Look for Division of Occupational Therapy faculty and alumni from our Post-Professional OTD program at these conferences.
Only Binghamton University Division of Occupational Therapy faculty, staff, students, and alumni are listed.
AOTA INSPIRE 2027 (Boston, Massachusetts)
April 8–10, 2027
Alyson Pasquale and Amy Lorino
"Best Practices from the Trenches: Scaling High-Fidelity, Competency-Based Mental
Health Simulations in Occupational Therapy Practitioner Education"
Cristina Dumitrescu
"From Foundational Sciences to Professional Reasoning: An Instructional Design Framework
for Student Success in Occupational Therapy Education"
8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m., Workshop 109
Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center
Cristina Dumitrescu with Danny Deng and Alex Orkwis
"Teaching the Invisible: Integrating Immersive Technology Within a Multimodal Neuroscience
Curriculum for Occupational Therapy Education"
8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m., Poster Session #1
Amy Lorino, Alyson Pasquale, and Neyda Gilman
"Impact of a Brief Interprofessional Education Session on Older Adults’ E-Health Literacy
Skills: A Program Evaluation"
8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m., Poster Session #1
60th Japanese Occupational Therapy Congress & Expo (Niigata, Japan)
Nov. 20–22, 2026
Michael Bermudez
"Machine Learning-Informed Occupational Therapy Framework for Community Stability
in Home Health Systems"
Society for the Study of Occupation Annual Research Conference (Portland, Maine)
Nov. 7, 2026
Bernard Muriithi
"Roman Catholic Mass: Applying the Occupational Resilience Framework to Understand
Persistence in Human Occupations"
9:50 a.m.–10:20 a.m.
29th ENOTHE Annual Conference (Toulouse, France)
Oct. 22–24, 2026
Cristina Dumitrescu
“Integrating Metacognition, Wellness, and Mindset in Occupational Therapy Education”
NYSOTA 2026 (Saratoga Springs, New York)
Oct. 17–18, 2026
Alyson Pasquale
"Bridging Classroom to Clinic: Best Practice of Simulation using Standardized Patients
in an OT Curriculum"
Impact Simulation Conference (Stony Brook, New York)
Oct. 16, 2026
Alyson Pasquale and Amy Lorino
"Development, Implementation, and Outcomes of a Complex Mental Health Simulation with
Standardized Patients in a Graduate Occupational Therapy Program"
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Annual Conference (Washington, District of Columbia)
Oct. 15, 2026
Bernard Muriithi
"A Feasibility Study Examining the Effects of the Activeheal Cancer Program on Occupational
Resilience, Quality of Life, and Wellbeing for Breast and Prostate Cancer Survivors"
1:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m.
American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (Washington, District of Columbia)
Oct. 12-16, 2026
Bernard Muriithi
“A feasibility study examining the effects of the Activeheal Cancer Program on occupational
resilience, quality of life, and well-being for breast and prostate cancer survivors”
AOTA Inspire 2026 Annual Conference and Expo (Anaheim, California)
April 23–25, 2026
Division faculty
Cristina Dumitrescu
“Predictors of Student Success Across Levels of OT Education: Integrating Coaching,
Wellness, and Pedagogical Strategies”
Jacie Schneider
“Going Viral for OT: Harnessing Social Media to Attract the Next Generation of OTs”
Bonnie Fischer-Camara (contributing author)
“Workshop 106: Building Your Career: Create an Individualized Plan to Establish, Change,
or Advance Your Practice”
PP-OTD program alumna
Liz Young
(contributing author Alyson Pasquale)
“The Interoception Connection: Development and Implementation of a Body-Based Mindfulness
Course for Caregivers and Educators”
19th World Federation of Occupational Therapists Congress (Bangkok, Thailand)
Feb. 9–12, 2026
Bonnie Fischer-Camara and Tracy Schober
"The Inspiring and Innovative Role of OT practitioners (OTPs) in an Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Autism Hub"
Bernard Muriithi
“The Enduring Legacy of Nuclear Tests: Barriers to managing type 2 diabetes among
Marshallese Pacific Islanders in the United States”