Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship
31st Annual Lectureship
The TWU School of Occupational Therapy presents the 2024 Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship, “Every Moment Counts: Occupational Therapy’s Distinct Value in Mental Health Promotion, Prevention, and Intervention," on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 at the T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences - Dallas Center. This year's speaker is Susan Bazyk, PhD, OTR/L, an occupational therapy researcher and practitioner. She is the founder of Every Moment Counts, a multi-pronged mental health initiative.
About the Lectureship
The Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship was established in 1994 to honor the first program director of occupational therapy at Texas Woman’s University, Fanny B. Vanderkooi. It celebrates the School of Occupational Therapy’s legacy of commitment to vision, professional values, and leadership development in occupational therapy education, practice and research. The event is typically attended by more than 250 occupational therapy professionals, inclusive of students.
Founders – Vanderkooi Endowment
Roland & Virginia Chandler Dykes
George & Grace Gilkeson
Bonnie Strauss
Vanderkooi Advisory Committee
Heather McBride - Chairperson
Sarah Borsh
Marie Garza
Thomas Halka
Ashley Harrell
Amy Ornelas
Abbye Gieringer
Kelly Link
Muneerah Ramesh
Cynthia Evetts
Noralyn Pickens
Jennie Martin
1993 Lela Llorens, PhD, OTR
1994 Charles Christiansen, Ed.D, OTR
1995 Penny Kyler-Hutchison, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA
1996/97 Catherine Trombly, PhD, OTR
1998 Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR
1999 Beatriz Abreu, PhD, OTR
2000 Shereen Farber, PhD, OTR
2001 Linda Fazio, PhD, OTR
2002 Karen Jacobs, EdD, OTR
2003 Barbara Kornblau, JD, OT/L
2004 Patricia Crist, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
2005 Jim Hinojosa, PhD
2006 Suzanne Peloquin, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
2007 Wendy Wood, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
2008 Penelope Moyers, EdD, OTR/L, BCMH, FAOTA
2009 Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD
2010 Barbara A. Boyt Schell, PhD, OT, FAOTA
2011 Glen Gillen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA
2012 Florence A. Clark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
2013 Mary Law, PhD, MSc, BSc
2014 Jane Case-Smith, EdD, OT, FAOTA
2015 Susan Coppola, MS, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA
2016 Barbara M. Doucet, PhD, LOTR
2017 Anne G. Fisher, ScD, OT, FAOTA
2018 Thomas F. Fisher, PhD, OT, CCM, FAOTA
2019 Susan M. Cahill, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
2020 Deirdre R. Dawson, PhD, OT Reg. (Ont.)
2021 Roger O. Smith, PhD, OT, FAOTA
2022 Catana Brown, PhD, OTR
2023 Lela A. Williams Llorens, PhD, OTR/RET., FAOTA, Professor Emerita
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