Division (Director: Dori
Hutchinson); Development Division (Director: Larry Kohn); and the Operations Division
(Director: Carol Crawford). Each division has pursued the Center’s goals as presented
in last year’s annual report (2003–2004). The progress made with respect to these 7
goals will be discussed in the following section.
Goal 1: Apply for two NIMH research grants and re-apply for two others if needed.
Goal 1 was met. The following grants were revised for re-submission: 1) the Center’s P20 NIMH Developing Center grant which proposed to study recovery among individuals
with severe mental illness; 2) one R-34 to study assessment protocols for individuals
with persistent schizophrenia in the state of South Carolina (Courtenay Harding, PI); 3)
an RO-1 on literacy and mental illness with the Boston University Department of
Psychiatry (Courtenay Harding, sub contractor).
In addition, Drs. Barbara Scolnick and Yu Mui Wan submitted small grants to NIMH
(under the B/Start program). Those grants were designed to address the following: The
Scolnick study proposed to examine a 6-week program of heart rate variability (HRV)
biofeedback training to determine if the intervention is safe, feasible, and efficacious for
individuals diagnosed with a severe mental illness. The Wan proposal aimed to
generate new knowledge on the explanatory models of mental illness used by ChineseAmericans with schizophrenia and explore how the models influence help-seeking
behaviors.
Goal 2: Publish 6 articles in peer-reviewed journals and publish technical reports,
books, and book chapters as needed.
This goal was exceeded. The following manuscripts were published: fourteen articles in
peer reviewed journals; five editorials; four professional publications; one Center book;
and two book chapters.
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Goal 3: Apply for two research grants from non-NIMH sources (e.g., CMHS, RSA,
NIDRR).
This goal was exceeded. Several research grants were submitted to non-NIMH funding
bodies. 1) Drs. Sally Rogers and Marianne Farkas submitted (and received $3.75
million in funding) a 5-year Rehabilitation Research and Training award from NIDRR;
2)Drs. Zlatka Russinova and Sally Rogers submitted a Field-Initiated Research Grant to
NIDRR to continue the current Longitudinal Sustained Employment study under the
Field Initiated Research Program of the NIDRR; 3) under the same funding program
Drs. Hutchinson and Gagne submitted a grant to examine health and health access
among individuals with severe psychiatric disability; 4) Dr. Marianne Farkas and Debbie
Nicolellis submitted a field initiated development grant to NIDRR to focus on training
rural practitioners in psychiatric vocational rehabilitation; 5) Dr. Yu Mui Wan, a former
Center postdoctoral fellow, resubmitted a NIDRR individual fellowship application
entitled: Explanatory Models of Illness in Chinese Americans with Psychiatric
Disabilities; 6) Dr. Sally Rogers and Ms. Erin Dunn submitted a small grant to the
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health to assist in the development and testing of
a measure to assess satisfaction with services; 7) Dr. Courtenay Harding, in
collaboration with research scientists from Norway, submitted a grant to the Norwegian
Research Council designed as a 10 year prospective longitudinal study of first
psychosis to examine resilience, recovery and neurocognition in the psychiatric disabled
in Norway; 8) Drs. Zlatka Russinova and Bill Anthony applied to the Eli Lilly
pharmaceutical company for funding for a study entitled: “Examination of the
association between psychological and functional indicators of recovery among persons
with serious mental illness”.
Goal 4: Increase the number of Professional Development Program options
available through the Center’s continuing education function.
Goal 4 was met. Sue McNamara has continued to expand the Self-Paced Study branch
of the Professional Development Program this year. A new PDP online seminar was
developed in the series of Specialized Topics in the field entitled How to Write a Journal
Article. Three additional PDP online seminars Listening: A Critical Skill, Communication
Bloopers, and Interviewing Individuals about their Cultural Identity are currently under
construction. Additional topics in the areas of psychiatric vocational rehabilitation and
health & wellness are planned for the future. There were 25 participants in the current
online seminars this year. A new Internet course entitled PDP 611: Family Perspectives
on Illness and Disability is currently under construction. There were 14 participants in
the current Internet courses this year. In addition, four new tests were developed for the
Journal + Test option, which is a reading and testing format using quarterly issues of the
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, published by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
and the United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA), formerly
IAPSRS. There were 6 participants in the Journal + Test branch this year. Individuals
involved in International projects and other Center Training activities (e.g. PVR) also
enrolled in on line seminars and applied for PDP hours: 29 Canadian participants; 209
Singapore participants; 23 Swedish participants as well as the 17 participants enrolled
in PVR.
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Finally, there were 13 participants for the existing offerings in the Book + Test branch
this year. In FY 2005 (July 1, 2004 – June 8, 2005), there were 319 PDP participants,
which brought the total PDP participants up to 1,459 individuals.
Goal 5: To design, plan and implement a health promotion and recovery services
initiative for persons with serious mental illness.
This goal has been largely achieved. In October 2004, the Center sponsored The
Colloquium on Health Promotion for People with Psychiatric Disabilities, which provided
a unique opportunity to more clearly understand and begin to address the critical health
needs of people living with psychiatric disabilities. The day was planned to stimulate
dialogue among participants and to raise critical questions as Center staff sought
expertise and input to formulate “next steps” focused on ensuring health and health care
for this population. The Colloquium audience was an informed group of colleagues
including researchers, policy makers, practitioners and consumers working as change
agents to promote health and improve service options related to physical health and
well being. Participants discussed the high incidence of serious co-morbidities and
premature mortality among individuals with psychiatric disabilities and numerous studies
and clinical findings were presented. Specific goals for this colloquium included: 1) an
opportunity to learn from participants directly the meaning and implications of their work
in this area; 2) to engage in thought provoking discussions related to exciting new
endeavors focused on health promotion; and 3) to formulate “next steps” as the Center
develops initiatives in the areas of research and services focused on the right to health
for people with psychiatric disabilities. With the generous support of the Reibling Family
and the ValueOptions Public Sector Division, participants enjoyed a unique opportunity
to more closely examine significant policy, research and service issues to more
adequately address the health needs of this population. With support and advice from
this group, the Services Division has designed and planned a new service initiative,
Health and Hope, which will begin in September 2005. Brochures have been printed
and disseminated throughout the greater Boston mental health community and potential
participants are currently interviewing for admission. The mission of this new program
will be to enhance the functional health of persons with both a psychiatric disability and
a serious medical condition through health promotion services and recovery education
so that people may fully participate in their chosen roles and communities. This
program is designed as a four day/week, 16-week intensive structured educational
program that will include the evidenced-based practices of physical activity, food
education, stress management, health and illness education and recovery education.
The goal is to serve 15-20 people at one time and to provide this program twice a year.
In addition participants will receive individualized support, communication and
coordination with other care providers and accompaniment and coaching for selfadvocacy in other health environments. Upon completion of the program, participants
will receive 16 weeks of additional coaching in their communities to increase the
likelihood of lifestyle change and maintenance. This new initiative provides the
opportunity for cross-departmental collaboration within the Sargent community. The
Nutrition and Health Sciences programs are providing program consultation and plans
are underway to develop an evaluation plan for the program that will include the impact
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of these services on persons with serious psychiatric disabilities and serious medical
diseases.
In order to accomplish this goal, the Services Division has had to transition its five- year
Recovery Center program to an alumni program. The last day of official classes for the
Recovery Center was April 21, 2005 and an awards ceremony for the 400 people who
participated over the five years is planned for June 30, 2005. An Alumni group has
been formed and seminars and activities have been planned to help past students
remain connected with the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
Goal 6: Enhance and expand Training for the Future program to promote broader
career opportunities for people with serious mental illness.
This goal sought to update the computer curriculum to meet the diverse student skill
levels and interests. A successful “Prep Course” was offered in the fall of 2004 to
incoming TFTF students to help prepare them for the program. The implementation of
this mini-course gave new students with psychiatric disabilities an opportunity to
acclimate to the routine, the daily demands and learn the basics of the computer prior to
beginning the structured program in January 2005. As a result of this prep class, new
students experienced less distress and more educational success than previous groups
who had not had this opportunity. In addition, QuickBooks skills are now being taught in
the program to meet the student’s skill needs in business environments. New
community partnerships for TFTF internships were expanded this year to include: Beth
Israel Hospital, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Hypercon, and Jewish Vocational Services of
Boston.
Goal 7: Create a funding campaign for a Health Promotion Research, Training and
Service Center at Boston University.
From the October 4, 2004 Health Colloquium and the evening’s anniversary celebration,
an idea for a Center fund-raising evening was developed and implemented in early
December at the home of John and Barbara Hanify, parents of a TFTF graduate.
$12,000 was raised at the event and from that has come the development of a fundraising board for the Center. Eight people who have made financial donations to the
Center have agreed to be part of the board to help raise money for the Health
Promotion Program and other Center services. One donor was solicited for a leadership
gift for the Health and Hope Program and donated $30,000 to allow for the hiring of a
Wellness Coordinator for the program.
Publications and Presentations
See Publications and Presentations for W. Anthony, M. Farkas, E. Rogers, M.Restrepo,
Z. Russinova below.
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HEARING RESEARCH CENTER SOUND FIELD
LABORATORY________________________________________________________
The Sound Field Laboratory (SFL) , which was established in 1997 and significantly
upgraded in 1999 through a joint construction venture by Sargent College of Health and
Rehabilitation Sciences and the Boston University Hearing Research Center is a multiuser, multipurpose research space that provides a flexible but controlled and calibrated
reverberant environment for auditory and acoustics research. Since the SFL was first
established, it has served as the site of a large number of faculty, student and affiliate
research studies many of which have resulted in work that has been/will be published in
peer-reviewed journals and that have formed the basis for NIH/NIDCD and other
externally-funded work.
During the past year, a number of faculty and student research projects were
undertaken, completed or published that were supported by the Boston University
Hearing Research Center and its Sound Field Laboratory Facility located within Sargent
College. External support for these activities was provided by a number of sources,
including a continuing P30 award from NIH's National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders. A competing renewal of this award was submitted February
1, 2005, requesting an additional five years of support. Other continuing research grants
from NIH/NIDCD that supported work in this facility include "Binaural Hearing" (H.
Steven Colburn, PI, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering), "Central Factors in Auditory
Masking" (Gerald Kidd, Jr., PI, Dept. of Health Sciences), and "Spatial Auditory
Plasticity" (Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, PI, Dept. of Cognitive and Neural Systems).
Furthermore, Dr. Frederick Gallun, a postdoctoral fellow working in the laboratory, is
supported by an NIDCD National Research Service Award "Allocating Attention to
Complex Auditory Stimuli." Other currently active grant support for this work includes
two grants from the Air Force Office of Sponsored Research: "Spatial Hearing in Echoic
Environments" (Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, PI) and "Spatial Hearing, Attention and
Informational Masking in Speech Identification" (Gerald Kidd, Jr. and Nathaniel I.
Durlach, Co-PIs).
Because the SFL is explicitly a multi-user, multipurpose research space there were too
many projects that were active during 2004-5 to describe them all so the following is a
brief sample. Work from a doctoral dissertation in audiology by Tanya Arbogast, Sc.D.,
was published in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America in April, 2005, ("The
effect of spatial separation on informational masking of speech in normal-hearing and
hearing-impaired listeners "). That study, which was conducted in the SFL, examined
spatial release from energetic and informational masking for speech identification in
listeners with sensorineural hearing loss. It is well known that such listeners often
experience great difficulty in communicating in "noisy" environments; sometimes, this
difficulty is significantly more than can be attributed to the attenuation of information due
to loss of audibility (i.e., based on the audiogram). This study examined whether
listeners with sensorineural hearing loss could use spatial separation of sources to
reduce energetic and, particularly, informational masking in a speech recognition task.
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The main new finding was the listeners with sensorineural hearing generally had a
smaller release from informational masking due to spatial separation of sources than
the control-group listeners with normal hearing. This result may help explain some of
the difficulties experienced by such listeners in complex and uncertain acoustic
environments.
Becky Poon used the SFL laboratory as the primary site for the initial data collection,
analysis and processing for her dissertation ("Interaural time sensitivity with bilateral
cochlear implants") in the Harvard-MIT Speech and Hearing Science Doctoral degree
program under the joint supervision of Don Eddington, Ph.D. and H. Steven Colburn,
Ph.D. The focus of the project is on sound localization in listeners with bilateral cochlear
implants. The SFL was chosen as the preferred testing site, as opposed to an anechoic
chamber, because of the better representation it provides of the actual listening
environments her listeners encounter in everyday situations and because of the
capability to control and specify the acoustic environment. In addition to conducting
extensive sound field localization studies with her subjects, Poon also recorded headrelated transfer functions (HRTFs) of the cochlear implant subjects so that variations on
the implant processing could be implemented using the subjects microphones under
realistic listening conditions. This study is ongoing but the results from three subjects
indicate an initial improvement in localization performance with experience with bilateral
implants (one subject however, regressed somewhat as of the most recent testing). All
subjects (including the one for whom only the initial post-surgery results have been
obtained), performed significantly better with bilateral implants than with their previous
monolateral implant.
Ruth Litovsky, Ph.D., formerly of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Boston
University, recently published a study conducted in the SFL ("Speech intelligibility and
spatial release from masking in young children," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 117, 3091-3100,
2005). That article reported a portion of the results from a 2-year study that focused on
speech recognition in multi-source environments (e.g., the "cocktail party" problem) in
children ranging in age from 4-7 years. She compared the ability of children and adults
to use spatial separation as a means for improving speech recognition (SRTs) when the
target was masked by 1 or 2 other talkers, or by speech-envelope modulated noise.
Both children and adults showed significant spatial release from masking in most
conditions. Interestingly, although the children had higher quiet SRTs than the adults,
the amount of masking they experienced was about the same as the adults and they
were generally able to take advantage of spatial separation of target and masker to the
same extent. This suggests that children with normal hearing are able to use binaural
cues to overcome both energetic masking (from both types of maskers) and
informational masking (from the intelligible speech maskers).
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Projects Supported by HRC/SFL During 2004-2005
Theses and Dissertations Supported by the Sound Field Laboratory Core
Ng, Gerald "Localization of varied-spectrum noises in the median-sagittal plane", Ph.D.
thesis, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University (expected 2005)
Poon, B. "Interaural time sensitivity with bilateral cochlear implants," Ph.D. Thesis,
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (expected 2005)
Publications supported by the Sound Field Laboratory Core
Kidd, G. Jr., Mason, C.R. and Gallun, F.J. (2005) “Combining energetic and
informational masking for speech identification,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (in press)
Arbogast, T.L., Mason, C.R. and Kidd, G. Jr. (2005) “The effect of spatial separation on
informational masking of speech in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners
J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 117, 2169-2180
Kidd, G. Jr., Mason, C.R., Brughera, A. and Hartmann, W.M. (2005) “The role of
reverberation in release from masking due to spatial separation of sources for speech
identification,” Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 91, 526-536
Brungart, D.S., Simpson, B.D., Darwin, C.J., Arbogast, T.L. and Kidd, G. Jr. (2005)
“Across-ear interference from parametrically-degraded synthetic speech signals in a
dichotic cocktail-party listening task,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 117, 292-304
Durlach, N.I. "Source separation, localization and comprehension in humans,
machines and human-machine systems," in Proceedings of the Workshop on Speech
Separation, Montreal, CA, 2004
Litovsky, R.Y. (2005). Speech intelligibility and spatial release from masking in young
children. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 117, 3091-3100
Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. and Ihlefeld, A. "Selective and divided attention: Extracting
information from simultaneous sound sources," Proceedings of the International
Conference on Auditory Display, 6-9 July, 2004.
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Presentations at scientific and professional meetings supported by the Sound
Field Laboratory Core
Gallun, F.J., Mason, C.R. and Kidd, G. Jr. (2005) "Human perception of dichotic
speech streams," Presented at the 28th Mid-Winter meeting of the Association for
Research in Otolaryngology, New Orleans, LA, February 19-24.
Ihlefeld, A, Larson E and BG Shinn-Cunningham (2005). "Spatial Unmasking at a
Spectrally Sparse Cocktail Party," Presented at the 2005 Mid-Winter Meeting for the
Association for Research in Otolaryngology, New Orleans, LA
Poon, B.B., Eddington, D.K. and Colburn, H.S. (2005). Effects of Experience on Sound
Localization with Bilateral Cochlear Implants. Association for Research in
Otolaryngology, Midwinter Research Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Gallun, F.J., Mason, C.R. and Kidd, G. Jr. (2005) "Processing two stimuli
simultaneously: Switching or sharing," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 117, 2598
Kidd, G.Jr., Arbogast, T.L., Mason, C.R. and Gallun, F.J., (2005) "The advantage of
knowing where to listen," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 117, 2537
Kopco N, Best V and BG Shinn-Cunningham (2005). " Click versus Click-Click:
Influence of a Preceding Stimulus on Sound Localization," Presented at the 28th
MidWinter meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, New Orleans, LA,
February 19-24.
Kopco N, M Schoolmaster, and BG Shinn-Cunningham (2004) Learning to Judge
Distance of Nearby Sounds in Reverberant and Anechoic Environments. In: Proc. Joint
congress CFA/DAGA '04 22.-25.03.2004 in Strasbourg, France (abstract)
Ng, G. and Colburn, H S (2004). "Localization of multiple-band noises in the median
plane." JASA 115(5): 2597-8.
Schoolmaster, M, N Kopco, and BG Shinn-Cunningham (2004). "Auditory distance
perception in fixed and varying simulated acoustic environments," J. Acoust. Soc. Am.,
(Presented at the 147th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, New York, NY).
Gallun, F.J., Mason, C.R., and Kidd, G. Jr. (2004) “Binaural release from informational
masking: Results from a speech identification task,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am, 115, 2457
Ihlefeld, A and BG Shinn-Cunningham (2004). "Effect of source locations and listener
location on ILD cues in a reverberant room," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 115, 2598
Ihlefeld, A and BG Shinn-Cunningham (2004). "Extracting sound location cues in
reverberant space: Short-term interaural level differences in a classroom,"
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Presented at the Eighth International Conference on Cognitive and Neural
Systems, Boston, MA
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CENTER FOR
NEUROREHABILITATION____________________________________________
Center Activities
Academic year 2004/2005 has been a very successful year for the Center for
Neurorehabilitation. The research activities of the Center were centered on four
research projects funded by the National Institute of Health and focused on the
evaluation of rehabilitation diagnostics and treatment in patients with Parkinson’s
disease. Consistent with the goal of promoting interdisciplinary work, more faculty, staff,
research assistants and students from the various disciplines represented at Sargent
were involved in Center activities this year. Several grant applications were submitted,
which – if awarded - will allow us to expand our research efforts to the study of
functional recovery after stroke. All our research efforts are based on strong
collaborations with rehabilitation hospitals in the Boston region, and research institutes
in the US and abroad. The Center has drawn the attention of patient support groups,
foundations (e.g., Michael J. Fox Foundation), and national organizations (e.g., NIH),
which may facilitate our future endeavors, which is in part the result of our increased
dissemination efforts.
Research Projects
Rehabilitation for Self-Management of Parkinson’s Disease
The activities in Year 2 were focused on 1) the recruitment of subjects, 2) the reliability
and validity of the Activity Monitor in recording body positions and movement activities
such as walking, sitting and standing, and 3) the similarity of caregiver’s and care
receiver’s viewpoints on the quality of life of the care receiver. Currently 98 individuals
with Parkinson’s disease have signed informed consent. In addition, eleven persons
dropped out after medical screening but before signing informed consent at Sargent.
Four persons dropped out after randomization and before the initiation of the
intervention condition. Eight cohorts consisting of a total of 96 persons have completed
the treatment group sessions. There was one drop-out once treatment was initiated.
This attrition (14%) corresponds to our projected attrition rate of 14% in the original
application. We projected an attrition from 140 down to 120 subjects. This attrition rate
is very common in large randomized controlled trials. As indicated in our first progress
report, the patient compliance rate in attending the treatment sessions (i.e., clinical
rehabilitation sessions, social activity sessions and home sessions) is approximately
92%. Overall, we are satisfied with our recruitment efforts, attrition rates and participant
compliance. There are no untoward outcomes experienced by the subjects as a result
of participating in this study.
We completed the following two studies as part of our study on the effects of
rehabilitation for self-management in Parkinson’s disease: 1) the reliability and validity
of the Activity Monitor in recording body positions and movement activities such as
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walking, sitting and standing, and 2) the similarity of caregiver’s and care receiver’s
viewpoints on the quality of life of the care receiver.
1. Fourteen participants have been included in a study on the reliability and validity of
the Activity Monitor. A repeated measures design (two 24-hour and one 48-hour
recording at weekly intervals) was implemented to evaluate the test-retest reliability. In
addition, the recordings of the Activity Monitor were compared with video-recordings.
For the majority of the activities lasting longer than 5 seconds the Activity Monitor
demonstrated adequate reliability and validity. The findings with regard to the validity of
the Activity Monitor have been submitted for publication to the Journal of Neurologic
Physical Therapy. Currently we are preparing a manuscript on the test-retest reliability
of the Activity Monitor.
2. Twenty-one participants and their caregivers completed questionnaires about
participant quality of life in order to assess the degree to which participant and caregiver
agreed about the participant’s quality of life. The findings suggest that the quality of life
measure was differentiating generally in an appropriate manner between participants,
regardless of whose perspective was used. The results have been submitted for
publication in the Journal of Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics.
Optic Flow and Spatial Navigation in Parkinson’s disease
We completed the second year of the NIH funded research project “Optic flow and
Spatial Navigation in Parkinson’s disease” conducted in collaboration with the
Department of Psychology at Boston University. The project focuses on the differences
in optic flow perception within the left and right visual field in patients with Parkinson’s
disease and its effects on spatial navigation during locomotion. Using the virtual reality
equipment and the Optotrak motion recording system in the Clinical Movement
Sciences lab at Sargent, the effects of a symmetric and asymmetric manipulation of
optic flow speed at about 0.8m/s on walking speed, stride parameters, coordination of
walking and veering in young adult (N=18), older adults (N=18) and patients with
Parkinson’s disease (N=20) were evaluated. This summer we will complete the
experiments involving the patients with Parkinson’s disease. Ying-hui Chou, a doctoral
student in the ScD program in Rehabilitation Sciences, completed her thesis reporting
the differences in the effects of the optic flow manipulations on gait coordination
between young and older adults. Her main finding is that both the symmetric and
asymmetric optic flow speed manipulations result in small but significant modulations of
walking speed and stride parameters, which confirms the results reported in the
literature. No significant differences between the younger and older adults with regard to
the effects of the optic flow manipulations were observed.
Culture, Gender, and Health Care Stigma in Parkinsonism
Linda Tickle-Degnen, associate professor of Occupational Therapy, together with
colleagues from Taiwan (Ma, H. National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) completed
protocols and pilot testing of assessment instrument as part of the NIH/NINDS research
project “Culture, Gender, and Health Care Stigma in Parkinsonism”. This grant focuses
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on cultural and gender effects on health care practitioner’s ability to diagnose nonverbal and verbal expression in people with Parkinson’s Disease. The purpose of this
project is to elucidate the consequences of facial and bodily movement stereotype
processes on practitioner impressions of and conclusions about patients with
Parkinson's disease. The objective of Year 2 has been to prepare Taiwanese and
American patient videotape excerpts for use in practitioner judgment studies in the next
year (Year 3). During the second year, 24 American and 19 Taiwanese participants
consented to participate in the study and were videotaped during a health care
interview. Currently, we are going through excerpt selection and matching procedures
(across culture and gender) to control for possible confounding variables. Practitioner
enrollment in the study will begin in Fall 2005. In addition to data collection, we
performed a reliability study for our facial activity measures and assessed the content
validity of one of our screening measures, the Geriatric Depression Scale, for
individuals with Parkinson's disease.
Effects of a Movement Disorders Program in Parkinson’s Disease
Terry Ellis, Clinical Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy, has collaborated with the
Neurology and Rehabilitation Departments at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital to
develop a movement disorders program. Over the past year, a database has been
established to record the activity of patients in this program. To date, a total of 90
patients with typical and atypical Parkinson’s disease have participated in the program.
In addition, DPT student practicum experiences and clinical internships have been
established to support the rehabilitation staff’s efforts to carry out the movement
disorders program and maintain the database. An investigation of the feasibility and
efficacy of a movement disorders program in an inpatient rehabilitation environment will
be conducted.
Submission of Grant Proposals
Two NIH/R01 grant proposals were submitted:
Effects of high intensity rehabilitation after stroke. PI: Wagenaar, R.C.: NIH First-year
request: $591,283; September 1, 2005 – August 31, 2010. not awarded
Visual spatial deficits in Parkinson’s Disease. PI: Alice Cronin-Golomb; Co-Investigator:
Wagenaar, R.C.; NIH/R01; $ 500,000; September, 2005 – August 31, 2008. not
awarded, priority score 196.
Education and Dissemination
1) All Center activities involved significant participation of multidisciplinary
undergraduate and graduate students at Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation
Sciences. Five doctoral students of the ScD program of Rehabilitation participated as
externally funded research assistants in the various research projects writing protocols,
carrying out assessments, managing data, and writing manuscripts. A total of 20
undergraduate and graduate students participated in the clinical activities related to the
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“Rehabilitation for Self-Management of Parkinson’s Disease” study. Students from
several of the various disciplines represented at Sargent participated, that is, Physical
Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech-Language Pathology.
2) Four educational seminars were held in the community to disseminate information to
both individuals with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers. These seminars focused
on addressing issues related to the role of exercise in Parkinson’s Disease. They were
as follows:
Lecture to Parkinson’s Disease Support Group; Quincy, MA; “The role of
exercise in Parkinson’s Disease”, February, 2005
Lecture to Parkinson’s Disease Support Group; Newton-Wellesley
Hospital; “The role of exercise in Parkinson’s Disease”, March 2005
Lecture to Parkinson’s Disease Support Group; Harvard Club, Boston,
MA; “A Self-Management Approach to Rehabilitation for people with
Parkinson’s Disease”, March 2005
Lecture to Parkinson’s Disease Support Group; Winchester, MA; “A SelfManagement Approach to Rehabilitation for people with Parkinson’s
Disease”, April 2005
3) Staff members were very active at a international, national and state levels, for
example:
Dr. Terry Ellis presented at a Parkinson’s Disease Symposium at the
Annual American Physical Therapy Association Conference on “Advances
in Rehabilitation for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease.”
Dr. Linda Tickle-Degnen had meetings in Taiwan as part of the
NIH/NINDS research project “Culture, Gender, and Health Care Stigma in
Parkinsonism”.
Dr. Terry Ellis and Dr. Linda Tickle-Degnen presented at the
Neurorehabilitation Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke and
Parkinson’s disease in Boston, MA (November, 2004) on
“Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation for the Self-Management of Parkinson’s
Disease”.
Dr. Robert Wagenaar was part of a strategic planning conference
organized by the National Institutes of Health and Istituto Superiore di
Sanita in Italy (November, 2004) on the rehabilitation after stroke.
We organized two symposium/courses:
‘Functional outcomes in the rehabilitation of patients with Parkinson’s disease: State
of the art and new insights’ at the conference organized by the American
Conference Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Society of Neurological
Rehabilitation (ACRM/ASNR) in Florida (September 11th, 2004). This symposium
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focused on several issues related to the rehabilitation for self-management in
patients with Parkinson’s disease, that is; 1) a research synthesis of rehabilitation
outcomes in PD, 2) self-management as a rehabilitation method in PD, and 3) the
validity of the Activity Monitor in PD. The symposium was a success and well
attended.
“Evidence-Based Rehabilitation for the Self-Management of Parkinson’s Disease” at
the annual conference organized by the American Occupational Therapy
Association (AOTA) in Long Beach, California (May 14, 2005). This symposium had
a similar focus as the one that was held at the ACRM/ASNR conference.
In addition, staff members held two key-note presentations and four invited
presentations at international conferences, four presentations at New England
rehabilitation institutes, and four invited presentations at patient support group meetings
to enhance visibility and outreach of the center.
Collaborations
Formal collaborations exist with:
1) Department of Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, as part
of the awarded NIH grant titled “Rehabilitation for Self-Management in
Parkinson’s Disease”
2) Department of Psychology, Boston University, as part of the NIH grant titled
“Optic flow and Spatial Navigation in Parkinson’s Disease”
3) Health South Braintree Hospital with Terry Ellis being appointed as a
consultant in neurorehabilitation
4) Departments of Physical Therapy and Neurology, VU Academic Medical
Center on the effects of rehabilitation strategies in patients with Parkinson’s
disease and stroke patients
5) H. National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, as part of the NIH grant titled
“Culture, Gender, and Health Care Stigma in Parkinsonism”.
Publications and Presentations
See Publications and Presentations for Terry Ellis, Linda Tickle-Degnen, and Robert C.
Wagenaar below.
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Faculty and Staff Transitions
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FACULTY ACTIONS__________________________________________________
New Appointments
a. Full-time Faculty
Jeffry Coady, Assistant Professor, Communication Disorders Program,
Department of Health Sciences (9/1/2004)
Monica Pessina, Instructor, Occupational Therapy Program, Department of
Rehabilitation Sciences (9/1/2004)
Elizabeth Hover, Clinical Assistant Professor, Communication Disorders
Program, Department of Health Sciences (9/1/2004)
Vasileios Zikopoulos, Research Associate, Health Science Program,
Department of Health Sciences (3/1/2004)
b. Part-time Faculty
Jerome Kaplan, Lecturer, Communication Disorders Program, Department
of Health Sciences
Sean Sweeney, Lecturer, Communication Disorders Program, Department
of Health Sciences
Karen Rocco, Lecturer, Communication Disorders Program, Department of
Health Sciences
Jonathan Cardoza, Lecturer, Health Sciences Program, Department of
Health Sciences
Michelle DeBiasse, Lecturer, Health Sciences Program, Department of
Health Sciences
Erin Brennen, Lecturer, Physical Therapy Program, Department of
Rehabilitation Sciences
Patricia Vasiliadis, Lecturer, Physical Therapy Program, Department of
Rehabilitation Sciences
Lisa Murray, Lecturer, Physical Therapy Program, Department of
Rehabilitation Sciences
Kristy Allen, Lecturer, Physical Therapy Program, Department of
Rehabilitation Sciences
c. Joint Appointments
None
Leaves of Absence
Jean Peteet, Clinical Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy Program,
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (AY 03/04)
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Sabbaticals
Elsie Vergara, Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy Programs,
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (AY 04/05)
Resignations
Carolyn Patten, Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy Program,
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (August 2004)
Damien Callahan, Research Assistant, Health Sciences Program, Department
of Health Sciences (August 2004)
Alexis Henry, Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Program, Department
of Rehabilitation Sciences
Promotions/Tenure
Ann Dix, Communication Disorders Program, Department of Health
Sciences, promoted to Clinical Assistant Professor effective
September 1, 2004
Diane Parris, Communication Disorders Program, Department of Health
Sciences, promoted to Clinical Associate Professor effective
September 1, 2004
Change of Status
Jean Peteet, Clinical Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy Program,
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, 50% time effective September 1, 2004
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STAFF CHANGES____________________________________________________
New Hires
a. Administrative Staff
Hana Azman, Research Analyst, Department of Health Sciences
(August 2004)
Susan Forte, Assistant to the Chairman, Department of Rehabilitation
Sciences (August 2003)
Robyn Martin, Director, Distance Learning, Student Academic Support
Services (April 2005)
Edward Ramos, Web Content Designer,
Departments of Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences
(September 2004)
Robert Shewack, Research Administrator, Sargent Administration,
(November 2004)
Noel Vigue, Strength Conditioning Coach, Sargent College,
Clinical Centers (August 2004)
b. Support Staff
Jean Daley, Sr. Program Coordinator, Department of Health Sciences
(50% time), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (50% time)
Elizabeth Hughes, Physical Therapy Aide, Sargent College,
Clinical Centers (September 2004)
Shannon Kelleher, Sr. Program Coordinator, Department of Health
Sciences (March 2005)
Resignations/Lay-Offs
a. Administrative Staff
Ashely Caulfield, Financial Administrator, Sargent College Administration
(January 2005)
Andrew Chase, Research Administrator, Sargent College Administration
(August 2004)
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Yasmin Pereyra, Research Analyst, Department of Health Sciences
(June 2004)
Rhonda Skeete, Assistant to the Chairman, Department of Rehabilitation
Sciences (July 2004)
b. Support Staff
Erin Adams, Executive Secretary, Sargent College Administration,
(February 2004)
Promotions and Transfers
Kristina Kelly, Financial Administrator, Sargent College Administration
(January 2005)
Sharon Sankey, Director, Student Services, Student Academic Support
Services, (November 2004)
Lisa Tornatore, Executive Secretary, Sargent College Administration,
Office of the Dean (January 2005)
Retirements
None
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Publications & Presentations
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PRESENTATIONS____________________________________________________
Anthony, W. A. Process and outcome in psychiatric rehabilitation. National Conference
on Behavioral Health Care Outcomes, Chicago, IL. September 24, 2004.
Anthony, W. A. Psychiatric rehabilitation: Conceptual, empirical and clinical base. APA
Institute on Psychiatric Services, Atlanta, GA. October 8, 2004.
Anthony, W. A. Discussant at a symposium entitled helping systems develop recovery
oriented services. APA Institute for Psychiatric Services, Atlanta, GA. October 9, 2004.
Anthony, W. A. Psychiatric rehabilitation: It's a whole new story. 12th Annual Mental
Awareness Day Conference, Huntington Station, NY. October 14, 2004.
Anthony, W. A. Recovery oriented services. Keynote Presentation at Fourth Annual
Recovery Conference, Langhorne, PA. October 23, 2004.
Anthony, W. A. Recovery. New Jersey PRA Annual Conference, Edison, NJ.
November 4, 2004.
Anthony, W. A. Discussant at Stigma Roundtable. New Jersey PRA Annual
Conference, Edison, NJ. November 4, 2004.
Anthony, W. A. Napping - the no cost, no sweat way to improve your performance and
mood. Workshop leader at ICORPS, Indianapolis, IN. November 5, 2004.
Anthony, W. A. Concepts from adult mental health. Children's Mental Health Recovery
and Resilience Meeting sponsored by SAMHSA, Rockville, MD. December 2, 2004.
Anthony, W. A. Recovery: A common vision for the fields of mental health and
addictions. National Consensus Conference on Mental Health Recovery and Systems
Transformation sponsored by SAMHSA, Rockville, MD. December 16, 2004.
Anthony, W. A. Psychiatric Rehabilitation. School of Rehabilitation Counseling
Conference on Rehabilitacion Psiquiatrica, San Juan, PR. March 17, 2005.
Anthony, W. A. Recovery: A new story. Mental Health Consumer and Family
Leadership Conference, Anchorage, AK. April 14, 2005.
Anthony, W. A. Discussant at symposium on Recovery and Systems Transformation.
Mental Health Consumer and Family Leadership Conference, Anchorage, AK. April 14,
2005.
Beeghly, M. and Fetters, L. Cognitive, Motor and Behavioral Functioning of Children
Born VLBW with and without WMD at 6, 18 and 30 months. American Physical Therapy
Association, Combined Sections Meeting. New Orleans, February, 2005 .
Beeghly, M. and Fetters, L. Cognitive, Motor and Behavioral Functioning of Children
Born VLBW with and without WMD at 6, 18 and 30 months. Society for Research in
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Child Development, Atlanta, GA, April, 2005.
Ben-Sasson, A., Cermak, S., Kadlec, M. B., and Orsmond, G. The patterns of extreme
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Ben-Sasson, A., Cermak, S., Orsmond, G., Kadlec, M. B., and Carter, A. Extreme
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Patterns in Relation to Emotional and Behavioral Profiles of Toddlers With Autism.
Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
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Ben-Sasson,A., Cermak, S.A., Orsmond, G.I., Kadlec, M.B., and Carter, A. Extreme
sensory behaviors of toddlers with autism: Prevalence and interference in routines.
Poster presented at the Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual
and Developmental Disabilities, Annapolis, Maryland. March, 2005.
Berger, S., Cermak, S., Howard, B., and Mandelblatt, L. Occupational Therapy: A Third
World View. Massachusetts Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, Marlboro, MA.,
October 29, 2004.
Berger, S., Cermak, S., Mandelblatt, L. C., and Howard, B. Occupational therapy: A
third world view. The Massachusetts Association for Occupational Therapy Annual
Conference. October 29, 2004.
Berger, S., Kaldenberg, J., and Knott, L. Institute: Low vision and the older adult.
American Occupational Therapy Annual Conference. Long Beach, CA., May 11, 2005.
Blake, J. S. Creating a Dynamic Application. Massachusetts Dietetics Association.
New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, October 2004
Blake, J. S. Nutrition and Your Dental Health. Boston University Goldman School of
Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2005.
Buzzi, U., Kubo, M., Chang, C.L., Ulrich, B.D., and Holt, K.G. Gait Parameters and the
Kinematics of Walking: Preadolescents and New Walkers, with TD and with DS,
Proceedings, North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity,
Vancouver, BC. 2004
Caplan, D., Waters, G., Chen, E, Robakis, D: The Effect of Task on the BOLD Signal
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Caplan, D., Waters G., DeDe,G., Michaud ,J., Reddy, A. Syntactic Processing in
Aphasia, Presented at the Psychonomic Society, Minneapolis, November, 2004.
Caplan, D., Waters, G., DeDe, G., Michaud , J., Reddy, A.: A Study of Syntactic
Processing in Aphasia I: Behavioral (Psycholinguistic) Aspects, Academy of Aphasia,
Chicago, October, 2004.
Caplan, D., Waters, G., Kennedy, D., Alpert, N., Makris, N., DeDe,G., Michaud ,J.,
Reddy, A. A Study of Syntactic Processing in Aphasia II: Neurological Aspects,
Academy of Aphasia, Chicago, October, 2004.
Caplan, D., Waters, G., DeDe,G., Michaud , J., Reddy, A. Syntactic Processing in
Aphasia, Psychonomic Society. Minneapolis, November, 2004.
Caplan, D., Waters, G., DeDe, G., Michaud , J., Reddy, A. Syntactic Processing in
Aphasia, Cognitive Neuroscience Society, NY, March, 2005.
Caplan, D., Waters, G., DeDe, G., Michaud , J., Reddy, A. Syntactic Deficits in Aphasic
Comprehension, CUNY Sentence Processing Conference, Tucson, April, 2005.
Casile, A. & Singh, L. (2004) Selective effects of allophonic variation in early word
learning. 29th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston,
MA.
Cermak, S. Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and Dyspraxia: Updates in
assessment and intervention. The Fourth Pan-Pacific Conference on Rehabilitation.
Hong Kong Polytechnic University. September 23, 2004.
Cermak, S. Developmental disabilities. Sponsored by Orphan Reach. Bucegi
Orphanage, Center #1, Buzau, Romania. April 19 and 21, 2005.
Cermak, S. Hosted chat room moderator. Sensory integration in internationally adopted
children. Sensory Integration Education and Research Foundation (SIERF).
http://www.sierf.org/ . June 26, 2004
Cermak, S. Introduction to sensory processing disorders. Boston University Children’s
Center. Boston, MA. November 9, 2004.
Cermak, S. Introduction to sensory processing disorders. Head Start. Worcester, MA.
February 24, 2005.
Cermak, S. Plenary address: The effects of deprivation on child development: Lessons
learned from living in an orphanage. The Fourth Pan-Pacific Conference on
Rehabilitation. Hong Kong Polytechnic University. September 25, 2004.
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Cermak, S. Sensory integration theory, assessment, and intervention. Seoul, Korea.
June 27-July 1, 2005.
Cermak, S., and Osborne, P. Sensory-motor issues in children with developmental
disabilities. Leadership in Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (MCH).
Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA. October 17, 2004.
Chen, E., West, C., Waters, G., Caplan, D. Event-related Examination of Animacy
Effects on the Localization of Syntactic Processing, Cognitive Neuroscience Society,
NY, March, 2005.
Cobain MR, Pencina M, Quatromoni P, D’Agostino RB. Adherence to dietary
guidelines and weight changes predict changes in serum total:high density lipoprotein
cholesterol levels. The Framingham Offspring Study. Unilever Corporate Research
Review, United Kingdom, May 2005.
Cohn, E., Lawlor, M, Henry, A.D. Health Care Disparities for Persons with Disabling
Conditions: Implications for Policy and Practice. Panel presentation at the 85th
American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA, May
2005.
Cohn, E.S. “Evidence-Based Practice: Challenges to integrating patient preferences,
research evidence and professional expertise. Colloquium on Qualitative Research in
Health, Boston, MA. Oct. 2004.
Cohn, E.S. Disparities Among Children with Asthma Culture, Communication &
Complexity. American Occupational Therapy Annual Conference. Long Beach,
California, May 20, 2005.
Cohn, E.S. Parenting the Child with Asthma: Managing Uncertainty and Making
Choices to Assert Control. Society for the Study of Occupation: USA, Warm Springs,
Oregon October, 2004.
Collins, L., Rothstein, A., Wasson, M., Davis, C., Jacobs, K. (group facilitator).
Spreading the Word: How to Get Published. American Occupational Therapy
Association Conference. Long Beach, California, May 12, 2005.
Coster, W. Assessing occupational performance: Challenges and opportunities.
American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA. May
12, 2005.
Coster, W. Can this research really help my practice? A practical introduction to EBP.
9th Annual Practitioners’ Day, Pacific University, Portland, OR. April 22, 2005.
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Coster, W. Embedding EBP into practice. Paper presented at AOTA/AOTF Institute:
Anatomy of a Scholar. American Occupational Therapy Association Annual
Conference, Long Beach, CA. May 12, 2005.
Coster, W. Everyday evidence: Gathering data in your own practice. American
Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA. May 12, 2005.
Coster, W. Evidence-based practice in occupational therapy: A practical introduction.
New England Occupational Therapy Educator’s Council, Worcester, MA. September
30, 2004.
Coster, W. Functional Assessment of Children in Elementary School. Pacific
University, Forest Grove, OR. April 23, 2005.
DeDe,G., Caplan, D., Waters, G., Michaud, J., Reddy, A. Sentence Comprehension in
Aphasia: Stability of Performance, Clinical Aphasiology Conference, Sanibel, FL, May
2005.
Dell Orto, A. E. Aging and Life Changes. Sargent College Alumni Association
Conference. April 2005.
Dell Orto, A. E. Coping and living with Trauma: The Resilient Family. Invited
presentation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA. November 2004.
Dell Orto, A. E. Coping and Living with medical trauma: Family Perspectives and
needs. Grand Rounds: Boston University Medical Center, Department of Physical
Medicine, Boston, MA. August 2004.
Dell Orto, A.E. Illness, Change, and Disability: Our common ground. National Council
on Rehabilitation Education Conference, Tucson, AZ. February 2005.
Duncombe, L. W., Barrows, C.J. A University-Community Project in Mental Health:
Occupational Therapy Students Practice Skills and Group Home Residents Benefit.
American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference. Long Beach, CA.
May 13, 2005.
Duncombe, L.W., Evenson, M.A., Barnes, M.A. Writing Student Internship Objectives
to Align with the AOTA Fieldwork Performance Evaluation (FWPE). BU/Tufts Clinician
Workshop. Boston University, Boston, MA. January 22, 2005.
Ellis, T. Development of an evidence-based approach to the management of patients
with Parkinson's Disease and related movement disorders. Grand Rounds at
HealthSouth Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA. June 10, 2004.
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Ellis, T. Validity, reliability and responsiveness of outcome measures used in a clinical
setting for patients with Parkinson's Disease. HealthSouth Braintree Rehabilitation
Hospital, Braintree, MA. June 24, 2004.
Ellis, T., Evidence-Based Rehabilitation for the Self-Management of Parkinson’s
Disease. American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Long
Beach, CA. May 13, 2005.
Ellis, T., and Tickle-Degnen, L. Interdisciplinary rehabilitation for the self-management
of Parkinson’s disease. Neurorehabilitation Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury,
Stroke, & Parkinson’s Disease, Healthsouth Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston,
MA. November 2004.
Ellis, T., Rehabilitation Tools for the Management of Individuals with Parkinson’s
Disease. Neurorehabilitation Conference on Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke and
Parkinson’s Disease, John Hancock Conference Center, Boston, MA. November 13,
2004.
Farkas, M. Invited Keynote Speaker. La Desinstitutionalisation: L’histoire et l’acutalite
aux Etats Unis: Ou sommes nous? La Journee de Rehabilitation. Comite pour la
Rehabilitation Psychosociale. Paris, France. June 18, 2004.
Farkas, M. Invited Seminar Leader. Et pour la France, La Journee de Rehabilitation.
Comite pour la Rehabilitation Psychosociale. Paris, France June 18, 2004.
Farkas, M. Invited Workshop Leader. La theorie et la pratique de rehabilitation et
reetablissement: Une sensibilisation. Charleroi, Belgium, June 21, 22, 2004.
Farkas, M. Invited Keynote Panel Speaker. Recovery Revolution, Reformation and
Transformation through Collaboration: Where have we been, where are we and where
are we going? New York APSRS Annual Conference, Ellenville, NY. September 30,
2004.
Farkas, M. Invited Speaker and Symposium Chair: Present and Future of
Rehabilitation in Psychiatry. World Psychiatric Association International Congress.
Florence, Italy, November 11, 2004.
Farkas, M. Invited Workshop Presenter. Use of Recovery Indicators in Outcome
Assessment in Workshop entitled: Innovative Approaches to Outcome Assessment of
Psychosocial Interventions in Severe Mental Disorders. World Psychiatric Association
International Congress, Florence, Italy. November 12, 2004.
Farkas, M. Invited Discussant: Stigma. Discrimination and Human Rights issues.
International Conference: Mental Health, The Consumer’s View, WAPR. Milan, Italy,
June 10, 2005.
Farkas, M. Invited Symposium Chair: Recovery: What helps and what hinders?
International Conference: Mental Health, The Consumer’s View, WAPR. Milan, Italy,
June 11, 2005.
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Fetters, L. Evidence in Support of Clinical Practice: Developing an Evidence Based
Physical Therapy Curriculum, 1 day workshop. Departments of Physical and
Occupational Therapy, ). II Brazilian Congress of Motor Behavior-New Horizons in
Motor Behavior, Federal University of Minas Gerais State, Belo Horizonte, Brazil,
September, 2004.
Fetters. L. Development of Action, New Horizons in Motor Development (research
presentation). II Brazilian Congress of Motor Behavior-New Horizons in Motor
Behavior, Federal University of Minas Gerais State, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, September,
2004.
Gallun, F. J., Mason, C. R. and Kidd, G. Jr. Human perception of dichotic speech
streams. Presented at the 28th MidWinter meeting of the Association for Research in
Otolaryngology, New Orleans, LA, February 19-24, 2005.
Gallun, F. J., Mason, C. R. and Kidd, G. Jr. Processing two stimuli simultaneously:
Switching or sharing? J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, May 2005.
Gavett, E. & Peaper, R. Developing Strategies for Effective Supervision. Maine
Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Rockland, Maine. March, 2005.
Gavett, E. & Peaper, R. Facilitating Critical Thinking Skills in Student Clinicians.
University of Maine. Orono, Maine. June, 2005.
Gross D., Niu J., Zhang Y. Q., McLennan C,, Hannan M. T., Felson D. T., Holt K. G.,
Hunter D. J. Foot structural abnormalities and their association with hip pain. American
College of Rheumatology, 2005.
Harding, C. M. Lecture: Conducting Very-long-term studies: the challenges, rewards
and surprises. For Research Faculty at the Dept of Psychology, University of Oslo,
Norway, September 6, 2004.
Harding, C. M. Lecture: Paradoxes, patterns & predictors in the long-term outcome of
schizophrenia, For a Multidisciplinary audience at the Dept of Psychology, University of
Oslo, Norway, September 6, 2004.
Harding, C. M. 3 hr. Workshop: Reclaiming Lives for 24 clinical supervisors in the Dept
of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway, September 7, 2004.
Harding, C. M. 3 hr. Workshop: Evidence for improvement in serious and persistent
mental illness: Implications for treatment for graduate students across disciplines
(primarily nursing and occupational therapists) Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway,
September 8, 2004.
Harding, C. M. Research Lecture: Norwegian Institute of Public Health
(Forkningsforum) Oslo, Norway, September 8, 2004.
Harding, C. M. Research Lecture: Norwegian Institute of Mental Health (psychoforum)
Oslo, Norway, September 9, 2004.
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Harding, C. M. & Torgalsboen, A.K.: Research Seminar: Views on Recovery as an
Outcome Measure TIPS Research Team and hospital clinicians. Ulleval University
Hospital (largest hospital in Scandinavia) Oslo, Norway, September 10, 2004.
Harding, C. M. Faculty: Blending Research Evidence and Practical Applications to
Transform Systems of Care into Recovery Models in all day training for community
mental health centers called, Using Data to Improve Practice-Reports from the Real
World with Sandy Forquer, John Morris, and Joe Parks. 35th Annual Training
Conference, National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, San Francisco
Marriott, San Francisco, CA., March 12, 2005.
Harding, C.M. Workshop: How to Preserve and Increase Your Levels of Resilience.
Aging Gracefully- Sargent College Alumni Assoc. Professional Workshop. Boston
University, Boston, MA, March 19, 2005.
Harding, C. M. Moderator: All Day Workshop – The Many Faces of Resilience with
Thomas Dukes, MSW (Sch of Ed), Zlatka Russinova, Ph.D.(CPR), David Webster,
OTR/L, MS (Boston VA) and Laura Lorenz of Brandeis. Center for Psychiatric
Rehabilitation, Boston University, Boston, MA, April 13, 2005.
Harding, C. M. Keynote: Working together to reclaim lives from prolonged psychiatric
disorders. Improvement Through Collaboration: Focus on Recovery Conference,
Sponsored by Community Care Behavioral Health, Omni William Penn, Pittsburgh, PA,
April 15, 2005.
Harding, C. M. Two All Day Workshops: How to get a quick life history and How to
reassess people with schizophrenia who seem to be stuck on the road to recovery. With
clinical teams from Allegheny Healthchoices. Pittsburgh, PA, April 18 & 19, 2005.
Harding, C. M. Keynote: Trauma, Resilience & Recovery. Eugene Psychiatric Nurse
Practitioners. Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, May 13, 2005.
Harding, C. M. All Day Workshop : How to get a quick life history and the Power of
Stories and How to reassess people with schizophrenia who seem to be stuck on the
road to recovery and “Recovery and Resilience. Laurel Hill Center, Eugene, OR, May
16, 2005.
Harding, C. M. Keynote: Mental Illness, Hope, and Recovery Public Forum,
Alternatives, Inc., Worcester Main Library, Worcester, MA, May 19, 2005.
Harding, C. M. Two Workshops: How to get a quick life history and the Power of
Stories and How to reassess people with schizophrenia who seem to be stuck on the
road to recovery and Recovery and Resilience The Village-ISA, Long Beach, CA., June
14, 2005.
Harding, C. M. Keynote: Blending Research Evidence and Practical Applications to
Transform Systems of Care into Recovery Models for a Recovery Conference in
response to Prop 63–The MH Services Act. Conference sponsored by the California
Institute of Mental Health, Radisson Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, June 15, 2005.
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Harding, C. M. Plenary Speaker: Practical Applications Gleaned from Blending
Research Evidence to Transform Systems of Care into Recovery Models. MA Dept of
Mental Health’s Metro Suburban Area’s 6th Quality Management Symposium.
Implementing Evidence Based Practices within a Recovery Framework, with Marianne
Farkas as other plenary. Regis College, Weston, MA, June 17, 2005.
Henry, A. D., Hooven, F., Hashemi, L., Himmelstein, J. Employment and Disability.
Findings from a Survey of Massachusetts Medicaid Buy-in Program Enrollees with
Disabilities. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual
Conference, Washington DC, November 2004.
Henry, A. D., Burson, K., Pitts, D., Barrows, C. Evidence-Based Employment Services
for Adults with Serious Mental Illness. Workshop presented at the 85th American
Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference, Long Beach, CA, May 2005
Hilgetag, C. C. and Barbas, H. Contribution of mechanical forces to the shaping of the
cerebral cortical landscape. FENS, Lisbon, July 2004.
Hilgetag, C. C. and Barbas, H. Mechanical control of cortical convolutions. Neurosci.
Abstr. 30, 2004.
Ho, C. L., Holt, K. G., Wagenaar, R. C. Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) of
Gastrocnemius-Soleus (G-S) Improves Gait Patterns by Addressing the Changed
Dynamic Resources of Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy (CP). International Society
of ElectroKinesiology (ISEK), Boston, MA, 2004.
Holt, K. G. A systems approach to understanding movement and rehabilitation. Boston
University, September, 2004.
Holt, K. G. Biomechanics, Functional Anatomy and Chronic Injury. Cooley Dickinson
Hospital, Northampton, MA, Oct 2004.
Holt, K. G. Modeling Dynamic Resources During Walking. International Society of
Electrophysiological Kinesiology, Boston, MA, June 2004.
Holt, K. G. The Role of Biomechanics in Determining the Coordination Patterns in
Walking. Invited Address, II Brazilian Congress of Motor Behavior – New Horizons in
Motor Behavior, Federal University of Minas Gerais State (UFMG), Belo Horizonte,
Brasil, September, 2004.
Holt, K. G., Saltzman, E., Ho, C. L., Kubo, M, Buzzi, U, Ulrich, B. D. Modeling:
Developmental Approach Uncovers Changes in Underlying Dynamics. Proceedings,
North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Vancouver,
BC. 2004.
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Hooven, F., Zhang, J., Henry, A. D., Himmelstein, J. Identifying Disability Type Using
Medicaid Administrative Data. Paper presented at the American Public Health
Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November, 2004.
Howland, K. Invited lecture: The role of phonological awareness skills in early literacy
development. Baldwin School, Brighton, MA, November 2004.
Huang, P-C., Tickle-Degnen L., and Ma, H-I. Validity of Taiwanese videotape interview
for Parkinson's disease. Poster session presented at the annual conference of the
Massachusetts Association for Occupational Therapy, Marlborough, MA, October, 2004.
Hursh, N. C. Changing Roles and Functions of Disability Managers: Results and
inmplications of a CDMSC National Survey. New England IARPS Annual Conference.
Boston, MA, October 15, 2004.
Hursh, N. C. Consensus and Practice-Based Role and Function Study: Current DM
Practitioner Roles. Second International Forum on Disability Management. Masstricht,
NL, September 13, 2004.
Hursh, N. C. Ethical Practices in Private Rehabilitation: An Overview. Division of
Industrial Accidents Annual Meeting. Hopkinton, MA, May 23, 2005.
Hursh, N. C. McCarriston, W. M., and Dean, C. Impact of CORI on Homeless
Individuals Job Retention. Boston Continuum of Care Conference. Boston, MA,
December 13, 2004.
Hursh, N. C. Vocational Rehabilitation Issues in Forensic Independent Evaluations.
Advanced Advocacy Training Conference - Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
Waltham, MA, December 9, 2004.
Hursh, N. C., and Shrey, D. E. Results of International Survey of Disability
Management Practice. Second International Forum on Disability Management.
Masstricht, NL, September 14, 2004.
Hutchinson, D. S. Relevant Program Evaluations: Developing Logic Models.
Presenter at an Institute at the 30th Annual United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Association conference. Pittsburgh, PA. May 25, 2005.
Hutchinson, D. S. Translating Research into Practice: Health Promotion Services for
Persons with Serious Mental Illness. Workshop at the American Public Health
Association National Meeting. Washington, DC, November 9, 2004.
Hutchinson, D. S. Health Promotion as a Key Component of Mental Health Treatment.
Grand Rounds Shattuck Public Health Hospital. Boston, MA, October 12, 2004.
Hutchinson, D. S. Empowering Citizenship through Heath Literacy for Persons with
Psychiatric Disabilities. (Keynote Presenter) J. Marion Sims Foundation Adult Literacy
and Basic Skills Initiative Recognition Dinner. University of South Carolina-Lancaster,
SC, October 7, 2004.
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Hutchinson, D. S. A million here, a million there; Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services
assist the Recovery Process. National Alliance of Mentally Ill National Conference.
Washington, DC, September 10, 2004.
Hutchinson, D. and Henry, A. D. Relevant Program Evaluation Through Logic
Models. Institute presented at the 30th US Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services
(IAPSRS) Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2005.
Jackman, R. W., Hunter, R. B., and Kandarian, S. C. Changes in cultured myotubes
mediated by the adenoviral delivery of an EGFP-Bcl-3 fusion protein. NASA’s
Bioastronautics Investigators’ Workshop, Galveston, TX, January 9-12, 2005.
Jacobs, K. Being an Occupation FANATIC. New Zealand Association of Occupational
Therapist. Christchurch, New Zealand, September 3, 2004.
Jacobs, K. Dim Sum and Potato Latkes Fostering Communication through Cooking
and Culture. InfoBlizzard. Boston University. Boston, Massachusetts, February 2, 2005.
Jacobs, K. Ergonomics for Therapists. New York State Occupational Therapy
Association. Rochester, New York, November 5, 2004.
Jacobs, K. Healthy Computing in Middle School Students. New Zealand Association of
Occupational Therapist. Christchurch, New Zealand, September 4, 2004.
Jacobs, K. International Exchange: People to People Ambassadors Program to China.
Massachusetts Association for Occupational Therapy annual conference. Marlboro,
Massachusetts, October 29, 2004.
Jacobs, K. Marketing and Innovation. New Zealand Association of Occupational
Therapist. Christchurch, New Zealand, September 3, 2004.
Jacobs, K. Overview of Occupational Therapy in the United States. People to People
Ambassadors Program. Moscow, Russia, November 30, 2004.
Jacobs, K. Youth and Ergonomics: Improving Student Performance at School and
Play. Ergonomic Conference Sponsored by Seminars & Such, Kalamazoo, Michigan,
June 26, 2004.
Jacobs, K. , Wingrat, J., Ergonomics in the Classroom. American Occupational
Therapy Association Conference. Long Beach, California, May 13, 2005.
Jacobs, K. Being an Occupation FANATIC. College Misericordia, Dallas,
Pennsylvania, March 8, 2005.
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Jacobs, K. Teaching and Learning with Technology Faculty Forum: Use of
Courseware and other Online Resources. Center for Excellence in Teaching. Boston
University. Boston, Massachusetts, February 2, 2005.
Jacobs, K. Ergonomics. College Misericordia, Dallas, Pennsylvania, March 8, 2005.
Jacobs, K. The Practical Use of Assistive Technology for Elders. N.E.A.T. Expo.
Lowell, MA. May 6, 2005.
Jacobs, K. and Sanford, J. Accommodating the Older Person at Work. American
Occupational Therapy Association Conference. Long Beach, California, May 13, 2005.
Kandarian, S.C. Intracellular signals in disuse muscle atrophy. Presentation of
research at the S. Mouchly Small Muscle Symposium – Mechanisms of muscle atrophy.
Host: Priscilla Clarkson, University of Massachusetts Amherst, June 24-25, 2004
(presentation not listed last year).
Kidd, G., Jr., Arbogast, T. L., Mason, C. R. and Gallun, F. J. The advantage of
knowing where to listen. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, May
2005.
Kubo, M., Buzzi, U., Holt, K. G., Saltzman, E., and Ulrich, B. D. Kinetics of Walking:
Dynamic Resource Use Changes Across Development and Between Children with and
Without DS. Proceedings, North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and
Physical Activity, Vancouver, BC, 2004.
Laursen, R. M., Brown S. D. From Student to Practitioner: The Value of Structure and
Autonomy. NATA Athletic Training Educators' Conference, Houston, TX, January 21-23,
2005.
Lowenstein, N. The Role of OT for Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis. Massachusetts
Association for Occupational Therapy Annual Conference, Marlborough, MA, Oct 29,
2004.
McCraith, D. M. Cognitive Assessments and Interventions - Implementing a Cognitive
Evaluation Program. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts,
November 12, 2004.
McCraith, D.M. Cognitive Assessments and Interventions. Boston University, Sargent
College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, October 19,
2004.
McCraith, D. M. Integrating Cognitive Approaches in Occupational Therapy Practice.
Allen Cognitive Symposium, Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois, October 22,
2004.
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Murai, M. H., Pecci, M., Laursen, R. M. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in a Recreational
Rugby Player Using Anabolic Steroids: A Case Study. SEATA Athletic Training Student
Workshop, Atlanta, GA, February 11-12, 2005.
Nemec, P. B. Building recovery principles into your training program. Invited
workshop, New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services Conference,
Ellenville, NY, October, 2004.
Nemec, P. B. Implications of the WHO ICF for Rehabilitation Counseling, with Kim
MacDonald-Wilson. Workshop, National Council on Rehabilitation Education
Conference, Tucson, AZ, February 2005.
Nemec, P. B. PSR 101. Invited presentation through a national audioconference. US
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, November 2004.
Nemec, P. B. Stress and Time Management. Invited workshop, M-Power Advocacy
Training, Worcester, MA, July 2004.
Nemec, P. B. The Basics of Advocacy. Workshop, United States Psychiatric
Rehabilitation Association, Massachusetts Chapter, Worcester, MA, September 2004.
Nemec, P. B. The Boston University ScD Program. Invited panel presentation,
NCRE/RSA/CSAVR Conference, Washington, DC, October 2004.
Nicolellis, D. The Scoop on the SSWI: Making the Social Security Work Incentives
Work! New York Association for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Ellenville, NY.
September 29, 2004.
Nicolellis, D. Invited 2-day workshop: Partnering to Enhance Readiness and SelfDetermination. New York Work Exchange, Coalition of Voluntary Mental Health
Agencies, New York, NY. November 15-16, 2004.
Nicolellis, D. Consultation with and presentations to Value Options in partnership with
BCPR Consulting, Inc., Phoenix, AZ. April 4-15, 2005 & May 16-27, 2005.
Oppenheimer, B., Strand, K., and Matthies, M. "Pushing and shoving: Evidencebased practice in a MS-SLP curriculum. Invited paper presented at the American
Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Convention. November 18, 2004 in
Philadelphia, PA. ASHA Leader, page 78. We also gave a day-long workshop on
evidence-based practice for Gallaudet University faculty at the invitation of James,
Mahshie, Chairman of the Speech, Language and Hearing Science program.
Palaima, M., Azzam, L., Peatman, N. Student Reports on Evidence Based Practice
Activities During Clinical Education. APTA Combined Sections Meeting. New Orleans,
LA, February 5, 2005.
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Paquette, A., Kirkpatrick, K., Duggan, D., Quatromoni, P. KidSTEPS: A study of eating
and physical activity in school-age children. Massachusetts Dietetic Association Spring
Meeting, May 2005.
Parris, D. Graduating Competent Clinicians: Boston University’s Training Program in
Fluency Disorders. Poster Presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA, November 2004.
Pearlmutter, N., Stanczak, L., Caplan, D., & Waters, G. (2005). Neural Correlates of
Semantic Plausibility in Sentence Comprehension in High and Low Working Memory
Groups. Presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, New York, NY.
Peatman, N. Student Reports on Evidence-Based Practice Activities During Clinical
Education. APTA Combined Sections Meeting, New Orleans, LA February 25, 2005.
Peteet, J. O. Health Promotion in Rehabilitation Science: Here and Abroad. APTA
Massachusetts Chapter Student Special Interest Group Seminar. Northeastern
University, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2, 2005.
Puccinelli, N. M., Tickle-Degnen, L., and Rosenthal, R. How to know what customers
really think: Effect of customer position and task on observer accuracy. Paper invited to
the Society for Consumer Psychology, St. Petersburg Beach, FL, February, 2005.
Puccinelli, N. M., Tickle-Degnen, L., and Rosenthal, R. Effect of target position and
target task on judge sensitivity to felt rapport. Paper presented at symposium (N.
Murphy, Chair), Current Trends in Person Accuracy Research: The Role of Nonverbal
Behaviors in Social Interactions the Society, at Annual Conference of the Eastern
Psychological Association, Boston, MA, March, 2005.
Quatromoni, P. A., Cobain, M. R., Pencina, M., Duggan, D. A., D’Agostino, R. B.
Dietary quality predicts adult weight gain: Longitudinal analyses from the Framingham
Offspring Study. North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Las Vegas,
Nevada, November, 2004. Published abstract in Obesity Research.
Quatromoni, P. A., Nam, B. H., Meyer, J. L., Duggan, D. A., D’Agostino, R. B.
Smoking cessation, weight gain, and changes in diet: Observations from the
Framingham Study. North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Las Vegas,
Nevada, November, 2004. Published abstract in Obesity Research.
Quatromoni, P. A., Nam, B. H., Meyer, J. L., Duggan, D. A., D’Agostino, R. B.
Smoking cessation, weight gain, and changes in diet: Observations from the
Framingham Study. Massachusetts Dietetic Association Spring Meeting, May 2005.
Quatromoni, P. A., Nam, B. H., Meyer, J. L., Duggan, D. A., D’Agostino, R. B. Weight
gain and changes in diet subsequent to smoking cessation. Massachusetts Dietetic
Association Fall Meeting, November, 2004.
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Restrepo-Toro, M. Rehabilitation Readiness Tool for Latino Consumers with Serious
Psychiatric Disabilities. NYPRS Annual Conference, NY, October, 2004.
Restrepo-Toro, M. Characteristics of a Recovery-Oriented Psychiatric Rehabilitation
System. Value Options, Phoenix, AZ, December, 2004.
Restrepo-Toro, M. Culturally Appropriate Research Interventions for Latinos. Boston
College. Boston, MA. December, 2004.
Restrepo-Toro, M. Abriendo Caminos: A Culturally competent Rehabilitation
Readiness Guide for Latinos. USPRA Conference. Pittsburgh, PA, May 24, 2005.
Russinova, Z., Bloch, P. & Dan, E. The pro and cons of disclosure at the workplace.
Workshop accepted for presentation at the 30th annual USPRA Conference, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, May 2005.
Russinova, Z., Knight, E., Scotten, D., & Bloch, P. The role of spirituality in the process
of recovery from psychiatric disabilities, Workshop accepted for presentation at the 30th
annual USPRA Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 2005.
Singh, L. Integration of content and form in normal and pragmatically impaired
populations. 29th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development,
Boston, MA, 2004.
Stanczak, L., Waters, G., & Caplan, D. (2005). Effects of Typicality in Single-Word
Production. Presented the Clinical Aphasiology Conference.
Stanczak, L, Caplan, D., Waters, G., Pearlmutter, N. (2005). Working Memory and
Semantic Plausibility: An fMRI Study. Presented at the Boston University Science and
Engineering Fair.
Stanczak, L., Caplan, D., & Waters, G. (2005). Inhibition of LIFG in Complex Syntactic
Processing in Fast Sentence Processors. Presented at the Cognitive Neuroscience
Society Conference, New York, NY.
Sullivan-Soydan, A. An Overview of Eating Disorders. Guest Lecturer, Boston
University Sargent College course RC 412, Abnormal Psychology, October 23, 2004.
Sullivan-Soydan, A. P. Evaluation of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practicum Students.
Workshop Presenter, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Educators Annual Meeting, Charleston,
South Carolina. October 10-12, 2004.
Sullivan-Soydan, A. P. Program Evaluation of Supported Education in Massachusetts
SEE Initiatives. Invited Speaker, NOVA SEE Program, Fitchburg, MA, October 28,
2004.
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Summers, C., Cermak, S., and Coleman, G. Specialized techniques for measuring
sensory integration. Co-Sponsored by the University of Southern California and
Western Psychological Services. Doubletree Club Suites, Jersey City, NJ, August 7-12,
2004.
Tickle-Degnen, L. Social psychology of health and well-being in Parkinson’s disease.
Invited lab presentation (Alice Cronin-Golumb), Center for Biological Psychology,
Boston University, Boston, MA, November, 2004.
Tickle-Degnen, L. Practical applications of evidence-based practice Invited lecture.
International Symposium of Measurement and Evaluation of Outcomes in
Rehabilitation, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden. September,
2004.
Tickle-Degnen, L. The status of rehabilitation and its outcomes in Parkinson’s disease.
Paper presented in panel, Functional Outcomes in the Rehabilitation of Patients with
Parkinson’s Disease: State of the Art and New Insights. American Congress of
Rehabilitation & American Society of Neurorehabilitation Joint Conference on Evidencebased Rehabilitation, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, September, 2004.
Tickle-Degnen, L. Making faces: Communicating beyond Parkinson’s. Young
Parkinson’s Disease Support Group. Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, March,
2005.
Tickle-Degnen, L. How cross-cultural research helps us to understand stigma in
healthcare. Invited paper for Pre-Conference Institute, Anatomy of a Scholar: Identity,
Teaching, and Research. American Occupational Therapy Association and American
Occupational Therapy Foundation, Long Beach, CA, May, 2005.
Tickle-Degnen, L. A case study in research scholarship. Invited paper for PreConference Institute, Anatomy of a Scholar: Identity, Teaching, and Research.
American Occupational Therapy Association and American Occupational Therapy
Foundation, Long Beach, CA, May, 2005.
Tickle-Degnen, L., and Lowenstein, N. Rehabilitation for Parkinson’s disease.
Winchester/Stoneham Parkinson’s Disease Support Groups, Jenks Center. Winchester,
MA, February, 2005.
Tickle-Degnen, L., Ellis, T., and Wagenaar, R. Evidence-based rehabilitation for the
self-management of Parkinson's disease. Refereed presentation for the Annual
Convention of the American Occupational Therapy Association, Long Beach, CA, May,
2005.
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Tyrrell W. T. Council on Rehabilitation Education (CORE), Undergraduate Registry in
Disability and Rehabilitation Studies guidelines, Panel Member, NCRE/RSA/CSAVR
Education Conference. Washington, DC, October 25-26, 2005.
Vergara, E. R. Atención Integral al Recién Nacido de Alto Riesgo. La Educación
Perinatal Como Base Fundamental para el Inicio de la Vida:.Congreso Internacional de
Enfermería: Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, Dirección General de Sanidad, Clínica
de Especialidades de la Mujer, México, D. F.. México, Oct. 22, 2004
Vergara, E. R. Atención y Estimulación Temprana: Introducción y Perspectiva Mundial.
I Congreso Interamericano de Estimulación y Atención Tempranas. Morelia,
Michoacán, México. Nov. 5, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. AtenciónTemprana del Prematuro. Foro de Actualidades en Nutrición
Infantil para Enfermeras Pediátricas – Sesión del 2004. Mead Johnson de México.
Mexico, D.F. and 17 other cities throughout Mexico, October 4 – Dec. 9, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo del Infante en la UCIN.
Hospital Gineco Obstetricia Luis Castelazo Ayala, Mexico. D.F., México, August 27,
2004.
Vergara, E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo del Infante en la UCIN.
Hospital Infantil de Mexico, México, D. F.., México, October - November 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo. U. M. A. E. GinecoObstetricia #4 Luis Castelazo Ayala. IMSS. México, D. F., México, March 9th, 2005.
Vergara, E. R. Estimulación Temprana: La Importancia del Tacto. Expo Bebé 2004,
World Trade Center de México. (Audience was predominantly pregnant women, women
with newborn infants, and their husbands). Mexico, D F.. Oct. 2, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Evaluación Neonatal del Bebé Prematuro Usando la NAPI
(Neurobehavioral Assessment of the Preterm Infant). 1er Encuentro Internacional
sobre Detección Temprana de Problemas en el Desarrollo. Instituto de Terapia
Ocupacional de México. México. D. F., México, Oct. 7, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Evolución Histórica de la Intervención del Desarrollo. Curso de
Actualización Médica Contínua en Pediatría y Neonatología 2004. Bristol-Myers Squibb
de México, México, D.F. August 10, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Implementación de un Modelo de Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al
Desarrollo del Infante en la UCIN. Hospital Angeles del Pedregal, Mexico, D. F,
México, Oct. 2004 – May 2005.
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Vergara, E. R. Iniciativa para Humanizar del Cuidado del Neonato. Curso de
Actualización Médica Continua en Pediatría y Neonatología 2005. Mead Johnson –
Bristol Myers Squibb. México. D. F. , México, March 8, 2005.
Vergara, E. R. Intervenciones Neonatales de Apoyo al Desarrollo a la luz de los
Parámetros de la UNICEF. Curso de Actualización Médica Continua en Pediatría y
Neonatología 2004. Bristol-Myers Squibb de México, México, D.F. August 10, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Práctica Basada en la Evidencia. Hospital Angeles del Pedregal,
Mexico, D. F., México. October – November, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Valoración del Ambiente en las UCIN para Disminuir Factores de
Riesgo en el Neonato Prematuro o Enfermo. 1er Encuentro Internacional sobre
Detección Temprana de Problemas en el Desarrollo. Instituto de Terapia Ocupacional
de México, México. D. F., México, Oct. 8, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Atención de Desarrollo del Neonato de Alto Riesgo. Hospital Ángeles
de Interlomas, Huixquilucan, Estado de México. México, Jan. 11, 2005.
Vergara, E. R. Atención del Desarrollo del Neonato en el Siglo XXI. Segundo Coloquio
de Neonatología: Alteraciones del Neurodesarrollo en el Recién Nacido de Alto Riesgo:
Un Enfoque Multidisciplinario. Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, Tlalpan,
México, Nov. 19, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Atención del Desarrollo del Neonato en el Siglo XXI. VII Seminario de
Actualidades en Nutrición Infantil. Centro de Investigación Nutricional Mead Johnson.
Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México. Dec. 3, 2005.
Vergara, E. R. Atención del Desarrollo del Neonato en el Siglo XXI. IV Jornadas de
Enfermería. Hospital General de Zona 1-A “Venados”, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro
Social, México, D. F., México, Jan 25, 2005.
Vergara, E. R. Atención del Desarrollo del Neonato en el Siglo XXI. VII Jornadas
Médicas del Hospital General de Mexicali, Méxicali, Baja California, México. Feb. 11,
2005.
Vergara, E. R. Atención y Estimulación Óptima del Recién Nacido. I Congreso
Interamericano de Estimulación y Atención Tempranas. Morelia, Michoacán, México.
Nov. 5, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Condiciones Favorables para Promover el Desarrollo del Neonato. IV
Encuentro de Instructores Activos del Programa Educativo Gestacional. Instituto
Nacional de Perinatología, México, D. F. México, Nov. 22, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Cuidado de Desarrollo del Neonato de Alto Riesgo. Hospital General
Dr.Manuel Gea González, Tlalpan, México., Jan. 14, 2005.
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Vergara, E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo del Infante en la UCIN.
Hospital Angeles del Pedregal, Mexico, D. F. August – October 2004
Vergara, E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo del Infante en la UCIN.
Hospital General de México, Mexico, D. F. México. Dec. 13-18, 2005
Vergara, E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo del Infante en la UCIN.
Escuela de Profesionales de la Salud, Hospitales Angeles, Mexico, D. F., México, Jan.
17-21, 2005
Vergara, E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo del Infante en la UCIN.
Escuela de Profesionales de la Salud, Hospitales Angeles, Mexico, D. F., México,
March 14-18, 2005.
Vergara, E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo. U. M. A. E. GinecoObstetricia, #4 Luis Castelazo Ayala, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS),
México, D. F., México, Feb. 22, 2005.
Vergara, E. R. Estimulación Temprana en el Recién Nacido (Video Workshop). I
Congreso Interamericano de Estimulación y Atención Tempranas. Morelia, Michoacán,
México. Nov. 6, 2004.
Vergara, E. R. Importancia del Tacto en el Desarrollo del Recién Nacido. XIII
Congreso Nacional de Neonatología y IV Congreso Nacional de Enfermería Neonatal,
Federación Nacional de Neonatología de México, León, Guanajuato, México. Feb. 1618, 2005.
Vergara, E. R., and Cuebas, F.. Neurodesarrollo Neonatal. III Congreso Médico,
Programa de Enfermería, Hospitales Angeles. Tijuana, Baja California, México. Oct.
29, 2004.
Vergara, E. R., and Hernandez-Suarez, A. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al
Desarrollo (Poster Presentation). III Congreso Médico, Programa de Enfermería,
Hospitales Angeles. Tijuana, Baja California, México. Oct. 30, 2004.
Vergara. E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo del Infante en la UCIN.
Hospital General 1o de Octubre, ISSTE, Mexico, D. F. , México, April 11-15, 2005
Vergara. E. R. Cuidado de Neurodesarrollo en la UCIN. Congreso de Enfermeras del
ISSSTE. Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, Mexico, D. F., México, April 21,
2005.
Vergara. E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo del Infante en la UCIN.
Escuela de Profesionales de la Salud, Hospitales Angeles, Mexico, D. F., México, April
4-8, 2005
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Vergara. E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo del Infante en la UCIN.
Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico, D. F., México, April 4-6, 2005
Vergara. E. R. 1er Consenso de Neurodesarrollo y Nutrición. Asociación Mexicana de
Pediatría. Huatulco, México. March 10 – 13, 2005.
Vergara. E. R. Apoyo Neuroconductual del Recién Nacido en la UCIN. II Encuentro de
Pediatras de la Armada de México. Hospital Naval de México, México, D. F., México,
April 7, 2005.
Vergara. E. R. Atención del Recién Nacido de Alto Riesgo en el Siglo XXI. Asociación
Queretana de Pediatría, Querétaro, Guanajuato, México, May 3, 2005.
Vergara. E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo del Infante en la UCIN.
Curso Intensivo de Neonatología, Facultad Escuela de Enfermería, Universidad
Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México. April 26-28, 2005.
Vergara. E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo y las Políticas de Salud
en México. Curso Especializado de Neonatología, Facultad Escuela de Enfermería,
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México. April 25, 2005.
Vergara. E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo y las Políticas de Salud
en México. Asociación de Neonatologos del Distrito Federal y el Valle de Bravo,
México, D. F., México. April 29th, 2005.
Vergara. E. R. Cuidado Individualizado de Apoyo al Desarrollo y las Políticas de Salud
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18, 2005.
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