Occupational Therapy

M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, OT
Professor and Elias Michael Director of Program in Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine
- Email: baumc@wustl.edu

Chih-Hung Chang, PhD
Professor of Occupational Therapy, Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine
- Email: chih-hung.chang@wustl.edu

Kelly Harris, PhD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy and Surgery (Public Health Sciences), School of Medicine
- Email: kmharris@wustl.edu

Catherine R. Hoyt, PhD, OTD, OTR/L
Instructor in Occupational Therapy, Neurology & Pediatrics, School of Medicine
- Email: hoytcr@wustl.edu

Kathy Kniepmann, EdM, OTD, MPH
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy & Neurology, School of Medicine
- Email: kniepmannk@wustl.edu

Stephen Lau, PhD
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy and Neurology, School of Medicine
- Email: lauc@wustl.edu

Duana C. Russell-Thomas, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine
- Phone: 314-286-1625
- Email: duanacrussell@wustl.edu
Duana Russell-Thomas is interested in decreasing health disparity and increasing health and racial equity. She focuses on the process by which community partners and health professionals problem-solve, build relationship and create models of care around health promotion. Target populations include the underinsured and minoritized persons. Russell-Thomas' work with the St. Louis community involves topics such as trauma informed care, management of chronic conditions (especially paying attention to social determinants of health), DEI and climate justice.

Emily Somerville, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy and Neurology, School of Medicine
- Email: somervillee@wustl.edu

Susan L. Stark, PhD
Professor of Occupational Therapy, Neurology and Social Work, School of Medicine
- Email: sstark@wustl.edu

Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L
Professor in Occupational Therapy and Medicine, School of Medicine
- Email: taffs@wustl.edu

Quinn P. Tyminski, OTD, OTR/L, BCMH
Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy and Psychiatry, Occupational Therapy, School of Medicine
- Email: tyminskiq@wustl.edu