CURRICULUM VITAE
FLORENCE A. CLARK, PH.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
General Information
Date of Birth: September 8, 1946
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York
Work Address: University of Southern California Division of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
at the School of Dentistry
1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133
Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003
323-442-2850
Home Address: 96 N. Craig Avenue, #13
Pasadena, CA 91107
American Occupational
Therapy Association Member #: 181149
California Board of
Occupational Therapy License #: 4175
Education
Bachelor of Arts in English (major) and Speech Drama (minor) 1968
State University of New York at Albany
Master of Science in Occupational Therapy 1970
State University of New York at Buffalo
Ph.D. in Education 1982
Dual major in Educational Psychology (Educational Measurement and
Statistics) and Special Education
University of Southern California
Grants
Lifestyle Redesign for Pressure Ulcer Prevention in SCI, National 2008-2013
Institutes of Health, Grant# 1 R01 HD056267-01 / $2,882,372
Health Mediating Effects of the Well Elderly Program, Department 2004–2008
of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health,
Grant # 1 R01 AG021108-01A2 / $2,280,668
Daily Living Context and Pressure Sores in Consumers with SCI, 2000-2003
U.S. Department of Education, National Institute of Disability
and Rehabilitation Research, Grant # H133G000062 / $450,000
AOTF Center for Scholarship and Research at the University of Southern 1996-1999
California, The Relationship of Occupation to Adaptation and Its
Implications for Occupational Therapy,
American Occupational Therapy Foundation / $75,000
Supplement to The Effectiveness of Two Occupational Therapy 1994-1997
Treatments for the Elderly,
American Occupational Therapy Foundation / $90,000
The Effectiveness of Two Occupational Therapy Treatments for the 1994-1997
Elderly, National Institute of Health Care Policy and Research,
National Institute on Aging and National Center for Medical
Rehabilitation Research, Grant #R01 AG11810 / $679,030
The Effectiveness of Two Occupational Therapy Treatments for the Elderly, 1994-1997
Research Supplement for Under Represented Minorities,
Grant #R01 AG11810-01S1 / $73,109
Pediatric Occupational Therapy - Clinical Competence/Leadership Training, 1992-1997
United States Department of Health and Human Services,
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health / $669,224
Training for Occupational Therapy Transition Services for Minority Students 1992-1996
with Disabilities in the Elementary School,
United States Department of Education / $449,844
Occupational Therapy Doctoral Leadership Training in School-Based 1989-1992
Transition Programming,
United States Department of Education / $270,000
Junior and Senior High School Transition Program Provision Training 1989-1992
for Occupational Therapists,
United States Department of Education / $252,990
Occupational Therapy Leadership (Master’s-Doctoral) Training, 1987-1992
United States Department of Health and Human Services,
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health / $615,096
Occupational Therapy Students Training for Options Program 1987-1990
Implementation, United States Department of Education / $231,000
Occupational Therapy Training in Pediatrics, 1984-1987
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Administration, Division of Maternal and Child Health,
Grant #MCJ 009048 / $261,000
Occupational Therapy Students Training for High School-Based 1984-1987
Independent Living Skills Development, Personnel Preparation,
United States Department of Education,
Grant # 029FH4005 / $285,000
Honors and Awards
President’s Award, Occupational Therapy Association of California 2008
Service Commendation, American Occupational Therapy Association, Author, 2008
“Obesity and Occupational Therapy Position Paper”
Bridges to the Ivory Tower Award – Linking Research with Practice, 2008
Pediatric Therapy Network
Barbara Rider Lecturer, Western Michigan University 2007
Service Commendation, American Occupational Therapy Association, Director 2006
AOTA Board of Directors
Service Commendation, American Occupational Therapy Association, Board 2006
Liaison, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Workgroup
Ruth Zemke Lecturer, Society of Occupational Science: USA 2004
Presidential Medallion, University of Southern California 2004
Commencement Address, Moving Ahead To Build Occupational 2002
Therapy’s Future, Nova Southeastern University
Lifetime Achievement Award, Occupational Therapy Association of California 2001
Faculty Master, North Residential College, University of Southern California 2001
Mentor for the Class of 2001, Department of Occupational Therapy 2001
School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch
Focus Interviewee: The Japanese Occupational Therapy Journal, 2000
2000, 34(12), 1157-1163
Award of Merit, American Occupational Therapy Association 1999
Service Award, American Occupational Therapy Association 1999
Haydn Williams Fellowship, Curtin University of Technology, 1998
Perth, Western Australia
Certificate of Appreciation, American Occupational Therapy Foundation 1996
Doctor of Science (Honorary), University of Indianapolis 1994
Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecturer, American Occupational Therapy Association 1993
Caroline Thompson Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Madison 1993
Faculty Master, Embassy Residential College, University of 1991-1994
Southern California
Senior Residential Faculty Fellow, Embassy Residential College, 1990
University of Southern California
Honored Lecturer, California Occupational Therapy Foundation 1987
Charter Member, American Occupational Therapy Foundation 1986
Academy of Research
First Recipient, Postdoctoral Fellowship, $15,000 1984-1985
American Occupational Therapy Foundation
Roster of Fellows, American Occupational Therapy Association 1981-Present
Roster of Research Consultants, 1980-1982
American Occupational Therapy Foundation
Doctoral Traineeship, United States Office of Education, 1978-1979
Bureau of Education for the Handicapped
Best Clinical Affiliate in Occupational Therapy, 1970
State University of New York at Buffalo
Dissertation
Relationship of Electrodermal Activity in Three-Year-Olds to their 1980
Aggression at Age Nine: A Study of a Physiologic Substrate of
Temperament, University of Southern California
Employment and Positions Held
Associate Dean and Professor 2006-Present
Division of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
at the Ostrow School of Dentistry
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Professor and Chair 1989-2006
Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Associate Professor and Acting Chair 1988-1989
Department of Occupational Therapy
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy 1983-1988
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy 1976-1983
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Member 1976-1984
Center for the Study of Sensory Integrative Dysfunction
(Renamed Sensory Integration International), Torrance, CA
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy 1973-1976
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Director of Occupational Therapy 1973-1976
Pennhurst State School and Hospital, Spring City, PA
Interdisciplinary Consultant 1972
Semester Break Course in Mental Retardation
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant Director of Occupational Therapy 1972-1973
Pennhurst State School and Hospital, Spring City, PA
Adjunct and Clinical Instructor in Occupational Therapy 1970-1973
Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
Adjunct and Clinical Instructor in Occupational Therapy 1970-1972
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Coordinator of Rehabilitation and Education 1970-1972
Adolescent Unit, Buffalo State Hospital, Buffalo, NY
Trainee in Occupational Therapy 1968-1970
New York State Department of Mental Hygiene, Albany, NY
Instructor (Aide) in Occupational Therapy 1966-1967
Suffolk State School, Melville, NY
Consultation
Member, Function, Integration and Rehabilitation Sciences (FIRS) 2010-2013
Subcommittee, National Center for Medical Rehabilitation
Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child
Health and Development, National Institutes of Health
Member, Partners in Care Foundation, in collaboration with 2002-2005
The National Council on the Aging (NCOA),
Regional Advisory Committee, Burbank, CA
Member, National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy 2002
(NBCOT), Practice Analysis Study, Washington, DC
Consultant, Singapore Ministry of Health on Aging Issues 2002
Singapore
Consultant, American Occupational Therapy Association 2001
Bethesda, MD
Member, National Advisory Board to the National Center for Medical 1998-2002
Rehabilitation Research of the National Institutes of Health,
Washington, DC
Panelist, 65th American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF) 1996
Board of Directors’ Meeting on Priorities, Bethesda, MD
Invited Panelist, U.S. Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 1996
Performance Outcome Meeting, Bethesda, MD
Consultant on Program Administration, Thomas Jefferson University 1996
College of Allied Health Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
Panelist, Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Pediatric Occupational Therapy and 1996
Physical Therapy, National Center for Education in Maternal and Child
Health, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Panelist and Chairperson, Special Review Committee 1996
R01AD24221-01, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Review Panel, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Related 1996
Services and Special Education Training Programs, Washington, DC
Member, Review Panel for Grant Applications, Related Services 1995-1996
Personnel Preparation, United States Office of Special Education &
Rehabilitation, Washington, DC
Member, Review Panel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1995
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, LEND Competition, Rockville, MD
Review Panel Member, U.S. Department of Education Grant Review 1993
Doctoral Leadership Competition, Washington, DC
Member, Maternal and Child Health Bureau Training Advisory Group 1992
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, DC
Faculty consultant for the development of a graduate studies curriculum in 1991-1993
occupational therapy, Stockholm College of the Health and Caring
Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden
Pediatric Occupational Therapy Consultant to the United States Surgeon 1988-1992
General, United States Army, Washington, DC
Review Panel for Grant Applications, National Institute of Disability 1987
and Rehabilitation Research, Washington, DC
Consultant for maternal role preparation program 1986
Intercommunity Medical Center, Covina, CA
Consultant in program development 1985-1988
Ayres Clinic, Torrance, CA
Consultant on research in sensory integration 1981
Fairview State Hospital, Costa Mesa, CA
Consultant in sensory integration for the American Occupational Therapy 1980-1981
Association, Sensory Integration Special Interest Group, Rockville, MD
Consultant, Handicapped Children’s Project 1980
Child, Youth, and Family Services, Los Angeles, CA
Review Panel for Grant Applications 1980
National Institute of Handicapped Research, Washington, DC
Consultant to teachers while conducting research on the effects of occupational 1978
therapy with and without parent involvement on at-risk preschoolers
Los Angeles County Head Start/State Preschool Program
Montebello District, CA
Los Angeles County Head Start/State Preschool Council 1977-1980
Consultant in occupational therapy for research project demonstrating 1972
interdisciplinary approach to meeting health care needs of inner city
recipients, Department of Allied Health, State University of New York,
Buffalo, NY
Consultant in occupational therapy for community-based preschool program 1972
for inner city children
Lower West Side Community Center, Buffalo, NY
Consultant with emotionally disturbed youths in a residential treatment center 1972
Volunteered as a requirement of Master’s degree
Protestant Home for Children, Buffalo, NY
University of Southern California Commissions and Committees
Deans of Academic Affairs Council 2007-Present
Faculty Environment Committee 2007-Present
Member, USC Institute for Global and Community Health Organized 2006-Present
Research Unit
Member, USC Clinical and Translational Science Award Planning 2006-Present
Initiative - Steering Committee and Design Team
Member, Provost’s Distinguished Visitors Program Selection Committee 2005-Present
Member, Provost’s Task Force on Restructuring of the Independent 2004-2006
Health Professions
Member, USC Health Collaborative Steering Committee 2004-Present
Seniors Fit for Life Program, Interdisciplinary program for seniors through 2004
Division of Geriatric and General Internal Medicine
Provost’s Strategic Planning Subcommittee on Praxis 2003
Faculty Committee for the Urban Initiative 2002-Present
Chair, Academic Senate Committee on the Community and Academic 2001
Life at USC, Co-author of White Paper: The Engaged University
Academic Senate Representative to the Student Affairs Committee of the 2001
University Board of Trustees
Executive Board, USC Academic Senate 2000-2002
Provost-Senate Commission on Distributive Education and Distance 2000-2001
Learning
Internal Review Panel for the Review of the School of International 2000-2001
Relations, University Committee on Academic Review
University Committee on Academic Review, Internal Review Committee, 1999-2000
School of Theatre
Board of Directors, USC Health Sciences Women’s Faculty Association 1991-2001
University Committee on Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure (Chair, 1997-1999
Health Sciences Panel)
University Task Force on Program Review 1998
Provost’s Task Force on the Future of the Health Care at USC 1997-1998
USC Ambassadors Program 1996-to Present
Graduate School Council of Advisors 1995-1996
University Committee on Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure 1995-1997
(Health Sciences Panel)
University Honorary Degrees Committee 1995-1997
Provost’s Commission on Undergraduate Professional School/Liberal Arts 1993-1996
Initiatives
University General Education Committee 1991
University Undergraduate Studies Committee 1991-1993
University Residential Faculty Fellow, Embassy Residential College 1990-1991
Vice-Chair, University Budget Advisory Committee 1991-1993
University Budget Advisory Committee 1990
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee 1987
Department of Occupational Therapy
Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee 1987
Division of Health Related Professions
Health Policy Planning Subcommittee (Research) 1986
Division of Health Related Professions
Health Policy Planning Subcommittee (Practice) 1986
Division of Health Related Professions
Faculty Senate 1982-1984
Promotion and Tenure Committee Member 1979
Division of Health Related Professions
Service to Professional Societies and Organizations
President, American Occupational Therapy Association 2010-2013
President-Elect, American Occupational Therapy Association 2009
Vice President, American Occupational Therapy Association 2006-2009
Board Liaison, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Workgroup, 2005
American Occupational Therapy Association
Director, Board of Directors, American Occupational Therapy Association 2003-2006
Vice-President, International Society of Occupational Scientists 2001-2007
San Gabriel Chapter Liaison to the Government Affairs Committee 2001
of the Occupational Therapy Association of California
Commission on Education Task Force on Entry Level Education, 1997-1999
American Occupational Therapy Association
Moderator, Research Colloquium on Occupation 1991
Annual Conference, American Occupational Therapy Association
Cincinnati, Ohio
Co-author, American Occupational Therapy Association 1991
Official Policy Paper: Occupational Therapy Provision for Children
with Learning Disabilities and/or Mild to Moderate Perceptual and
Motor Deficits
Board of Directors, Sensory Integration International 1982-1986
Consultant in Sensory Integration for the American Occupational 1980-1981
Therapy Association, Sensory Integration Special Interest Group
Representative, Commission on Education 1977-1979
American Occupational Therapy Association
Public Relations Chairperson and Executive Board Member 1975
Eastern Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association
Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies
Society for the Study of Occupation: USA 2003-Present
International Society of Occupational Scientists 2001-Present
American Psychological Society 1997-Present
Gerontological Society of America 1995-Present
American Educational Research Association 1984-1988
Association for the Education of Severely Handicapped Children 1978-1979
Occupational Therapy Association of California 1978-Present
Sensory Integration International 1976-1986
(Formerly Center for the Study of Sensory Integrative Dysfunction)
World Federation of Occupational Therapy 1970-Present
American Occupational Therapy Association 1970-Present
Appointments to Editorial Boards of Peer Review Journals
Editorial Advisory Board, Skin and Wound Care 2000-Present
Editorial Board, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy 1994-1995
Editorial Board, Occupational Therapy Journal of Research 1983-1985
Editorial Board, American Journal of Occupational Therapy 1981-1984
Specialty Assignment Reviewer, Occupational Therapy Journal of Research 1981-1982
Community Activities
Research Advisory Council, Pediatric Therapy Network 1998-Present
Fiesta Educativa Inc., Strategic Planning Conference Committee 2003-2005
Refereed Publications
Vaishampayan, A., Clark, F., Carlson, M., & Blanche, E. (in press). Individualization of a manualized pressure ulcer prevention program: Targeting risky life circumstances through a community-based intervention for people with spinal cord injury. Advances in Skin and Wound Care.